Depression
June 8, 2016Alan Watts: Acceptance of Death and Meaning of Life
Death and life are like fronts and backs of the same coin. Death gives meaning to life and gives us the opportunity to understand what life is all about.
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Beginners
June 8, 2016Elizabeth Gilbert: Her Spiritual Journey
Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on spiritual enlightenment & her own spiritual journey. She says spiritual self-discovery doesn’t have to happen through travel.
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Happiness
June 8, 2016Ecstasy of Curiosity
Cognitive ecstasy refers to the exhilarating neuro storms of intense intellectual pleasure. It is driven by curiosity, awakening the wonder junkie in us.
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Stress
June 3, 2016Transforming Anger
To begin Mindfulness Exercise on Transforming Anger, this worksheet will be useful to increase awareness and give ideas to bring about transformation.
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Parenting & Families
June 1, 2016Blowing Bubbles
In this Street LovingKindness video series, Sharon Salzberg takes us on a guided mindfulness meditation, integrated into daily life, while blowing bubbles.
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Confidence
June 1, 2016Spoken Affirmations With Binaural Tones for Confidence
Powerful spoken affirmations that promote healthy self-esteem and self confidence. This recording uses binaural tones for a relaxed yet focused mind.
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Parenting & Families
May 28, 2016Meditation for Kids – The Butterfly – Kids’ Meditation
This guided meditation for kids is a playful visualization to help your child focus and relax each body part by imagining a butterfly floating in his mind.
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Blog
May 14, 2016Inner Strength: Techniques to Improve Your Willpower and Self Control
A positive self-talk is a powerful tool for increasing willpower and self-control. Improve your inner strength by paying attention to your inner voice.
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Buddhist
May 12, 2016Small Boat, Great Mountain
Small Boat, Great Mountain by Amaro Bhikkhu contains Theravadan Reflections on the Natural Great Perfection. It has references to Ajahn Amaro, et al.
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Buddhist
May 11, 2016Intuitive Awareness
Intuitive Awareness is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Meditation techniques for beginners can increase one’s ability to feel and respond.
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Confidence
May 11, 2016Living with Personal Integrity
This Mindfulness Exercise on Personal Integrity Worksheet would be helpful to guide you on your meditation and assessment of your leadership qualities.
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Focus
May 11, 2016Aligning With Your Mission
Aligning with your mission. The worksheet will be helpful to reflect on how you are relating to your experiences today to align your purpose and goals.
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Work & Leadership
May 10, 2016The Art of Generous Learning
In the Art of Generous Learning, realize that teaching others is a generous act, but being willing to learn from others can be generous as well.
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Stress
May 7, 2016Do You Cry? Is It Normal To Cry?
Eckhart Tolle says it’s normal to cry and talks about some of the things that make him cry. He also discusses joyful crying vs. dysfunctional crying.
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Compassion
May 7, 2016Jon Kabat-Zinn: Compassion And Mindfulness
We are inherently compassionate. The spaciousness of compassion is pure awareness. Mindfulness can help unlock that compassion in us.
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Confidence
May 7, 2016Expand Your Perception
There are certain tools, such as cameras, that allow us to expand our perception of other dimensions beyond what our senses can usually detect.
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Videos
May 7, 2016How To Find Fulfilling Work
Finding fulfilling work can be an incredibly challenging task. In this video, you’ll learn how to find fulfilling work that’s right for you.
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Pain
May 6, 2016Decentralizing Pain
Decentralizing Pain. This worksheet is designed to get you thinking about pain & the experience of pain differently- experience the story of your pain.
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Buddhist
May 2, 2016Don’t Hold Back
When we realize that our basic needs are satisfied, it is much easier for contentment to arise. Actually, what we have is enough.
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Motivation
May 2, 2016How to Avoid Burnout
Burnout can take a toll on us. Here are 4 big ideas to avoid burnout: get more sleep; say no; schedule times for email; ask for help.
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Pain
May 1, 2016Recovery Meditation: Spoken Word For Sickness Healing
Our healing guided meditation and visualization combine spoken word and music to assist you in your recovery from recent surgery, illness or pain.
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Happiness
April 28, 2016Taking in the Good
Taking in the Good is a mindfulness practice worksheet that allows us to let go of negative experiences and to focus instead on positive ones.
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Sleep
April 28, 2016Guided Sleep Meditation for Insomnia Relief (Sleep, Relaxation, Calm)
Calm your mind and fall into a deep sleep by listening to this spoken guided meditation for insomnia and relaxation. With music and rain sounds.
