If meditation doesn't come easily to you, trying a new approach could help you have more success. Examples include listening to resonant sound, gazing at a candle or mirror, and focusing on chakras.

A popular New Year’s resolution is to take up meditation — specifically mindfulness meditation. This is a healthy choice.

Archaeologists in the Indus Valley discovered evidence of meditation in wall art dating from 5,000 to 3,500 BCE, according to Psychology Today. And while meditation has been practiced in other parts ...

According to Healthline, there are several popular types of meditation, which include mindfulness, spiritual, focused, movement, mantra, and more. While several options exist, selecting practices that ...

Chances are that at some point trying meditation has crossed your mind — possibly around the same time of year you promised yourself to use that gym membership. The beauty of meditation is that unlike ...

Science-based approaches to how meditation works and its effectiveness distinguish between the two types of meditation. First, interoceptive meditation practices involve turning one’s attention inward ...

For years off and on I tried to sit on a cushion and meditate on my breath, bringing in light and exhaling darkness for 30 minutes as I’d been taught in a class. I kept trying and failing to keep ...

The popularity of mindfulness and meditation has surged in the wellness world, often portrayed as cures for stress and other mental health problems. While the benefits of these practices are already ...

MS meditation, whether through mindfulness, breathwork, or guided walking, can help you manage the stress of living with the disease.

Some call it daydreaming; others call it fantasizing. Whatever you call it, it’s actually your brain’s default mode. We spend at least a third of our waking hours thinking about things other than what ...