A body scan is where we place our full attention on our body and its parts. It usually starts with the soles of our feet, and slowly progress to the top of the head. There are many types of basic body scan audio recordings you can listen to. One example is a three-minute guided meditation by UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). This technique greatly helps in relaxation and sleep. [continue reading]

Mindfulness is the ability to maintain a moment-by-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and the environment. It involves acceptance, which means that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them. We don’t believe that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think and feel at any given moment. [continue reading]

Buddhist meditation is about meditative practices that relate to the philosophy and religion of Buddhism. It includes a variety of techniques that strive for concentration, insight, mindfulness and inner peace. But a lot of people feel that this traditional practice is a bit too hard. If you like to learn but feel unsure of where to start, then you can practice a technique called guided meditation. [continue reading]