12 Minute Meditation

3-minute guided meditation, produced by UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), narrated by Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education.

Meditation teacher and voice actor Elaine Smookler leads a mindfulness practice that consists of laying down and placing attention on each area of your body, from head to toe.

Go back to mindfulness basics and settle into this breathing meditation. It always comes back to the breath. By focusing on your breath you can cultivate awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Show notes: Meditation by Mark Bertin. Mark Bertin, MD, is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics.

To be kind to others, you need to start with yourself. This loving kindness practice involves silently repeating phrases that offer good qualities to oneself and to others.

If you find yourself getting lost in to-do lists and worrying about future problems, follow this five step grounding practice to fall asleep peacefully. Show notes: Written by sleep psychologist Shelby Freedman Harris and narrated by Jamie Proctor, a longtime supporter of Mindful.

Meditation is not all in your mind. In fact, it begins and ends in the body.

When was the last time you gave your body a break? And we're not talking about sleep. Take ten minutes and try the body scan practice.

Try these simple set of instructions for walking meditation from Barry Boyce, Mindful's Editor-in-Chief.

Track by Mark Bertin, author of "Mindful Parenting for ADHD." Photo credit: chandlervid85/Dollar Photo Club.