How to Improve Your Yoga Practice Without Spending a Fortune
Yoga is one of the best activities you can do to improve your overall health and well-being. While it comes with physical health benefits like strength, balance and flexibility, it’s also known to help combat anxiety, stress and depression. All levels of yoga yield benefits,…
The 5 Hindrances to Meditation
If you’ve ever tried to meditate, in all likeliness you’ve experienced some sort of difficulty. Whether it was falling asleep, a busy mind, or something else, it will fall into one of the 5 major categories of problems that meditators frequently encounter. We call these…
The Elephant and the Rider: A story about the narrator, subconscious, and awareness
Most of us believe that we are in control of our lives, actions, thoughts and emotions. I’ve previously spoken about how this is an illusion, and today I’m going to use an ancient Tibetan thankgka as the illustration for a story. I’m naming the story…
Zen: Why mindfulness meditators might be missing out
People often ask me: “What is Zen?” and “What is the difference between Zen and meditation?” Have you ever had a really, really tough problem, that you just couldn’t think your way through? Have you ever tried just letting go of the problem for a…
Why anticipation is something to forget
There’s a trap hidden inside the anticipation of things. We’ve all been there. While it can be exciting to anticipate something in the future, it can also cause us to waste time and energy on something that might not even happen. You know that feeling…
Amp up your Mind in just 10 minutes a day
In the last post I promised this time around I would to get into how your mind is like the CPU of a computer, how meditation is like cranking up the MHz of that CPU, and what you can do with that extra brain power….
The one mistake nearly everyone makes during meditation
The first thing new students say to me is “Meditation is too hard. Every time I sit down, I keep getting distracted by my thoughts. My brain is just too busy to meditate, it must not be for me.” My response to this is “Wonderful!…
Balance: Don’t fight your addiction
Have you ever tried to balance on a Bosu ball? It’s actually quite difficult at first, standing on one foot, trying to find the equilibrium. There’s a little shake, which turns into a wobble, then waves of wobble move up and down your body threatening…
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