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In this Holistic Health Collaborative podcast with Kate Maslowski, you will hear how Christine O’Shaunessy, owner of Mindful Presence, found her way to teaching mindfulness meditation, the benefits and science behind the practice, and how corporate and individual training sessions can improve your corporate environments even with remote employees. Mindfulness meditation is a state of active, open attention to the…
Guided Stress Meditation
Stress is an inevitable part of life, but it is your reaction to stress that creates suffering. Stress affects everyone differently and your perception to stress may be different than others. With consistent meditation practice you can change how you respond to stress creating healthier ways of being with yourself and with others.
When the mind wanders we simply bring it back to the breath. This allows us to create a non-reactive, non-judgmental awareness to our experiences leading to a more balanced way of being. This track provides a 10 minute guided meditation to help alleviate stress. We recommend taking a comfortable seated position with your feet on the floor prior to starting.
Sitting Meditation is the practice of paying attention to a single point of reference like our breath. Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, rather it is noticing thoughts when they arise and our reaction to them. We simply attend to how the breath is flowing training the mind to be focused on one thing, at one time…the breath.
When the mind wanders we simply bring it back to the breath. This allows us to create a non-reactive, non-judgmental awareness to our experiences leading to a more balanced way of being. This track provides a 15 minute guided sitting meditation for beginners who want to learn how to meditate. We recommend taking a comfortable seated position with your feet on the floor prior to starting.
Develop mindful awareness of sensations within the body (such as tingling, tightness, heat or coolness, buzzing , pulsing, or numbness) without having to hold on to it in this 15 minutes complimentary guided Body Scan Meditation.
Mindful Presence’s guided body scan meditation is appropriate for those who are new or experienced with meditation, and is designed to reduce stress, anxiety and tension in the body. We recommend taking a comfortable seat on the floor or lying down before playing the meditation.
Pain is our body’s way of telling us something is out of balance. It is the body’s way of signaling to us that we need to take care of it. The body acts as a wise guide and reminds us to inhabit the body not just the mind. Your body will inform you of what it needs. More sleep, more…
Welcome – In today’s practice, lets begin to explore emotions. There is a common saying in meditation that what you resist persists – but awareness assumes acceptance. If you resist emotions they will become stronger. Acceptance inspires freedom from strong emotions and the thoughts around them. Let’s cultivate the quality of acceptance in our practice today as we look at how…
In today’s practice, we will continue to work with emotions, specifically sadness. Let’s begin… Allow sadness to flow through you without judging, commenting, or interpreting your thoughts. Investigate where do you feel sadness in the body? What does it feel like? Notice sensations of heaviness, loneliness, grief, uncomfortableness, vulnerability. Honoring sadness. Feel what is there and turn towards it, gently…
In today’s practice, we will continue to work with emotions, specifically anger. Anger keeps you out of your heart and prevents you from seeing clearly (or seeing what is true). When dealing with any difficult emotion you are not trying to confront the emotion but allow it to be there as they are. Softening the body around them. Using your…
For today’s mindfulness meditation practice let’s see if you can cultivate not begin attached to any particular outcome in your practice. Hold your entire experience in the light of awareness. When the mind is clear we can “see” everything more easily. Let’s begin… Bring your attention to how you are feeling today. You may notice restlessness or distraction as you…