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Meditation

"Mighty Mini" Meditation Tactics: Brief Compassion Practice

Greg Sazima MD on March 19, 2024

Brief, structured meditations on compassion, whether for ourselves or others, are teachable, and potent for our ongoing well-being.

Brief, structured meditations on compassion, whether for ourselves or others, are teachable, and potent for our ongoing well-being.

Gratitude

Gratitude Attitude: Another Mighty Mini-Meditation Tactic

Greg Sazima MD on February 3, 2024

Gratitude meditation can be a brief but mighty mindful tactic. Here are some tips and caveats.

Gratitude meditation can be a brief but mighty mindful tactic. Here are some tips and caveats.

Meditation

Visualization as a Mighty Mini Meditation Tactic

Greg Sazima MD on September 19, 2023

Visualization is the third of our "core four" brief but potent meditation-based tactics. It is effective as a stress "soother" and a rehearsal for upcoming stressful events.

Visualization is the third of our "core four" brief but potent meditation-based tactics. It is effective as a stress "soother" and a rehearsal for upcoming stressful events.

Mindfulness

Scanning Is a Small but Mighty Mindfulness Move

Greg Sazima MD on July 8, 2023

Learning to take a sequential, mindful survey of physical and other aspects of our experience via "scanning" practice is a mighty mindful "mini" move.

Learning to take a sequential, mindful survey of physical and other aspects of our experience via "scanning" practice is a mighty mindful "mini" move.

Mindfulness

Small But Mighty Mindfulness Tactics, No. 1: Wheeze, Please

Greg Sazima MD on June 20, 2023

We dive into the first and foremost of the "core four" brief mindfulness tactics—breath meditation.

We dive into the first and foremost of the "core four" brief mindfulness tactics—breath meditation.

Mindfulness

4 Small but Mighty Mindfulness Tactics

Greg Sazima MD on June 11, 2023

Does mindfulness require extensive training to be of help? Maybe not. We review some brief but potent meditative tactics that are particularly helpful for medical care.

Does mindfulness require extensive training to be of help? Maybe not. We review some brief but potent meditative tactics that are particularly helpful for medical care.

Mindfulness

A Brief but Potent Mindful Routine for Ending the Day

Greg Sazima MD on March 5, 2023

Trouble finding time for long-form meditation practice? Try these short, potent guided exercises.

Trouble finding time for long-form meditation practice? Try these short, potent guided exercises.

Mindfulness

Open and Shut: A Mindful Daily Duo of Brief Routines

Greg Sazima MD on February 20, 2023

Trouble finding time for long-form meditation practice? Try this.

Trouble finding time for long-form meditation practice? Try this.

Mindfulness

A Mindful Holiday: Attitudes and Platitudes

Greg Sazima MD on December 19, 2022

'Tis the season to look back and forward. Meditation can help.

'Tis the season to look back and forward. Meditation can help.

Attention

Working With Distraction in Meditation: It's (Mostly) Child's Play

Greg Sazima MD on October 24, 2022

Distracted in your meditating? Take a page from your baby days.

Distracted in your meditating? Take a page from your baby days.

Mindfulness

Breathing Through COVID

Greg Sazima MD on August 3, 2022

Got COVID? Meditation can help you get through it. Here's how.

Got COVID? Meditation can help you get through it. Here's how.

Grief

Meditating in (and on) Tough Times

Greg Sazima MD on June 22, 2022

Feeling helpless? Here’s some help.

Feeling helpless? Here’s some help.

Mindfulness

Getting Unstuck: Mindfulness and Inertia

Greg Sazima MD on May 8, 2022

Hard to get back up and running? Sit with it—and then get a mindful move on.

Hard to get back up and running? Sit with it—and then get a mindful move on.

Meditation

Returning to a Lapsed Meditation Practice, Mindfully

Greg Sazima MD on April 5, 2022

Are you experiencing a lapse in your mindfulness practice? Here are some tips on getting back in the saddle.

Are you experiencing a lapse in your mindfulness practice? Here are some tips on getting back in the saddle.

Mindfulness

I Resolve: Mindfulness for Your 2022 Resolutions

Greg Sazima MD on January 3, 2022

Setting some resolutions for 2022? Here's some mindful help.

Setting some resolutions for 2022? Here's some mindful help.

Appetite

'Tis the Season(ing): A Mindful Holiday Hunger Routine

Greg Sazima MD on December 13, 2021

Ready for the tasty treats of the season? Here's a routine to help enjoy ... but mindfully.

Ready for the tasty treats of the season? Here's a routine to help enjoy ... but mindfully.

Mindfulness

Gobble, Gobble, Redux

Greg Sazima MD on November 23, 2021

Mindfulness on Thanksgiving? Yes. Embrace the special moments.

Mindfulness on Thanksgiving? Yes. Embrace the special moments.

Meditation

Get Physical: Working With Body Sensation in Meditation

Greg Sazima MD on November 10, 2021

Why should you listen to your body talk? Here are a couple of strong reasons.

Why should you listen to your body talk? Here are a couple of strong reasons.

Meditation

Thoughts During Meditation? Go Fish, Redux

Greg Sazima MD on October 13, 2021

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here are some solutions.

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here are some solutions.

Meditation

Thoughts During Meditation? Go Fish

Greg Sazima MD on October 5, 2021

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here's a ray of hope.

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here's a ray of hope.