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How to Get Your Child Started With Meditation?

Do you have a pre-teen child in your life that you’d like to be closer to? Perhaps you are a parent or an uncle or aunt or grandparent and you’d like to find a way to support the child in your life to be happier and healthier. A very special thing we can ...

Meditation: A Seed for Social Transformation

Beauty is not just outside, it is within too. A statement so true and one person who lives by this phrase is Raul Ortemberg. A designer in Argentina, his clothes are intended to make people look beautiful. But Raul doesn’t stop at just that. He also adds ...

5 simple rules to correct your meditation practice

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, “Meditation is an art of doing nothing and letting go.” Only when one is effortless and the mind is relaxed can it let go of worries and impressions. Meditation is a personal journey that is necessary for a peaceful an ...

Meditation and the Consciousness

There are various states of consciousness that we can have. Meditation is one of the most important of them. Following are normal states of consciousness We are awake experiencing the world through the 5 senses. In absence of any one of these we lose the ...

Meditation for World Peace

All world problems, from military conflicts to domestic conflicts, are caused by violence. Through meditation we can remove the cause of violence, thus bringing peace to the world. Any action that is undertaken without inner peace only leads to regret. An ...

Meditation and Sleep: Similar yet different

I am so tired; I just need to sleep for sometime. Isn’t it natural for us to think that? However, is there anything else that could give us deeper rest and recharge us? There are four sources of energy of which sleep is one and meditation is another. Medi ...

Tapping Creativity Through Meditation

Creativity is a wonder wand that churns out solutions to crooked problems, swirls about amazing creations, and awes your mind with its magical touch. Many of us desire it, but most of us assume it is an asset of a few. But, did you know that it is a gift ...

Meditation techniques and insights for a seeker on the spiritual path

Where are you on the spiritual path? Do you think of yourself as a spiritual person? Do you realize that sometimes when you are in a traffic jam, or when someone disagrees with you, it all goes for a toss? Worries, sorrows, and disturbances may all be a h ...

How to enjoy your meditation even in noisy places

Meditation is peace-giving and many like to have silence around them when meditating. But only if this world worked as per our likes! Many people, including long-term meditators, still experience irritation when confronted with noise while they are medita ...

In which yoga posture should I sit for meditation?

“If you want to stand on one leg and meditate, that is also fine," smiled Dinesh Ghodke, senior Art of Living teacher, when replying to this question. "You can meditate in any posture in which you feel comfortable and can hold steadily.” Surpris ...