Meditation for Therapists and Counselors
You hold space for others' pain all day. You're exposed to trauma, grief, and suffering as your profession. Meditation isn't a luxury—it's how you maintain the capacity to keep doing the work.
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Thoughts on meditation, mindfulness, and returning to what matters.
Meditation for Cyclists: Endurance, Suffering, and the Long Ride
Cycling demands sustained mental focus across hours of effort. Learn how meditation builds the psychological endurance that separates good cyclists from great ones.
Meditation for Shift Workers
When your schedule rotates and your body clock is constantly disrupted, maintaining any routine is challenging. Here's how to adapt meditation practice to the reality of shift work.
Flow State: How to Access Peak Performance More Often
Flow state represents peak performance—complete absorption, effortless action, optimal function. Learn the conditions that trigger flow and how meditation increases access.
Boredom in Meditation: Is It a Problem?
You're sitting, watching your breath, and you're bored. Nothing's happening. Is this a problem to solve or an experience to investigate?
Jewish Meditation Traditions
From the prophets to the Kabbalists to modern Jewish renewal, meditation has always had a place in Jewish practice. These traditions offer contemplative depth within the framework of Jewish life.
Perfectionism in Athletes: When High Standards Become Self-Sabotage
Athletic perfectionism can drive excellence or destroy performance. Learn to distinguish healthy striving from maladaptive perfectionism and use mindfulness to maintain high standards without self-destruction.
Meditation for Life Transitions
Moving, divorce, job change, retirement, empty nest—life transitions upend everything familiar. Meditation offers ground when everything else is shifting.
The Wim Hof Method for Athletes: Breathing, Cold, and Commitment
The Wim Hof Method combines specific breathing techniques with cold exposure and mental commitment. Learn how athletes can apply this popular protocol for recovery, resilience, and performance.
Mental Skills Coaching Certification: Career Paths
Interested in helping athletes develop mental skills? This guide covers certification pathways, education requirements, and career options for aspiring mental performance professionals.
The Default Mode Network: Why Athletes Need Mental Downtime
The brain has two major modes: task-focused and mind-wandering. Understanding the default mode network reveals why mental rest is essential—and why athletes often do it wrong.
Jhana States: The Meditative Absorptions Explained
The jhanas are deep states of meditative absorption described in Buddhist texts for 2,500 years. What are they, how do you access them, and why do they matter for serious practitioners?