A Brief History of Buddhism

By Sara-Mai Conway

The history of Buddhism spans the globe for the last 2,600 years. Buddhism is alive and well today as the...

How Meditation Changes the Brain

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Did you know that simply sitting and breathing mindfully can significantly change the brain? It’s true! Meditation Nurtures the Brain...

Meditation Benefits for the Mind and Body

By Trungram Gyalwa, PhD

Our minds and our bodies are connected. If we’re unhappy for an extended time, our bodies become weaker and more...

How to Do Meditation at Home

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Meditation is an effective technique that has been around for centuries. People who meditate consistently find that there are short-term...

What Happens to Your Mind, Brain and Body During Meditation?

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Your brain is an unimaginably complex electrochemical organ. There’s always a certain level of electric activity going on there regardless...

Long Term Benefits of Meditation

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

It often feels like there are just not enough hours in a day and not enough days in a week...

Opening the Heart to Love

By Vinny Ferraro

4 Heart Practices Meditation I think when I first came to practice, probably for the first couple years, I sat...

Meditation for Sleep

By Mindworks Team

Meditation before going to bed If you’ve been struggling to catch some shuteye lately, meditating before bed might help. Statistics...

What Is Mantra Meditation?

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

A mantra is a syllable, word, or phrase that is repeated during meditation. Mantras can be spoken, chanted, whispered, or...

What is Spiritual Meditation?

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

At its core, spiritual meditation is the mindful practice of connection to something that is greater, vaster, and deeper than...

Guided Meditation for Stress Relief

By Maria Camara

A mindful breathing meditation for relaxation Based on the guided meditations for stress reduction presented in Mindworks Working with Stress...

Meditation Definition: What is Meditation? Take Charge of the Mind

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Good question! Meditation is indeed learning to work with the mind. The Cambridge dictionary defines meditation as “the act of...

The Art of Letting Go

By Trungram Gyalwa, PhD

Meditation and letting go: the antidotes to suffering Is it possible that many of the difficulties in our lives come...

Does Meditation Make You Happy?

By Trinlay Rinpoche

What do we all have in common? What motivates us? What is it that we’re all striving for? We’re all...

Why is Meditation Important? 6 Facts You Need to Know

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

When the topic of mindfulness comes up, there are people out there who still imagine that meditation is the domain...