Today’s article from The Lion’s Roar is a great take on how meditation has served the author for decades. It is interestingly written to express her take on the practice, while also weaving a meditation into the blog post. Check it out

Tricycle magazine is an excellent resource for understanding Buddhism more completely. But they are not the only game in town. The Lion’s Roar is equally amazing at helping us understand how the kind and compassionate views of Buddhism can enhance our lives. Today, and all this week, I read articles that will better your understanding of meditation and Buddhism.

Whenever I do an interview with a guest I spend some time telling you who it is exactly we are talking to. Lately, I thought of a better way to let you know, by reading a little from their latest book, when they have published one. Today I read an excerpt from Robyn Spizman’s latest book, Loving Out Loud. Then tomorrow you will hear my entire interview with her. Enjoy

The last meditation I recorded for you was a perfect starter meditation, two minutes. Well, once you feel comfortable with that, say a week or two, then graduate to this meditation of three minutes. You get what I am doing, right? :0)

Meditating in nature is often a blissful experience; connecting with the natural world can many times deepen your session. Today I talk about how that is the case when it comes to sensations you feel when you meditate outside

Yesterday I talked about music as a focus for your meditation. Not everything that you hear though is music. But as I will mention today, there are many ways to use sounds to focus your attention during a session. Even what you may consider noise has value. Let’s talk about it.

The word mantra, while slowly slipping into the mainstream vernacular, is often misunderstood, even by meditation practitioners. Today I talk about the true meaning of the word mantra, and discuss how using it as a focus of your meditation can enhance your session.

Meditation is all about training your mind to observe; to observe thoughts, emotions and feelings without becoming entangled in them. The way this is done is through focus, focusing on one thing and one thing only. This week I am going to focus oh…well, focus. I will talk about the different things that meditators use as focus, starting with the most common one, breath.

Recovering from addiction can be very challenging. Intense therapy, support groups and even medical intervention is sometimes warranted. However, despite the myriads avenues of treatment, one often overlooked tool is demonstrating remarkable results. Today I share a post from Psychology today that discusses the benefits of meditation for addiction recovery.