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How to Soothe Your Mind Before Meditation

How to Soothe Your Mind Before Meditation
January 1, 2025
Sarah McLean
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How to Soothe Your Mind Before Meditation

Here is some advice to settle down before you meditate: Choose a good time to meditate. The best times are early in the morning just after you wake up, and then again at happy hour

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The 1 Year Odyssey: Creating a Meditation Community Online

The 1 Year Odyssey: Creating a Meditation Community Online
March 10, 2021
Sarah McLean
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The 1 Year Odyssey: Creating a Meditation Community Online

The Lockdown It’s been just about a year now, give or take a day or two, since my visiting European friends, Sue and Suzi, left Santa Barbara. The U.S. was locking down and they

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Alone Together: Online Meditations

Alone Together: Online Meditations
September 2, 2020
Sarah McLean
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Alone Together: Online Meditations

With the news of the Corona Virus and the subsequent lockdowns, popular McLean Meditation Institute faculty and teachers offered daily free online meditations for 9 months, nearly

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Be Powerful – Sharpen Your Attention

Be Powerful - Sharpen Your Attention
August 30, 2020
Sarah McLean
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Be Powerful – Sharpen Your Attention

Every living being, from people and animals to plants, and even molecules of water, respond to attention. Consider this: when you offer your unconditioned, gentle attention to some

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Want to Start Meditating Now?

Want to Start Meditating Now?
April 14, 2020
Sarah McLean
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Want to Start Meditating Now?

What advice do you have for someone who wants to start meditating now?   Meditation refers to the many ancient and modern practices designed to settle your nervous system, release

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