The Satin Bower Bird, by Joseph Wolf (detail)

Five joyful summer meditations

Pepper your day with pleasurable mindfulness activities

I have made it a hobby to look for micro-practices. These are small meditations that last less than a minute or can continue in the background of consciousness as I do other things. When I do something monotonous, such micro-practices often find themselves and start spontaneously. But sometimes I make discoveries…