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Worksheets
April 16, 2016Loving-Kindness Meditation – Mindfulness Worksheet
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Worksheets
April 16, 2016Body Scan Meditation Practice
[pdfviewer]https://mindfulnessexercises.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Body-Scan-Meditation-Practice.pdf[/pdfviewer] Download “Body Scan Meditation Practice” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW What is Body Scan Meditation and How Can I Practice it? One of the foundational mindfulness practices is the body scan meditation. This practice is one of increasing our attention to the physical body – without judgment and with both curiosity […]
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Focus
April 12, 2016Tracking Your Insights
Do you know, how mindfulness exercises help you to track your insights? Explore the best mindfulness practices to learn more about your insights.
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Worksheets
April 11, 2016Replacing Judgment with Curiosity
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Parenting & Families
April 11, 2016Mindful Parenting – Mindfulness Worksheet
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Anxiety
April 6, 2016Guided Meditation For Anxiety and Stress
This Guided Meditation for anxiety and detachment from over-thinking will help you be relaxed and concentrated through the day.
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Audio Talks
April 4, 2016Supports for Practice
James Baraz shares a story about the Buddha and the 5 supports for practice he gave to a monk whose mind is not completely settled to deepen the practice.
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Depression
April 2, 2016Schizophrenia and Depression
People with schizophrenia are overwhelmed by too much possibility, whereas those suffering from depression are subject to a failure of the imagination.
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Stress
April 2, 2016Dealing With Anger, Resistance And Pessimism
How do we deal with anger, resistance and pessimism? Eckhart Tolle says the key is to catch what he calls the painbody at an early stage.
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Love
April 2, 2016Love is the Greatest Pain
Love is the greatest pain of all. There’s a reason Roland Barthes says love is the romantic solution to the problem of death. Fall in love, or die trying.
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Focus
April 2, 2016Daniel Goleman: How Attention Helps Us To Succeed
Daniel Goleman, author of “Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence,” explains how attention and cognitive control contributes to success in life.
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Motivation
April 1, 2016Positive Affirmations for Success & Abundance
Listen to this law of attraction positive affirmations for success and abundance, greater self-esteem, prosperity, and more. With gamma isochronic tones.
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Confidence
April 1, 2016How To Make Good Decisions
Make good decisions and take decisive action by following these 3 steps: make decisions sooner than later; set criteria; do intelligent research.
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Videos
March 29, 2016When to Follow Your Intuition
Follow your intuition based on these 4 planes: a level of trust; realm of positive growth; intuition operates best after effort; intuition of faith.
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Beginners
March 29, 2016The Meaning of Life
This video- the meaning of life, is all about communication, understanding and putting ourselves at the service of others.
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Sleep
March 28, 2016Sleep Guided Meditation (Spoken): Relax & Sleep Deeply
A healing deep sleep meditation by Jason Stephenson. Come inside the log cabin with the log fire, enjoy the moments as fire crackles and the rain pours.
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Audio Meditations
March 25, 2016Detachment From Over-Thinking [Video]
Follow our guided mindfulness meditation so you can have a relaxed, quieter and calmer mind and detach yourself from over-thinking patterns.
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Gratitude
March 22, 2016Nothingness is the Ultimate Reality
There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing. Nothingness is the ultimate reality.
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Videos
March 22, 2016Playing in the Zone
Meditation and mindfulness enable athletes to live in the present, to play in the zone, to stay mentally strong, to achieve peak performance.
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eBooks
March 14, 2016Integral Life Practice
Our Integral Life Practice kit turns Integral learning into accessible, applied practices for gaining more perspective and control of your life.
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Beginners
March 12, 2016F*ck That: An Honest Meditation [Video]
Let this profanity-laced F*ck honest meditation help you find inner peace. Breathe in strength, breathe out bulls*it, and feel your body saying “f*ck that!”
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Audio Talks
March 11, 2016The Path of Tenderness [Audio]
What does it mean to live with tenderness? We need tenderness to meet our vulnerability as human beings – that is, our human-ness.
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Stress
March 11, 2016Stress Eating
Psychological stress caused by feelings of anxiety affects our lives in many ways that we don’t see. It affects sleep patterns, relationships and health.
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Contentment
March 6, 2016Walking Meditation Worksheet
Integrate the power of meditation into your daily life with walking meditation, a common practice in Vipassana and Zen Buddhism.
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Focus
March 4, 2016Eye Gazing
If you are having trouble focusing, or feel too distracted, this mindfulness exercise on Trataka or eye gazing will help you to develop concentration.
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Compassion
March 3, 2016Tonglen
Feeling stuck, cold, alienated, loveless, or alone? Open up yourself to love and connection with others by practicing this mindfulness exercise on Tonglen.
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Stress
March 2, 2016Sky Gazing
Connect to reality and awareness by following this mindfulness exercise on sky gazing. Simply look at the sky and allow yourself to dissolve into it.
