How to Meditate

Inspire your practice with the Gayatri mantra, an ancient prayer to the Divine light.

More than just beautiful adornment, malas are a powerful and symbolic tool to enhance and deepen your meditation practice.

If a mindfulness practice doesn’t resonate with you, here are some other Meditation Style techniques that may fit your personality and point in life.

Meditation is a tried-and-true stress-reduction tool. Try these steps for building a consistent practice, even when interferences inevitably arise. Plus, a simple six-step meditation to get you started.

Meditation teacher Shivani Hawkins shares tips for how to approach the practice in a way that invites self-awareness and authentic transformation.

Follow these eight simple tips before you take off to optimize your time when you’re away.

Keep standing up your date with that meditation cushion? Here's everything you need to find a meditation style that resonates with you so you can (finally!) establish a daily practice.

Learn from master meditation teacher Sally Kempton as she shares how her own struggle with her mind taught her how to ultimately become more focused, aware, and loving.

This contemplative meditation can be practiced regularly or whenever you feel overwhelmed, unstable, or emotionally shut down.

No time to meditate? Dr. Tiffany Lester of Parsley Health offers peace-producing solution you can practice wherever you are without a meditation cushion or timer.

Once you know how to breathe mindfully, you can use the practice to help you through challenging times.

Even your negative thoughts want you to find inner peace. Practice welcoming opposite thoughts in meditation.

Meditate on your feelings to get calm, grounded, and healthy.

If you're wrestling with monkey mind, there’s a new mindfulness practice that’s as effective as it is pretty: the DIY glitter jar.

Coral Brown, a licensed mental-health counselor and senior Prana Vinyasa Flow teacher, shares four great mudras for this time of year.

Spiritual teacher Eiman Al Zaabi shares how the practice of inquiry can both calm the mind and help you find meaning.

This five-day practice will help you discover and embrace the power of sitting every day.

Practice moving your attention into your chest and heart space, where you receive and give love.

Meditating on your breathing can help you feel calm, grounded, and connected.

Enjoy robust breathing, a free mind, and a bird’s-eye view with a light heart.

This 
sequence will free up space for energy to flow, helping 
your organs function optimally for greater 
mental clarity and endurance.

Feel 
the relationship between your core and steadiness in preparation for meditation.

Meditate on physical sensations, known as bodysensing, in order to feel calm, grounded, and healthy.

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Motivate yourself by dedicating a space for yoga inside your home. We have the five tips to create a meditation space that's perfect for you.

Visualization is playing with the imagination, a powerful resource. Use a glitter jar to illustrate to kids how mindfulness—the cultivation of stillness in the face of swirling chaos of life—affects us.

Meditation can help us get in touch with the universal life force that connects us all. Here's how to align with your shakti.

Finding the time and motivation to meditate is difficult. That's why finding the right intention will help you stay focused on your goal of keeping a consistent meditation practice.

This simple practice from Sonima.com will introduce you to fundamental meditation techniques such as observing the breathing and self-regulation.

Hugging meditation, made famous by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, is rooted in the belief that a good hug can have transformative effects.

Sitting for meditation at the end of a hectic day can feel difficult. This sequence can help you shift gears and transition smoothly into calm.

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Looking for a new way to meditate? Pick up a box of crayons. Coloring books for grownups are trending, and now there’s one especially for yogis.

Neck pain and stress-related tension are a regular struggle for many, but experts say meditation may be the key to longterm relief.

No time to meditate? Bryant Park Yoga teacher Sangeeta Vallabhan doesn't buy it. You make time for Surya Namaskar, don't you?

Do you sit down for meditation and wonder if you're doing it right? Learn all about the universal meditation posture here.

Your intuition is your innermost GPS and one of your greatest allies in life. Sianna Sherman teaches you how to cultivate it.

If the idea of clearing 20 minutes in your schedule feels impossible, turn to this simple meditation you can use anywhere, anytime.

Who couldn't use more meditation in their day? Consciously cultivate a meditative state with mantras in this Dancing Warrior flow.

Top meditation experts debunk the main 
reasons we give ourselves for not meditating. Read their inspiring advice and get over 
obstacles (including yourself).

Our mindfulness meditation guide can help you get around roadblocks and on the path to contentment.

Even yogis wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Use this meditation to shift a bad mood or keep your positivity flowing.

Use this practice from Coral Brown to illuminate your faith, your purpose, and enhance your overall well-being.

Meditation tips, techniques and practices for the beginner—everything you need to know about meditation to get you started.

Want to play more of a leadership role at work and beyond—in a way that really feels true to you? Try this meditation.

Not drugs, therapy, or even asana quieted this yoga teacher’s anxiety. Get the trick that worked.

Try these simple off-the-mat strategies to more mindfully handle everyday life situations.

Try these three simple steps every day to ease stress, stop negative thoughts, and feel better.

In honor of National Yoga Month, expand your repertoire with these four types of yoga that can complement your regular practice.

Yoga and meditation teacher to the stars Alanna Zabel says you can quiet your mind in a mere 3 minutes. Try these 5 steps for a mental vacation.

Feel guilty about praying for favors, especially mundane ones like a new job? Don't.

Daily meditation is one of the smartest thing you can do to promote your own wellness. Here are 3 tips to get started.

Yantra is an ancient tool used for meditation, in which the meditator gazes upon sacred geometric images to focus the mind.

A 5-minute meditation on the question "Who Am I?" can help you look beyond your ego's definition of you and discover what lies beneath.

Elena Brower explains how giving back and meditation can help you believe in yourself.

Sally Kempton answers some of the most frequently asked questions about meditation.

It's easier than you think to establish a regular meditation practice and reap its many rewards.

Far from home, a military wife rediscovers the heart of her practice.

When you treat every act as sacred, you feel the effects in every part of your life.

A proven antidote to anxiety, yoga nidra has been adopted by veterans, recovering addicts, and average stressed-out people.

Open to your body's subtle sensations and discover a spacious new world within.

Interested in beginning a meditation practice, but don’t know where to start? Here are 4 must-know techniques, plus why each one might be right for you.

You always have time for meditation. Here's how.

Everything you ever wanted to know about meditating, but didn't have a teacher to ask.

To encourage a meditative state, find the right gazing spot.

Practice limitless awareness and let yourself be as infinite as the heavens.

Take advantage of meditation training wheels as tools to teach your mind this new skill.

Could you give up speech if you knew it would immeasurably enrich your life?

See your inner and outer worlds as one with this open-eyed meditation.

Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. Follow these easy steps for instant calm.

For a sense of ease that can permeate your whole life, try practicing mindfulness meditation techniques on the mat.

There's nothing like nature to bring you back to your Self and connect you to your senses.

Prepare to meditate in spacious awareness with simple routines to balance your energy and focus.

When you notice yourself feeling constricted, or stagnant, or stuck—all words to describe the same phenomenon—ask yourself what you are resisting.

Slow down, find the gap between thoughts about the past and the future, and discover the loveliness of an ordinary moment.

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Meditate on transforming unhealthy desires.

Quieting the mind doesn't have to mean shushing your many inner voices. By letting them have their say, you can discover the all-encompassing stillness of Big Mind.