Zen Commuter

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.

I could spend a month talking about all the individual benefits that meditation offers, but how about I focus on the one with the biggest return on your investment. Today I talk about how meditation helps you become familiar with the truest nature of who you are, your authentic self.

In the past I have talked about the process of following a thought in regards to insight meditations. In those talks however, I did not mention what you should consider when deciding to continue with an insight meditation. Today, those questions are answered.

I would never recommend that you stop meditating altogether, but I would tell you that at certain times it si okay to end a session. Today I talk about how to end a session in the midst of meditating, and when exactly you would want to. Come Listen.