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Mindfulness tips to deepen your practice.

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Techniques

Getting Started with Headspace

Video • 1 min

Get to know the Headspace app.

Body Scan

Expert Guidance • 1 min

Bring body and mind together.

Focused Attention

Expert Guidance • <1 min

Place your attention on one thing at a time.

Noting

Expert Guidance • 1 min

Keep thoughts and feelings in proportion.

Visualization

Expert Guidance • <1 min

Using your imagination with the right amount of effort.

Resting Awareness

Expert Guidance • <1 min

A pleasant awareness of everything around you.

Loving Kindness

Expert Guidance • <1 min

Uncover a more compassionate mind.

Reflection

Expert Guidance • <1 min

You pose a question. The mind provides an answer.

Skillful Compassion

Expert Guidance • <1 min

A novel approach to the pursuit of happiness.

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

Advice • 7 min

How to deal with a fidgety body or busy mind.

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 of 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.

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