From the monthly archives:

April 2008

The Marvellous Power of Thanks

Photo by Thiru Murugan There are stories which open the heart and inspire the mind. A few days ago this inspiring account was posted by Bob Sugar and Brad Stevenson as a comment to my post Counting Your Blessing: 5 Ways to Increase Happiness. I decided to publish it as a guest post because it [...]

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How to Meditate: 10 Important Tips

By Mary Jaksch Why meditate? On one level, meditation is a tool. It can help combat stress, fosters physical health, helps with chronic pain, can make you sleep better, feel happier, be more peaceful, as well as be present. But on a deeper level, meditation is a doorway into the unknown. It can help us [...]

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Can Meditation Make Us Happier?

Photo E. Carton We all have an emotional thermostat. There is an emotional ‘set-point’ around which our daily mood swings. For some people, the setting is low and they experience mostly darker moods. Others have a higher set-point that allows them to experience sunnier moods. I’m lucky because my set-point is in the ‘happy’ range. [...]

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Zen and the Art of Walking

In many religious traditions, walking is a spiritual practice. The reason traditions like Zen use walking as a form of spiritual practice, is that it can form a bridge between meditation and everyday life. Mindful walking is meditation in action. Like anything else, walking can be done either mindlessly or mindfully. It’s so easy to [...]

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