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What Happens to Your Mind, Brain and Body During Meditation?

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Your brain is an unimaginably complex electrochemical organ. There’s always a certain level of electric activity going on there regardless...

Long Term Benefits of Meditation

By Mindworks Team

It often feels like there are just not enough hours in a day and not enough days in a week...

Opening the Heart to Love

By Vinny Ferraro

4 Heart Practices Meditation I think when I first came to practice, probably for the first couple years, I sat...

Meditation for Sleep

By Mindworks Team

Meditation before going to bed If you’ve been struggling to catch some shuteye lately, meditating before bed might help. Statistics...

What Is Mantra Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

A mantra is a syllable, word, or phrase that is repeated during meditation. Mantras can be spoken, chanted, whispered, or...

What is Spiritual Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

At its core, spiritual meditation is the mindful practice of connection to something that is greater, vaster, and deeper than...

Guided Meditation for Stress Relief

By Maria Camara

A mindful breathing meditation for relaxation Based on the guided meditations for stress reduction presented in Mindworks Working with Stress...

Meditation Definition: What is Meditation? Take Charge of the Mind

By Mindworks Team

Good question! Meditation is indeed learning to work with the mind. The Cambridge dictionary defines meditation as “the act of...

Discovering Genuine Confidence through Meditation

By Bart Mendel

Unconditional goodness and self-worth There’s a big difference between ordinary confidence and genuine confidence. You could say that ordinary confidence...

The Art of Letting Go

By Trungram Gyalwa, PhD

Meditation and letting go: the antidotes to suffering Is it possible that many of the difficulties in our lives come...

Does Meditation Make You Happy?

By Trinlay Rinpoche

What do we all have in common? What motivates us? What is it that we’re all striving for? We’re all looking...

Why is Meditation Important? 6 Facts You Need to Know

By Mindworks Team

When the topic of mindfulness comes up, there are people out there who still imagine that meditation is the domain...

How to Breathe Properly When Meditating

By Mindworks Team

The point of mindfulness meditation practice is to cultivate awareness and peace, but beginners often get side-tracked by worrying about...

What are the Different Types of Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

Some technique of meditation is practiced in virtually every community throughout the world. An ancient tradition, meditation is as relevant in today’s...

What Is Buddhist Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

There are many forms of meditation and many ideas about what meditation is. While different spiritual paths may associate meditation...