Category: Meditation
How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
This basic mindfulness meditation from Zen teacher James Ishmael Ford offers a great practice to start your day.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Walking Meditation
The late Thich Nhat Hanh emphasized the practice of mindful walking as a profound way to deepen our connection with our body and the earth. Read on and learn how to breathe, take a mindful step, and come back to your true home.
5 Ways to Get into the Meditation Habit
There’s nothing like the benefit of a regular meditation practice, and there’s no better time to do it than now. Zen Buddhist A. Jesse Jiryu Davis on five ways you can make meditation a helpful part of your daily routine.
Learn the B.A.S.I.C.S. of Insight Meditation
Larry Yang teaches a simple practice you can do right now to gain clarity and better your life.
5 Breathing Meditations
From getting to sleep to completely waking up, these five breathing meditations offer practical and profound benefits.
How to Practice Homestyle Oryoki
Oryoki is the meditative way of eating practiced in Zen monasteries. Gesshin Claire Greenwood on how to bring the spirit of oryoki into our home kitchens — and feel more deeply nourished.
A Loving-Kindness Meditation to Heal Your Inner Child
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward on how to give the wounded child inside you the love and compassion they deserve.
Three Practices That Healed My Heart After A Traumatic Injury
When a car drove over her foot, Carla Beharry felt like her anger would never end. She soon learned that the only way out of suffering is through it.
Ajahn Brahm’s Instructions for Loving-Kindness Meditation
Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm shares his personal approach to loving-kindness meditation, also known as metta.
How Meditation Transforms Criticism into Compassion
Being our own best friend is a challenging feat. Kate Johnson explains how meditation can help us get to know our inner critics and prevent them from hindering our path to liberation.
Are There Other Ways to Practice Meditation?
You can bring the mind of meditation to any experience. Konda Mason explains how.
Loving-Kindness: May All Beings Be Happy
Melvin Escobar teaches metta, a concentration practice to cultivate unconditional goodwill for all. In precarious times like these, it’s a way to listen to our hearts.
Be Kind to Yourself
You have enlightened nature, says Pema Khandro Rinpoche. If you truly know that, you’ll always be kind to yourself.
How to Practice Metta for a Troubled Time
Mushim Patricia Ikeda teaches us how to generate loving-kindness and good will as an antidote to hatred and fear.
Puzzle Solving as Meditation
Roberval Oliveira on why doing puzzles can deepen your meditation practice.
How to Do Walking Meditation
Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith shed light on a common yet often misunderstood meditative practice, via simple-to-follow instructions.
Loving-Kindness Meditation for All Beings & All Bodies
Metta meditation is healing and heart-opening. Arisika Razak leads us through the practice.
How to Create a Meditation Space
No matter your living situation, you can have a place to practice. Yaotunde Obiora explains.
Green Tara: You Are the Divine Feminine
No matter your gender identification, you can do Green Tara practice and help bring yourself—and the world—into balance. Lama Döndrup Drölma offers step-by-step instructions. Watch Lama Döndrup Drölma in Lion’s Roar’s upcoming free online event, “<a href="https://promo.lionsroar.com/the-women-of-wisdom-summit-free-registration/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Women of Wisdom Summit.</a>”