In this mindfulness meditation session learn to notice thoughts and mental activity while developing your awareness for intentionally being present. Going from the tensions in the body and hectic mind activity to subtly playing with your inner mental attitude. Sometimes we call it the wandering mind, but there really only is wondering and then it ends. Through meditation you will notice the stream of thoughts but then intentionally turn to mindfulness presence. Practicing this meditation will open the doors to that experience of simply being with your self.
Relax into this mindful body scan and start developing skills to make the experience of the body joyful and interesting to play with. We move our attention through every inch of our body kindly noticing and becoming aware of what is already there. It is a simple technique to get in touch with bodily sensations and cultivate a real sense of pleasure in the body. A meditation skill that can be used anywhere and at any time to simply look inside the body and ‘feel what it feels’ with kind and mindful attention.
Have you ever wanted to quiet your thoughts? To be able to silence all distractions, negative thinking, or simply noise in your head? This talk on mindfulness meditation as well as a meditation practice helps you develop a technique to begin to distance yourself from thoughts, but more importantly to distinguish between different forms of thought that arise constantly. By recognizing them as distinct forms of thought we can also learn to break free from them. We’re never not thinking, but thinking can become part of our meditation. Through this practice you will develop a sense of realization and acknowledgement of thoughts. It’s not about trying to stop thinking but rather to practice meditation with all the thoughts that arise.
Recognize the quality of attention, how experiencing the breath shifts and changes things so easily around. Release into the sensation of breath and allow thoughts, feelings, and tensions to be present while the breath becomes the center of attention. Explore the body through the breath and notice how much can be observed by simply focusing on the abdominal breath and appreciating the restful feeling that is already there.
A talk and a meditation. A contemplation of life. Use this training to get acquainted with and understand in your bones two meditation skills that are most important to finding a natural way to practice meditation, not forced, not pressured. Our ability to enjoy life is to accept that all is temporary and we can only embrace what we have now, here, in this moment; really embrace that. And in meditation we can also add into this the skill of watching over the continuity and sustaining the presence. These two are not just meditation skills; they are life skills for appreciating life and in this process learning what joy and beauty really are.
It’s great to train the attention to be fast and agile and play a kind of game to see how fast you can bring the attention home, or how fast you can hop off the train of the thought. It’s a great training skill with some profound effects in your everyday life, where things happen fast!
This Season on iTunes the theme is routines– think dance routine, or exercise routine, rather than chores. This season we are all going to make meditation a powerful, unshakable part of our everyday life.
And for that we have a BIG surprise for you this season. There’s a new team on board and we’re making something very special for you, to keep you immersed in meditation throughout your everyday life.
I won’t say what it is yet, because we are almost done making it for you and… well, you know how it is… things always take longer than we think.
I’ll be seeing you on the podcast on iTunes for now, and when it’s ready… in a couple weeks maybe… we’ll reveal it to you.
I can’t wait!
Till then please do keep pressing play on the meditations and go to iTunes now to download and subscribe for the I Should Be Meditating podcast.
see you!
Alan
What is it like to be present? In this guided meditation practice of looking inwardly, you return to that sense of presence to find another way of feeling, another way of being. Dwelling in presence, recognizing it, checking it out. Understanding the delicate task of looking inwardly, of just being. It is there that freedom from all trouble lies. Letting go of instability, choosing not to have any trouble with anything, choosing freedom.
