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At Higher State Meditations, we teach meditation a little differently: through movement. If you have spent the day answering emails, driving, solving problems, caring for children, sitting in meetings, absorbing information and generally operating at full speed, your body may still be carrying all of that energy when you finally sit down to meditate. Your shoulders may be tight, jaw clenched, breathing shallow and mind still racing. And then we ask the whole system to suddenl

Probably nothing. One of the biggest misconceptions about meditation is that if you are doing it correctly, your mind should eventually become completely quiet. People sit down, close their eyes, notice that thoughts are still happening, and immediately assume they are failing. Let's think about that for a minute. Are you alive? Yes. Is blood circulating through your body? Yes. Is oxygen getting where it needs to go? Presumably. Is some of that blood and oxygen making its wa

If you are new to meditation, I want you to do something before you even begin: Drop the idea that you need to be good at it. You do not need the right cushion. You do not need to meditate at 5:00 in the morning. You do not need twenty uninterrupted minutes, a perfectly quiet room, incense, special music, or the ability to sit cross-legged without your foot falling asleep. You absolutely do not need to clear your mind. Meditation is not supposed to become one more thing in y

And that’s what B+ feels like. Life is still full. Responsibilities still exist. The laundry still needs doing. But the internal spike? Gone.

The mind loves to ask it when life feels loud: What difference do I make? I’m just one person. Here’s a plain answer: peace is an inside job—and inside work has a public life.

Holidays gather so much in one room—memories, opinions, love, old patterns. If you feel a little braced before you even put on your coat, you’re not alone. What you can influence is the climate you bring with you.