How to Find Gratitude in Your Hardest Moments

How to Find Gratitude in Your Hardest Moments

Gratitude comes in many forms and how you experience it can vary a great deal, depending on your intention. It’s easy to hone in on the things you are grateful for when life is going well. A good economy, a happy family, a loving relationship, a successful career, and...
Fall Meditation to Embody Openness and Self-Reflection

Fall Meditation to Embody Openness and Self-Reflection

Ancient cultures welcomed the changing of seasons by adapting to and synchronizing themselves with nature’s cycles and rhythms. For many of us in modern day society, autumn is marked by the leaves changing color, back-to-school sales, and the arrival of fall décor in...
How to Turn a Breakdown into a Breakthrough

How to Turn a Breakdown into a Breakthrough

Daily life in today’s world can be crazy. Overwhelm and exhaustion are on the rise as endless to-do lists pile higher and higher with each passing day. Responsibilities pertaining to your career and family fall front and center, and can cause you to spin out of...
Everyday Magic: 3 Daily Rituals to Connect You to the Present

Everyday Magic: 3 Daily Rituals to Connect You to the Present

Psychologist Dr. Jean Houston has said that we are the victims of an “age of interrupted process.” Meaning, you generally know a bit about how things begin and how they end, but you are rarely present throughout the middle – or the process. The point she...
A Guided Meditation to Embrace Summertime

A Guided Meditation to Embrace Summertime

With summer rapidly approaching, you may be gearing up for the fun, excitement, and spontaneity that are just around the corner. Out comes the camping gear, hot dogs, bathing suits, and beach towels as you prepare for family vacations, hot weather, and fun...
Meditation for Childbirth: How to Calm Your Nerves Before Labor

Meditation for Childbirth: How to Calm Your Nerves Before Labor

One of the most exciting times in a woman’s life is when she finds out that she is expecting a child. Feelings of exhilaration around starting a new family—or adding to it—consume the new mommy-to-be’s thoughts nonstop. Will it be a girl or a boy? Will he look like...
A Guided Meditation for Setting Intentions

A Guided Meditation for Setting Intentions

More and more, people are doing away with New Year’s resolutions and instead setting intentions for what they would like to achieve over the next 12 months. Resolutions, intentions, goals—whatever label you prefer to use—are only possible if you take consistent action...
10-Minute Meditation Breaks

10-Minute Meditation Breaks

When kids get too rowdy, they’re given time-outs. Regardless of why parents and teachers administer a time-out, it’s ultimately meant to help children slow down, reconnect with the present moment, and begin again. It’s a reset that helps kids re-enter the playground...
99 Reasons to Start Meditating

99 Reasons to Start Meditating

There’s big buzz around meditation, and for good reason. Research points to this once fringe practice as a highly effective technique for improving your life overall. With benefits ranging from physiological to psychological to spiritual, and scientific research to...