True Love Meditation

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...

Love might not be what we think it is. We all seek the happiness that comes from loving and being loved, yet we often find ourselves dissatisfied in our relationships and unable to grasp the cause. Thich Nhat Hanh here shows the way to overcome our recurrent obstacles to love--by learning to be...

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...

A treasury of meditations for living from your heart—from a top teacher at the #1 online meditation service InsightTimer. In our noisy, noisy world, it can seem nearly impossible to find ways to turn off our busy minds, which so often flood us with worry and unending lists of tasks. So how do...

A Heart-Centered Spiritual Classic for Your Ever-Changing Life The Bhagavad Gita is a gem so precious in India's spiritual treasury that many regard it not as a volume of sacred verse, but as a living manifestation of the Divine. In the summer of 1974, inside a balmy Boulder, Colorado, warehouse...

Course objectives: Discuss an overview of the Internal Family Systems Therapy—recognizing your stuck parts in need of healing, while accessing Self as the calm, centered, ground in your life. Practice, through guided meditation, the necessary steps to access, "un-blend" from, and get to...

Mindfulness, teaches Thich Nhat Hanh, is like the power of the sun: it illuminates the parts of your life that are in darkness. Instead of suppressing anger, fear, and guilt, mindfulness welcomes all experience. Mindful Living is a special gift-boxed collection of this beloved Zen master's most...

Real-World Training in “The Practice of Happiness” with Thich Nhat Hanh Look deeply into the nature of the mind and you will find the seeds of true happiness and freedom. This was the Buddha’s great realization—and it is a discovery that you, too, can make in any moment. With Happiness...

Awaken the Capacity to Love, the True Purpose of Our Lives Have you ever wanted to love and connect with others more deeply … but felt that you could use a little help shedding the “emotional armor” and opening your heart? With Awakening Love, Pema Chödrön invites you to start wherever...

Zen meditation master Thich Nhat Hanh offers his practical teachings about how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience. Kind, purposeful, and illuminating—here is an abundant treasure of traditional gathas (teachings) that unify meditation practice with the challenges we...

Discover healing, transformation, and joyful liberation through sacred dance with this empowering guide to embodied spirituality. Most of us live in our heads and miss out on experiencing our bodies as a portal to the present moment and true happiness. In this guide, Banafsheh Sayyad offers a...

Spiritual life is a response to a call. Our journey home, reveals the Sufi, is simple—to be burned alive in our longing for God until nothing else remains. For the deepest fire of the heart's passion and the fire of the Divine are one and the same. This is the essence of Sufism, a mystical...

As anyone who has tried it knows, meditation looks simple, but at times it can be difficult. The most potential you can have on your contemplative path is a trusted teacher like Jack Kornfield, who stands out as one of the most helpful and encouraging Western instructors for newcomers to the art...

The Neuroscience of Fulfilling Relationships—A Guided Training Program Most of our greatest joys and sorrows happen in our relationships with others. Imagine then: what if you could guide your mind to forgive, heal, and find greater happiness in your connections with others? "The remarkable...

Ten million Americans will meditate today—and that number is only expected to rise. What’s the best way to get started? Learn from an experienced teacher. Sharon Salzberg, known for her ability to make meditation accessible while keeping true to tradition, offers Guided Meditations for Love...

A Traditional Meditation for Applying Love As a Healing Force The Insight Meditation Society is one of North America’s oldest institutions dedicated to bringing the life-changing gifts of mindfulness training to the West. On Lovingkindness Meditation, IMS cofounder and senior instructor Sharon...

Explore the Extraordinary Intelligence and Healing Potential of Your Heart The heart is the center point of all human experience. Though our modern culture focuses on the brain, current neuroscience is confirming what shamans have always known: that the heart is the gateway to healing, maturity...

Twenty centuries have passed since Jesus first spoke of a glorious “kingdom” at hand. And yet for theologians, as well as everyday seekers, the question remains: What can we do to realize the full promise of Christianity for ourselves and for our world? The answer, teaches Andrew Harvey...

A manual for the evolution of everyday leadership based on the Finnish science of sisu—from a leading researcher and teacher on the topic. Power is fundamental in our lives—we express it in every conversation, relationship, and choice we make. All too often, we equate force and domination...

Discover the Holy Passion of Gay Mystics Of the world's true mystics—seekers who achieve a direct union with God—a staggering proportion have lived and loved as gay men and women. Through their sumptuous love poetry, their daring explorations of Tantra (sacred sex), and heroic devotion to...