concentration

Primary school uses meditation to boost concentration

Cotswold Journal: A primary school in the Cotswolds is using a special technique to boost children’s concentration and wellbeing. Shipston…

March 28, 2014

Four tips for meditating in public

I love meditating in public places. I've meditated on park benches, and on trains and buses and airplanes. I've done…

March 24, 2014

Key points of awareness, Part II

Concentration Concentration has two central factors: applying attention to an object and sustaining it there, like an ice skater plants…

March 16, 2014

Key points of awareness, Part I

Keys to Awareness Feel that your own well-being and functioning matters. Get on your own side; be for yourself. Question:…

March 15, 2014

Open mind: focused mind

One of my online students asked a really excellent question in relation to mindful eating, and in fact in relation…

December 19, 2013

10 myths about meditation

The Times of India: With close to six billion minds active from moment to moment, there are endless streams of…

September 14, 2013

Seven steps to taking control of your attention

Moment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous…

February 23, 2012

Meditation prevents mind-wandering

Jordan Konnel, Yale Daily News: A recent Yale study has verified that meditation can help improve concentration skills. Judson Brewer,…

December 7, 2011

How meditating helps with multitasking

Tina Barseghian: There’s no question that for both kids and adults, our attention is divided. Texts, emails, Twitter, Facebook are…

October 27, 2011

How to get into jhāna (or dhyāna, if you prefer Sanskrit)

I'd like to offer you a simple, four-step approach to cultivating jhāna. With a little practice and refinement, this approach…

June 17, 2011