Category: Meditation
How to Practice Lojong for Anxiety
Lojong can help you see anxiety as an opportunity rather than a problem. With that shift in perspective, says Susan Kaiser Greenland, everything changes.
Maezumi’s Three Teachings
Three teachings on meditation passed on from Maezumi Roshi to Karen Maezen Miller.
Metta is Not for Wimps
Chenxing Han reflects on the courage and vulnerability required to practice loving-kindness amid political division, offering us a glimpse into how compassion can transform fear into connection in uncertain times.
5 Keys to Complete Mindfulness
What are the next steps for understanding complete mindfulness and its comprehensive benefits? Five experts in the mindfulness field explain.
Jack Kornfield’s Instructions for Metta Meditation
Jack Kornfield on beginning the time-honored, heart-opening practice of metta (loving-kindness) meditation.
Breaking Life Down to Its Parts
The path to liberation, says Vipassana master U Pandita, is the precise breaking down of life as it unfolds – part by part, step by step, moment by moment.
A 3-Step Practice to Soothe Anxiety
Psychologist Chris Germer’s three-step self-compassion practice to soothe your anxiety with kindness. Join Chris Germer in our new online course <a href="https://learn.lionsroar.com/p/five-keys-to-the-complete-path-of-mindfulness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Five Keys to the Complete Path of Mindfulness.”</a>
The Ticking Watch Meditation to Overcome Negative Thoughts
Sensei Alex Kakuyo shares a practice to work with suffering by calming the mind one second at a time.
A Practice for Developing Kindness Toward Yourself
Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
How to Practice Deep Relaxation
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.
How to Practice Chanting
It’s an expression of oneness — with the Buddha, with the sangha, with the cosmos itself. Mark Unno teaches you how to let go into the flow of chanting.
The Complete Path of Mindfulness
A life-changing journey begins with a single breath. With the simple act of paying mindful attention to one breath, says Melvin McLeod, we step onto a complete path that goes deeper and farther than we can imagine.
Why Meditate Face-to-Face?
Gregory Kramer and Rosie Dores teach us Insight Dialogue, a practice that harnesses the potency of relationship on the spiritual path.
A Practice to Work Through Difficult Thoughts
Lisa Ernst shares a practice to offer kindness to your difficult thoughts.
How to Experience the True Nature of Mind
Mingyur Rinpoche shares step-by-step instructions to experience the basic nature of mind.
A Practice to Meet Bad Habits with Loving-Kindness
Sylvia Boorstein unpacks the foundational Buddhist teaching “Recognize unwholesome states in the mind and replace them with wholesome states.”
Need to Heal? Try Tree Meditation
Tree meditation, says Lin Wang Gordon, is a way to strengthen our connection with nature and deepen our understanding of difficult emotions like grief.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Hugging Meditation
Nothing warms the heart like a loving hug. To make the experience even deeper and more healing, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us this practice of hugging meditation he created.
How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
This basic mindfulness meditation from Zen teacher James Ishmael Ford offers a great practice to start your day.