Stephanie Orion

Meditation on gratitude Especially if you allow yourself to be grateful for all the challenges and accept the limitations of your life experience, you can transcend them and you open the door to magic… Find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, and silently repeat, “I am grateful for…” and then watch a few breaths to […]

Meditation on candlelight This is a meditation practice that I enjoy because it is very contemplative and cozy and invites me to sit down and practice especially in the colder seasons and I have found that it is a wonderful practice to do with kids. I simply put a candle about an armlength in front […]

Japa Meditation Did you enjoy the mantra meditation? If yes, let’s try japa meditation, the repetition of a mantra while you are meditating. You can use a mala, a prayer bead necklace with its 108 beads and repeat it the 108 times. 108 is a sacred number and if you stay with one mantra and […]

Mantra Meditation This is one of my favorite forms of meditation, using a mantra (man – mind, tra – cut through) to concentrate during the meditation practice. A very easy, yet effective one is “let go”. Set your timer for 3 minutes, find a comfortable seat, become still within and without, and concentrate on your […]