by Sanora Bartels

There are a lot of misconceptions about meditation. I’ve listed some I’ve come across teaching Vedic Meditation:

Misconception: I can meditate once a week to experience a shift in consciousness...

 

 

 

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Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: One of my most favorite and powerful mindfulness proliferators, Jon Kabat-Zinn, speaks on mindfulness in this simple yet powerful video. Move into the "actuality of your life"...

 

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by Molly Cameron

Sara had hit bottom. In the throes of her addiction she had reached a moment of choice from which there was no return – to live, or to die. Her choice for life led her to a 12-step program, and now, 20 years later, she is successful and happy, with no trace of her old eating disorder...

 

Editor's Note from David Pratt: Gratitude nurtures what is most essential, and we can know this from our own experience. Still, we often take gifts for granted - the gift of breathing, a gift of kindess... Molly Cameron illustrates the measurable effects of gratitude and offers tips on how to bring this "power tool" more fully into our lives.

 

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Editor's Note: This video appealed to me with its blend of sweet sounds and images that melted into one another. Just watching it soothed my spirit.

 

 

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by Sarah McLean

Meditation is really easy to learn and really easy to do. But sometimes when people try it at home without any guidance, they get frustrated because they notice they have many thoughts and they have the misconception that their minds have to be still to meditate correctly...

 

Editor's Note: As a meditation teacher, I get the comment "I have a short attention span, meditation is just too hard for me" and, of course, I get this prior to the person actually learning to meditate...

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by Debbie Woodbury

The more I practice mindful awareness, the more I learn what it is and what it isn't. What it isn't is hours spent in the lotus position, eyes closed, blissfully deep in meditation.

What it is is beautifully summed up by my husband, "It's the little things..."

 

Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: More and more I hear people saying, "Eden, I just can't commit to a regular meditation practice!!!" And, I find my old warrior-self starting to now relax where before I would be like... What do you mean!? Truly, if you can just start to bring in small moments of awareness each day... gosh, that would just be lovely. It would be lovely for the world and tiny steps are divine!!! Good ideas here.

 

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by Shubhra Krishan
Cross-posted from www.Care2.com

Some crave for riches and others seek creative energy. Some lust after big cars and others dream of being big stars. But everyone, without exception, wants to be happy...

 

Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: Short and sweet. I love it!

 

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Editor's Note from David Pratt: Jacob Needleman talks about creating a space to let another person in, to truly listen and not go with our mental agenda that takes us away from simply listening. In a similar way, when we meditate, we are creating a space where we may see that we are not the thoughts and feelings that arise and that we do not need to "go with" them or fix them or force them away. In fact, the practice of meditation can support us to bring communion into communication, whether we agree with the person we are talking with or not.

 

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by David Pratt, LMT, BA
ATH Co-Editor of Meditation

The morning breeze is cool and moves my hair as I walk along the edge of our spring-fed pond in rural Ohio. Birds carry on musical conversations and squirrels are busy skittering through brush and darting up that ancient beech half-way down the ravine...

 

Editor's Note from David Pratt: Do you sometimes feel the need to unplug from daily busyness? Do you have an underlying tug to go into the quiet of nature, as if some forgotten aspect of yourself is simply waiting to rise into the sky of your life? Why do we need to retreat?...

 

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Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: Meditation gives so many people hope that they can help change the world just by bringing peace to themselves. And, just like Gandhi's famous quote... it works. However, it is sometimes nice to simply hear positive news especially as we are so often given the bad and bleak. Take time to listen to rock star/crusader, Bono. Breath in his hope and passion.

 

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by Christy Diane Farr

Sometimes the anxiety just comes for me, the collision of my reality and the way I think it should be. It’s a mental train wreck that keeps me stuck. I cling to the dreams, the shoulds, the appearance of a gap...

 

Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: This article is short and sweet with a pow punch. The message... accept today as much as you can. If it is just as you wanted it to be or a piece of you know what! It is all somehow ok and perfect in its imperfection. The last sentence is great!

 

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by Dr. Rose Kumar

During my forties I noticed my body and energy level change. I began to feel tired and heavy. I also felt restless and had trouble sleeping through the night. I looked for answers to these symptoms in my medical books and journal articles. I even went to my gynecologist to understand why I was feeling this way. All she had for me were prescription drugs and hormone replacement therapy...

 

Editor’s Note from Eden Kozlowski: I have been so interested in this sort of content lately. Not only because I am a woman in my 40s but because you still don't hear a lot about menopause as a spiritual and transformational soul experience! We are so trained that it is bad and yucky, or as Dr. Kumar expresses it in this article... "It's all downhill from here!" So much more to it...

 

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