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Buddhist
March 1, 2016Rude Awakenings
Rude Awakenings is Part 1 of the eBook Where Are You Going- A Pilgrimage on Foot tot he Buddhist Holy Places by Ajahn Sucitto and Dr. Nick Scott.
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Depression
March 1, 2016Pineal Gland Activation: Third Eye Chakra Music & Binaural Beats
Open and activate your third eye, otherwise known as the pineal gland, through meditation by listening to this chakra music with binaural beats.
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Confidence
March 1, 2016Self-Inquiry
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Love
February 29, 2016Seeing Yourself Through Loving Eyes
Seeing Yourself with Love is a mindfulness practice that allows you to see the good qualities within you that others see every day, but which you overlook.
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Parenting & Families
February 28, 2016BEDTIME – GUIDED MEDITATIONS for Children
10 special bedtime guided meditations for children age 5 & upwards. Meditation at bedtime encourages children to release the day & aid a good nights sleep.
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Anxiety
February 28, 2016Key To Stopping Self-Talk In The Head [Video]
Are you self-talking in the head? In this video, Eckhart Tolle says the key to stopping self-talk in the head is to have a glimpse of awareness.
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Contentment
February 27, 2016Posture Meditation
Posture meditation is a very effective way to get grounded & centered. It encourages an embodied, calm, open awareness, and discourages disassociation.
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Contentment
February 26, 2016Mountain Meditation
The Mountain Meditation is designed to cultivate stillness and calm and to connect with our inner strength and stability in the face of challenges.
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Audio Talks
February 24, 2016How To Let Go
Are you holding on to something that you didn’t want which gives you stress? Listen to Pascal Auclair as he talks about how letting go happens.
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Contentment
February 24, 2016Mantra Meditation
Mantra Meditation. Do you feel like you think too much, or that your thoughts are driving you crazy? Mantra meditation may be one way to help.
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Love
February 23, 2016Loving-Kindness
Lovingkindness is a meditation technique that will enhance your feelings of unconditional love towards other people. It will also help you to love yourself.
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Contentment
February 22, 2016Scriptural Meditation
Scriptural meditation generates a distinct feeling of being connected with God, being blessed, and feeling loved. Ideal for relaxation and groundedness.
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Happiness
February 21, 2016Cultivating an Inner Smile
Having an inner smile means we’re greeting our experience with more kindness and openness. Here are ways to maintain an inner smile in everyday life.
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Contentment
February 20, 2016Grounding Meditation
This Free Script for Grounding Meditation will help you to be in touch with your sensory experience at the present moment.
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Contentment
February 19, 2016Equanimity Meditation
The equanimity meditation helps us to examine feelings towards people, and correct them when there’s a mistake. This leads to a more balanced viewpoint.
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Stress
February 18, 2016Emotional Awareness Meditation
Dealing with uncomfortable emotional states can be challenging. This emotional awareness meditation will help you increase mindfulness, resilience and calm.
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Audio Talks
February 17, 2016Essence of Letting Go [Audio]
Mark Coleman talks about the essence of letting go of what is gone, of what may come. This audio helps you to let go of what is happening now.
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Worksheets
February 16, 2016Full Body Awareness Meditation
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Calm
February 15, 2016Earth Descent Meditation
With free online worksheet, visualize your awareness dropping deep within the Earth with this Earth Descent Meditation by Buddhist teacher Reginald Ray.
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Contentment
February 14, 2016Do Nothing Meditation
What is Do Nothing Meditation All About? The Do Nothing meditation is a way of experiencing “contentless awareness.” It has analogies in many traditions. Do it with our free worksheet below. And don’t forget to check these 6 Mindful Breathing Exercises. Since the breath provides the oxygen required for every cell in our body to […]
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Confidence
February 12, 2016Living Contrary to Your Authentic Self
This mindfulness exercise will help you discover how you are living contrary to your authentic self. Try this mindfulness worksheet for guidance.
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Confidence
February 12, 2016Standing Up for Yourself
Standing up for yourself. In what ways did you push back in relationships, conversations, meetings? How did you feel? Discover now.
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Relaxation
February 11, 2016Body Meditation
Body meditation raises one’s life force and thereby better all areas of one’s life. It helps connect to and benefit from life’s wisdom and to follow life.
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Relaxation
February 10, 2016Basic Relaxation Meditation
This basic relaxation meditation is a meditation that encourages physical and mental relaxation. It helps reduce the effects of stress on the body and mind.
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Forgiveness
February 10, 2016All Forgiveness is Self Forgiveness
Frank Ostaseski, Founder of Metta Institute, talks about the power of forgiveness. Forgive because all forgiveness is ultimately self-forgiveness.
