“Just as pipes in your house get backed up, creating a flooded kitchen, the pipes of your body are subject to blockage, and need to be kept clean and open.”
What should I do with my eyes when I meditate?
Whether you keep your eyes open or closed during meditation depends on your approach.
Other Ways to Practice Meditation
You can bring the mind of meditation to any experience. Konda Mason explains how.
Meditating on Your Own
There’s lots you can do without a local meditation center. Mitchell Ratner offers some ideas.
Dark Night of the Meditator
Josh Bartok gives advice on how to meditate without provoking unhealthy psychological states.
When Meditation Is Hard
In our Weekend Reader newsletter, Sam Littlefair looks at how we can better engage with challenges in meditation.
When You’re Too Busy to Meditate
When you feel too busy to meditate, Vinny Ferraro suggests reframing your idea of meditation.
My Partner Disapproves
Susan Piver answers a reader’s question about meditation and relationships.
Why does my breathing feel uncomfortable in meditation?
You can’t breathe wrong. Generally, Buddhist meditation is not a yogic practice in which you’re supposed to breathe in a particular way.
Sleepy Mind, Monkey Mind
Anita Feng shares how to stop going back and forth between drowsiness and “monkey mind.”