Britney Winn Lee, a four-time author and associate pastor at Grace Community United Methodist Church in her hometown of Shreveport, La., had no experience teaching anyone meditation techniques, ...

The year was 1971. Aryeh Siegel was a graduate student at Berkeley, and he had just learned about Transcendental Meditation, known as TM. Developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM involved silently ...

Among today's steady stream of new books on Buddhist meditation, most areeasy to ignore. This one isn't. It is not so self-consciously unctuous as the others. It offers simple, concrete instructions ...

Bottom Line: Learn to endure challenges and accept adverse events without becoming upset or growing anxious with this collection of wisdom from the Stoics. Pros: A compendium of maxims from ancient ...

I spoke to Dan Harris, author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book, about why he decided to write the book, how meditation has affected him personally and professionally, why ...

IN THE West, meditation is hailed as a panacea for many ills. It is taught as a cure for emotional distress and as a recipe for happiness. It is even prescribed for pain relief and as a treatment for ...

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates both recommend reading the same book about meditation for handling stress and uncertainty: "21 Lessons for the 21 st Century" by ...

People practice yoga on the National Mall near the Washington Monument in 2009. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP) Whatever ails you—be it anger, depression, or wanting a career change—there is a book ...

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