As we are about to ring in the new year, for many it is time to evaluate their life and make resolutions to help bring about positive change. This is a very healthy process and, if done correctly, can be instrumental in helping you uplift your life and bring about the changes you desire and dream about.
Have kids in school? Specially kids in high school? Are you a student in school, high school or college and wondering if meditation will benefit you? Well wonder no longer, meditation is absolutely fantastic for young people and in this article I want to discuss some very interesting research that was conducted on this very topic; benefits of meditation for young people and students.
Zen Meditation is without a doubt one of the greatest tools for enlightenment and Self-realization. This meditation technique is simple in it’s design, watch your breath being it’s core requirement, but fully appreciating Zen Meditation and Zen teachings requires a vast and open mind.
One aspect of Zen meditation or Zen teachings that often lead to confusion is the idea of effortless effort, or the role of effort in one’s spiritual practice and meditation practice. In the Zen bible 
, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, master Shunryu Suzuki explains how one should approach effort within the context of Zen Meditation. Here is that excerpt…
Kundalini Yoga’s Modified Wheel Pose is certainly an exercise worth including as part of your daily yoga routine. It is an integral part of mine. This exercise is called Kandhar Asana in Hatha Yoga and also goes by a few other names in various yoga circles. Since it is often used as a modification to Wheel Pose (see Advanced Yoga Technique for Total Body Workout), and offers many of that position’s benefits without the same degree of difficulty, I find the name Modified Wheel Pose most suitable for it.
Welcome to the 24th edition of the Meditation, Yoga and Personal Development carnival. This is a great edition, with a ton of great articles. There is lots of stuff on how to meditation, create and improve your yoga practice, sex, diet & weight-loss, law of attraction, and much much more.
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A few weeks ago I launched the survey "Are You Living Your Passion in Life?", to find out just how many of us are living in such a truly blessed way. Let me say this is one of the greatest challenges in life; discovering what you really love to do, and then finding a way of aligning your life with it. Here are results of this intriguing survey and below that are some tips and ideas to help you do this.
Is reincarnation true? How about an afterlife? Karmic Laws? Now, that absolutely must exist. Heated debates and discussions swirl around these and other such fascinating questions, but what are the answers? Well let’s head over to Nowind Monastery and see if Master Blumise can help shed some light on these intriguing questions.
Part 1: Totonaka the Fanatic
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So what is the art of meditation? Can it be understood in simple terms? Let’s find out.
It’s been some time since we visited our favorite Zen monastery and I think checking in with Master Blumise and company will help unveil the simple secret behind the profound science of meditation.
A special competition was underway at Nowind Monastery and all the monks were quite eager to do well. Master Blumise had pointed out a very special tree that lived in the woods surrounding the monastery grounds and the monks had been asked to write a story or poem about this tree. The winner would be the one who wrote the best story or poem.
