Meditation

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

Shodaigyo meditation combines silent sitting with chanting to the beat of a drum. Ryuei Michael McCormick on how to do this calming yet exhilarating practice.

Sensei Alex Kakuyo shares a practice to work with suffering by calming the mind one second at a time.

Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.

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.

Jack Kornfield on beginning the time-honored, heart-opening practice of metta (loving-kindness) meditation.

Zen teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation practice started and looks at how to deal with some of the obstacles you may encounter.