meditation Archives - Evolve + Ascend

Wellbeing is something that is hard to define and yet we all have an understanding of what it is. It derives from how you feel about yourself and your life, whether things are going well, and how you cope with stress. Wellbeing changes over time and is influenced by every aspect of our lives, from... / READ MORE /

April 25, 2018

Consciousness

buddhism, consciousness, meditation, Vipassana, wellness, yoga

Vipassana – A Brutal but Enlightening 10 Days of Silence

“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook, but the ocean’s depths are calm.” – Buddha How would you handle no phone, no television, no reading, no books or magazines, no writing in a journal, no distractions, and no contact with the people who normally keep you engaged with the world outside your head for ten... / READ MORE /

February 8, 2018

Film

awake, meditate, meditation, yoga, yogananda

An Ode to The Prophetic Existence of Paramahansa Yogananda

Picture a living, breathing and flawed work of abstract art and a human being of superior amaranthine grace and you’ve got Paramahansa Yogananda, a Hindu Swami who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s. Having journeyed to a place within in which closing his eyes and opening his heart to stop looking,... / READ MORE /

January 10, 2018

Wellness

awareness, breathing, cryotherapy, health, meditation, wellness, wim hof

The Benefits of Cryotherapy & The Ice Guru: Wim Hof

Riding the natural high of kinesthetic awareness and the increase of mental and bodily energy through pranayamic breathing, The Ice Guru, Wim Hof, has created his own rules and developed beyond a looping state of mind which has led to the experience of the life-enhancing benefits of immersion in subzero environments. Frigid conditions are a... / READ MORE /

January 9, 2018

Consciousness, Wellness

breathing, creativity, Dianne Connelly. Ted Kaptchuk, faith, healing, inner child, journaling, meditation, mindfulness, play, power of now, power of presence, Rachel Naomi Remen

Thoughts on Sickness and Healing

While doing research for a writing project, I happened upon some inspiring thoughts that I’d like to share: thoughts on sickness and on healing. What follows are some of these words of wisdom, along with my reflections, and a few suggestions on how you might apply these notions in your daily lives. On sickness “All... / READ MORE /

November 23, 2017

Consciousness

consciousness, meditation, mindfulness, positive thinking, yoga

10 Things You Can Do To Improve Positive Thinking

Featured art by Douglas Hale Thought leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Gregg Braden, Deepak Chopra, Michael Bernard Beckwith, and more, credit positive thinking as an integral factor to forming your reality, and enhancing your life experience. In today’s day and age, sometimes it’s hard to keep your chin up and focus on the positive, as we... / READ MORE /

October 16, 2017

Consciousness

brain, consciousness, meditate, meditation

Meditation Can ‘Turbo Charge’ the Brain by Synchronizing Two Key Regions

Researchers from Boston University have figured out two areas of the brain which must be activated to ‘turbo charge” cognitive functioning. Two brain regions – the medial frontal and lateral prefrontal cortices – control most executive function. It was found that by synchronizing these areas of our grey matter, participants in a study experienced better,... / READ MORE /

September 23, 2017

Consciousness

consciousness, creative meditation, enlightenment, meditate, meditation

Common Misconceptions About Meditation Debunked

by Charmaine Frapp of Tell My Tarot The way meditation is depicted in popular culture is misleading. Meditation is not all about finding a blank, thoughtless, blissful, untouchable, and empty inner sanctum. When people talk about meditating this way, it sounds like they are describing the mind of a zombie! Though sometimes meditating can bring... / READ MORE /

August 31, 2017

Culture

children, consciousness, meditate, meditation, school

Arkansas School Now Offers Yoga and Meditation Instead of Detention

A school in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has joined many others in turning to an alternative method of discipline. The Success Achievement Academy has stopped using in-school suspension as punishment. Instead, the directors started using yoga as a means of helping students relieve stress and recognize responsibility for their actions. But does yoga instead of suspension work?... / READ MORE /

August 28, 2017

Consciousness

how to meditate, meditate, meditation, meditation techniques

How to Practice the Three Main Types of Meditation

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh We live in a world where time is a precious commodity, and every second, minute, and hour is of value. There are moments when it seems as though time works against us, because of stress, emotions,... / READ MORE /

June 23, 2017

Occult

consciousness, intuition, meditation, occult, spirit science, spiritual, spirituality

Developing Your Intuition in 5 Easy Steps

We have prepared a list of five things you can do to improve and develop your intuition to enjoy a better life. Your innate ability to acquire or learn knowledge is called intuition, but the essence or its essence may differ from being able to access knowledge unconsciously, sensing things using your inner gut, and... / READ MORE /

