When our days feel overly busy or stressful it can be nice to slow down and find moments of stillness. There are many ways to do that throughout the day, even if just for a minute or two. Here are a few ideas.
There are many different styles of meditation – some are yang and some are yin. Yin meditation encourages being open to what might unfold during the experience. A yin meditation helps us to be curious, open, and gentle towards our inner experience and can support self-compassion.
No time for mindfulness? Try this simple walking meditation that can fit right into your busy day! Learn more in this week's #LiveWholeHealth video.
When was the last time you truly checked in with yourself? ?♀️ In our fast-paced lives, it's easy to lose touch with our own body and emotions. Check out this #LiveWholeHealth episode for a guided body scan practice.
Meditation may be able to help Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Learn about a meditative practice available through VA called the Mantram Repetition Program. Also compassion meditation.
May is National Meditation Month. There are many different types of meditation, including the loving kindness meditation.
Combat Veterans can experience long lasting emotional and spiritual pain from participating in, witnessing, or failing to prevent traumatic events that violate their core values or expectations of themselves or others. Some have described such experiences as “a deep soul wound that pierces a person’s identity, sense of morality and relationship to society” leaving Veterans to question who they are and how they can relate to others.
Alphi Quitevis talks to us about his time in the Marine Corps, becoming too busy, becoming less busy, and finding meditation.
Crystal Muscatello joined the Army National Guard in 2006. She was deployed to Iraq in 2009 and was honorably discharged in 2015. This is her story on how she is dealing with multiple sclerosis.
The growth and interest in mindfulness is due in large part to an impressive body of evidence that suggests mindfulness meditation practices can mitigate a number of physical and mental health issues, ranging from dealing with cancer and depression, to sleep problems and chronic pain.
In observance of PTSD Awareness Month: June 2014, VA’s National [...]
Step away from your busy life and find the stillness that resides deep inside with Yin Meditation.










