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Make Space for Practice

By Kelly McGonigal — 2009

If you want to develop the mental focus and flexibility to accomplish more in less time, to stay calm in stressful situations, and to solve problems creatively, take a break and meditate.

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In this teaching from 2004, Joseph Goldstein explains how three principles of meditation can be applied to the world’s conflicts.

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Insight teacher James Baraz teaches how to train mindfulness with sitting meditation from the Vipassana tradition.

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How to Make Your Meditations Effortless

Meditation has a built-in problem that needs solving, the problem of noncompliance. Countless people have taken up the practice, motivated by the benefits of meditation supported by literally thousands of studies.

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