Motivation
January 11, 2016What is My Ultimate Purpose?
What is your ultimate purpose? Explore the practices to discover life’s ultimate purpose with mindfulness exercises with the help of the online worksheet.
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Gratitude
January 11, 2016Opening Your Heart and Mind to Gratitude
Gratitude offers us the ability to improve our state of mind each and every day. Enjoy this free worksheet to open your heart and mind to gratitude.
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Contentment
January 11, 2016Learning From Nature
Have you ever found yourself immersed in the wonder and splendor of Nature? There are trees, for example, that are known to be several thousand years old.
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Sleep
January 9, 2016Lucid Dreaming
Jason Silva talks about lucid dreaming, the potential to transform what it means to be human, to turn subjective experience into living, breathing painting.
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Motivation
January 9, 2016Finding Your Life’s Purpose – Passion
This video will inspire us to seek passion in life, find our purpose in life, and live fully, appreciating the life that we have been given.
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Pain
January 8, 2016The Nest of Pain
This mindfulness exercise will guide you on how to start Reaching Beyond the Cocoon of Pain to restore and re-establish connections with others.
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Focus
January 4, 2016Focusing Away From Pain
Make your pain disappear—or at least lessen—by focusing strongly on other items in your environment, as well as actions that draw your attention elsewhere.
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Happiness
January 2, 2016Scheduling Something Pleasant
Scheduling one or more pleasant activities into our daily life can make us more energized and help improve our thoughts and mood & positive experiences.
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Relaxation
January 1, 2016Ho’oponopono: Hawaiian Prayer + Binaural Beats
Practice this Hoʻoponopono meditation healing prayer ritual daily for total release and cleansing. It comes with theta binaural beats for relaxation.
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Sleep
December 28, 2015A Truly Life Changing Guided Meditation for Sleep
This guided ASMR meditation will help you fall asleep fast, deeply and soundly at bedtime and wake up mindfully clear and focused ready to face your day.
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Anxiety
December 21, 2015Scheduling Worry Time
Minimize the pull of your worries by scheduling a daily worry time, allowing you to increase your control over where you direct your attention.
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Parenting & Families
December 20, 2015Mindfulness at Christmas
Christmas can be really tough for everyone, but by practicing mindfulness you can combat stress, change and transform the spirit of the holidays.
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Pain
December 15, 2015How Do I Respond To Another’s Pain-Body?
According to Eckhart Tolle, dealing with somebody else’s pain-body sometimes requires removing yourself for a while to allow the episode to subside.
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Motivation
December 15, 2015Finding Your Meaning of Life
You must find what it is that gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose. Pursue your dreams, harness your talents, know what your life work is.
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Videos
December 15, 2015Science of Ultimate Human Performance
Find out how flow state – an optimal state of consciousness where we both feel our best and perform our best – contributes to ultimate human performance.
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Stress
December 15, 2015Overcoming Anxious Thoughts
You can overcome your anxiety by estimating the real odds that your anxious thoughts will become a reality and then formulating a coping plan.
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Relaxation
December 14, 2015Progressive Relaxation
This progressive relaxation technique is a proven way to chill out, release all the tension from your body, and get some sleep. Follow the online worksheet.
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Gratitude
December 14, 2015Acceptance of our Circumstance
In order to develop an attitude of acceptance, you must think about your pain or physical limitations and describe to others how it is affecting y
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Focus
December 13, 2015Realizing Intention
Find your purpose, discover what intentions will help you to realize this, thoroughly examine them, and then use them to act with your purpose in mind.
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Connection
December 12, 2015How To Get Over Rejection
One way to get over rejection is: don’t keep thinking of the end of the relationship as tragically sad. Also, don’t imagine anyone can love on command.
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Stress
December 11, 2015Problem Solving
In this mindfulness exercise, practice effective problem-solving in 2 steps: define your problem clearly and then brainstorm some possible solutions.
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Relaxation
December 11, 2015Witnessing the Body
This mindfulness exercise is a guide for practicing the body scan, whereby you will be surfing your body to be aware when it is happy or when it is not.
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Stress
December 11, 2015Managing and Mitigating Stress
Be a smart stress avoider. Get as creative as you can about managing or avoiding stress using our stress avoidance mindfulness worksheet.
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Anxiety
December 9, 2015Like the Ocean Floor
We are often caught up in a stormy sea of stress & anxiety. This mindfulness exercise will help you become the pebble that sinks beneath the chaotic waves.
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Pain
December 9, 2015Investigating the Effect of Mindfulness Practice
This randomized control trial found that mindfulness training increased pain tolerance, but this was not related to the acquisition of mindfulness skills.
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Research
December 8, 2015Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention
This review suggests that mindfulness training as a clinical intervention may be helpful in the treatment of chronic pain and several other disorders.
