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The Art of Mindfulness
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Insight Meditation Center – Gil Fronsdal
This amazing and in-depth resource was created by founder Gil Fronsdal. Gil is the founding teacher, and a co-guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He has been teaching since 1990. Gil has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. Here you can obtain an amazing amount of teachings of insight meditation.
This is an amazing collection of almost 30 years worth of weekly dharma podcasts. I think this makes Gil Fronsdal one of the most prolific podcasters in the world. Amazing.
You will find many hours of excellent meditation videos and dharma talks. If you are interested in meditation then you owe it to yourself to check this channel out.
Intro to Meditation – Gil Fronsdal
This is an incredible in-depth 18-hour video series in which Gil Fronsdal teaches you how to practice insight meditation. This is priceless.
Meditation: In-Depth – NIIH
This is an excellent article that discusses the research behind many of the health benefits of meditation.
5 Health Benefits of Daily Meditation According to Science – Madhuleena Roy Chowdhury, BA – Positivepsychology.com
This excellent article looks at the latest research behind the many benefits of meditation.
Free PDF
Insight Meditation Made Easy
7 steps to establishing a meditation practice you’ll keep for life.
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If you know me then you know I’m not big on woo-woo. But, I must admit that I find singing bowls to be transcendent and quite mesmerizing.
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For me, nothing breaks the spell of a meditation session more than pain. And sitting on the floor in lotus position is downright torturous for me. I have found that sitting cross-legged on a good meditation pillow is actually comfortable. If that sounds like you then check this out.
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Like I said, I’m not big on woo-woo but there’s something about a laughing buddha that appeals to me. We’ve had one sitting in our garden by our front porch for decades and so it’s come to represent happy homecomings for me.
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