The Power of Letting Go
Meditation is often referred to as the art of letting go because, as you meditate, you aim to recognize any feelings and thoughts that...
How Meditation Increases Productivity and Performance
How does your calendar look? Is it overbooked with meetings and deadlines? Do you feel like you have more work than you have time to...
Mindfulness: The Power of Small Acts
Once, when I first started teaching mindfulness, a participant in my class, an engineer from India whom I’ll call Sandip, told me about...
Build a Meditation Practice by Starting Small
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. —Aristotle
Meditate to Cut Your Losses
Sometimes it’s tough to quit. We’ve all stayed too long in relationships, projects, jobs or investments that weren’t working out as we...
A New Way to Introduce Mindfulness at Work
Science has shown that, for individuals, the simple practice of bringing attention to the present moment can reduce stress and anxiety,...
How to Meditate in a Chair
For many people, one the greatest obstacles to meditation stems from the belief that a cross-legged lotus-like posture is the mandatory...
Vulnerability Builds Connection and Trust
As counterintuitive as it may seem, great leadership relies upon vulnerability. We usually think of vulnerability as a weakness, but...
We Meditate to Achieve Nothing
We want results, preferably quantifiable or visible results. If we study hard as a student, we anticipate good grades. If we exercise...
Pain Meds or Meditation?
What if meditation works merely as a placebo because, like a tainted jury, people have already heard about its benefits? This is the...