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• Applied meditation (continued)
  • Yoga and meditation (continued)
    • Yoga asanas (continued)
      • First Warrior pose
      • Half Plow Pose
      • Second leg stretch
      • Second Warrior pose
      • Shoulder stand
      • Staff Pose
      • Standing leg stretch
      • Stretching the arms up
      • Stretching the trunk
      • Supine Leg Stretch
      • Tree Pose
      • Triangle Pose
      • Vajrasana (Diamond Pose)
      • Wide Angle Pose
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• Is meditation for me? (11)
  • About Buddhist Meditation (19)
    • Frequently asked questions (6)
    • Meditation glossary
  • Being "in the moment" (2)
  • Can anyone meditate?
    • Do you have to be a Buddhist to meditate? (1)
    • How much time will it take?
    • It sounds simplistic
    • Should I listen to music when I meditate?
    • Times and places to meditate (2)
    • What will meditation do for me?
  • Dealing with noise (9)
  • Is meditation about making your mind go blank? (1)
  • Keeping a meditation journal
  • No easy path (4)
  • Symptoms of inner peace (12)
  • What is your Wildmind? (4)
    • Entering your Wildmind
    • The problem of perfectionism (3)
    • The unexamined life... (2)
• Lovingkindness meditation (16)
  • Introduction to lovingkindness meditation (6)
    • An outline of the Metta Bhavana (2)
    • Cultivating emotions
    • The Metta Prayer
    • Try this
    • What metta is
    • What metta isn't
    • What the Buddha said about metta
  • More on cultivating emotions
    • Emotions and communication
    • Emotions and will
    • Emotions and your body
    • Emotions and your environment
    • Emotions and your thoughts
  • Special lovingkindness meditations (2)
    • 9/11 Lovingkindness meditation (text)
    • A compassion meditation for time of war
    • A meditation for 9/11
    • Compassion Meditation for Time of War (text)
    • Lovingkindness chant (11)
  • Stage 1 - Cultivating metta toward yourself
    • Is loving yourself okay?
    • More on stage one
    • Procrustes' bed
    • Receptivity and activity
    • The need for nourishment
    • Timing the stages (1)
    • Walking in the forest of your mind (2)
    • What if I find it hard to like myself?
    • What's supposed to happen? (2)
  • Stage 2 - Cultivating metta towards a good friend
    • Is it okay to do stage two first?
    • Learning the second stage
    • Should I pick the same person every time?
    • What if I don't feel much?
    • What methods can I use?
    • What's meant to happen in stage two?
    • Who to choose as the friend
  • Stage 3 - Cultivating metta towards a "neutral person"
    • Having trouble feeling much for a neutral person?
    • I can't find anyone I feel neutral about
    • More on the third stage
    • The third stage as rehearsal
    • Ways of working in stage three
    • Why do we have this stage?
  • Stage 4 - Cultivating metta towards a "difficult person" (3)
    • A meditation for self-hatred (2)
    • Is there anyone I shouldn't pick?
    • On creating enemies
    • The disadvantages of anger (1)
    • The fourth stage as rehearsal
    • Try this
    • Ways to work in the fourth stage
    • When I think of an enemy I get angry
    • When meditation seems to stir up negative emotion
    • Why develop metta for a bad person?
  • Stage 5 - Cultivating metta toward all sentient beings (1)
    • After the fifth stage
    • Balancing the metta & mindfulness meditations
    • Contacting Emotions