Meditation for Anxiety: Why the First Week Can Feel Worse
You sit down, set a timer for ten minutes and close your eyes, and the first thing you notice is your heart.…
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Sleep and Fertility: The Half of the Bed Nobody Asks About
It's twenty to midnight. She's been in bed since half past ten, because somebody on a forum said the body does its…
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Meditation Timer: The Number You Pick Before You Start
The lodge in Peru had four rounds in it. I didn’t know that going in, because nobody had said so, and nobody…
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The Body Scan Feels Like Nothing Is Happening. That’s Not Evidence
Around minute nine, the verdict arrives. You’re on the floor with your attention somewhere near your left knee, a recorded voice is…
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The Two Week Wait Isn’t a Test of Your Composure
Day six. You’ve been awake since five, lying very still, running an inventory of your own body. A twinge low on the…
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Retreat Integration: The Part Nobody Sells You
You come out of a temazcal low to the ground, and the first thing your body lies to you about is the…
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Egg Quality and the 90-Day Window: What’s Really Happening Before You Ovulate
There is a story most women are told about their eggs, and it goes like this: you were born with all of…
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Meditation at Work Won’t Make a Bad Job Bearable. That’s the Good N
The invite lands on a Tuesday. Thirty minutes, optional-but-encouraged, a Zoom link and a stock photo of somebody cross-legged on an office…
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Meditation Teacher: The One Thing an App Can’t Do
My first temazcal was in Peru, in 2018, at the back end of a plant-medicine retreat. A Lakota-style lodge, Mexican hands running…
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