Peace, Calm
Imagine the entire world has stopped to hold hand to chest; to breathe in peace, and breathe out calm. How much easier the planet would breathe if we could all participate in this one small gesture?
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Vanish
Don’t like change? This meditation may change your mind. Every single moment we encounter is the first and last time we’ll ever experience that one unique moment.
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Labelling Senses
A variation on the mental noting technique, this meditation labels our senses to help switch from an exclusively thinking mode to more of a sensing mode.
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F.A.I.L
Failing sucks. It’s hard to admit, it’s hard to be with. So when we’re engulfed by the difficult emotions of failure, we can remember the acronym F.A.I.L – feel, accept, introspection, love. Give this meditation a go the next time you find yourself feeling anything but a winner.
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The Carnival
This visualisation meditation takes us on a journey through the carnival. A metaphor for experiencing the dizzying highs and some nauseating lows. It’s a practice in being with whatever experience we find ourselves in any given moment – just sitting back and enjoying the ride.
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Walking Meditation
Walking meditation is a practice in making mindfulness portable. By focusing on movement as the object of meditation, we can train ourselves to be present and aware of physical sensations and other senses on the go.
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Classic Loving Kindness
A compassion meditation known as ‘loving kindness’ or ‘metta’. Using phrases and intentions to send out well wishes to all sorts of people and beings – including ourselves. Life’s little antidote!
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Tension and Relief
Spoiler alert! A meditation on what it’s like to watch Game of Thrones like a Buddhist, but even if you’re not a fan, a practice in noticing and sitting with tension and other emotions that jerk us around.
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Rejoice
A meditation we can do to stop and celebrate the moments that make us proud, remembering all that’s positive about ourselves and the world – and helping to shift the needle on our brain’s negativity bias.
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Progression Not Perfection
A guided meditation that celebrates not perfection, but of moving along on a path of knowing ourselves and knowing others so that we can be truly present for this one temporary life.
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