Meditation

Water can enhance the power of a meditation—reverberating a mantra’s sound, calming the mind, and encouraging a feeling of nonattachment and weightlessness.

This meditation for mothers is meant to evoke feelings that will help ground you in a place of calm and appreciation.

Try this simple 5-step meditation on the question “Who am I?” to look beyond your ego’s definition of you and discover what lies beneath.

In this guided meditation, Mallika Chopra encourages mothers who struggle with accepting support to open up to receiving.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and anxious when work stresses come into play. Try this practice as a solution to all of your stress woes.

Get advice from the world's best yoga teachers on how to craft a special yoga practice space in your home.

Waiting for a phone call, in line at the grocery store, or for your kids to get out of school? Try this meditation during those in-between moments and feel alive.

Sharon Salzberg writes that by practicing kindness with others and yourself, over and over again, and this is who you become, this is what feels most natural. Start now.

Follow along in the video below to learn how to process your feelings and find peace in the present moment.

Mothers sacrifice sleep, diet, love life to care for their kids. Take a moment to pause and recalibrate yourself for better balance.

For those suffering from 
anxiety, yoga can be a lifeline. 
Here’s why doctors are 
increasingly recommending 
it as a complementary therapy.

Meditation is one part of the practice that has the potential to keep deepening with age. Here are 10 guided meditations to return to for years to come.

Without breath, the prana we cultivate through yoga practice would have no real avenue for circulation; the breath is everything. Try this easy breathing meditation to foster a more effective practice.

Gain insight into the way you can use your reactions to sound to understand yourself better and settle deeply into the present moment.

If you've struggled with meditation but buy into the benefits, it's time to try yoga nidra. This systematic relaxation brings ease to the very deepest layers of our being.

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?

Author Michael A. Singer went from a penniless yogi in the woods to CEO of a billion-dollar public company—almost against his own will. Get a preview of his story in this interview.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

While there is no cure for Alzheimer's, research suggests yoga and meditation may play a role in prevention and improving symptoms.

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.

A slew of scientific studies suggest that mindfulness meditation offers some powerful holistic health benefits, making it an increasingly viable complement to conventional health care.

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

Our home practice teacher Rina Jakubowicz gives you this short sequence of yoga poses to clear your mind and achieve a meditative state.

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.

Our home practice teacher Rina Jakubowicz demonstrates a short sequence of yoga poses to clear your mind and prepare your body for meditation.

This five-part series explores the insight "American Sniper" offers into the yoga of war, the mind of a veteran, and the practices crucial to finding the next mission.

How former NFL player Keith Mitchell found healing through yoga and mindfulness. Now, he wants to share that experience with others.

One of the best tricks for slowing down a racing mind is meditation on the breath.

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

Elena Brower offers this 4-step practice to bring your dream into focus.

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.

Our expert weighs in on observing your feelings and letting them go—even when your practice or class gets irritating.

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

When a crisis hits, you have to dig deep. Yoga helps people tap into reserves of inner strength to find new hope, resilience, and happiness.

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

Teacher Alexandria Crow explains why yoga’s biggest benefits have nothing to do with mastering advanced asanas and everything to do with mastering the mind.

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.

New York Times best-selling author and neurobiologist Dr. Dan Siegel talks about his new book, mindfulness, and what compassion really means.

Environmental activist and author Joanna Macy gets into what compassion really means—and how to apply it in daily life.

New to yoga? We've got answers for you. These 10 common questions for yoga beginners should get you on your way to a deeper practice and mindful meditation.

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

The mother, best-selling author, and president of The Huffington Post Media Group tells us about her practice, her latest book, and (surprisingly) her favorite song.

Use this Tantric practice to unwind and process your day for a better night's sleep.

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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.

Celebrated yoga teacher, life coach, author and natural beauty expert shares her tips for creating a life you love.

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

Adam Levine has piles of talent, but he attributes much of his success to his daily yoga practice. Here his teacher shares a favorite meditation.

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.

Meditation is as integral to a yoga practice, but for some of us, it can be more challenging than a complicated arm balance.

A Harvard Medical School psychiatrist investigates the impact of yoga and meditation on gene expression related to stress and immunity through a new NIH-funded study.

From instant calming to greater self-awareness, Erica Rodefer Winters has found pranayama to be an incredibly important part of her regular yoga practice.

When it comes to money matters, yoga hasn't provided Neal Pollack with any answers. But it's proven to be a steady lean-to during both good and bad times.

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

Sage Rountree offers suggestions for supported seated poses when you struggle with tight hips.

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

It's not always easy, but there are potent yogic lessons to be learned from embracing the feelings of disappointment. Dhumavati, the goddess of disappointment, can help. Sally Kempton explains how.

We're often encouraged in yoga class to practice ujjayi breathing, or Victorious Breath. But, as Katie Silcox explains, this strong, heating pranyama technique should only be used at certain times in your practice for very specific purposes.

In an effort to stay present to all the really great things in her life, Erica Rodefer Winters has started a happiness journal. It's working.

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Tantra and meditation teacher Sally Kempton explains how invoking the energy of Hindu goddesses in your practice activates their power within you.

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Katie Silcox explains how to tune into the prana body and remove obstacles to your own luminescence.