A Meditation for Returning
For the days you find yourself coming back to a practice you thought you had left.
CATEGORY
Meditation
Sitting practices: breath, body scan, walking, loving-kindness.
Outdoor Meditation: A Field Guide
How to take the practice out of the bedroom and into the world that is, after all, the actual point.
Open Awareness: A Sitting Practice
A meditation for those who have outgrown breath-counting and want to just be present, without an object.
The Coming-Home Sit
A short practice for the moment you walk through your door at the end of the day.
A Meditation for the Longest Night
A short, candle-lit practice for the winter solstice and the days around it.
A Two-Minute Reset Before Hard Phone Calls
For the call you have been putting off until next week, every week, for a month.
How to Sit With Sadness
A short practice for the days when something heavy has come.
Sitting in Silence: A 20-Minute Meditation
Once you have practiced for a while, this is the sit you grow into. No instructions during. Just presence.
A Loving-Kindness Meditation for Difficult People
A short version of the metta practice — the one that begins to soften the heart you thought was made of stone.
A Three-Breath Reset Between Meetings
The shortest meditation in this archive. Fifteen seconds. Use it forty times today.
What to Do When Your Chest Is Tight
A short meditation for the moment, not the day.
A Body Scan for People Who Hate Body Scans
A short, no-incense version for those of us who get bored at the elbows.
A Five-Minute Breath Practice for Anxious Mornings
For the days you wake up already overwhelmed.
How to Begin a Meditation Practice When You've Failed Twice Before
A short, plain-language guide for the third attempt. No incense required.