Guided meditation is a form of meditation that involves following the lead of an expert when practicing techniques such as breathing, visualization and mantra repetitions. There’s no pressure to ...

Mushim Ikeda is a Buddhist teacher and writer who leads community engagement at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. Ikeda teaches meditation retreats for people of color, women, and ...

An eight-foot golden statue of the Buddha glows in the middle of the meditation room at Kadampa Meditation Center, a serene space in Chelsea. Originally founded in 1994 by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the ...

The findings come from the Shamatha Project, a comprehensive long-term, control-group study of the effects of meditation training on mind and body. Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind ...

Ask ten people what meditation is, and you might get ten answers—but they could all be right. It’s a practice that dates back thousands of years and has been part of so many cultures that there are ...

David Lynch may be busy with his Twin Peaks revival on Showtime, but he’s still devoted to his cause: teaching Transcendental Meditation. Since starting the David Lynch Foundation in 2005, he’s been ...

CAMBRIDGE - Zeenat Potia taps the heavy temple bell, resting on its own pillow, three times. The large meditation room on the top floor of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center is suddenly filled ...

We updated this article in October 2022 to add more information about each featured product, based on extensive research done by our team. The best meditation pillows do so much more than help you get ...

The new Science of Spirituality campus nearly moved Lakshmi Kapoor Willis to tears the first time she stepped inside. Based on outward appearances, there was nothing remarkable about the old center, a ...

NEW BEDFORD — "I didn't even know I was looking for something," said SouthCoast resident Rochelle Sokoll of the time when she found Buddhism about 25 years ago. It was around the time a Buddhist nun ...

In just 18 months since it first opened, MNDFL has become the city’s best access point for beginners interested in learning to meditate. The operation now has two locations in Manhattan and one in ...