A popular New Year's resolution is to take up meditation—specifically mindfulness meditation. This is a healthy choice.

At this point, recounting the benefits of meditation is akin to singing the praises of the sun or Birkenstocks or chocolate cake. The jury is back, and meditation kind of rules. But if you're just ...

Meditation has been a common feature for eons in religious traditions from Buddhism to yoga, which originated as an ancient ...

Have you heard about the many health benefits of meditation—but find yourself struggling to start or keep up a meditation practice? You’re not alone. Despite how meditation instructions are usually ...

Research shows how it can change people physically and mentally. July 28, 2011 — -- A quiet explosion of new research indicating that meditation can physically change the brain in astonishing ...

You may have heard of meditation in a yoga session, a therapy appointment, in pop culture or in various wellness circles. Meditation is a broad term that includes many types of practice: There's ...

Mindfulness meditation focuses your attention on the present moment and your current feelings. Benefits of mindfulness mediation include reduced stress, better focus, and improved well-being. To ...

For years off and on I tried to sit on a cushion and meditate on my breath, bringing in light and exhaling darkness for 30 minutes as I’d been taught in a class. I kept trying and failing to keep ...

Meditation is certainly having its moment in the sun. Originally an ancient Eastern practice, meditation has permeated mainstream Western culture. Meditation, in its purest form, is the practice of ...

I started practicing mindfulness meditation five years ago, when I was an English teacher living in Seoul, South Korea. I'd sit cross-legged and try to concentrate on my breath like the books told me ...