How to Make Peace with Your Faults (and Those Who Point Them Out)
As hard as it can be to receive criticism, these moments can present opportunities for clarity, growth, and gratitude.
The Key to Managing Anger in a Healthy Way
The next time you are tempted to react in anger, try this breath meditation to simply sit with the emotion instead of letting it overpower you.
The Quickest Road to Happiness Is Surprisingly Simple
While we all want to be happy, getting too caught up in achieving this goal can have the reverse effect. Try this advice to feel more fulfilled and joyful.
A Meditation for Sending Compassion
This ancient contemplative practice of sending and receiving compassion, called tonglen, is powerful and transformative.
I Am Angry About My Life. Can Meditation Help?
A psychologist and meditation teacher answers reader’s questions about life and practice. Here, he explores how meditation can aid in dealing with anger.
A Loving-Kindness Practice for Strangers and Loved Ones
This 15-minute guided meditation will help you stretch your feelings of compassion toward all people and beings you encounter.
30 Top Cities and Towns for Meditation in America
Explore some of the most inspiring and vibrant meditation communities across the country—you may be surprised by where you'll end up.
A Loving-Kindness Practice for Self-Acceptance
Try this 10-minute Buddhist meditation to work toward self-acceptance and self-love the next time you face a trying situation.
What It Means to Take Refuge in Buddhism
A Buddhist meditation teacher shares his experience with taking refuge and explains the ancient understanding of the practice.
I Am Recently Divorced and Can’t Trust People
A psychologist and meditation teacher answers readers’ questions about life and practice. Here is his advice for grieving a lost relationship and starting over.
What’s Really Holding You Back from Happiness?
Learn how a 14th century Buddhist text lays the groundwork for a very powerful perspective on how we can become more present and more authentically joyful in our daily lives.
What Reincarnation Can Teach Us About Compassion
Learn how a 14th century Buddhist text lays the groundwork for a very powerful perspective on how we can become more empathetic beings, when we grasp the nature of reincarnation.
What Is Elemental Meditation?
This centuries-old practice is grounded in the physical aspects of the world, and can help you feel less attached and more at peace.
A 20-Minute Breath Meditation for Advanced Practitioners
This guided 20-minute breath meditation for advanced practitioners can help you deepen your practice to reach a new level of total relaxation.
I’m a Longtime Meditator and Still Don’t Have a Clear Mind
A psychologist and meditation teacher answers readers’ questions about life and practice. Here is his advice for quieting the mind for meditation.