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Zazn Meditation App
Does your meditation timer have guided meditations, adjustable settings and numerous sound effects? I used to simply use the alarm on my smartphone as a meditation timer. It works ok, but the alarm can be a bit startling, and does not have anything extra. Just the alarm sound going off at the set time. It…
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Guided Meditation for Gratitude
Are you grateful enough for all the wonders in your life? We could all do with some more gratitude in our lives. In fact, studies have shown that gratitude can both help raise your mood and increase your compassion towards others. This shows us that whether or not you believe “the law of attraction” (or similar…
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Daily Life Mindfulness
Would you say being part of a community is important? In this post, I want to talk about the fact that being part of a community (in my opinion) is crucial for your personal meditation practice and why I started a local mindfulness meetup in Los Angeles. When I first took up meditation to relieve stress,…
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Guided Meditation by Nicole Guillaume
Need something to get you started with meditation? Here is a guided meditation by Nicole Guillaume at Guiding Echoes, which helps you with just that. Not only is it a good guided meditation for beginners, but since it’s focused on relaxation it is also good if you’re looking for a great way to relax. Nicole’s…
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Louise Hay’s Guided Morning Meditation
How do you start your day? Do you start it groggy, slow, and grumpy – or do you gratefully welcome the new day with a big smile? If could do with more of the latter (which I guess all of us could), I highly recommend this guided meditation from author and legend Louise Hay. Her voice is soft and…
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Shinzen Young Silent Meditations
Ever wish you could listen to some recorded silence? Here you go! Fantastic, right? 33 minutes of total silence, in the form of a YouTube video, for you to sit down and watch. While it might sound silly to listen to a recording of a silent meditation, I find it helpful for 2 simple reasons: In a small…
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Guided Zen Meditation
Did you know Leonard Cohen is an ordained zen monk? Discover more about that in the second video below… But first, let’s talk about zazen (zen meditation). What I love about the zazen practice is that it at it’s core is very simple, and mindfulness based. This means that it is best practiced by focusing on nothing…
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Take Five With This Guided Meditation
Need to take a five minute break and quickly relax yourself in the middle of a hectic day? Here is the perfect thing for you. Our favorite guided meditation channel over at YouTube, TheHonestGuys, keep creating new weekly guided meditations. We’ve written about them before and shared a 18 minutes long video from them. This time we present a 5…
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4 Ways To Start Meditating Today!
Have you been on the fence about meditation for a while, and never had the patience to just sit down and give it a try? You are not alone. One of the most common misconceptions I hear about meditation is that it is not for everyone. “I tried meditation once, and it’s not for me”…
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Buddha’s Smile Guided Meditation
This is a wonderful short guided meditation, themed around smiling like the Buddha. It is only 6 and a half minutes long, with clear instructions and a soothing voice. Perfect for those short breaks when you want a quick guided meditation to listen to. The guided meditation ends by advising us to create a habit…