Mindful Living, Elevated

Craft your own
daily practice
— evolve your life

A community of practitioners sharing wisdom across traditions — Yoga, Zen, Vipassana, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, Sufi, and more. Find your path.

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Our
Mission

Our mission at The Meditation Exchange is to advance and spread self-development practices, including meditation, breathing exercises, positive psychology, physical training, and more. There are a multitude of traditions and schools in existence, including various Yoga and Buddhist lineages, among others.

The Meditation Exchange helps individuals navigate this complexity and assists them in finding the path best aligned with their journey of self-mastery. Those who already maintain a steady routine within a particular tradition can deepen their practice while discovering new perspectives and dimensions from other schools of thought.

The
Forum

Forums are focused on sharing and learning practices from various traditions. We emphasize the importance of daily practice. The Forums bring together practitioners and instructors from Yoga (Isha Yoga, Integral Yoga, and other schools), Zen Buddhism (Shaolin Wahnam and others), Theravada Buddhism (Vipassana), Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, Sufi, and other traditions that value daily self-development practices. We're also open to learning from other traditions and schools. The intent is to familiarize participants with these practices and help select the right path for each individual.

Upcoming Event

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Resources

Recommended
Self-Development Literature

Yoga
  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali — Swami Satchidananda
  • The Living Gita (Bhagavad Gita) — Swami Satchidananda
  • Autobiography of a Yogi — Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Inner Engineering — Sadhguru
  • Karma — Sadhguru
  • Death — Sadhguru
  • Mind — Swami Sivananda
Zen Buddhism
  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind — Shunryu Suzuki
  • The Way of Zen — Alan Watts
  • Three Pillars of Zen — Philip Kapleau
  • The Complete Book of Zen — Wong Kiew Kit
  • The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu — Wong Kiew Kit
  • Chi Kung for Health and Vitality — Wong Kiew Kit
Vipassana & Theravada Buddhism
  • The Art of Living — William Hart
  • Mindfulness in Plain English — Bhante Gunaratana
Tibetan Buddhism
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying — Sogyal Rinpoche
  • Mind Training — Chogyam Trungpa
Taoism
  • Tao Te Ching — Lao Tzu
  • The Tao of Pooh — Benjamin Hoff
Sufism
  • The Heart of Sufism — Hazrat Inayat Khan
  • The Mysticism of Sound and Music — Hazrat Inayat Khan
  • The Unity of Religious Ideals — Hazrat Inayat Khan
  • The Essential Rumi — Coleman Barks (trans.)
  • The Conference of the Birds — Attar of Nishapur
American Self-Development
  • The Power of Concentration — William Walker Atkinson
  • Thought Vibration — William Walker Atkinson
  • Think and Grow Rich — Napoleon Hill
  • The Law of Success — Napoleon Hill
  • Awaken the Giant Within — Tony Robbins
  • The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle
  • As a Man Thinketh — James Allen
Media
Videos

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