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Emptiness

Expert Guidance • 2 min

Thoughts may appear real but are they actually?

Semi-Guided

Meditation • 5-120 min

Enjoy a semi-guided meditation at your chosen length.

Pro | Level 1

Course • 10-20 min

Get comfortable with silence.

Part One Practice: Human Layers

Podcast • 11 min

Connect with human stories past and future.

Start Here

Pro | Level 1

Course • 10-20 min

Get comfortable with silence.

Pro | Level 2

Course • 10-20 min

Practice using difficulties to refine your technique.

Pro | Level 3

Course • 10-20 min

Learn to gently moderate an overactive or sluggish mind.

Pro | Level 4

Course • 10-20 min

Find a place of calm, quiet confidence.

Pro | Level 5

Course • 10-20 min

Learn to perceive thoughts and emotions in a new way.

Pro | Level 6

Course • 10-20 min

Step back from your identity and experience life.

Pro | Level 7

Course • 10-20 min

Connect with a natural sense of compassion.

Pro | Level 8

Course • 10-20 min

Continue to understand the ever-changing mind.

Practice for the Future with The Long Time Academy

Part One Practice: Human Layers

Podcast • 11 min

Connect with human stories past and future.

Part Two Practice: The Well of Deep Time

Podcast • 18 min

Walk back in time and across the universe.

Part Three Practice: Loving Kindness for Future Generations

Podcast • 15 min

Connect with the people of the future.

Part Four Practice: The Words Before All Else

Podcast • 21 min

A traditional Native American Thanksgiving practice.

Part Five Practice: Decolonizing Your Imagination with Afro-rithms

Podcast • 23 min

Free your radical imagination to create your own future.

Part Six Practice: Your Longtime Ritual

Podcast • 10 min

Integrate Long-Timeism into your daily life.

Common Obstacles

Worry

Advice • 8 min

What do we do when anxiety arises during meditation?

Planning

Advice • 5 min

Recognize helpful planning. Let go of unhelpful planning.

Sleepiness

Advice • 5 min

Need a little help staying awake while meditating?

Impatience

Advice • 5 min

Learn to let go of impatience.

Motivation

Advice • 5 min

Staying motivated requires a different perspective.

Restlessness

Course • 10-20 min

Learn to work with a restless mind more skillfully.

Posture

Advice • 8 min

Set the body up for a comfortable meditation.

Doubt

Advice • 5 min

Explore feelings of doubt and how to let them go.

Over Effort

Advice • 5 min

Need help getting out of your own way?

Under Effort

Advice • 5 min

Helpful advice for when the mind feels cloudy.

Boredom

Advice • 4 min

Use boredom in a more skillful way.

Physical Obstacles

Stiffness

Advice • 4 min

Relax the body and let go of physical tension.

Swallowing

Advice • 4 min

Swallowing can be distracting while meditating.

Itching

Advice • 5 min

Use feelings of itchiness to train your mind.

Pain

Advice • 6 min

Learn to understand pain and be present with it.

Numbness

Advice • 4 min

Advice on dealing with numbness in the body.

Cramps

Advice • 5 min

How to deal with cramps while meditating.

Dizziness

Advice • 3 min

A few tips on dealing with dizziness.

Spasms

Advice • 3 min

How to handle muscle spasms during meditation.

Obstacles in the Mind

Excitement

Advice • 4 min

Are exciting thoughts preventing you from feeling calm?

Guilt

Advice • 4 min

Advice on how to release yourself from guilty feelings.

Irritability

Advice • 5 min

With practice, you can experience less irritability.

Regret

Advice • 4 min

Is your mind stuck in the past?

Resentment

Advice • 6 min

Develop a little more patience towards others.

Disturbing Images

Advice • 6 min

How to let go of thoughts that disturb you.

Lust

Advice • 5 min

How to deal with lustful feelings.

Material Desire

Advice • 5 min

Focus more on the moment and less on what’s material.

Resistance

Advice • 5 min

Learn how to ultimately embrace every thought.

Obsession

Advice • 6 min

Need help letting go?

Anger

Advice • 6 min

Learn how to approach anger in a constructive way.

More Ways In

Guided Meditation

Meditation • 5-120 min

Add to your practice with a classic guided meditation.

Semi-Guided

Meditation • 5-120 min

Enjoy a semi-guided meditation at your chosen length.

Unguided

Meditation • 5-120 min

Enjoy a silent meditation at your chosen length.

Headspace 365

Course • 10 min

A year’s worth of mindfulness.

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