Guided Meditation

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

The breath is just as essential for athletes as it is for yogis. Spend a few minutes with your breath to rebalance after exercise.

Rose Freerick, a Christian meditation teacher, who draws inspiration from the divine, teaches us to find stillness in this centering prayer.

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.

Practice tuning in to your breath and body before a workout to focus and commit to nurturing and strengthening your body.

In this short affirmation-based meditation with Deepak Chopra, M.D., you can use his positive words to shift your thoughts and action.

During this practice, become more attuned to the tastes and textures of foods, providing a satisfying introduction to mindfulness practice.

If you find it difficult to set aside time for seated meditation, this practice can be done informally (even while you’re brushing your teeth!).

For a more compassionate approach to conflict, this meditation works through the essential questions toward empathy.

This video guides you through a practice of acknowledging your feelings without getting caught up in the stories around them.

New research shows mindfulness meditation is a powerful antidote to insomnia. Deepak Chopra leads you to restful sleep in this bedtime video.

During this 10-minute guided meditation, you’ll practice a visualization exercise designed to help you develop care and compassion for yourself.

Want to maximize workout satisfaction? Cultivate presence during exercise to observe all aspects of your experience with this walking meditation video.

The following meditation, when done regularly, brings self-esteem, self-love, and self-healing into the body.

Patience can be hard to come by when faced with problems or obstacles. Use this guided meditation to overcome frustration.

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

Not all meditation has to happen 
sitting still in Lotus Pose. Focus your awareness inward, on the breath and 
the way your body moves with these sequences.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., invites you to take a few moments of mindful attention to center your thoughts in the face of stress.

This meditation by Jamie Zimmerman, M.D., will help you learn to handle food cravings with greater awareness and intention.

This 10-minute video from Sonima will help you become aware of the sensations of waking and mindfully set an intention for the day.

Try this 10-minute guided meditation video to develop the will to cultivate and sustain transformation at the core.

Try this quick and powerful method for counting your blessings before you even get out of bed.

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

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

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.

Keeping the weight off doesn't always mean eating less. Use this practice to change how you think about food.

When life doesn't go as planned, try this guided meditation to connect to surrender to a source bigger than yourself.

Establish a place of refuge and weather even the toughest of times with grace.

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

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

Connect with your inner light and share with the world.

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

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

You don't have to work for happiness. It's already here to be experienced in every moment.

Connect with your creativity and spirit in this simple meditation.

Get in touch with your inner strength with this meditation on the goddess Kali.

Try this simple Kundalini practice to maintain focus and improve memory.

Explore without limits the Big Mind within you.

Take time one day to be actively conscious of how the rasas show up in your life.

Focusing your attention on the everyday gifts that nature gives can help you cultivate reverence for the earth.

Deepen your connection to the Earth by tapping into the elemental energies swirling within each of us and find new ways to care for her.

Anything that helps to open people's hearts will help not only their blood pressure, but all of life on earth.

Learn how to break the cycle of suffering from "push-pull' thoughts by really embracing stillness.

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

By approaching the night sky with fresh eyes, you become more intimate with the world. Learn how to cultivate nonconceptual awareness when looking at nature.

Sadness can be a powerful doorway into the heart. The next time you feel loss or sorrow, try this practice for transforming sadness.

Healing meditations should be simple, appealing, and useful.

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

Set aside 30 minutes, preferably at the end of the day, to try this Naikan practice.

Count your blessings and you'll find that even a "bad" day is filled with precious gifts.

This guided meditation is intended to raise your awareness and ignite curiosity about the world around you.

Amid the cacophony of everyday life, it's not always easy to hear the inner voice that can guide you to the right vacation for right now.

Learn how to explore, welcome, and accept your toughest emotions to begin to make peace with them.

If you think there's no way to get your mind off of discomfort in your body, try this practice to shift how you experience it.

Sat Kriya is one of the most basic and powerful exercises of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

Try this calming meditation to keep holiday stress at bay.

This meditation will help you visualize the ideal work situation so you can bring it to life.

Practice mantra meditation to tune in to the stillness that resides within you.

This meditation is a powerful invitation to connect with the present when you're calm and an amazing aid when you're upset.

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Sometimes the fastest way to speed things up is to slow down. Try this slow-motion hand meditation to clear your mind.

When you deny the reality of life, you appreciate it less. Meditate on the Buddha's Five Remembrances and rediscover the magic of life just as it is.

To harness the energy of the mind, you must learn to see beyond the content of your thoughts to their very substance.

Try this meditation to nourish the heart from the inside out.

By visualizing your heart as a lotus flower, you can begin to create a safe, comfortable place for your mind to settle.

Many yogis find that anapanasati, a form of meditation that focuses on the breath, is a natural place to begin their sitting practice.

Loving-kindness meditation (metta) challenges us to send love and compassion to the difficult people in our lives, —including ourselves.

This contemplation meditation is an opportunity to focus "thinking mind" on the mystery of being.

Meditation invokes a shift in consciousness, whether in stillness or motion.

This five-part meditation clears the heart and quiets the mind.

This concentration practice grounds you in the present moment.