May 28, 2017

Entheogens

ayahuasca, deepak chopra, documentaries, meditation, reality of truth film, rythmia, the reality of truth

‘The Reality of Truth’ Starring Michelle Rodriguez and Deepak Chopra Explores Psychedelics & Spirituality

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? This is what Freddy Mercury was asking in Queen’s unforgettable Bohemian Rhapsody back in the 1970s. Truth to be told, all of us question whether the given reality is The Reality, is it the truth or is someone playing with us, and what is “truth” anyway?... / READ MORE /

May 18, 2017

Entheogens

entheogens, healing, meditation, psychedelics

Can Your Mind Receive the Same Benefits When You Use Psychedelics and Meditation?

Have there been times when you anticipated the outcome of a situation so badly that it made you worry so much even though in retrospect you had always come out unscathed in similar situations? Or do you find yourself troubled – and almost to a feverish pitch – on where you stand when it comes... / READ MORE /

May 14, 2017

Consciousness

altered states, consciousness, heightened consciousness, holotropic breathwork, meditate, meditation

How to Induce Altered States of Consciousness Through Your Breath

Holotropic Breathwork is a term for inducing altered states of consciousness through breath, coined by the scientific researcher, Stanislav Grof. With over 50-years of ground-breaking work, and research on consciousness, and psychedelic states, his life’s mission has been dedicated to exploring the healing (and transformative) potential of “non-ordinary” states of being. Grof’s groundbreaking theories have... / READ MORE /

May 9, 2017

Entheogens

entheogen, entheogens, meditate, meditation, mushroom

What Has More Transformational Benefits: Psychedelics, or Meditation?

Featured art by Cameron Gray Psychedelics enlighten individuals and expose them to facets they might be withholding, consciously or otherwise. When you get high on psychedelics, your trip might be lovely and fun, but if your mindset becomes negative, such feelings may be originating from your own insecurity. Whether it’s thoughts or emotions that inhibit... / READ MORE /

February 7, 2017

Consciousness

brain, chemistry, consciousness, meditation, mindfulness

How Your Brain Changes After Mindfulness

Michael, Forrester, Prevent Disease Mindfulness-based teachings have shown benefits in everything from inflammatory disorders to central nervous system dysfunction and even cancer. Training groups in mindfulness has become a powerful tool in preventative intervention. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) are studying how cognitive therapy that uses mindfulness techniques serve as an alternative to... / READ MORE /

December 29, 2016

Consciousness

anxiety, consciousness, meditation, music

Neuroscientists Discover a Song That Reduces Anxiety by 65 Percent (LISTEN)

Featured art by Trisha Thompson Adams (Wake Up World) Anxiety — that feeling of dread, fear, worry and panic — is certainly nothing new. Hippocrates wrote about it in the fourth century BCE. As did Søren Kierkegaard in the 1860s. And Sigmund Freud addressed the disorder in 1926. However, jump to the present and we’re seeing a... / READ MORE /

December 5, 2016

Consciousness

creative meditation, meditation

Awaken Your Unlimited Healing Potential

The healing potential of the human being expands far beyond the world’s general understanding. Evidence can be found for this throughout all cultures and their related spiritual belief systems. Years ago, I was confronted with a serious health crisis that was unresponsive to both conventional and alternative medicine. As a result, I began to research... / READ MORE /

December 1, 2016

Practical Magic(k)

kabbalah, magic, magick, masonry, meditation, ritual

The Middle Pillar Ritual: A Powerful Daily Ritual to Activate the Five Psychic Centers in Your Body

Featured art by Pilar Zeta The Middle Pillar ritual is a very powerful and effective magical exercise/ritual, which allows you to activate the five psychic centers within the Middle Pillar of the body. By affirming the Middle Pillar within our body’s Qabalistic Tree of Life, you can activate your aura and then draw down and circulate... / READ MORE /

November 30, 2016

Consciousness

hypnosis, hypnotic meditation, meditation, music, trance

This Hypnotic Meditation Allows You to Expand Your Intuition and Help Heal the Collective Unconscious

The following song, “The Hypnotist” by Sisterlove is a hypnotic meditation set to soothing music to calm the soul, and expand the intuitive faculties of the mind. In listening to the 9:03 of this song, you will immediately feel a shift in consciousness, which in turn acts as a ripple effect in the waters of... / READ MORE /

