Jeff’s new articles can now be found over on his Substack community, Home Base. Each week, he writes about some aspect of life, accompanied by a short guided audio meditation on the same theme.| Jeff Warren
In this episode we talk about: The perks of meditating with friends, the importance of friendship in chaotic times, how to have difficult conversations, authenticity vs wanton oversharing, working with the thorny stuff that can come up in relationships, advice for people pleasers, and building meaningful relationships in the age of social media| Jeff Warren
Far from being passive, I see meditation as a kind of activism, one that, right now, is sweeping the culture. If you’re reading this, you are part of that movement, a movement of sanity and community and genuine caring for others.| Jeff Warren
If a practice is important to us, if it’s deepening our engagement with the world, if it’s teaching us about who we are, then you can be sure many of these basic skills are present and probably increasing. Understanding the skills is central to being your own life teacher, and to sharing practice with others.| Jeff Warren
Meditation and other contemplative practices seem to accelerate the aging-gracefully gradient. They are ways of thinning out in the prime of life - a kind of dying in the midst of the everyday. Then when death does come, there’s nothing to fear, for - as Bertrand Russel wrote - "the things we care for will continue."| Jeff Warren
Healing and growth, self-regulation and self-understanding — these are too idiosyncratic, too personal, too fundamental to depend on specialists-only. We also need to depend on ourselves and one another. In my mind, nothing will accelerate this more than recasting “teaching” as a creative social activity that any informed person can engage in.| Jeff Warren
Fine piece in Mashable by Rebecca Ruiz, about how to make meditation practice more accessible to people with physical and mental disabilities. The post Why Your Meditation Lesson Must Be More Accessible appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
The simple yet effective technique of trusting your body will help you fall into a quiet, restful sleep. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How to Fall Asleep appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
Be like a robot and try this light-hearted noting practice. Give your anxiety a break by immersing yourself fully in your external senses. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – For When You’re Overwhelmed appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
This four-part breathing technique calms the nervous system, relaxes the body, and is an effective antidote to obsessive over-thinking. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – A Deep Breathing Exercise for Stress appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
Tap into your ADHD superpowers with a meditation that celebrates your unique wiring. Embrace exploration and self-acceptance. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How To Meditate If You Have ADHD (Or Are Simply Fidgety And Distractible) appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
After an intense day, try this simple meditation to decompress and de-stress by getting comfy and putting your feet up. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – The Ultimate Relaxation Meditation appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
Recorded live at the Omega Institute, Jeff guides us through two different approaches to being attentive to our experience — followed by a discussion with Dan and Sebene. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – Exploring What It Means To “Pay Attention” appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
In this episode, we talk about: how much is enough, the illusion of security, the importance of being able to talk to your friends about this stuff, and the power of identifying your own money story, in other words, finding the point of origination for your own neuroses on the subject The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How To Be Less Anxious And Awkward About Money with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
We also talk about: whether it is possible to be a failed meditator; grief versus mourning; and meditation tips for parents. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How to Avoid the Toilet Vortex of Anxiety with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
Rest is natural and needed. Appreciate and embrace the mammalian seasonal shifts. The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – Lean Into Winter (Even If You Hate It) appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
How to Stay Calm No Matter What’s Happening with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How to Stay Calm No Matter What’s Happening with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
How To Handle Literally Anything with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren The post 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast – How To Handle Literally Anything with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren appeared first on Jeff Warren.| Jeff Warren
When you live on a ship at sea, everything gets amplified in the narrow interiors: ruminations, moods, behaviors. Enter COVID-19, and the fact that many of us are stuck inside. Ping ping ping, go the signals. I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get a clear picture of what I’m comfortable with, and what I’m not.| Jeff Warren
The most important element for sustaining a meditation practice isn’t what practice to do, or how to do it, it’s how to show up, day after day. It’s structure.| Jeff Warren
What a thrill it was for Jeff to be joined live by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. They had an open and honest conversation about meditation and maintaining mental health in these wild times. Then Jeff led a short guided practice- with over 40k joining in from around the world. Amazing. Share this post:| Jeff Warren
A big post about ADHD and meditation – a resource for ADHD folks, as well as those who wish to guide ADHD folks in meditation – will appear here within the next day or two.| Jeff Warren
Forget dissolving my sense of being a separate self. I have two kids now. My boundaries are well and truly dissolved ("trampled" is probably more accurate). What I need now is stability and ground. I need good boundaries, not no boundaries. Here's a meditation to help with this - for everyone, especially parents!| Jeff Warren
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of The Consciousness Explorers Club, my friend Andrea Cohen made this beautiful 2-minute animation. The CEC is dedicated to the playful exploration of meditation, in a way that empowers participants and communities to be their own teachers.| Jeff Warren
A new musical collaboration with producer / DJ / sound wizard / friend Noah Pred. The idea of this 12-minute soundscape / meditation is to encourage listeners to adjust their consciousness from the inside, using music both as the object of meditation, and as a reflection of each real-time adjustment.| Jeff Warren
Back in my twenties, I had this idea of living life like an adventure story. So I did. Until I realized the ratio of fun to struggle was moving in the wrong direction. The fun was getting briefer and more desperate; the challenges were getting longer and more all-encompassing.| Jeff Warren
I knew parenting would be rewarding and challenging. I didn’t know it would be everything - like the life I had before, except now in 3-D, with the vanishing point always in sight.| Jeff Warren
What does the practice of dynamic care look like in real life? From protesting to sewing masks, from making documentary films to listening to records to exploring genealogy, in this article I showcase a range of creative practices, submitted by all of you. The community is the teacher.| Jeff Warren
I’ve seen a lot of posts vilifying scrolling through social media, bingeing on food or news. The advice is to exercise instead, to eat well, get a good night’s sleep, etc etc. This prescription completely ignores the seismic life shift we're all experiencing. It is denial masking as medical advice.| Jeff Warren
“If someone says ‘Love in the Time of Corona’ one more time I am literally going to punch them." A post is about knowing when and how to meditatively engage with our anxiety and our discomfort, and knowing when and how to pull back and rest.| Jeff Warren
Sometimes I’m an idiot of a very particular type. When I see a person in any kind of hurt, I experience a seizure of compulsive helpfulness. I say the words, perform the gestures, provide the resources, and sometimes make the commitments I later realize are beyond my power to make and may not actually be that helpful in the first place.| Jeff Warren
