Meditation is about facing suffering squarely and seeing reality clearly. That’s why it’s the best starting place if you want to help a troubled world, says Zen teacher Dan Zigmond.
Trudy Goodman leads a guided body scan meditation.
Buddhadharma editor Koun Franz explains how the facts of aging, illness, death, separation, and loss can actually be encouraging.
Diana Winston teaches a step-by-step meditation to practice in times of tragedy.
Anxiety is actually a necessary part of our path. Psychotherapist Bruce Tift gives an instruction in how to relate to it constructively.
A cup of tea or coffee is a nice break. Drinking it mindfully is a real break. Joseph Emet teaches us this five-step practice.
Place your mind on the needle dipping in and out of the fabric, says Cyndi Lee. If you space out, the stitches will go crooked, and that will wake you up.
Sometimes we’re committed to our meditation practice and sometimes we drift away. No matter what, Matthew Kohut believes we can always find our way home to the cushion.
Jack Kornfield teaches us the transformative mindfulness practice known as “RAIN.”
Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod looks at the reasons many Buddhists meditate.
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