October 18, 2016

Consciousness

how to awaken kundalini, kundalini, meditation, yoga

The Easiest Technique to Awaken Your Kundalini Energy

Featured art “Progress of the Soul” by Alex Grey Many people want to know how to awaken the Kundalini. And as there are techniques for Kundalini Awakening, most of the techniques are kept secret by masters until the student is ready to receive them. Here is a very powerful technique for Kundalini Awakening based on a... / READ MORE /

September 26, 2016

Uncategorized

awakening to higher consciousness, consciousness, meditate, meditation, remote viewing

The Eye Inside: Testing Your Remote Viewing Abilities (Week Two)

Last week we began our new weekly series, which dives into the concept of practicing and cultivating Remote Viewing skills (see: How to Practice Remote Viewing). This week, we want to test the skills you’ve been tapping into with an exercise that will further strengthen your intuition, and challenge the “Eye Inside”. Testing Your Remote... / READ MORE /

September 19, 2016

Consciousness

consciousness, intuition, meditation, psychic, remote viewing, rv

The Eye Inside: How to Practice Remote Viewing (Week One)

If you watched the Netflix series Stranger Things, the idea of Remote Viewing (RV) may sound familiar. The infamous scene in Chapter Seven: The Bathtub shows protagonist Elle practicing Remote viewing (RV) in a make-shift sensory deprivation tank, in order to make contact with Will in the Upside Down. RV is the practice of seeking... / READ MORE /

July 13, 2016

Consciousness

hypnosis, meditate, meditation, self hypnosis

Meditate to Create

Featured art by Phazed This morning I woke up with a raging migraine. It was unusual as I rarely get them anymore but knowing that I can stop them in their tracks is truly a miracle for me. I was able to make it go away in 20 minutes by meditating. It wasn’t always... / READ MORE /

May 31, 2016

Consciousness

meditation, monks, shaolin, training

Awe-Inspiring Photos of Shaolin Monks Training

As Shaolin monks believe the strength comes only from the mind, there are almost no limits to what can be done with their bodies during the trainings. They practice techniques centered around balance, strength, endurance, and self defense. They can endure incredible amounts of pain while barely flinching. The design and arrangements of their movements are... / READ MORE /

May 24, 2016

Occult

consciousness, hindu, jesus, meditation, spirituality, yoga, yogi

The Most Ancient And Secretive Form Of Yoga Practiced By Jesus Christ: Kriya Yoga

Artwork by Android Jones This Yoga is wrapped in mysticism with its secret ceremonies and initiations. Learn about these secrets of Kriya Yoga. The Kriya yoga system consists of a number of levels of pranayama (breathing), mantra (reciting), and mudra (gestures) based on techniques intended to rapidly accelerate spiritual development and generate a profound state... / READ MORE /

May 11, 2016

Practical Magic(k)

magick, meditation, mirror, practical magick, third eye, third eye mirror

Practical Magic(k): Third Eye Mirror Meditation

How many faces will you see? In this mirror meditation, you will see faces from your previous lives, faces from the collective, aliens, faeries, people of other races and other times. You may even see demonic images but do not be scared because they cannot harm you. Before you begin any meditation, be sure to... / READ MORE /

April 30, 2016

Consciousness

consciousness, higher consciousness, meditation, monks, science

Monks With ‘Superhuman’ Abilities Show Scientists What We Can All Do

It’s fascinating to consider just how many ancient teachings tell us that humans have the capacity to gain extraordinary powers through various techniques. Some of these techniques, known as siddhis in the yoga tradition (from the Sanskrit, meaning “perfection”), include meditation, static dancing, drumming, praying, fasting, psychedelics, and more. In Buddhism, for example, the existence of advanced... / READ MORE /

April 29, 2016

Consciousness

grounding, grounding meditation, meditation, qi, qi gong, spirituality

10-Step Qi Gong Meditation For Grounding

The following is called the One through Ten Meditation and is used to prepare for Qigong practice. It allows one to relax, sink and root the mind. This meditation allows extension of the energetic field before connecting with the Divine or a higher power. This meditation is used to create a sacred healing space and... / READ MORE /

April 28, 2016

Consciousness

meditate, meditation, resonance, spirit science, spiritual

432Hz Schumann Resonance Meditation: The Sacred Frequency of Heaven and Earth

432Hz Schumann Resonance Meditation – For this meditation, wear headphones for optimal results! The Schumann Resonance is a frequency of sound generated between the symbiotic relationship of our planet and the cosmos. Many regard this frequency as rising in nature and benevolent to spiritual meditations as well as physical healing. The audio on this meditation... / READ MORE /