Baruch Spinoza, the renegade 17th century Jewish philosopher, was born in Amsterdam to parents who fled oppressive Portugal ...

Children, real knowledge is learning how to focus the mind. This is possible through meditation. It helps to reduce stress ...

Bruce Eric Kaplan on the bizarre saga behind his new memoir, ‘They Went Another Way,’ and why he almost passed on the ...

I started meditating for the cognitive benefits it provided in school, but the reason I stayed was for the spiritual ...

My own research supports this. In a six-week meditation program that trained individuals on the Isha Shambhavi Mahamudra ...

Walking meditation involves mindful walking. It may help you feel more grounded while developing awareness of your surroundings, body, and thoughts. Walking meditation has origins in Buddhism and ...

My decade-long marriage to a man I deeply love had dissolved, and I had come to the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, in the secluded hills of Marin County, north of San Francisco, to steady myself.

If you have overactive thoughts, the idea of quieting your mind with meditation may seem challenging. However, some strategies can help you focus during your practice. It might be difficult to ...

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the victory of light over darkness. On Long Island and around the world, the ...

Entertainment pundit Ola Michael has claimed that during one of his midnight meditations, he received a message from God ...

To embrace the feminine paradigm, seekers should establish a connection with the Earth during meditation by moving energy into one’s body and toward the ground; embrace painful emotions without ...

Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day and a new study finds that meditation can be just as effective in treating anxiety as medication.