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Meet Labyrinth Walking, the Ancient Practice That Imparts Major Mindfulness Benefits
Labyrinths hold significance in many cultural traditions, and can be part of meditation. Learn from experts all about labyrinth walking.
How To Use Micro-Meditations To Find a Moment of Presence and Calm Wherever You Are
You don't need a lot of time to ease mental tension. Learn from meditation experts about the benefits of micro-meditation, and how to do it.
The Candle Method Is One of the Easiest Ways To Engage Kids in Breathwork—Here’s How To Do It
Learn a simple way to help kids calm down and regulate their nervous system called the candle breathing technique.
Why Your Mind and Body Could Use This Soothing Sound Bath Right About Now
Sound bath benefits include shifting your mind and body to a restorative state. Tune into this week's 'Well+Good Podcast' to experience one.
Jennifer Aniston’s Best Days Always Include This Mind-Body Wellness Duo
Jennifer Aniston has a wellness routine that focuses on both mind and body. Here's why she currently does meditation and Pilates daily.
Yes, You *Can* Meditate Even if You Can’t Sit Still—Here’s How
How to do a movement meditation that makes you feel more centered physically, mentally, and emotionally if you have trouble sitting still.
How To Be More Patient When You’re Running on Empty
We’re more impatient now than ever before. But learning how to be more patient is easier than you might think, according to pyschologists.
I Made a Pact With Myself To Prioritize My Mental Health This Month—Here’s How This Personalized App Helped Me Do It
This is what happened when one editor tried meditations for stress and other emotional wellness practices for an entire month.
How To Scan Your Body To Learn Where, Exactly, You’re Feeling Grief (and What That Means)
A somatic expert shares how to do a body-scan meditation for grief in six steps, and how the practice can help you release emotional pain.
‘I’m a Meditation Teacher, and This Is How I Use 5 Minutes To Let Go of Something Each Day’
High on stress but pressed for time? It's so important to keep a handful of five-minute meditations in your back pocket to help you let go.
Why Wellness and Meditation Apps Need More Diverse Voices (Literally)
Diverse voices on meditation apps are hard to come by. A handful of app creators have stepped up to create an equal listening experience for all.
Meditation Has Become a Streamable Form of Entertainment—But Is It That Good for Mental Health?
The release of Headspace's meditation on Netflix raises interesting questions about meditation's place in entertainment. Can they ethically co-exist?
How To Do a Body Scan Meditation for Head-To-Toe Tension Release
A body scan meditation involves mentally scanning your body from feet to your head, releasing tension as you go. Here are its benefits, plus how to do it.
Take a Deep Breath With 3 Free Meditations for Handling Politically-Charged Emotions
Feeling beyond stressed out about election uncertainty? Take a minute and try out these free meditations for election anxiety.
Intermittent Silence Is Like the Modified Push-Up of Meditation—Here’s How To Practice It
Meditation experts explain what intermittent silence is, how to do it, how it's different than meditation, and what the benefits of it are.
Everything You Need To Create a Beautiful Outdoor Meditation Space—Even if You Don’t Have Much Room
See a roundup of 10 outdoor meditation space decor items that will enhance your practice. Plus, a meditation teacher shares the perks to meditating outside.
These Free Bilingual Guided Meditations Will Help Center Your Practice if English Isn’t Your First Language
See a roundup of free bilingual guided meditations in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and French, the five most common languages in the U.S.
The Most Calming Words To Use for an ASMR-Like Mantra
Feeling out of your element? Going down a stress spiral? There are certain words to calm down yourself when you're bugging, based on word shape.
Confront Your Privilege on the Cushion With These 3 Just-Launched Anti-Racist Meditations
These three newly-released anti-racist meditations want you to take a look at your privileges and biases during your next sit.
A Musical Meditation Walk Challenged Me to Find a Different Kind of Center—And it Worked
I gave Murray Hidary's MindTravel SilentWalk a try on a meditative walk—here's what the musical experience was like from start to finish.
10 Beginner-Friendly Online Mindfulness Courses That Go Beyond Meditation
Right now is the perfect time to begin a new practice with online mindfulness courses because you know your brain needs a rest.
Meditation app Headspace is offering *free* year-long subscriptions to anyone unemployed right now
Announced today, anyone unemployed in the US can use meditation app Headspace for free for a full year, to help manage anxiety and stress.
How a Successful Root Chakra Meditation Makes You Feel More Grounded
Meditation can be a powerful tool for keeping the energy flow of your root chakra open. Here's how to have a sucessful root chakra meditation.
6 steps to master indoor meditative walking, because being mindful while stuck inside isn’t so simple
Indoor meditative walking is the answer for those who can't quite sit still in uncertain times—here's how to get started, according to master instructors.
Breathwork meditation will make you feel calm and collected in mere minutes—here’s how to practice it
Breathwork meditation can center yourself and bring a sense of calm. Here are other benefits of breathwork meditation and how to practice it.
I’m a neuroscientist, and this is how ‘compassion meditation’ helps you feel less alone while social distancing
Here, a neuroscientist explains how practicing compassion meditation can help you think outside of yourself and feel more hopeful and calm.
Researchers analyzed a Buddhist monk’s brain after 18 years of daily meditation — here’s what they found
According to a recent study conducted over the course of 18 years, meditation slows aging in the brain. Here are the findings on why you should start today.
The 10-minute wellness habit that fights inflammation
What can't meditation do? A functional medical doctor and a neuroscience expert explain meditation can be a powerful antidote to inflammation and stress.
Headspace is teaming up with Barbie to bring meditation benefits to kids
In partnership with meditation app Headspace, the Barbie Wellness collection will introduce young girls to easy mindfulness practices.
The ‘four right exertions’ of Buddhism teach you how to regain control of your own energy
A meditation teacher explains the 2,600-year-old Buddhist teaching of the four right exertions to teach you how to reclaim your energy in modern times.
Curious about sound baths? Here’s what happened when I took a sonic soak
You've heard whispers about the ancient practice from friends, but what is a sound bath, anyway? Here's what happened when one writer tried the experience.
Meet hypno-reiki, an all-in-one energy-healing therapy
You've heard of hypnotherapy and you've heard of reiki—but have you heard of hypno-reiki? Here, learn what to expected from the combined healing practice.
‘Body Stress Release’ Breathing Is Like a Good Long Exhale for Every Muscle
The "body stress release" meditation for stress relief deserves a spot in your daily routine. Here's how to do it in three easy steps.
I thought I was the worst meditator ever until I got Zen in a room with 499 strangers
The Big Quiet is a mass meditative movement that sets to squash loneliness...but does it work if you suck at meditation? One writer gives it a whirl.
Learn the ‘5-3-3 breathing technique’ for the most up and at ’em morning attitude
A basketball coach says that the secret for how to get more energy is all about how your breathe—follow the 5-3-3 Breathing Technique.
