12 Minute Meditation

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Meditate right where you are with this 10-minute guided practice.

Our bodies have power to influence our minds, and vice versa. This guided meditation shows you how.

This meditation guides you through one of the fundamental practices of mindfulness: breathing. For seasoned meditators and beginners alike, this practice will bring your awareness to your breath, mind, and body.

Show notes: This practice has been adapted from The Mindful Life Project.

JG Larochette is a former classroom teacher, community organizer, and mentor in Richmond, CA who is the founder and executive director of the Mindful Life Project.

This guided meditation takes you through the power of soft belly breathing. Jillian Pransky says the belly is our emotional center and softening it can bring up a mirage of feelings. This practice allows you to tune in to your innermost emotions.

Show notes: Meditation by Jillian Pransky.

Jillian Pransky is an international presenter and the author of Deep Listening. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist recognized by the International Association of Yoga Therapy and the director of Restorative Therapeutic Yoga teacher training for YogaWorks.

This pen and paper practice guides you into finding your loving-kindness phrases which you can use in meditations. After writing, reflecting and writing some more, Chris guides us in using our phrases.

Show notes: This practice originally appeared on ChrisGermer.com.

Christopher Germer, PhD, has a private practice in mindfulness and compassion-based psychotherapy and is a psychiatry lecturer at the Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance.

A basic mindfulness practice raising our awareness and stirring our curiosity.