Meditations
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Micro-Meditation For Instant Calm
This session introduces the "Double-Inhale Sigh" micro-meditation.
To practice, take a slow deep breath in through the nose. When you reach the top, take another small 'sip' of air and hold for five seconds.
Slowly release with a physiological sigh (the 'ahhhhhh' sound). Then at the bottom of the breath, simply wait until your body is ready to breathe in, and begin again.
Repeat this process three times for instant calm.
RAIN Mindfulness Meditation
"Recognise, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture". The RAIN approach to mindfulness meditation offers a simple, gentle, yet expansive practice to introduce mindfulness meditation.
This session begins with a calming of the nervous system with slow calm sighing breaths and the stillness of the body, then guides you to become non-judgmentally aware and accepting of what is arising in this moment.
It finishes with a 10-minute silent sit and a gentle grounding into the present moment.
Meditation For Busy Minds
In this session we practice 'entrainment' the process of mindfully focusing upon multiple objects of meditation. This is a meditation for busy minds. We begin with a focus upon the sensations of warmth of a hand upon our skin. From there we continue to add points of focus until we reach a point that is challenging but not overwhelming. Eventually our minds will settle into the process, growing calm yet focused.
Forgiveness Meditation
In this session we practice 'Forgiveness.'
We begin by slowing down the breath, releasing the muscles, calming the body and connecting to the heart.
From there we practice forgiveness in three directions, feeling in our bodies where we are holding onto tensions.
1: Asking forgiveness from those you have harmed.
2: Forgiving yourself for the ways you have caused harm or fallen short.
3: Offering forgiveness to those who have harmed you.
"I forgive, and ask for forgiveness"
"I let it go, and just feel"
We finish by returning and grounding in the present moment.
10 Sighing Breaths
This short guided meditation begins with a brief check-in, followed by 10 slow, deep, sighing breaths into the belly. This simple breathing practice helps calm the nervous system, release physical tension, and bring your attention back to the present moment. Use it whenever you feel stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, or need a reset.
The Theory Behind The Practice
This session offers a summary of the principles that underpin all of the meditation practices I teach, including mindfulness, insight, breathwork, intuitive guidance, and shadow/parts work.
Drawing from psychology, spirituality, and the Self, it explores the mind-body connection, the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of health, and the skills-based nature of meditation practice.
All of these ideas are framed through 'awareness, acceptance, action' lens of self-improvement, while emphasizing a practical approach to growth that values functionality over perfection, and the journey itself over any final destination.