Sometimes, the world around us can feel crazy, unsettled and unkind. We sometimes wonder if the practices and the work that we do through our meditations is all for naught. This practice comes from the tenets of meditation and is one that I turn to when the negativity of the information that constantly flows toward me eels like too much. I invite you to sit with me and truly feel the power of love.

When we feel emotions like anger, frustration, agitation, and anxiety, we often feel like they are building up to the point of explosion or implosion. We can use our meditation to decompress ourselves, releasing the bulk of these energies, and then gaining the clarity to see our part in them and how we can change that.

In meditation, the breath is one of the most powerful tools you have. Whether you are looking to center, find peace, settle down, connect to strength or trying to fall asleep, the breath, which is always available, is the perfect go to technique.

Using an actual candle or simply an image of candle in your mind's eye, sit and watch the aliveness of the flame of your candle. Observe all the colors and parts of the flame and, as you settle and become more still, watch the flame move into stillness as well.

Life is so busy any more and we spend so much of our time 'doing' to the extent that we find ourselves 'doing' our meditation. Today, take the opportunity to let go of the doing and simply be in your meditation. (Note: the meditation practice begins at 3:30)

Join me today as we go back to basics with our meditation; the breath. While there are an infinite number of meditation techniques available to us, turning to the breath is at the heart of meditation and, to effectively practice meditation, we need only turn to the breath as our meditation, nothing more

Breathing techniques can help us to feel calmer, more balanced, less cluttered and much more. In today's meditation, we use alternate nostril breathing to to both cleanse and balance our body.