Today is a perfect day to listen to some peaceful music supplied by Insight Timer musician Chris Collins.

When you are able to respond as opposed to react to noises, you become calmer.  It also helps you in your practice as well.  Lets talk about how to do that.

As a musician, I have a profound respect and appreciation for other more accomplished musicians. It astounds me how composers are able to marry the sounds of a variety of instruments so perfectly. Chris Collins is such a composer. Even better is the fact that he creates music to enhance our meditation practice. On top of all that, he is a kind, warm and funny guy. I had the best time speaking with him as you will come to find out. Enjoy!

We all like listening to soothing mediation music, right?  Well, maybe there is benefit in meditating to music that you don't resonate with.  Let's talk about it.

Sometimes decompressing after work can be difficult.  That's why I recorded a meditation for that very thing.  It is a 15 minute session that focuses on breath work and visualization. Enjoy.

You may experience some stress in your day from time to time. The good news is that today's meditation is a quick booster for calm. Enjoy

If you are looking for a meditation app that helps you become more consistent, then your search is over.  Today I talk about the tools within "IT" that helps you create a consistent practice

In a Tonglen meditation we take in the suffering of the world around us and breathe out calm and compassion.  Why? Because we can.  Let's listen

Some new meditators find sitting to be a challenge.  Thankfully there are more active types of meditation, as Peter Doobinin explains

Today the focus is on Vipassana meditation and  Bhante Gunaratana tells us all about it.