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Contentment
February 9, 2016Witnessing Your Thoughts
Understanding our relationship to our thoughts is important. This free mindfulness exercise on awareness of thoughts will help you examine your thoughts.
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Buddhist
February 9, 2016Great Patient One
Great Patient One is Part 2 of Where Are You Going- A Pilgrimage on Foot to the Buddhist Holy Places by Ajahn Sucitto and Dr. Nick Scott.
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Love
February 8, 2016Angel Meditation
With free online worksheet, the Angel Meditation helps brings about peace, healing, guidance, love, and cleanses the body and environment of all negativity.
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Compassion
February 7, 2016Letter of Self-Compassion
The writing for self-compassion is an exercise that is designed to help cultivate and promote self-compassion through writing.
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Compassion
February 7, 2016Dear Future Generations: Sorry [Video]
An apology letter to future generations, this video speaks of how we leave the planet in a sad state to our children’s children.
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Stress
February 6, 2016Working with a Nightmare
Working with a nightmare is a powerful way to reconnect with the “juice” of life. It can relieve anxiety and reawaken us to the beauty of each moment.
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Stress
February 5, 2016Transforming Ill Will
Through a collection of techniques and gentle reminders, you can change ill will into goodwill. Transform ill will into goodwill with this technique.
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Stress
February 2, 2016Tracking Your Mood
Tracking of your moods in a log can help you reflect on the factors and situations that affect your emotions. Do this a few times a day.
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Work & Leadership
February 1, 2016Time Management
Time management can help you assess how well you are managing your time. It also offers suggestions to improve your time management skills.
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Happiness
January 31, 2016Three Good Things Exercise
Three Good Things exercise helps you get acquainted with the way your mind works and learn to start tweaking its patterns.
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Connection
January 30, 2016Exploring Another Viewpoint
“Tunnel-busting” is the practice of shaking up one’s “reality tunnel,” another name for the set of viewpoints and conceptions we all hold deeply.
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Anxiety
January 29, 2016Guided Meditation on Working With the Inner Critic
Do you sometimes feel that you’re your own worst critic? In this guided meditation, Mark Coleman helps us understand how to stop the cycle of judgment.
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Happiness
January 29, 2016Taking in the World While Walking
Taking in the good Walking Meditation. Practice present awareness and achieve a happier state of being “at the moment.” as it’s beneficial for mind & body.
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Anxiety
January 28, 2016Guided Meditation For Anxiety & Stress, Beginning Meditation
Do you find yourself overthinking things? This guided meditation for anxiety and stress will help alleviate your tendency towards overthinking.
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Relaxation
January 27, 2016Shadow Exercise
Use the free shadow exercise worksheet to help open up the hidden depths of your creative self. It can also be used to begin the journey of self-discovery.
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Relaxation
January 26, 2016Self-Hypnosis
Self-hypnosis can be a tool to assist in weight loss and addiction recovery, and to relax, relieve stress and anxiety, and to promote general wellbeing.
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Calm
January 24, 2016Tea Meditation – Returning Home
Tea Meditation Returning Home is a meditation music video showcasing Temple of the Flowering Thunderbolt at OneDoorLand and solo morning tea meditation.
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Confidence
January 24, 2016Self-Affirmation to Reduce Self-Control Failure
By affirming one’s one sense of self, one can strengthen one’s self-control. Express your core values to help strengthen your willpower.
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Confidence
January 23, 2016Self-Advocacy
As we rush on in our busy lives, we often neglect to take care of ourselves. This mindfulness meditation will assist you in improving your self-advocacy.
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Compassion
January 22, 2016Seeing Goodness in Others
Seeing the goodness in someone can improve your interactions and relationship with that person, and also bring out the best in him or her. Namaste!
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Pain
January 18, 2016Bringing Support and Peace to Pain
With free online worksheet, this meditation on being at peace with pain helps you realize that you are not alone. It helps you rest in peace and comfort.
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Stress
January 15, 2016The Power of Music
Experience the healing power of music by trying the following strategies and discover how they change your experience of pain, stress, or anxiety.
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Compassion
January 13, 2016Loving-Kindness Affirmations
Practicing loving-kindness meditation is an important component of living a compassionate, mindful life. Check out free exercise here.
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Stress
January 12, 2016Being Positive
Being positive in your life with mindfulness exercises can help you to increase the ability to distinguish between positive or negative impact in life.
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Parenting & Families
January 12, 2016Bringing Mindfulness to Marriage Changes
Bring mindfulness to marriage changes with the practices of mindfulness exercises using this reflection worksheet to assess your heart, thoughts & body.
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