meditation
The Porter’s Gate hopes to bridge gap between mental health and faith with new album
By Kathryn Post — September 21, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Sanctuary Songs,’ a 12-track album inspired by conversations about mental health and faith, was released on Friday (Sept. 15).
From interfaith vegans to inclusive heathens, religious Parliament offers it all
By Bob Smietana — August 16, 2023
(RNS) — The exhibit hall at the Parliament of the World’s Religions brought the diversity of religious practices and spiritual beliefs to life.
More Americans pray in their car than in a place of worship, survey finds
By Adelle M. Banks — May 4, 2023
(RNS) — A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they’d received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.
‘Spiritual exemplars’ change the media narrative about religion
By Donald E Miller — March 10, 2023
(RNS) — We need stories that capture the power of religion and spirituality to change society for the better.
Psychedelic salon looks to the possibility of sacred healing
By Kathryn Post — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Against a backdrop of incense and multicolored lights, speakers shared how their lives had been transformed by plant medicine.
Studies suggest spiritual practices may prompt people to get off the mat and engage
By Yonat Shimron — August 18, 2022
(RNS) — Criticism of spirituality as inherently selfish may be overblown, according to two new studies that suggest people who are spiritual but not religious are civically and politically engaged.
Religions have long known that getting away from it all is good for the mind, body and spirit
By Kristen Lucken — August 16, 2022
(The Conversation) — Rituals of rest and contemplation are woven into many religious traditions around the world.
From the cushion to the couch: Buddhism’s powerful influence on psychotherapy
By Ira Rifkin — April 5, 2022
(RNS) — Your therapist might be a Buddhist, and you'd never know it.
How Silicon Valley’s ‘Techtopia’ turned work into religion
By Yonat Shimron — March 8, 2022
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley,' Carolyn Chen examines how high-skilled workers have disinvested from organized religion and are instead finding belonging, identity, purpose and transcendence at the office.
A 300-year-old church hopes to connect with spiritual but not religious neighbors
By Bob Smietana — February 15, 2022
(RNS) — Facing a future where organized religion is on the decline, Trinity Episcopal Church hopes to offer spiritual community for the nones.
There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype
By Pierce Salguero — February 1, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar studying the relationship of Buddhism and medicine explains how the popular media has misrepresented mindfulness.
Thich Nhat Hanh, who worked for decades to teach mindfulness, approached death in that same spirit
By Brooke Schedneck — January 24, 2022
(The Conversation) — Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings, which earned him a global following, gave simple instructions on mindfulness and emphasized how it could be practiced anytime, even when doing routine chores.
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Zen master who preached compassion and nonviolence, dies
By Ira Rifkin — January 21, 2022
(RNS) — The Vietnamese Buddhist monk, described as 'the second most famous Buddhist in the world, after the Dalai Lama,' by one expert, founded a worldwide network of monastic centers.
Fasting may have become a health fad, but religious communities have been doing it for millennia
By Iqbal Akhtar — July 30, 2021
(The Conversation) — A scholar of religion explains what those who fast for health and fitness can learn from religious traditions for a sustained, deeper and lifelong practice.
In times of stress, turning to contemplation can be helpful – here’s why religions emphasize rest
By Kristen Lucken — July 23, 2021
(The Conversation) — Most religions have periods of rest incorporated into their practice. Medical science has affirmed that short periods of contemplation can have benefits for one's physical and mental health.
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