For this weeks episode we are thrilled to have Mary Meckley join us from Sip and Om. Mary takes us through her unique journey to mindfulness starting with her time living in Japan to her daily podcast app that can help give people at all levels meditation guidance

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On Today’s episode we are thrilled to bring you the CEO of Insight Timer, Christopher Plowman.  Christopher provides us a look at  how him and his brother got started with Insight Timer, how they’ve grown it to where it is now, and what the future of Insight Timer will be for them.  He talks about his meditation practice and how he got 70,000 members of the Insight Timer community to meditate with him everyday for a year.  Christopher was an amazing guest and he provided us with such a genuine interview.  Enjoy!

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John Baker leads us in a simple focused attention meditation.  He leaves us with a beautiful message about the power of meditation. 

On today’s show we have Ariel Garten, she is the Co-founder of Interaxon, which is the company that created the brain sensing meditation headband, Muse.  We talk to her about being a pioneer in the brain sensing technology field and the many applications that this technology has, including the olympics and meditation.  Ariel has immense passion in her work and you can definitely tell that by listening to her talk.  Stay tuned till the end where she leads us through a unique meditation that she created herself while she was under the weather traveling on a plane.  Enjoy the show!

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The practice of Shinrin Yoku (or forest bathing) originated in Japan, but has made its way over to the US more recently.  One of the first people to be trained in this form of relaxation and therapy is Ben Page.  He shares with us his journey into his love of nature and how Walden Pond played a big role in that in his early years.  He speaks about the benefits that going into the forest can bring to someone, and how to bring the forest to you if its not readily accessible.  We talk about how he began his own company, Shinrin Yoku LA.  Ben speaks in such an engaging way and you can tell nature has taught him a thing or two about how to connect with yourself and with the unity of all beings.  

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Andy leads us in a simple breathing meditation, one that can be done anytime, anywhere.  He shows us that these tools are accessible to you any place you may be, and the power that identifying with your breath can bring. 

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Hello Everyone and welcome back to Catching Z’s.  We very honored

and grateful to have Justin Whitaker with us on the show.  Justin is the founder of Guideful, an app that allows you to interact with the meditation teachers and talk about how technology today can both hurt and help your practice. Justin also shares his journey into mindfulness through the unique few of Buddhism and ethics.

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Drawing meditation!?!? That's right, a drawing meditation! This one is very unique and special as Taylor helps us to tap into our senses while we draw.  We then reflect on the drawing that creates a very special moment.  

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Ricki Friedman joins us on this episode to talk about how helping her friend lose 150 pounds and them blogging about it for almost a year transformed into her launching her own business called Break the Weight.  We talk about breaking habits and changing the way that you look at your goals in order to help you achieve them.  She talks about how she views struggles in her life as opportunities and how that mindset can also help you in your life.  Although not directly implementing mindfulness techniques we talk about the very close parallels to mindfulness in what she teaches her clients.  After you listen to this episode, GET OUT AND WALK (Ricki voice) with her walking meditation at the end!!!

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Mike takes us through a very effective visualization in this acceptance of emotions meditation. 

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