I’m excited to let you know that I’ve put together a special excerpt from my bestselling book The Mindful Geek. I think it will really help you when it comes to coping with difficult emotions.… Read More »Mindfulness of Emotions Download
by Michael W. Taft In the context of American spiritual practice nondual traditions and mindfulness traditions appear to be in sharp contrast. Nonduality is often associated with the “doing nothing” schools of meditation, and mindfulness… Read More »Nonduality and Mindfulness — Two Great Traditions that Go Great Together
by Jessica Graham Before mindful sex I was one of the many who have no interest (aka intense dread) in looking into my partner’s eyes while we had sex. The last thing I wanted to… Read More »Mindful Sex: Eyes Wide Open
A new study finds a link between mindfulness meditation and the reduction of a key biomarker of inflammation in the body. This reduction was not found in people who merely rested the same amount of… Read More »Mindfulness Reduces Inflammation
by Daron Larson Learn how to take breaks from your story and get some rest Most of us feel certain that we think and worry more than most people. When our minds are busy in the… Read More »Mindfulness for Worry & Insomnia
Michael W. Taft was recently interviewed about mindfulness meditation by the fabulous David McRaney on his podcast “You Are Not So Smart.” Click the white arrow in the red circle below to listen to the… Read More »Willfully Altering Your Brain: An Interview with Michael W. Taft
by Michael W. Taft Mindfulness is awesome because it features a few simple rules that can be recombined to create thousands of different meditation techniques. You could practice a different meditation every day for the… Read More »The Meditation Induction — How to Meditate Deeply
By Jessica Graham Do you talk about sex? Do you tell your partners what turns you on or turns you off? I can’t tell you how many people I have come across who are not… Read More »Mindful Sex: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
Want to get the benefits of mindfulness without having to join a religion? Want to learn to meditate within a completely scientific, secular worldview? Let me tell you a bit about my new book, which… Read More »The Mindful Geek Is Out!
by Jessica Graham You have heard that meditation is good for you. You’ve read a few articles about it or even tried a guided meditation on YouTube. You just know that meditation could help you.… Read More »Meditate Now
By Jessica Graham “There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.” ― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom I spent this past… Read More »Good Night Moon
by Michael W. Taft Albert Einstein once said that “a person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” It’s actually pretty hard to make a mistake in meditation, but maybe the biggest challenge that… Read More »Meditation: Are You Doing It Wrong?
by Michael W. Taft Nondualism was developed earliest, and was most thoroughly explored, in India. Yet the first Indian scriptures, the Vedas (roughly 1000 BCE) are completely dualistic in their outlook. These Ur-texts of human… Read More »The Nondual Roots of Indian Thought and Religion