How to meditate through anxiety, panic, and depression Anxiety and panic. When I first began to experience anxiety, especially panic attacks, I could not meditate directly on the experience. First,
Practicing with Pain and Pleasure There it was, that familiar twinge. While training for a third marathon, I’d chosen the indoor track over the ice and snow-covered Olentangy Trail. Sixteen
Tricky Body Those of us who live with mental health symptoms may have out-of-proportion thoughts and body sensations. We might be hypervigilant, with not just a tricky mind, but a
How to meditate on emotion How do you deal with emotions that come up in mindful movement practice? The real question is, “When emotions arise, how do you infuse that
Taking the Wrong Medicine Shinzen often talks about the temptation to do what’s easy or comes naturally. He calls it, “taking the wrong medicine.” If for example you prefer guided
Mindful microhits meditation Instead of staying with an object of meditation for any sustained period of time, another option is to intensely focus on one sensation for a brief period.
The real reason I “bother” meditating This is all lovely, but, really, why do you care so much? Because my attempts to create my reality, fake positive thinking, and be
How to choose an object of meditation In “Movement Meditation: Choose a Form and an Interval” I discussed the first two steps in making any movement a meditative practice. In
Movement meditation: choose a form and an interval In “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation,” I explained how to turn movement into a meditation practice. Let’s look at each
Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation How do you meditate while you move? In “Shinzen’s Answer to Everything” and “More About Shinzen’s Answer to Everything,” I shared Shinzen Young‘s
Award-Winning Author, Meditator, Marathoner, and Dog-Mom in Columbus, Ohio
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