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Stress
December 8, 2015Nature Walks
In this mindfulness exercise, you’ll discover how nature walks can help you relax and lower your stress, depression, and anxiety levels.
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Happiness
December 8, 2015Retelling an Uplifting Story
This mindfulness exercise guides you on how to share an uplifting and hopeful story that can reduce stress or even help to build relationships with others.
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Stress
December 7, 2015Mindful Pause
Mindful pause exercise stresses the importance of taking a moment to stop what you are doing so you can check how you are feeling & become more focused.
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Stress
December 7, 2015Hand Warming Visualization
In this mindfulness exercise on Warm Hands Visualization, you will imagine warming up your hands and feet as a relaxation technique for reducing stress.
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Anxiety
December 4, 2015Letting Go of Limiting Stories
This mindfulness exercise will help in examining & letting go of the stories limiting you & that you currently believe about yourself, others, or the world.
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Stress
December 4, 2015Breathing Into Tension
This mindfulness exercise provides guidance on the Breathing Into Stress Detox practice, which helps release tension and stress that builds up in the body.
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Confidence
December 3, 2015Letting Go
Learning to let go is a part of the journey towards peace. This mindfulness exercise on letting go will help you detach yourself from expectations.
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Confidence
December 2, 2015Identifying Personal Values
Can you identify your core values? Are you living your life in accordance with them? This mindfulness exercise will help you identify your personal values.
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Stress
December 2, 2015The Sound of Nature
This mindfulness exercise helps you find calm and peace from stress by turning down the volume with Nature and bringing Nature and silence together.
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Calm
December 1, 2015Reiki Music For Positive Energy
Relax and enjoy in your daily meditation by listening to this Reiki music to achieve positive energy that creates a healing effect. Nu Meditation Music created this video about Reiki Music for Positive Energy. Nu Meditation Music is devoted to creating a new collection of LONG MEDITATION MUSIC videos for people to relax and enjoy […]
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Audio Talks
December 1, 2015Working With Thoughts [Audio]
Joseph Goldstein talks about working with thoughts as an object of mindfulness. How we relate the thoughts mindfully in our meditation practice.
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Confidence
December 1, 2015Identifying Core Beliefs
Identifying Core Beliefs. How do those beliefs dictate our actions and behaviors? In this exercise, you’ll examine your core beliefs & possibly alter them.
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Stress
December 1, 2015Squeezing and Releasing Stress
Squeeze out stress with this mindfulness exercise by tensing and squeezing each part of your body into a ball as you do belly breathing.
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Stress
December 1, 2015Meditation to Help Relieve Anxiety and Stress [Video]
This is a mindfulness meditation with Josh Wise. This meditation will help you connect with your breath. Relax. Let go of stress. Release anxiety.
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Contentment
December 1, 2015Guided Meditation with Sam Harris [Video]
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, & proponent of mindfulness & spirituality. In this guided meditation, he’ll help improve mindfulness practice.
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Stress
November 30, 2015Humor Therapy
Laughter enhances our quality of life. This mindfulness exercise includes a meditation that you can practice whenever you need humor therapy.
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Stress
November 30, 2015Acts of Kindness
This ‘We’ Cure practice focuses on the power of being a benefactor. Benefactors are people who have the best interests of others in their hearts and minds.
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Sleep
November 28, 2015Sleep Meditation – Fall Asleep – Bedtime Zen
This guided bedtime sleep meditation will induce a deep state of relaxation so you can fall asleep fast. Awaken in the morning feeling refreshed and alert.
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Stress
November 27, 2015Mindfulness of Laughter
[pdfviewer]https://mindfulnessexercises.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Mindfulness-of-Laughter.pdf[/pdfviewer] Download “Mindfulness of Laughter” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Enjoyment signals include the Duchenne (authentic) smile, activation of a smile (lip corners pulled obliquely up), and activation of the orbital eye muscles that tighten the lower eyelid and create wrinkling around the outer eye corners (especially with age). Enjoyment also includes […]
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Gratitude
November 26, 2015Gratitude Practice
Practicing gratitude is an excellent way to incorporate mindfulness into our daily lives. Click here for a free Gratitude Practice mindfulness worksheet.
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Confidence
November 26, 2015Visualizing What We Wish to Experience
A mindfulness exercise to help you practice mental rehearsal with a simple visualization for feeling more energetic, allowing you to accomplish your goals.
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Parenting & Families
November 25, 2015Gratitude Letter
In this mindfulness exercise, you will write a letter of gratitude to someone you appreciate, allowing you to experience the benefits of being grateful.
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Stress
November 25, 2015Boosting Mood with Music
Did you know that music is capable of altering your mood? In this mindfulness exercise, you’ll begin to learn how music can change the way that you feel.
