The Mind Garden

Topic

Meditation

Contemplative practice, from vipassana to non-dual awareness.

Traditional Guide

The Seven Chakras

Traditional Framework
A traditional diagram of the seven chakras — Sahasrara, Ajna, Vishuddha, Anahata, Manipura, Svadhishthana and Muladhara — mapped to a meditating figure.
Presented as a traditional contemplative framework — a map of subtle energy centres drawn from Tantric and Yogic lineages. Sit with it as a diagram of attention, not as a claim of anatomy.
Scientific EvidenceMeditation

What Long-Term Meditators' Brains Show

Structural and functional differences worth taking seriously.

Dr. R. Davidson (summary)·9 min
Traditional FrameworkMeditation

Vipassana in the Goenka Tradition

Ten days of noble silence and body sweeping.

P. Iyer·6 min
TheoryMeditation

The Trouble with 'Just Watch Your Thoughts'

Why the classical instructions are harder than they sound.

T. Nyima·7 min
Personal ExperienceMeditation

A Retreat, Day by Day

Field notes from a ten-day silent sit.

Anonymous·8 min
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