Our Top 10 Blog Posts for Beginner Meditators

We've written a lot about why meditation is a habit worth starting, and how to begin. If you're curious about meditation, or have just begun practicing, here are 10 blog posts to get you going.

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Techniques that Transform Stress-Driven Triggers Into Awareness
Techniques that Transform Stress-Driven Triggers Into Awareness

It’s so easy to react before you even realize what you’re doing! But when you transform stress-driven triggers into awareness, you give yourself a chance to slow down and respond rather than reacting without thinking. Here are a few simple, practical techniques to help you notice stress before it takes over, and shift your focus.

Replacing the Dopamine Spike: Why Meditation Is the Anti-Rush That Heals
Replacing the Dopamine Spike: Why Meditation Is the Anti-Rush That Heals

Discover how replacing the dopamine spike through the practice of meditation rewires those reward patterns and calms the nervous system.

Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times: 10 Simple Mindfulness Exercises
Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times: 10 Simple Mindfulness Exercises

Investing in mindfulness and well-being practices on a consistent basis is one of the best ways to help yourself navigate the world and relate to it with more ease. Here are ten ways you can practice mindfulness, wherever you are, from WITHIN teacher Landra Eliopoulos.

Can meditation help me manage my emotions?
Can meditation help me manage my emotions?

You’ve probably heard that meditation can help you with a whole list of challenges – anxiety, stress, sleep, focus – but what about managing your emotions? Can meditation really make you less reactive, and more responsive, when you run into difficult situations?

Mindfulness vs Meditation
Mindfulness vs Meditation

What’s the difference between mindfulness and meditation? Let’s break it down.

How to Make Mindfulness Second Nature This Spring
How to Make Mindfulness Second Nature This Spring

Being mindful isn’t just about meditating - it’s also about how you experience the world around you. Here’s how WITHIN Cofounder Hannah Knapp suggests you can let spring help you build your mindfulness muscle.

The Do's and Don'ts of Building Your Meditation Practice
The Do's and Don'ts of Building Your Meditation Practice

Thinking about putting meditation at the top of that list of new habits you want to develop for the new year? Before you do, make sure you know why it’s worth it to double down on meditation, and exactly what will help you make it a real habit - and what won’t.

Can meditation really make me a better person?
Can meditation really make me a better person?

We asked WITHIN teacher Devon Pipars how meditation helps you cultivate compassion, and why you'd want to do that in the first place. Here's what she told us.

Guided vs. Self-Guided Meditation: Which Is Better for Me?
Guided vs. Self-Guided Meditation: Which Is Better for Me?

How do you know which is better for you: guided meditation with a teacher or an app; or self-guided meditation on your own? Here’s our perspective on it.

What can I get out of group meditation, that I don't get sitting alone?
What can I get out of group meditation, that I don't get sitting alone?

When we talk about what we do at WITHIN, that's one of the biggest questions people have. We asked WITHIN student Atosa B. to sit down with us to help answer it.

Which blog posts did you find helpful? Tell us in the comments below!

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