There is much to be gained from meditation – from stress management to enhanced self-compassion. However, one of meditation’s key effects has to do with un-doing rather than acquiring anything.

This is the return trip of a two-part post on the humble topic of thoughts. In particular, it's about how thoughts, however useful to us, can also be intensely distracting in meditation practices. And ...

In the pursuit of understanding and alleviating human suffering, we often journey inward into the labyrinth of the human mind. The source of suffering isn’t found in the world around us but within our ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 15, 2024. Click here for that audio. This story is part of our mental health series. Find out more here. Though the practice is thousands of years ...