Meditation on the Job | Practicing Mindfulness at Work

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Five ways to bring more meditation into your work life Meditation is an oasis of calm in our busy lives,...

Buddhist Meditation Techniques & Practices

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Summary: Buddhist meditation practices stem from the Buddha's insights about existence: Shamatha (mindfulness) focuses on cultivating calmness, clarity, and equanimity, leading...

Mindful Listening

By Mindworks Team

Is there a relationship between effective listening and mindfulness? What is mindful listening? Mindfulness, in all its many forms, boils...

What is Zen Meditation? Benefits & Techniques

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Post Summary. Zen meditation is an ancient Buddhist tradition originating in China and practiced in various Asian countries. Zen meditation...

How to Manage a Business and Meditate Effectively

By Bart Mendel

Meditation for busy business executives Not so very long ago, meditation and entrepreneurship rarely occupied the same bandwidth. Nowadays though,...

Morning Meditation

By Mindworks Team

Four mindful ways to wake up your body and energize your mind What are the benefits of morning meditation? As...

Mindfulness of Sounds – Meditation Practice

By Mindworks Team

What are meditation sounds? How to use sounds in mindfulness practice Meditation is about paying attention in and to the...

The Great Message of Impermanence

By Lama Jampa Thaye

Change and the law of impermanence — Life's great wake-up call One of the most powerful things about being alive...

Finding Your Mantra

By Mindworks Team

Mantras are words or phrases used to increase positive energy, uplift, encourage, or connect. Classic Buddhist mantras in Sanskrit promote...

Meditation in Motion

By Mindworks Team

6 Easy-To-Apply Methods to Practice Mindful Movements Every Day Even the Buddha, who is usually portrayed meditating in perfect stillness,...

Noting Meditation Practice

By Pamela Gayle White

How to use labels to make a busy mind more manageable Oh, those pesky thoughts. When we’re in deep meditation,...

What is Vipassana Meditation?

By Bart Mendel and Mindworks Team

Vipassana meditation, also known as insight or awareness meditation, can be summarized by Socrates’s famous maxim “To know thyself is...

Meditation on the Power of Gratitude

By Lama Jampa Thaye

We all know that it’s important to appreciate the good things in our lives and to be thankful for the...

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?...