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How to Start a Home Meditation Practice

How to Start a Home Meditation Practice

Zen teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation...

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The Price of Overshopping

The Price of Overshopping

Do you pursue happiness by buying things you don’t really need? Lauren Rosenfeld...

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The World Is Your Zendo

The World Is Your Zendo

On remote islands, Pico Iyer discovers that this moment, now, is the gift-wrapped...

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Addiction, Trauma, and the Problem of Being Present

Addiction, Trauma, and the Problem of Being Present

Mindfulness can be a powerful tool in addiction recovery—but it's crucial to understand...

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Rewire Your Food Cravings and Triggers

Rewire Your Food Cravings and Triggers

Bringing awareness to our food cravings can change our relationship to them—we can...

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A Meditation on Endings

A Meditation on Endings

By drawing our attention to endings and our developed habits about the way we meet...

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Small Mind, Big Mind

Small Mind, Big Mind

Thoughts in the mind are like waves in the ocean: you can never fully stop them...

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Nirvana Is Here and Now

Nirvana Is Here and Now

A koan practice for working with resistance to what is, and for finding the unknown...

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You’ve Already Arrived

You’ve Already Arrived

Understanding the peace and openness of the don’t-know mind—and that we’ve been...

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Approaching Nonduality

Approaching Nonduality

Practice with the koan “If all things return to one, where does the one return?”...