Posts Tagged ‘how to meditate’

• What is mindfulness? Why does it matter?

  written by Simone on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

   Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our inner world and the world around us.  Here is a little exercise we sometimes give to gain an understanding of what mindfulness or meditation is and why it is vital in creating an inner world by your own design and an outer world that [...]

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• Children, meditation and world peace

  written by Simone on Monday, January 11th, 2010

  Last year the David Lynch Foundation along with the Transcendental Meditation Program launched a campaign to “Teach One Million At-Risk Youth to Meditate.” The goal of their global peace initiative is to bring meditation to youth, parents and staff in schools around the world in hopes of reducing the effects of stress [...]

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• Why meditation doesn’t work

  written by Simone on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

  From The Bible to The Secret  (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized.  Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]

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