This CommUnity guest episode on "Honoring the Elements" is led my Dawn Mauricio

Dawn Mauricio (she/her) has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005, and has graduated from several Buddhist programs, including Spirit Rock's 4-year Retreat Teacher Training. She teaches with a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach in Canada and the US, to Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and folks of all backgrounds.

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Welcome to this 7- minute pranayama meditation practice of Nadi Shodhana also known as Alternate Nostril Breathing. Nadi is a Sanskrit word meaning "channel"  or "flow" and Shodana means " purification". Alternate Nostril Breathing is primarily aimed at clearing and purifying the subtle channels of the mind-body organism.

Pranayama utilizes breathing to influence the flow of prana (vital energy or life force) in the nadis or energy channels of the pranayama kosher or energy body.

Pendulation meditation is a mindfulness practice that can be helpful for managing physical pain. It involves focusing on the sensations of pain in a non-judgmental way and alternating between the sensations of pain and other areas of the body that are free from pain. This can help to reduce the intensity of the pain and promote a sense of calm and relaxation. As we “pendulate” between places of comfort and pain, we create a relationship with present space and time that can help you come back to a place of feeling enough safety to regulate the body in the midst of pain.

Remember that this meditation is a practice, and it may take time and patience to experience relief from pain. Be kind and patient with yourself, and trust that with practice, you can learn to manage pain more effectively.

This 30-minute deep relaxing and nourishing Yoga Nidra practice is focused on experiencing the breath while releasing physical, mental and emotional tension in the body.

Welcome to this CommUnity guest episode of A Sip f Mediation Podcast. In today's episode we will be led by Sarah Nelsen. I am so honored that she was willing to share this 7- minute guided meditation practice with us on Overcoming Overwhelm, to help center and ground when life feels out of control.

Check out Sarah's website for information on her Yoga in Bed Course

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Enjoy this 20- minute guided loving-kindness meditation of directing well-being wishes towards yourself and others.

Loving-kindness or Metta practice helps build compassion and yields numerous benefits that have been backed by science from enhanced feelings of empathy to improved relationships

This 5-minute breath awareness practice can help to calm the mind into a peaceful and restful state.

Mindful conscious breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) which can signal the rest and relax response, slowing your heart rate and stimulating your vagus nerves. Through breath control we learn to regulate the sympathetic nervous system from a state of fight or flight to a state of calm.

Imagine if we could learn the rhythm and the art of flowing with life. 

In this 12-minute talk and guided practice we arrive in presence through stillness and attention to the breath. We explore the benefits of balancing work and rest in a structural and economic world that values overwork and overdoing as a signal of productivity. 

When we let go of the incessant state of overdoing we allow for a greater sense of wisdom and clarity that aligns us with the natural flow of life.

Rest is vital, it is healing, it is regenerative and it is creative.

The trailer for  season 2 of A Sip of Meditation

 Often times the people who we are most closest or most intimate with can be the greatest source of stressor. This 15-minute talk and guided meditation explore ways we can take an active role in creating harmony and nurturing connectedness with others.

First, by tapping into our own feelings and emotions we learn to break down the negative storylines in our head about ourselves and others. Like us, others might be carrying around deep pain and suffering. By cultivating a mindfulness practice we learn to navigate difficult situations and experiences. 

At the end of the day, we all want to love and be loved. And it takes practice and intentional effort.