Tag Archive for "Meditation"

iOS Enabled Enlightenment

Many years ago, I spent a couple months hanging out in the Sinai Desert and scuba diving in the Red Sea. On my first dives, I would rapidly burn through all of my oxygen, often forcing my group to ascend.

Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

For all the wonders the Information Age has afforded us, it has also provided us with infinite possibilities for constant activity and distraction. Whatever gaps of inactivity that might have existed in days before pre-internet (and particularly pre mobile tech)–waiting.

4 Ways to Stop Reacting and Start Responding to Your Life

“Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom to choose.” –Stephen Covey If you’re anything like me, Mondays tend to suck. Unlike other weekdays, which seem distinct and portioned out with manageable tasks and objectives, I look at Monday as a.

Do Nothing for Three Minutes

Follow these instructions: take the time you would have spent reading one of our thoughtful posts to do nothing. No checking your phone, web browsing, doodling or walking. The only exceptions to the activity moratorium are paying attention to your.

Handheld, Mobile Enlightenment

Even the most edited lives can be packed with stress. Work, family, ubiquitous technology and all the other stressors of modern life can make us feel like we’re floating in a sea of anxiety. And while many of us have.

The Fun, Mobile Path to Enlightenment

For the stressed out Luddite, nothing beats meditation. Sit down, focus on your breath and let the peace ensue. No equipment or wires–just your thoughts, breath and butt. However, for the more technologically disposed, a new product called PIP might provide.

Edit Your Thoughts for More Energy

A recent study explains why you might be more physically exhausted coming home from an eight hour, sedentary day at work than an active day spent doing mindless tasks. The difference is your thoughts. The study, conducted by Samuele Marcora of the.

After You Vote, Take a Break

After a hurricane, a seemingly never-ending election campaign and the miscellaneous stressors that attack us daily, you deserve a break (same goes for our readers not ravaged by hurricanes or campaign promises). Actually, there countless reasons to take regular breaks..

6 Simple Meditation Tips that Might Just Save Your Job

Many of us have many great intentions to meditate regularly, but we regularly find many great reasons why we cannot to do it–we’re tired, we haven’t had our coffee, we’re expecting a call. The biggest reason, of course, is there.