The alternate nostril breathing meditation technique is such a good technique for generating strong focus and concentration. It ties mindfulness, observing the body, alongside actively using your mind to have to maintain switching sides between breathing.It employs both basic forms of meditation into one. The mechanics of alternate nostril breathing are not difficult, but if you lose concentration, you will switch sides at the wrong time or you'll stop switching sides altogether. But the mechanical movement gives you one more clue that you stopped paying attention. Alternate Nostril Breathing is just a small part of the SKY meditation practice, but it is a useful part, especially for beginners, and probably accounts for why the meditation technique is so popular.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops.

But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Continuing our Beginners Meditation Week series. Tonight we're using a guided meditation as a crossover between the two basic forms of meditation. Mindfulness and actively using your mind.So a guided meditation makes us use mindfulness to listen carefully to the sounds and words the host is using. This keeps us firmly in the present by using our physical senses.But it also actively uses the mind by giving it the task of building the image of what the host is describing. So this type of meditation is ideal for beginners because using both forms it almost guarantees that the mind will be silent. You're keeping it busy.This really is the best of both worlds.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". 0Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Square breathing is a great way to meditate, but can lead practitioners to feeling like they're suffocating. We naturally breath in and out at different rates, and the breath holding at the top and bottom are designed to interrupt the breathing pattern, but can make meditators panic. They're not getting enough air.With this modified pattern, we only count for 2 or 3 during the hold, then the in and out breath cycles can be whatever they want. We don't count them. This way you can relax into the meditation more naturally and get into a deeper space much more easily.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Continuing our Beginners Meditation Week series. We talk about the two different forms of meditation. Mindfulness meditations that focus on the physical world to keep us firmly in the present and meditations where we give our mind a task and then we observe the mind to keep it on task.And tonight's Mantra Meditation falls into the latter. We're giving our mind the task of repeating a phrase or saying, over and over again and if it strays or wanders, we simply point it back at the mantra.After the meditation we discussed what we're actually doing during meditation. Simply redirecting our awareness. That's all we can ever do.

Shout out to "Big Yoshi" for sponsoring tonight's episode.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Heads up, there is no ending to this meditation so make sure you turn off auto play. If you do need to be somewhere, then set yourself a quiet gentle timer before starting this.I guide you into a deep, deep, deep state of relaxation until your reach the depths of bliss. You can then stay there as long as you wish. Splashing around in that wonderful world of inner-peace, calm, bliss, euphoria.Enjoy my friends.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Continuing our Beginners Meditation Week series, tonight we're going to focus on removing inner distractions. Last night we talked about setting up your environment to remove external distractions, tonight we'll focus on posture to remove your inner world.If you can still the body and keep it motionless, you remove all physical sensations and that has the effect of making your body disappear. You transcend the body.So focusing on the body allows you to transcend the body.This Lion's Breath meditation practices good posture and stillness by imagining that there's a hungry lion breathing down your neck. He's not sure if you're dinner or a statue. So you better remain perfectly still.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

The OM Meditation or AUM Meditation works on my levels. It's the proverbial onion when it comes to meditation practice.Aaaa - resonates the lower abdomenUuuu - resonates the lungsMmm - resonates the headGently transition from one sound to the other and you start a resonant flow from your lower spine to the top of your head like a gentle wave. You've guessed it, Kundalini energy.The muscle contractions of your diaphragm gently massage your organs and tense certain muscles at the base of the spine. Right again. Kundalini energy.The resonance and the waves become a fantastic mindfulness practice and allow you to step away from your body and observe your body in action.Deep breathing cleanses the body with fresh oxygen.The silence and stillness between the sounds gives you a gateway into the inner space.Oh, and if you feel self conscious while doing it......notice what is making you self conscious.So OM meditation gives you many things to work on. Just peel back the layers and enjoy the sound of Aaaaaauuuuuuuummmmmmmmm.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

Beginners Meditation Week is a bit like shark week on Discovery Channel only a lot more peaceful.

To kick off our Beginners Meditation Week, we're learning the most basic form of meditation, a simple mindfulness breathing meditation.And of course full circle, it's the simplest place to start your meditation journey, but it's also the ultimate meditation to return to.Easy to learn, simple to do, difficult to master but with the deepest states imaginable.Relax your body. Relax your breathing. simply follow the breath not the thoughts. And if you do get distracted by a thought, breathing will be right there waiting for you when you return.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness

We tend to think of meditation as serious work. Working diligently towards silencing our mind and enlightenment, but making your meditation silly has a novel effect on the mind. It sits up and pays attention. What's going on? Why is my human behaving this way?With this meditation we actively use our mind to generate the sound of a happy bumble bee doing lazy circles. We change tone whimsically each time it changes direction. This constant change is what keeps our mind busy and curious. It doesn't have time to jump in with a useless comment.Well done, you silenced your thoughts by taking control of what your mind is doing.-For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermitAuthor of, "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook". Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/fomLnY9#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.

Gentle Parachute Meditation - the feeling of weightlessness and floating create the perfect mental space to relax and release stress.No, we're not jumping out of a plane with this meditation, but we are visualizing our breath gently floating down and bringing a wave of relaxation through our body.Let the stress just melt away with this blissful, floating meditation.Happy Friday everyone.Oh and P.S. - the book I mentioned in this episode is "Understanding Happiness ~ Pocket Companion Workbook" available on Amazon. It's really a blueprint guide to understanding why your mind talks to you and the steps to untangle yourself from the drama it creates. Ultimately leading to a silent mind, and an unbelievable sense of wellbeing and happiness. https://a.co/d/fomLnY9 - Understanding HappinessYou could say that it will give you deep inner-peace and infinite bliss. There, I said it. It's in the name of the podcast.For more information, visit - https://thegregarioushermit.com/clubOr you can support me with coffee. Yes, hermits drink coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thegregarioushermit-The Infinite Bliss Meditation Club is a great place to learn meditation with other friendly and like minded people.We meet weekday mornings at 7:00am and evenings at 7:00pm.Morning meditation sessions are about 10-15 minutes. Short and to the point. Aimed at people with busy lives that don't have time to chit chat and gossip, but who need focus and a clear mind to power through their busy day.Evening meditations are a little more relaxed and slow paced, where the focus is on releasing all the stress from the day so we can allow our bodies to heal and stop ourselves worrying about tomorrow. It's a great reset.But the greatest power of the meditation club is that you meet at a consistent time every day and are a little more accountable. So that helps you progress quickly with meditation and get over many of the frustrations much more easily.The Meditation Club has a modest fee, but that gets you front row seats to the live meditation as well as being part of the post meditation discussion. You also get access to my classes and workshops. But the biggest thing is that you are supporting me and making it possible for me to continue doing this.#InfiniteBliss #InfiniteBlissMeditation #InnerPeace #Meditation #GuidedMeditation