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Parenting & Families
November 24, 2015Gottman’s Marriage Tips
Maintaining a strong & happy marriage may well be one of life’s greatest challenges. Learn more about tips for keeping a marriage healthy for the long haul.
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Contentment
November 24, 2015Dressing for the Weather
In this mindfulness exercise, you will put on a weather gear to help you deal with those unpredictable, stormy conditions you may face in your life.
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Work & Leadership
November 23, 2015Identifying Strengths
This mindfulness exercise will guide you towards starting a strengths journal as a way to identify and honor your strengths on a daily basis.
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Anxiety
November 22, 2015Full Body Awareness
This mindfulness exercise on Full Body Awareness helps to relieve stress by allowing us to become more mindful of how our body reacts to external stimuli.
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Stress
November 22, 2015Compassionately Questioning Negative Thoughts
This mindfulness exercise will guide you towards disputing negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones to enhance your sense of wellbeing.
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Anxiety
November 20, 2015Establishing Safety
This practice promotes a sense of safety that allows our mental resources to stop fending off outer threats & instead focus on our inner wellbeing.
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Work & Leadership
November 20, 2015Acknowledging Success
This mindfulness exercise on Savoring Success will make you feel better by reminiscing about the positives in your life—whether past, present or future.
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Anxiety
November 20, 2015Mindfulness, Self-Compassion & PTSD Symptoms
This study suggests that increasing mindfulness and self-compassion could decrease functional disability in returning war veterans with PTSD symptoms.
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Stress
November 19, 2015Emotional Validation
Processing and understanding emotions can be difficult. This free mindfulness exercise for emotional validation can help you clarify and process them.
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Happiness
November 19, 2015Favorite Things
This mindfulness exercise on My Favorite Things helps you focus on things that you enjoy, bring you a sense of comfort, and enhance your sense of security.
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Depression
November 18, 2015Emotional Journaling
Do you feel in touch with your emotions? Would you like to be more in touch with your emotions? Emotional journaling is a helpful technique. Try this!
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Motivation
November 18, 2015Changing Your History Channel
This mindfulness exercise on Changing Your (History) Channel will help you explore new ways of dealing with an old (and perhaps painful) personal story.
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Stress
November 17, 2015Cultivating Childlike Wonder
This mindfulness exercise on the Here and Now Pleasantness practice helps you to be more aware and present in your surroundings & turn off your auto-pilot.
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Focus
November 16, 2015Developing an Inner Guide
An inner guide can improve our self-esteem and self-image. This mindfulness exercise will guide you on how to develop an inner guide.
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Confidence
November 15, 2015Growth and Optimism
Mindfulness research and exploration is a rapidly expanding field, which Jon Kabat-Zinn says is a tremendously optimistic sign.
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Calm
November 14, 2015Embodying Stillness
A sample of guided meditation interspersed with silence and Eckhart Tolle’s insights into the essence of meditation practice: embodying stillness.
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Contentment
November 14, 2015Higher Consciousness
We should make the most of our states of higher consciousness when they arise and harvest their insights for the time when we require them most.
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Motivation
November 14, 2015Follow Your Heart – Inspiring Video
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, find what you love, and love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.
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eBooks
November 14, 2015Integral Life Practice Version 1.0
This Starter Kit will guide you in adopting Integral Life Practice, a whole and balanced approach to well-being, awareness, and transformation.
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Confidence
November 14, 2015Beginning Our Day, Volume 2
Find out how mindfulness can help you reflect on your reactions to unpleasant feelings, and to identify your habits and tendencies, throughout your day.
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Stress
November 13, 2015Controlled Breathing
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Gratitude
November 13, 2015Cultivating and Sharing Gratitude
As the saying goes: “the best attitude is gratitude.” Learning to express gratitude in your life can lead to greater peace and increased satisfaction.
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Research
November 13, 2015How Does it Feel to Lack a Sense of Boundaries?
This study discusses the phenomenological nature of the sense of boundaries (SB), based on a person’s experience with long-term mindfulness meditation.
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Confidence
November 12, 2015Confidence Building
Low self esteem often manifests as lack of confidence. This mindfulness exercise is a form of self-hypnosis to help you build your self-confidence.
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Videos
November 11, 2015Eckhart Tolle’s Top 10 Rules For Success
Achieving success is something that happens gradually. Take a look at Eckhart Tolle’s Rules for Success to learn how you can begin taking those steps today.
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Stress
November 11, 2015Ken Wilber – Big Mind Meditation
The simple recognition of I-Amness is an infallible recognition of ever-present awareness, of ever-present Big Mind. I-Amness is your authentic pure Self.
