Mindfulness Man

Mindfulness of breath length

We are going to observe the length of the breath, to experience if we are breathing in long or short and breathing out long or short.
This is just a knowing, a knowing as it is happening.
Why? What has the length of a breath got to do with anything?
Looking to see whether a breath is long or short is a way of moving closer into the process of breathing, which is exactly what we are trying to do in mindfulness of breathing.
The more intimate we get with the breath, the more able we are to remain with it, the less we wander away. It keeps the mind awake and engaged.

Mindfulness Meditation

Back to mindfulness meditation this week. Enjoy this easy guided practice in which we bring mindfulness out into the whole body.
Come over to our new Facebook Group  Mindfulness in Daily Life for live guided meditation.
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LOVING KINDNESS PART 3

Expanding on the first two practices, we now meditate on sending loving kindness to a dear friend. 
Please join us for this fifteen minute meditation and bring peace into your life.

LOVING KINDNESS PART 2

A short introduction on loving kindness and then straight into a 20 minutes guided meditation.
This is part 2 in the series. Please listen to part 1 first and then come back to listen to this deeper practice.
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LOVING KINDNESS PART 1

This Loving Kindness practice- is said to be the antidote to fear and it is, you can’t have a heart filled with love and be afraid at the same time.
The Buddha taught it to his monks, who were afraid to live in the forest.
It is protective, we feel surrounded by a powerful force, we feel a faith from this, that as long as we keep centred in our hearts, we can handle whatever comes our way.

Bodyscan

The bodyscan is a deeply relaxing practice which greatly helps to reduce stress and increase mindfulness of the body.
In this guided meditation we lay down on the back and feel the life in the body as it manifests in myriad sensations.

Mindfulness in an uncertain world

We need mindfulness it seems more than ever as the world seems to grow more anxious each day in response to the uncertain and often quite frightening times.
"Don't Know Mind"
Something a Buddhist monk once taught me to respond to uncertain situations.
We need to value "Don't Know Mind" as it enables us to befriend the moment, to sit and learn to settle with not knowing the future.

Mindfulness of thinking

There is a space in your life from which everything emerges
You yourself came from it,
It is your true home,
It’s still here, seemingly sleeping
The sparkling essence of all things.
 
In meditation we find this sacred space,
It’s the quiet place of the infinite  power.
 
In between stimulus and response, we find this space.
Stimulus gives birth to response...but who are we in between.
Who is this peaceful one watching all of this?
Most minds don’t see this space or even know it exists. It is the mind that sees this space that can stop its habitual reactions and act from this space, mindfully...  choosing the appropriate response.