Yoga Nidra: The Sleep-Based Meditation for Deep Rest In this article: What Yoga Nidra is, how it differs from other meditations, what a session looks like, and how to use it for sleep, stress, and recovery. The Meditation You Do Lying Down Of all the meditation practices, Yoga Nidra is probably the most relaxing —…

Noting Meditation: A Simple Technique to Steady the Mind In this article: What noting meditation is, where it comes from, how it works, and a step-by-step method to bring this technique into your own practice. The Power of a Simple Label Here is a familiar scene: you sit down to meditate, focus on your breath,…

Candle Gazing Meditation (Trataka): How to Practice In this article: What candle gazing meditation (trataka) is, where it comes from, how it works, and a complete step-by-step method to begin. The Meditation That Stares at Fire There is something ancient and hypnotic about a candle flame. Long before meditation was a wellness category, humans gathered…

Sound Bath Meditation: A Beginner’s Guide to Sound Healing In this article: What a sound bath is, how it works, what happens in a session, and how to choose between group classes, home recordings, and instruments of your own. The Meditation Where You Just Lie Down and Listen Of all the forms of meditation, the…

Chakra Meditation: A Practical Beginner’s Guide In this article: What chakras are, where the idea comes from, how chakra meditation works in practice, and a beginner-friendly sequence you can follow. A Meditation for the Body’s Energy Centers If you have ever walked into a yoga studio, browsed a crystal shop, or scrolled wellness Instagram, you…

Transcendental Meditation (TM): What It Is and How It Works In this article: What Transcendental Meditation is, how the technique works, what the research says, and how to decide whether the official course — or a free alternative — is right for you. The Meditation That Went Mainstream Of all the meditation techniques that reached…

Open Awareness Meditation: How to Rest in Open, Spacious Mind In this article: What open awareness meditation is, how it differs from focused-attention practices, and a gentle step-by-step method for learning it. The Meditation That Lets Everything In Most meditation techniques ask you to focus on one thing — your breath, a mantra, a sensation.…

Counting Meditation: The Simplest Way to Tame a Racing Mind In this article: What counting meditation is, why it works so well for busy minds, and a step-by-step method you can try in the next five minutes. The Technique That Anchors a Wandering Mind If you have ever sat down to meditate and discovered your…