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Body Scan Meditation



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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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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High Functioning Anxiety as an Entrepreneur. How to Manage Your Anxiety.

Does your anxiety refuses to allow you to be content and instead drives you to continually push for more? You might be a high achiever with high functioning anxiety.

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2021
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Early Buddhist Meditation Studies

In this book, Bhikkhu Analayo, scholar and meditation teacher, examines central aspects of Buddhist meditation as reflected in the early discourses of the Buddha, based on revised and reorganized material from previously published articles.

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Analayo
2024
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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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Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

The key to building a solid meditation practice is in the practice itself. From Zen and Vipassana to walking meditations and body scans, the simple practices outlined in Practical Meditation for Beginners make it easy to build an ongoing meditation routine that is best for you.

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Benjamin W. Decker
2018
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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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Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing, and Transformation through Body-Centered Psychotherapy

A habitual movement as common as nail-biting or toe-tapping can be the key to pulling out addictive behavior by its roots. These unconscious movement "tags" indicate the places where our bodies have become split off from our psyches.

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Christine Caldwell
1996
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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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