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Five Essentials for a Successful Meditation

Five Essentials for a Successful Meditation
February 1, 2023
Sarah McLean
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Five Essentials for a Successful Meditation

From the Introduction ofSoul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation by Sarah McLean There are five essentials to a successful meditation that will put you on the

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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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Transcendence: Curving Your Attention Back on Itself

Transcendence: Curving Your Attention Back on Itself
June 9, 2017
Sarah McLean
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Transcendence: Curving Your Attention Back on Itself

After we picked up Daniel Siegel from the train station, we drove toward Isaac Newton’s childhood home. We were going to meditate there, under the apple tree that was said to

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5 Steps Towards True Meditation

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August 27, 2016
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5 Steps Towards True Meditation

As a yogini, meditation has come up quite a bit in my practice over the years. One of my teachers has advocated for at least one hour of meditation time in a day. In that hour I le

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Meditation. It’s Better than a Facelift

Meditation. It's Better than a Facelift
July 1, 2016
Sarah McLean
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Meditation. It’s Better than a Facelift

When people ask Patricia Wheat, an award-winning facialist in Sedona, why her skin looks even better than before, she tells them, “I haven’t changed a thing, except now

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Living a Soul-Centered Life

Living a Soul-Centered Life
July 1, 2016
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Living a Soul-Centered Life

I came up with the term soul-centered to describe a shift in perspective which meditation cultivates: a transformation of the vantage point for one’s life. It’s a great to

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