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Focus
November 11, 2015Concentration
Mindfulness meditation techniques & mindfulness exercises on concentration brings awareness, peace of mind in your day to day work and personal life.
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Anxiety
November 11, 2015Monkey Mind Meditation
Mindfulness Exercises on story and meditation: How to get free from monkey trap to bring awareness & peace of mind in your day to day work & personal life.
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Focus
November 10, 2015Common Errors in Thinking
When we are in a low mood, we can identify which errors in thinking are present and then more effectively challenge our thoughts.
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Stress
November 10, 2015Visualizing Ease
You will learn to use the power of visualization, or mental rehearsal, to find a greater sense of calm when faced with a situation that is distressing.
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Parenting & Families
November 9, 2015Clarifying Emotions
Clarifying Emotions encourages you to notice the body sensations associated with the emotion, it will build up a deep familiarity with your emotions.
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Stress
November 9, 2015Rating Anxiety in the Body
By Sensing and Rating Anxiety in the Body, you can be present with it and cope with it in a healthy way. The practice of noticing sensations takes time.
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Audio Meditations
November 6, 2015Guided Heart Meditation: Metta [Audio]
Guided Heart Meditation: Metta. This is a journey that you start when you’re inside yourself, and also this journey will continue within yourself.
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Stress
November 5, 2015Art Therapy
Immersing into the art process allows us to enter a meditative state where relaxation and unconscious expression can thrive. Try our online worksheet!
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Contentment
November 5, 2015Nature Gazing from Roots to Sky
Sky Gazing is a method of connecting your gaze with Nature. It begins by extending the gaze toward the sky or horizon, and then slowly focusing down.
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Confidence
November 4, 2015Affirmations
Affirmations help us to develop a positive mindset and thus break down the barriers that negative thinking puts up in our day-to-day lives.
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Calm
November 3, 2015Prospects for a Clinical Science of Mindfulness-Based Intervention
Mindfulness-based intervention (MBIs) are at a pivotal point in their future development. Spurred on by an ever-increasing number of studies & application.
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Happiness
November 3, 2015Activating the Parasympathetic Wing of Your Nervous System
By activating the parasympathetic wing of your nervous system (or PNS), you can take advantage of its natural cool-down effects & stop chronic stress.
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Confidence
November 2, 2015Acting with Intention
Setting an intention before beginning a task or activity can help guide your actions so that they are in line with your values.
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Motivation
November 2, 2015The Alternative Way
Have you ever thought that there could be two ways of doing anything? One is when you’re feeling burdened or it’s chore & the other, without a heavy heart.
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Contentment
November 2, 2015Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Research on Mindfulness
This article addresses unique conceptual and methodological issues posed by research on Mindfulness & Meditation; among which is first-person experience.
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Sleep
November 1, 2015Open Third Eye Chakra: Calm Sleep, Meditation, Balancing & Healing
It is the spiritual eye that seeks to see & know the truth in all things & that from the 6th of the 7 chakra we look at the world from all aspects of self.
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Sleep
November 1, 2015Aura Cleansing Sleep Meditation: 7 Chakras
Aura Cleansing Meditation aims to prepare you for sleep by clearing your aura, balancing and healing the 7 chakras using sound as a healing tool.
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Relaxation
October 30, 2015Mindful Walking
Ground-Surfing (Mindful Walking). Use this portable method of getting present when you are in transition & feeling anxious as you walk from place to place.
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Blog
October 29, 2015Understanding The Science of Mindfulness
People have been practicing mindfulness for thousands of years. Recently, science been able to gain insight into its neurological underpinnings.
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Calm
October 27, 2015Guided Hypnosis
Hypnosis promotes relaxation & is a good stress relief technique. Hypnotherapy has been strongly indicated as a treatment for chronic pain, anxiety, etc.
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Contentment
October 27, 2015Presence Through Our Palms
Palm the Present Moment. Use this portable grounding meditation script whenever you find yourself getting anxious, worried, feeling overwhelmed, or lost.
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Relaxation
October 24, 2015The Power of Belly Breathing
A chest breather takes shorter, faster breaths. By getting the air in the deeper part of the lungs, you’ll actually get 10x more air with each breath.
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Focus
October 21, 2015Personal Intention Statements
Very few people consciously think about what values matter most & how this could change their lives. A personal intention statement is uniquely yours.
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Anxiety
October 20, 2015Big Mind [Audio]
Your mind has limitless space and capacity to accommodate virtually everything. It’s open like the sky, but it’s imbued, it’s filled with intelligence.
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Compassion
October 18, 2015Meeting Mindfulness with Kindness
Mindfulness is re-mindfulness, there’s never any failure with it. And it’s why mindfulness is a way of inviting and practicing kindness toward yourself.
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