I'm definitely not great at deep breathing ... which threw off my breathing. I found it much easier to focus on breathing during audio-guided sessions. Guided meditations aren't always my favorite ...

Chen says she recommends this meditation to her students because it’s easy and fast. Also known as nadi shodhana, alternate nostril breathing ... take a few (slow) deep breaths, and repeat ...

After all, the essential tools for meditation—your body, mind, and breath—are already at your ... is much less extensive than the 30-session deep dive of “How to Meditate.” ...

But both could be described as ‘advanced’ or ‘deep’ meditation – and they’re the subject of an emerging field of study. Over at Harvard University, the Meditation Research Program is ...

Focused Breathing Meditation is a practice to bring your awareness into the present moment. By focusing on your breathing, ...

China's Qigong practice involved moving meditation, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind. In ancient ...

Dr. Daniel Amen, a double board-certified psychiatrist and brain-imaging researcher in California, suggests deep breathing to slow down fast, relentless thinking. “Four seconds in, hold it for a ...

Practices that include deep breathing, meditation, and gentle movements can tone your body and prepare the body for weight reduction. Pilates is another low-impact exercise that can improve body ...

A breath-focused practice, in particular, improved sustained attention. Adding movement can also take the pressure off of feeling you have to simply “be” during meditation. If you’re unable ...

Research from the early 1990s helped establish the therapeutic potential of mindfulness, while more recent years have seen the investigation of the actual mechanisms that connect meditation to ...