Meditation Practices for Healing and Well-Being
Meditation Practices Bring Me Back To My True Home
Dr. Michael Harner Dr. Michael Harner is the founder and inspiration for The Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He is an anthropologist who received his Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley. In their book, Higher Wisdom, Roger Walsh and Charles S. Grob say this about Michael: What Yogananda did for Hinduism and D.T. Suzuki did for Zen, [...]
This guided imagery exploration helps you activate your subconscious mind. This is accomplished by activating your imagination. Through this joyous journey into your imagination, you can increase your experience of love, happiness, health and well-being in your life, just as it is. The journey starts with deep breathing into your belly and exhaling naturally. This [...]
This guided imagery is led by Kelly Howell. She is a well known figure when it comes to healing and mind expansion. Her voice is very soothing and it is accompanied by sounds designed to synchronize both hemispheres of the brain. Kelly calls this Brain Sync (her website is down as of this writing). This [...]
This guided imagery video is a good beginning to an active visualization practice session. With guided imagery like this, you imagine that you are floating on your own cloud. In and active visualization session, this would set the stage for deeper relaxation and visualization of your goals. The music, from Kevin McLeod, is very beautiful. [...]
Lying still Breathing in, breathing out Healthy cells grow all by themselves I am free of cancer. This poem came to me in a guided imagery session on the vernal equinox of 1997. It was a life changing experience to see so vividly that I was going to heal from cancer. When I told this [...]
Dr. Martin Rossman has outlined a set of mediation practices for worry in his book, The Worry Solution: Using Breakthrough Brain Science to Turn Stress and Anxiety Into Confidence and Happiness. These practices resulted from his many years practicing medicine, acupuncture and guided imagery. He is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of complementary [...]
Mind stories are guided imagery and meditation practices geared to a young child. A child is asked to lie down or sit in a comfortable position so he can listen to the guide and follow the instructions. You will be surprised to know how easily children can follow this. They love to use their imagination [...]
This quote is from Sharon Salzberg, a renowned teacher of vipassana meditation and co-founder of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies with Joseph … [Read More...]
A few days ago, I wrote about how mindful consumption can help us rejoice in what we do have. In today's article, I want to expand a bit on on … [Read More...]
Swami Rama of the Himalayas came to the United States in 1969. I met him in the suburbs of Chicago in 1970. He was my first "root" teacher and his … [Read More...]
In my very first yoga class in 1970 with Dr. Arya, now Swami Veda Bharati, and Swami Rama of the Himalayas I learned a very important lesson. After … [Read More...]
Happy Father's Day! I once attended a weekend retreat led by Ken Keyes. He is the founder of the Living Love method and author of Handbook to Higher … [Read More...]
Dr. Rick Hanson authors a weekly newsletter which I subscribe to called Just One Thing. His posting this week is titled, "Feed the Mouse." If you got … [Read More...]
I interviewed Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on May 26, 2011. Earlier that month, I had completed my job as an expert witness and software development … [Read More...]
This pearl of wisdom was written by Tao-hsuan in the early part of the seventh century. He was an important Chinese Buddhist scholar and the founder … [Read More...]