Crying during meditation

Explore articles about crying during meditation from experienced meditation practitioners. These posts share practical insights, real challenges, and approaches that work for actual meditation practice—not idealized versions of what meditation 'should' look like.

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A painterly portrait of one person rendered twice at a soft vertical seam, on the left an upright tense sitting figure with eyes closed tightly and shoulders hunched, on the right the same person with shoulders dropped, head tilted softly, hands resting open, with a gentle band of warm amber light glowing through the seam between the two postures.

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When meditation makes things harder: a kinder path forward

Sometimes meditation makes things harder, not easier. Here's what that feeling means, why it's often part of the path, and the kinder way through it.

Jamie Murphy · June 3, 2026

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