MINI MEDITATIONS

MINI 'MEDITATIONS'

'On the Go' Pauses for your day to day life.
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PAUSE Meditation.

Our thoughts and emotions reflect amazingly in our body.
If we check in frequently, lengthen our exhales, release physical tension, it sooooo helps to reduce stress!

Also in the face of so much uncertainty - (and wonderful opportunity) - smiling, humming and putting a twinkle in your eye will ease your way and bring you more to the moment.

ANCHOR Meditation.

When our thoughts get overly crowded, it's helpful to give your thoughts a place to go, where they can rest a while. Many different anchors can be used, and it's helpful to experiment with a few until you find one that suits you, that you can cultivate (see the talk and meditation in the first beginners meditation below - coming soon!).

A good place to have an anchor is noticing your breath at the tip of your nose, so whenever thoughts and emotions become overwhelming, your thoughts can rest a while at your anchor.

MMMMMMM Meditation.

Humming .... Omming.... Singing is a great way to soothe your nervous system - helping our wonderful Vagus Nerve to calm all the body systems.
This mini meditation will get you humming with a smile on your face!

THE MOMENT Meditation.

Bringing your full attention to the WHOLE moment - thoughts, physical sensations, emotions, sounds, sights....

Because it was recorded on Spring Equinox, and Saturday, it's a wee bit longer than normal!

R.A.I.N Practice

A brilliant Buddhist practice -
Recognise. Your thghts and feelings for what they are
Allow. These toughts and feelings to be there for a while.
Investigate. How your body reacts to these feelings and thoughts.
Nurture. With compassion, maybe a kind word, releasing tensions...

Then rest in the stillness of the practice, even for a few breaths.

A MINI MANTRA Meditation.

Breathing in, I smile. Breathing out, I let go.

A MINI BODY SCAN Meditation.

When we are caught up in thought and worry, our bodies react, holding tensions in various places (tight shoulders, eyes and eyebrows, belly, chest etc). Sometimes we are not even aware of this tension. The tension then creates a feedback loop - tight shoulders are telling your mind you are stressed, a tight belly is telling your mind you are worried.
The tension can sometimes present itself in headaches, IBS, back pain and other physical discomfort.

Here's a simple way to start breaking the feedback loop and bringing more awareness to the physical sensations in your body.

MINI GRATITUDE Meditation.

Gratitude is an amazing practice. It helps regulate the sympathetic (fight / flight / freeze) nervous system, and conditions the brain to filter negative ruminations.
When practicing gratitude, take a bit of time to really FEEL it in your heart. Spend a few moments or longer in the mental and physical sensations.

Start with one, then each day add one more!

We do have so much to be grateful for, don't we?

PANDICULATE!

Move like a cat!

NO TALKING ON THIS ONE

Enjoy the moment :)

MINI GRATITUDE Meditation.

Gratitude is an amazing practice. It helps regulate the sympathetic (fight / flight / freeze) nervous system, and conditions the brain to filter negative ruminations.