
We’re hearing a good deal about meditation these days as science begins to confirm its benefits as measurable. I love metrics, but that’s not why I look forward to my daily meditation practice. Contrary to my early assumptions about what one does during meditation -try with great effort not to think- the practice is one [...]

Sometimes when I’m teaching meditation, I listen to the words coming out of my mouth and think, “who is this woman speaking these woo-woo words?!” Certainly not me. Practical, skeptical, independent, critical, aetheist. Those are words that describe me (thankfully, there are other, friendlier words in my bio, too). Not “new-agey” or “touchy-feely” or “surrendering” [...]