This year, we provided meditations on how to tame the inner critic, tune into the body, sleep better, sit with change, and practice loving-kindness.
The Most Popular Meditations From 2019
1. A Body Scan for Beginners
The body scan practice helps you reconnect and relax from head to toe. Elaine Smookler walks us through the basics in this beginners practice.
2. A Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic
The next time your self-doubt becomes too loud, explore this 12-minute meditation from Mark Bertin to confront the nagging voice in your head.
Elaine Smookler April 11, 2019
3. Loving-Kindness Meditation to Cultivate Resilience
By taking the time to remind yourself that you deserve happiness and ease, you can foster greater self-compassion and call upon it when times get tough.
Mark Bertin August 21, 2019
4. A One-Minute Grounding Meditation in Nature
This short and simple breathing practice brings your focus to the present moment and helps you connect with the nature that surrounds you.
Mark Bertin October 17, 2019
5. A Meditation to Shift Out of “Doing” Mode
When we’re too busy, we tend to go into auto-pilot and only focus on “doing,”—rather than being in the moment. This meditation helps you slow down and simply be.
Cara Bradley July 3, 2019
6. A Body Scan Meditation for Better Sleep
Many of us struggle to get a good night’s sleep. If you’re often tossing and turning in the middle of the night, explore this guided meditation to soothe a busy mind.
Zindel Segal June 26, 2019
7. A Meditation to Rest in the Flow
Change is constant, but that doesn’t make it any easier to get used to. Here, Ed Halliwell encourages us to let go of control in order to relieve our anxiety.
Diana Winston March 13, 2019
8. A Meditation to Foster Forgiveness
Holding a grudge may feel good for now, but it hurts us in the long run. By practicing forgiveness, we can open up space for something new to unfold.
Ed Halliwell May 29, 2019
9. A Meditation to Observe Thoughts, Non-Judgmentally
This meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn encourages us to let thoughts come and go, without rushing to act on them or solve anything.
Mark Bertin August 6, 2019
10. A Meditation to Rest in Awareness
By expanding our awareness, we can let go of fixed assumptions and avoid rushing to conclusions, so we can see things as they really are.
Jon Kabat-Zinn March 20, 2019
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