


Anyway you cut the cosmic cupcake, it sounds like you’re in for an eternity of bliss if you could simply sit still and empty your brain for a few minutes a day. One watches her thoughts while sitting still and attempts to free herself from the attachment of them in order to discover her underlying nature.Įastern meditation also comes with an appealing little promise embroidered on her lapel-the orgasmic Holy Grail of outcomes: Satori, Samadhi, Nirvana, Moksha… Enlightenment. Eastern meditation, to simplify the equation, has its aim toward emptiness-pure realized consciousness. What most people don’t realize is that there are two distinctly separate forms of meditation: Western and Eastern. Emulation of happy monks seated on meditation cushions, perfectly still for hours, seems to be the version of this ancient art that we are all aspiring to-which, if we’re entirely honest, leads many of us to beating ourselves up with black zendo slippers for our underachievement. To most people meditation implies emptying the mind, bringing the mind into focus, stillness. Click here for more information, or purchase tickets here.

Conference speakers include Mallika Chopra, Moby, Ariel Garten, Light Watkins, Jim Gimian, and Scott Schwenk, among others. Why Meditate? Join Wanderlust Hollywood and leaders of the meditation community for an immersion into the science, techniques, benefits, and practical application of meditation. Not in LA? Buy tickets for the livestream and learn from the comfort of home.
