**What is a Mantra? **

Many spiritual traditions utilise mantras to help busy, active minds settle at a deeper level. But what exactly is a mantra? An...

Last night while I was in the shower, something happened that I just had to share with you. I did my visualisation and calling in my desires. Now for some of...

Mindfulness is all the rage these days, but the skill and the practices of mindfulness are anything but new. In fact, the modern mindfulness movement traces ...

I decided to practice this meditation for 40 days in conjunction with the Kriya To Make You Beautifully Enchanting.

During those forty days, I noticed a tra...

Prior to starting to meditate I felt that I had two advantages: I arrived from India, and because of my medical background, I had looked into the health adva...

With spiritual practices like yoga and meditation becoming more popular, it seems like everyone is talking about mantras. But what exactly is a mantra and ho...

The practice of, or/maitri (Pali/Sanskrit for love or kindness), meditation is a practice which has been passed down since the time of the over 2500 years ag...

This morning, like every morning, I sat cross-legged on a on the floor in my comfy, rested my hands on my knees, closed my eyes, and did nothing but for 20 m...

The spiritual history of the East tells us that most of the meditators attained self-realisation by meditating under trees. These seekers meditated under the...

Test subjects taking part in an 8-week program of mindfulness meditation showed results that astonished even the most experienced neuroscientists at.

The st...

Posture and Mudra: Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine. Relax the elbows down by the sides, and bring the forearms straight out in front of your body,...

A new study reports the rhythm of your breathing can influence neural activity that enhances memory recall and emotional judgement.

Northwestern Medic...

Do you ever find yourself worrying about an upcoming situation, even though similar past experiences have worked out fine? Or do you worry about your relatio...

These mantras, from Hinduism and Buddhism, have been used for thousands of years by countless meditators to hone their minds and advance spiritually. Try the...

The world needs many meditation masters and there are several dedicated people around the globe who can make into a great meditation master. But not everyone...

Breathing is not just for oxygen; it’s now linked to brain function and behavior.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered for the first time that t...

Enlightenment is often described as peace, liberation, reading your full potential, becoming one with creation, constant happiness or support from the enviro...

Every ordinary person living in our modern stressful society has problems, worries, doubts. We often seek guidance how to deal with daily problems by talking...

Walking on the beach in Costa Rica, surfboard in hand, after dropping my four kids at surf camp in a state of pure bliss, I feel so fully alive, giddy like a...

Your third eye is hungry for awareness !…….

The meditation technique which you are going to read is ‘Trataka’ (also known as third eye meditation). In the b...

Yantra Meditation

What’s the difference between mantra and yantra? It’s the difference between mind and body. A mantra is a word or phrase you repeat in ...

The third eye is a spiritual concept that refers to a person being able to achieve perception beyond ordinary sight.

Also known as the ‘inner eye’, it is th...

Practicing the Breath

Begin rocking the body back and forth, slowly, in decreasing arcs, until you settle at your center of gravity. The mind is in the hara...