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Simple Yogic Breathing Techniques for Stress Relief

By Sara-Mai Conway

Breathe Deeply: Why Deep Breathing Helps to Calm Your Stress When stressed, our breath gets short and shallow, a sign...

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How Breath and Health are Connected

By Sara-Mai Conway

Deep Breathing and Physical Health Benefits for Stress and Anxiety You know you depend on breath to live, but did...

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6 Simple Relaxation Techniques for Stress

By Sara-Mai Conway

6 Simple Stress Management Techniques When we experience stress, it triggers a sympathetic nervous system response. Heart rate, breathing and...

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How Meditation and Morality are Connected

By Sara-Mai Conway

In Buddhism and other ancient traditions, including yoga, training in morality is considered a precursor to meditation practice. At the...

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Which Type of Meditation is Best?

By Sara-Mai Conway

The Best Types of Meditation for Beginners — Mindfulness & Awareness Once people understand there’s more than one type of...

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Meditation and the Autonomic Nervous System

By Sara-Mai Conway

About Your Nervous System: Calming Your Nerves & Heart with Meditation You might have heard meditation can heal your central...

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How Meditation Improves Physical Health

By Sara-Mai Conway

The Proven Health Benefits of Daily Meditation According to Science When considering its benefits, most people focus on how meditation...

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Common Meditation Myths Debunked

By Sara-Mai Conway

Mistaken assumptions about meditation, how it works, and what the outcomes should be can prevent us from starting a practice...

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Unleashing the Goodness of Mind

By Tsony Devroux

Refine Your Mind's Qualities and Potential with Meditation Practice One beautiful thing about the mind is that it doesn’t have...

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Meditation and Physical Pain

By Sara-Mai Conway

Physical Pain vs Suffering (optional!) - What are the key differences? By using physical pain as an object of meditation...

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Healing Trauma Through Meditation

By Stephen Dansiger

What Qualifies as Trauma, and How Does It Affect our Brain Structure? Meditation can help you heal from trauma and...

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How Meditation Works to Stop Bad Habits

By Sara-Mai Conway

Science points to how bad habits form, but mindfulness helps us break free Research shows almost half of what we...

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Can Meditation Help Lower My Heart Rate or Blood Pressure?

By Sara-Mai Conway

Meditation can lower and regulate your heart rate and blood pressure The physiological effects of meditation include a reduction in...

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Meditation for Uncertain Times

By Sara-Mai Conway

The Challenge of Finding Stability In Times Of Change & Uncertainty Change is hard, even when it’s expected. In times...

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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...

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