Meditation tip of the week

Do You Find it Difficult to Meditate? Don’t Fool Yourself, Meditation Isn’t Easy…Yet!

What you may find as you begin to meditate is that many of your habits of being distracted seem to get worse. You'll sit down to begin your daily practice of 20-minutes and before you know it, you've gotten up from your cushion or couch and are writing down your shopping list. Resistance happens because we're not used to just observing our usual mind, the normal mind that delights in being distracted with thoughts and emotions.

2021-09-25T18:20:55-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|7 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Just Go For It!

What kind of meditator are you? Have you never meditated? Or, do you have a practice but don't get as much time doing it as you wish? Perhaps you have a very stable meditation practice, but forget to use your mind well when you're off of your meditation cushion. Regardless of what your challenges are, there's an easy solution...just go for it!

2019-10-24T14:02:17-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|4 Comments

Meditate When You’re Broken…

Meditation is about being different from who you usually are in your habitual patterns. It's about saying "no" to the way that you usually do things; reacting to anger with anger, reacting to disappointment with despair, reacting to joy with mindless abandon. Meditation is about saying "yes" to all that life offers, no matter how happy or sad you are.

2019-10-24T14:00:53-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|11 Comments

Meditation Tip: Meditate In Pain!

When I woke up with throbbing in my mouth, I knew that I had to visit my dentist. By the end of the day, not only had I visited my dentist, I'd had over 7 injections into my mouth and gum to take care of the pain and I'd had a root canal surgery! And, when the pain medication wore off, it was time to practice meditation.

2021-08-09T15:38:49-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|4 Comments

How To Meditate: Eyes Open or Eyes Closed?

Do you ever wonder how to meditate and whether to meditate with your eyes open or closed? It's a great question and it recently came up in an online class that I'm teaching, NursingZen.

2019-10-24T13:59:22-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation, Meditation Tip of the Week|1 Comment

Meditation Tip of the Week: Watch the Meditator

In meditation, Even if we’ve been practicing meditation for a while, we find ourselves returning to our thoughts, emotions, ideas, and distractions.

2019-10-24T13:58:31-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|3 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Now! Don’t Wait Until You’re Drowning…

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK Meditation ip of the week is a weekly series of very short, easy to remember, and basic tips on meditation. Please let me know what you think, is it helpful? (This week's tip is an updated, revised, renamed "replay" of an earlier tip that was the first in this series. I received a number of e-mails from readers asking me to include more content in this post. Soooooo, here it is! Enjoy.) This past February, while presenting to a group of hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, nuns, laypeople....you name it, at a Grand Rounds meeting at [...]

2019-10-24T13:57:49-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|7 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Distraction Doesn’t Matter!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? While definitions and attributes of meditation may vary between different schools of contemplative and meditative traditions, it's generally agreed that a key component of meditation, if not the defining characteristic of meditation, is a state of non-distraction. I often find that the greatest obstacle to a meditation practice isn't the distraction itself, but my reaction to the distraction that occurs. Does that make sense? While [...]

2019-10-24T13:57:06-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|0 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Blaming the World for Your Anger and Jealousy

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten. Ever heard that one? You know what it means, but have you ever applied it to your mind? THE BLAME GAME When a thought or emotion arises in your mind based on something outside of yourself like a spouse or peer at work, or even a situation like [...]

2019-10-24T13:56:26-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|4 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Meditating!

TIP OF THE WEEK TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Too often we make time to meditate and then after our session, we get on with life. This week's tip is to do just the opposite; don't make any time for your meditation and just get on with your life. What?! Look, if you're just into meditation to take a break from the world then seriously, why bother? Meditation takes too much time to learn [...]

2022-10-27T19:23:48-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|6 Comments