Meditation

Relaxing the mind is a big goal of Buddhist practice, but to do that you need to relax your body as well. Sister Chan Khong teaches us a three-step practice to access a deep restfulness that rivals sleep.

Ayya Khema on cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

Author and psychoanalyst, Pilar Jennings, offers advice to a practitioner who continues to feel unworthy and unloved.

Sharon Salzberg explains how to practice basic breath meditation.

Lama Palden Drolma teaches us how to visualize the deity Green Tara, who embodies our own buddhanature.

If you want to love all beings, start with self-love, says Lisa Ernst.

Diana Winston on three ways to bring natural awareness into your mindfulness practice — and your life.