Visualization techniques, such as guided imagery and body scanning, can improve your well-being. It may be helpful to choose a technique that best aligns with your needs during meditation. When you ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

This article looks at Buddhist meditation, its purpose and the different approaches to meditation. Meditation is a mental and physical course of action that a person uses to separate themselves from ...

Buddhist monks hold lanterns next to a huge screen placed around the temple to showcase the online devotees using Zoom to join in during the yearly ceremony of Makha Bucha at Wat Dhammakaya in the ...

Soothing music played from a portable MP3 player as lights were dimmed and shades drawn in the religion department lounge. Seven students sat on couches and on the floor as Ryan Bongseok Joo GS ...

Bhante Saranapala started his monastic life when he was 10 years old and has been practicing Buddhism ever since. Now 53, the Toronto-based monk leads weekly meditation sessions and monthly retreats ...

As it is practiced in the US today, mindfulness meditation focuses on being intensely aware, without any sort of judgment, of what one is sensing and feeling in the given moment. Mindfulness practice ...

Self-care can be a key strategy for getting through tough times, such as a global pandemic. Meditation is one practice that has been relied upon by people for centuries and across various cultures.