Meditation

Metta Meditation and Cultivating Loving Kindness
Metta Meditation is a Buddhist meditation technique that aims at cultivating mental and physical wellbeing through Metta (Loving Kindness). The techni [ ... ]

Buddhist Medicine | Meditation, Mental Health Care, and Traditional Medicine
Buddhist Medicine is an umbrella term for a broad variety of ideas and practices with regard to illness and health that have emerged within Buddhist c [ ... ]

Jitanamai – Healthy Mind According to Dhammanamai
Jitanamai, also written as Jittanamai, Chittanamai, or Cittanamaya, is part of the Thai Dhammanamai Self-Care principles and is about having a healthy [ ... ]

Body Prayer in Tantra, Yoga, and Religions
Body Prayer is an embodied emotional and mental practice, that involves praying with the participation of one’s body and bodily experiences. It& [ ... ]

Proprioception, Interoception, Body Awareness, and De-Armoring
We all know about the five human senses, that is, our taste (gustatory sensory system), hearing (auditory sensory system), smell (olfactory sensory sy [ ... ]

Noble Silence, the Buddha, and Meditation Practices
Noble Silence is thought to originate as a phrase and directive from Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), the founder of Buddhism. It refers to the idea t [ ... ]

What Is Guided Meditation?
Guided Meditation is the practice in which one or more participants meditate (or enhance their meditation practice) with help of the guidance given by [ ... ]

Meditation Music – Aims, Use, and Health Benefits
Simply said, Meditation Music is music that aids or accompanies the practice of meditation, or is alternatively used to meditate on. It may have a spe [ ... ]

Churches, Temples, Silence and Sounds
Churches, temples, and in a more general sense the inner domains of sacred places are usually territories marked by silence. These are typically devot [ ... ]

Reflections on Zen Master Jinen | Zazen Sitting Meditation
In 2014, I stumbled upon a short video titled A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen posted on YouTube by El-Branden Brazil. It’s a little questions a [ ... ]