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.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →This short guided meditation is the reminder we need when we’re devaluing our practice in favour of all that other stuff keeping us on the busyness express train.
Continue reading →This meditation is great for beginners or for when we need something very focused and simple to bring us back to the present. It’s a breath meditation that reminds us to approach our practice very gently.
Continue reading →When big emotions threaten to engulf us there is a way out. It’s the knowing that stress, anxiety, anger and fear will present somewhere – not everywhere – and to deliberately train our attention to seek out clear space – to find calm.
Continue reading →While some meditations are designed specifically to help us fall asleep, mindfulness meditation requires two special ingredients: relaxation AND alertness. This meditation helps us relax body and refuel mind, bringing greater clarity, peace and calm into stormy inner worlds.
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