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Body scan meditation is a meditation technique in which the meditator mentally focuses on each part of the body, eventually scanning their entire physical system, noticing the emotions and sensations that arise as they focus their awareness on each area. Practitioners claim it encourages mindfulness, increases presence, and improves a richer awareness of the body.

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Beginner’s Body Scan Meditation: Try This Meditation Practice to Relax Your Body from Head to Toe.

A head-to-toe relaxation practice.

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Elaine Smookler
2019
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Avoid Activist Burnout and Sustain Your Commitment to Community

It’s easy to feel like we’re not doing enough to help the community, but Lesley University’s Community Service Office has advice on how to combat helplessness and support each other through the coronavirus pandemic.

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Lesley University
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What Is the Best Type of Meditation?

Meditation offers time for relaxation and heightened awareness in a stressful world where our senses are often dulled. Research suggests that meditation has the potential for more than just temporary stress relief.

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Zawn Villines
2017
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What Is Your Body?

It’s less than we think. It’s far more than we know. It’s who we are but it’s not. Contemplate the deeper reality of the body with Buddhist teacher Norman Fischer.

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Norman Fischer
2018
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How to Turn Your Brain from Anger to Compassion

Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.

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Paul Gilbert
2013
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Meditation Is Ridiculously, Amazingly Simple

If you approach your practice as a path of love, the rhythms of life will teach you moment by moment how to proceed. Each little discovery about what breathing feels like will give you more access to your inner life and the secret power of recovery built into your body.

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Lorin Roche
2022
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8 Common Obstacles to Meditation

In any adventure there are obstacles of all kinds. Each one needs to be confronted. Here are the eight I observe most frequently in teaching meditation. 

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Lorin Roche
2022
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Awakening in the Body

Being mindful of the body is a profound—though often overlooked—opportunity to deepen our meditation and develop our insight, says Phillip Moffitt. Meditating on the body, we discover all four of the Buddha’s noble truths.

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Phillip Moffitt
2017
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How to Meditate

Meditation is a simple practice available to all, which can reduce stress, increase calmness and clarity and promote happiness. Learning how to meditate is straightforward, and the benefits can come quickly.

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David Gelles
2020
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5 Reasons to Do a Body Scan Meditation

Is meditation just focusing on breathing? Not exactly, considering there are many ways to meditate. One such way is by practicing a “body scan meditation,” which is often recommended for those who are just getting started building a meditation practice.

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Jillian Levy, CHHC
2020
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