When I registered for my first Vipassana course in October 2025, I was looking for a space to clear my mind, a space where I can process all what’s going on in my head. My search for something that ...

On the fourth day of my 10-day silent meditation retreat, someone spoke to me. "Hey, you." I didn't look. You're not supposed to engage with people. Noble silence is a foundational tenet of the ...

Contrary to popular belief, not all meditation techniques produce similar effects of body and mind. Indeed, a study has demonstrated for the first time that different types of Buddhist meditation – ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Over the holidays, dual-CEO Jack Dorsey took a break from running Twitter and Square to try a silent meditation known as Vipassana for 10 days.

Different types of meditation elicit different types of physiological response, and can vastly improve cognitive skills. A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) explored four types of ...

Meditation might be the ultimate antidote to the stresses of modern life, at least according to the scientific research on it. But it is still not as widely used as some other complementary health ...