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Course objectives: List the benefits of meditation Analyze the deep relationship between meditation and spirituality Identify options for when and how to meditate Practice guided meditation A Step-by-Step Introduction to Meditation Scientific studies show that meditation can...

American-born spiritual teacher Gangaji has made it her life's work to spell out the bedrock principles of self-inquiry in order to reveal how each one of us can effortlessly step outside limited psychological conditioning and mental constructs into the freedom, expansiveness, and peace of your...

Make Peace with Anyone is the first audiobook that shows listeners how to quickly resolve any situation, no matter how long it's been going on, or how many people are involved. The techniques and psychological strategies presented here are simple, easy to understand, and work...fast. In this...

iMeditate Guided Practice Audio Series By slowing down and looking within we lay the foundation for knowing ourselves more completely. In this guided bodyscan practice, Sharon Salzberg helps you directly perceive our ever-changing experiences through the world of physical sensations...

Is your life filled with great projects, people, and aspirations—but you’re just too overwhelmed to enjoy them? Have you put your big picture dreams on hold forever? Do you yearn for the passion that once propelled you? “So many of us have tried to get our lives back in control by making...

Two pioneers in integrative mind-body medicine guide you through a series of three meditation practices for optimum health, focusing on the breath, the body, and the emotions. It's an excellent way to experience the proven health and stress-reduction benefits of meditation, even if you've never...

The transcendental, humming pulse of consciousness can be heard in the center of the fourth chakra: the human body's heart center. As this chakra is balanced and energized, faith, devotion, and harmony in our relationships unfold. Now, world-renowned drummer and author Layne Redmond offers Heart...

Have you ever had a dream that surprised or mystified you? Did the people and places in that dream seem to be as real as your waking life? If so, teaches Dr. Stephen Aizenstat, you may have already discovered the astonishing truth: that your dreams are—very literally—alive. On DreamTending...

Embracing All That Is: The Internal Yoga of Meditation When we approach meditation as a wide-open embrace of life, we can let our bodies be our best meditation teachers. Created for yoga practitioners and everyone else, Meditation for Yoga Lovers invites you to join Lorin Roche to leap into a...

Most relaxation techniques focus on either soothing the body or settling the mind—and achieve only limited results. Dr. Mark Hyman’s approach helps you address the mind and body at once to achieve a state he calls “UltraCalm.” On UltraCalm, this bestselling author presents his simple...

Integrating mindfulness with Nonviolent Communication, this course helps us foster kind and effective conversation in our relationships. When dialogue is reduced to pushing our views, scoring points, or assigning blame, everybody suffers—no matter who “wins” or “loses” an argument. In...

What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose? In the 14 years that he studied Zen Buddhism, Adyashanti found that most seasoned meditators had used the...

Make the most of your gifts as a sensitive, caring person with this weekly affirmation guide from the foremost expert on empaths. An affirmation can be your most potent ally for immediate self-care when you’re feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck in negative thinking. “Affirmations are...

For aspiring writers, few experiences offer the thrill of a well-taught creating writing workshop—imagine the surge of fresh ideas filling your mind, exercise by exercise, as you absorb the skills of the craft from a seasoned expert, almost effortlessly. Now you can experience this unmatched...

To stretch like a cat or wriggle like a baby in the sheer delight of the body—it's the natural way of all living beings. Yet most of us have spent our lives numbed to the sensual realms of tactile awareness. When the world threatens us, teaches Will Johnson, we learn to tighten our bodies and...

Six transformational audio sessions for stepping into your true power—from bestselling author and spiritual luminary Marianne Williamson A Sounds True Audio Original: Intimate, life-changing programs with the leading voices in spirituality, personal growth, and healing. How powerful do you...

How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television's most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor's son overcome a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out crowds...

God is real. Everything we say about God is made up. How to Be a Holy Rascal is a rousing guide for the spiritual adventurer ready to go beyond “isms” and ideologies, and live in the world as a liberating force of compassion, joy, justice, and love. Navigating the Five Existential Questions...

Natalie Goldberg has been writing for the past fifty years. But at the beginning of the pandemic, she suddenly wasn’t able to write anymore. Her imaginative wellspring had dried up, and she was forced to ask herself: what do I do when what has always worked for me doesn’t work anymore? In this beautifully written, inspiring personal account, Natalie shares her harrowing journey out of creative paralysis and back onto the page.

Dr. Andrew Weil tells us that meditation is a way of engaging the relaxation response, as well as a way of decreasing chronic, nervous driving of the cardiovascular and digestive systems. In this beginner-friendly talk, he clarifies what meditation really is, how and why it works, and ways we...