Breathing Exercise: Calm Balancing Breath
Sit comfortably or lie down in a comfortable position. Let your body relax and bring your mind to the awareness of this moment here and now. That's the only place you need to be in the Here and Now. ...
Meditation Stories: The Bird’s Eye
About 5000 years ago the great acharya (teacher) Drona decided to test his students' skill in archery. To test their aim he set up a wooden bird as the target on a distant tree and invited his studen ...
Meditation Stories: The story of Zazen
Once a Zen master noticed a monk trying too hard to meditate. So he interrupted the monk and asked: "What are you doing bhikhu (a wandering monk that takes alms)?" "I am meditating to become a ...
Memento Mori – Memento Vivere
Memento Mori a Latin phrase meaning "Remember Death" has been – since the mediaeval times – an anchor used philosophers and ascetics alike as a constant reminder of death and decay aiding them to shi ...
6 journaling tips for beginners
Journaling has many benefits from having a clear and conscious focus in life to stress relief and better mental health. And it is one of the habits that some of the greatest and most successful peopl ...
Wu Wei: The Daoist Art of Flow
"The highest good is like water, for the good of water is that it nourishes everything without striving. It occupies the lowest place which all men think bad. It is thus that Tao in the world is ...
Meditation Stories: A King teaches AWARENESS to a monk
Once a spiritual seeker approached his guru and said "Sire! After years of sitting meditation, I still haven't attained unbroken awareness as the flow of oil from one container to another. Please, te ...
Breathing Exercise: Continuous or Wave Breathing
When we create involuntary pauses either at the inhale or exhale our awareness is also interrupted and broken. Hence a smooth, continuous breath is most the valuable tool for bringing the mind to the ...
Why Meditate? The most IMPORTANT reasons
Why Meditate? This is a very interesting question because at once most people need some reason to do something but at the same time if you do meditate with any ulterior motive it's not meditation. B ...
Meditation Stories: The Monkey Mind
A spiritual practitioner once on a casual visit was asked by his Guru how are his spiritual practices going on. "Not very well sir! I'm unable to cope up with the routine work and practices bo ...