-
5 Ways To Do More With Less Effort
Ever feel like when you get to the end of the day, you’ve worked really hard but don’t have much to show for it? To prevent these moments, we can choose to work smarter, instead of harder. The energy of springtime (even for us in the land of eternal summer) is ripe for planting new […]
-
Flow And Meditation
Ever felt completely absorbed by what you were doing? I am sure we all have had such an experience of being “in the flow”. What a great place to be. In fact, a man named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has made a career out of studying and researching this phenomenon. You can learn more about his work, […]
-
Mindfulness Talk By Thich Nhat Hanh
Ever wanted to learn mindfulness directly from and old and wise monk? You can! And you don’t even have to move an inch to do so. Here is a mindfulness talk that was held in 2011 by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. Following is the YouTube description of […]
-
Is Drawing Meditation?
Do you sometimes find yourself meditating while doing an activity you love? I came across this question in a fascinating interview on youtube, about meditation and drawing. And what a gem of a video! The presenter starts off by saying: “A lot of times when you do a drawing, you end up feeling calm and relaxed, and you […]
-
Join Us For 10 Day Meditation Challenge
Been on the fence for a bit? Or perhaps you’ve been meditating in the past, but never really stuck with it? You have it on your list of “things-you-should-do”, but still haven’t taken action. I personally know how hard it can be to get started with meditation. It’s scary to be alone with the thoughts […]
-
Start Your Practice Today!
It seems like mindfulness and meditation is everywhere these days! Anderson Cooper did a “60 Minutes” special; TIME magazine featured a cover story on the topic; and study after study offers more research exploring the powerful benefits of sitting still and breathing, for ten minutes, each day. We’ve read about it, talked to people who […]
-
Everything You Need To Know About Meditation
Meditation does not work for me, I am telling you! Ever heard such a comment from someone? Or perhaps you’ve been guilty of saying it yourself… It’s one of the many meditation myths that we have been debunking at Daily Meditate, repeatedly. But it’s worth repeating until it’s not a myth anymore. The video below […]
-
Yoga Breathing As Meditation Exercise
Ever done the Darth Vader voice? I definitely have! Watch the video below to discover what Darth Vader has to do with yoga and meditation. In this 10 minute instructional video, renowned Vinyasa Yoga teacher and spiritual activist Seane Corn, teaches us 4 different yoga breathing techniques. Breathing is also central in most meditation traditions around the […]
-
Learn To Meditate In 5 Easy Steps
Need some quick meditation inspiration? How about 5 easy steps, in a 5 minute video? That is just what the YouTube “Audio Entrainment” has to offer. I liked it so much that I wanted to share it with all of you. It is in a “hand-drawing-on-a-whiteboard” style, and goes through how to get started meditation, […]
-
The Art Of Meditation
Do you hear the noise? What noise?! This video features a great excerpt from a talk by Alan Watts about meditation. The video creator, “Omega Point”, has done a great job at setting the audio to some wonderful footage in a beautiful setting, and at times overlaying it with words and sentences from Alan Watts […]