How do I establish a regular meditation routine? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2008 - 15 answers

Do you have any recommendations on youth meditation groups in the Bay Area? [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2008 - 1 answers

I'm looking for some sort of meditation class in San Francisco. [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2008 - 3 answers

I'd like to get a zafu and zabuton^[?] for meditation, but I'd like to actually sit on a couple to find out what I find comfortable. Where can I try out and buy a zafu and zabuton, in person, in or near Toronto?
posted on Aug 19, 2008 - 4 answers

What should I wear to meditation? [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2008 - 14 answers

I'm really interested in yoga and meditation. I'm quite new to it all but do I really need to buy a meditation cushion? Can I not just use normal pillows or my bed? What's so special about these meditation cushions?
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 10 answers

Can anyone recommend meditation classes in Los Angeles? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 5 answers

Anyone here used Dr. Jeffrey Thompson's meditation/"mind system" CDs? [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2008 - 12 answers

Looking for personal retreat/solo vacation ideas, combining meditation, fitness, and relaxation. Could also use some tips on how to plan such a vacay. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Jun 13, 2008 - 5 answers

What different traditions and practices are there which combine meditation and active motion? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2008 - 12 answers

Are there alternatives to the lotus position for classic meditation that don't leave the back unsupported? I've found that sitting in an unsupported position, or in a chair that doesn't have a seat back, ends up making my back ache rather strongly. I've thought about investigating meditation (and looking into the more classical, early practices), but have wondered if there's a "kosher" (accepted in the discipline) way of doing the more classical meditations while having your back completely supported (by lying on the ground, or doing it in a chair, or what have you).
posted on Apr 24, 2008 - 15 answers

Help me continue my Zen education. [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2008 - 13 answers

I have an IPOD shuffle and would like to download self-help books to listen to at night and in the morning. Like a meditation. Do I need to buy another IPOD for this? Just use my shuffle for running or walking and use a 4GB for example for books etc? Seems wasteful to buy another IPOD but I will do it if it would be nice to have.
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 10 answers

How does one make a living teaching spirituality and meditation? [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 14 answers

Meditation - what is the point exactly? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 37 answers

Can meditation help me become a better writer? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 13 answers

What's that incense I've smelled at Zen centers and where can I find it? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 11 answers

What are you thinking about when you pray? [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2008 - 37 answers

Advice for attending a ten day meditation workshop? [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2007 - 13 answers

Questions about mindfulness CBT and biofeedback. [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm looking for some places to meditate/shut out the world that are in or just outside of New York City. Weekend trips to temples would also be helpful. [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me find guided meditation mp3s. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 10 answers

Looking for a new kind of relaxation technique. I'm thinking something sensory, no drugs or tobacco. I thought first of incense. A) What's your experience with using incense to relax? B) Is there anything that provides a similar experience? More parameters inside. [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2007 - 20 answers

help me shake my writer's block! [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2007 - 17 answers

What's the best book on meditation? [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2007 - 29 answers

Help my girlfriend deal with stress so she (and I) can sleep. [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2006 - 46 answers

Has anyone here taken an Art of Living course? [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2006 - 6 answers

Where can I find the public radio story about an unupdateable MP3 player that plays songs that are designed to be played again and and again and again? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2006 - 9 answers

What's fact and fiction behind claims for CDs that induce brainwave entrainment through binaural beats?
posted on Aug 10, 2006 - 18 answers

I need scriptural quotes regarding prayer, meditation and fellowship. Any scripture. [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2006 - 7 answers

Anyone recall a TV show on transcendental meditation hosted by Jaghad Guru, a.k.a. Chris Butler? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2006 - 1 answers

I'm wound so tight I feel like I'm crawling out of my skin, but sitting and meditating is achey and boring and too time-consuming. [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2006 - 33 answers

I finally decided to make good on a long standing resolution to learn how to meditate. transcendental Meditation, I wa told, was among the best programs to learn from. I found a TM franchise nearby, and attended a free intro class. After a long boring lecture and no actual meditation, in which the lecturer showed study after study showing how TM cures everything including ingrown toe nials, she drops the karma bomb: $2500 "tuition" for the course. My questions: Is TM really superior? Has it really become the peaceful tonic of the upper classes? Is TM really superior to other forms of meditation? Does TM always have to be so expensive? Can it be learned from a book instead of avaristic new age meditation moguls?
posted on Mar 23, 2006 - 24 answers

Any suggestions for guided mediation CDs? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2006 - 5 answers

Experiences with transpersonal / meditative therapy? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2006 - 1 answers

I'm trying to find an excellent, meditation-oriented yoga place in Santa Clara or San Jose (or Los Gatos). [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2006 - 4 answers

Good meditation or tai chi classes in New York? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2006 - 3 answers

How do I learn how to stop worrying, and being anxious, and get on with life? One of my biggest flaws is worrying about a negative outcome in most aspects of my life. Even though I know that in general my life is ok, and indeed I am lucky in many ways, I worry daily about it all going wrong, and this is having a negative effect on my quality of life. How do I learn to live and enjoy life without unnecessary worry? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2006 - 32 answers

What is going on with David Lynch? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2005 - 22 answers

OmFilter: What's so great about meditation? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2005 - 19 answers

How (or: Why) do people begin to stop being racist? How did you begin to learn to appreciate people of different races to your own? [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2005 - 37 answers

Help me drown out the world. [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2005 - 15 answers

I was talking with a friend who informed me that he had read advice from an important person (as distinct from celebrity) to simply hold a pressing question in your mind and go about your life (though the answer might be years in coming, depending on its depth). Who was this? My friend thought it might be Isaac Newton. Can anyone provide me with a URL to a source? BTW, googling "hold a question in your mind" returns tons of hits on bibliomancy, etc., which is not what I'm after, however mystical the advice I'm describing sounds.
posted on Jun 4, 2005 - 11 answers

Meditation: I'm considering learning some form of meditation, for specific purposes. Where should I begin? [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2005 - 18 answers