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How to Clear Our Minds and Create Space in Meditation

By Chogyal Rinpoche

Disrupting Copy and Paste Mentality It is quite interesting that as human beings, our mental behavior often adopts a sort...

Meditation for Children

By Mindworks Team

We all want happy, healthy lives for our children. Teaching kids how to meditate can give them a jump start...

What is Chakra Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

What is a Chakra? “Chakra” is a Sanskrit word that literally means wheel or cycle. In the context of spiritual disciplines...

A Brief History of Meditation

By Mindworks Team

Meditators swear by the practice’s ability to bring enduring positive change into their lives. But where does meditation come from?...

Meditation for Students

By Mindworks Team

Many students are searching for healthy practices that relieve stress, calm frazzled nerves and help them relax. Mindfulness is a...

What Does It Mean to Have Visions During Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

Some people report having visions during meditation. Having a “vision” is defined as experiencing something out of the ordinary that...

Lovingkindness in Meditation

By Noah Levine

Meditation changes our relationship to pain What is lovingkindness meditation?  While there are many different types of meditation, there are...

A Passion for Kids Meditation: Me and the Moon

By Taes Leavitt

Taes' journey of self-exploration and intimate study on meditation for kids This is a profoundly moving guest article by our...

What is guided meditation?

By Mindworks Team

In guided meditation, our practice is shaped by another person’s voice. Because the mind has a tendency to wander where...

Parenting as a Meditator—Is Meditation Important for Families?

By Lama Jampa Thaye

Essential qualities to develop in meditation that help your child grow It’s not “Either I meditate or I have to...

More Than Your Thoughts: How Meditation Can Expand Your World

By Bart Mendel

An Interview with Mindworks Chief Meditation Officer Bart Mendel Having studied and taught meditation for over 35 years throughout the...

How to Meditate: Tibetan Buddhism

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

As Buddhist meditation and philosophy spread throughout the East many hundreds of years ago, they acquired the flavors of the...

What Is Swimming Meditation?

By Mindworks Team

Doctors recommend swimming as one of the best exercises around, and for good reason. When we swim, the main muscle...

What is Meditation Used For?

By Mindworks Team

(Drum roll…) Meditation is everywhere: schools, community centers, medical centers, in the military, in churches, temples, and ashrams, and the...

ASMR in Meditation

By Mindworks Team

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses and Meditation Do you experience a pleasant tingling sensation (called ASMR) when someone whispers in your...