A 20-minute guided mindfulness exercise, designed to help calm a busy mind at the end of the day. The video is from Jeremy Woodall's YouTube channel, The Coach Within. It is suggested that you do this exercise sitting upright or in a seated meditation position, with your back as straight as is comfortable and your head finding its point of balance.
The objective is to follow the guidance through the entire exercise. Then in time, you might take the elements you enjoy most and guide yourself through your own 20 minutes of practice. As the video's description notes, it is normal for the mind to wander when you start; when you realize you are no longer paying attention to the exercise, you can gently bring yourself back to the recording and continue.
Guided meditations give your attention a clear place to rest. By directing your focus to the breath, the body, and your innermost sensations, you can relate to yourself in a way most of us have not been taught. Guided mindfulness exercises offer tools we can come back to again and again, and many people find they support a more peaceful state of being. By encouraging a deep sense of relaxation, guided meditations can open us quietly and compassionately to new experiences, new thought patterns, and new beliefs.
