Wildmind's meditation blog
Wildmind's blogs are where you'll find book reviews, commentary, podcasts, and articles that don't fit neatly into the more structured guides to meditation that you'll find on the main part of the site. Articles are arranged below by date, and you can also browse by author and category using the links on the left.
Meditaton zeitgeist, Jan 6, 2009
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A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Road rage meditation
Meditation in recovery: Mudita (Sympathetic Joy)
When is a retreat not a retreat?
5-a-day for the mind
Meditation and the neuroscience of inner peace
Contact with nature helps kids with ADD
A dose of nature shows some help for children’s concentration skills. Results of the small study have been published in the August issue of The Journal of Attention Disorders. WHYY Morning Edition’s Brenda Jorett talked with Dr. Dan Gottlieb. Listen to the podcast (5 minutes, 24 seconds)
Meditation zeitgeist, Dec 9, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Salute to Buddhism: A dharma hall opens in a most unlikely place: the United States Air Force Academy.
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Depression
‘friends of amida’ has streaming video
How many lamas…
Mixing Practice and Blogging
Meditation zeitgeist, Oct 29, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Meditation, smiling, mood control, and relationships
Adventures in zazen meditation
Tibetan monks who can heat up their bodies at will
Meditation behind bars: Interview with Sister Elaine MacInnes, Zen Master & Catholic nun
Ask Deepak: Teaching children meditation
Study suggests Zen meditation can ease a turbulent mind
kansascity.com: Zen Buddhist meditation may help treat depression, attention deficit disorder and anxiety, among other maladies. Mental illness such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression are characterized in part by “excessive rumination” or runaway thoughts. Zen meditators show an enhanced ability to control their mind’s focus and disentangle it from distracting or harmful preoccupations. Read more here.
Meditation zeitgeist, Oct 6, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
You should meditate if…
The ethical obligation to wake up
Interdependence at the micro-level: intersubjectivity
How do mudras affect meditation?
Choosing not to allow reaction
Ajahn Brahm’s advice for meditators
Healing the mind’s wounds
How do we heal wounds in the mind? Author and performer Vimalasara offers advice, and a poem.
Every time we have a thought tinged with ill will, jealousy, anger, hatred or revenge, we are self-harming, and we are causing a wound to the mind. Whether the thought be about ourselves or another being, or an inanimate object, we are injuring the mind.
Lama Rangdrol, at a talk in the Bay Area, spoke about how we don’t … Click to read more »
Meditation zeitgeist, Aug 25, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
How To Meditate (& Why it May Help You Overcome Depression)
Two Articles That Look At Meditation To Deal With Chronic Pain
Meditation zeitgeist, August 19, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
A 10-Day Goenka Meditation Course
Meditation on cleaning the house
Meditation zeitgeist, 28 July, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
brain imaging research volunteer
Meditation: A Way of Awakening
Meditation for Busy Women Series: Part III - Love
Speaking of Meditation and Computer and Internet Addiction