This is a guided meditation designed to unpack the baggage we carry from the past and the worry we carry about for the future, so that we may live more fully in the present.

We start as usual with relaxing the body and scanning for tension. The breath softens, as we work our way through a conflict in a safe manner, being guided by someone we have chosen. You will be asked to bring someone into your mind who inspires you with confidence, compassion and integrity. Your guide will walk beside you in the area of conflict, helping you navigate situations and people that are not easy and alleviate the impulse to run away, fight or freeze. Your guide will offer you two gifts, the first will be a quote, a passage or a single word and second gift will be an object. These gifts are reminders of how we would like to be in every situation we find ourselves in, both good situations and not so good situations.  Everyone's gifts will be unique to them and will find you if they do not immediately spring to mind. (Mine came to me after the meditation about a day or so later. The phrase, "love begins with me" rang so true to me, I had it tattooed on my wrist to remind me of how I wish to be and the 2nd gift came to me in a bookshop an almost sprang off the shelf.) Be patient your gifts will reveal themselves to you when you are open. Namaste (the light in me, honor the light in you)

This is a guided meditation through the congestion of our chaotic thoughts to an open space of freedom in our mind. We begin with relaxing the body by scanning for tension and little by little unwind into a peaceful state so the mind can become more spacious.

This is a mantra to settle the eternal whirling of the mind. A practice that focuses solely on you. Instructions on the use of beads and fingers as a way to connect the practice physically, which offers a solid beginning and end of the meditation, while giving the body a way to move in the practice. 

This is a guided body scan to relax you physically prior to calming the mind.

The meditation practice is designed to breath into the winds of change with awareness.
An offering of  understanding that we all will change, encounter negative energy and not always be in control of what will happen next or where we will find ourselves, yet we have the ability to center ourselves, create possibilities and become curious rather than fearful of what is happening around us and to us when we get quiet.

The current climate of change and uncertainty can lead to anxiety, stress, fear and anger. I too, am feeling all of these. It is my hope that by listening to this it might offer a moment of relief. I listened to this for the first time in a year and it actually eased my level of anxiety.

This episode was produced with Brian Spencer who's expertise in sound and music are extraordinary. A huge bow of gratitude to Brian, who's band is "Finkle" can heard on Spotify. 

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A guided practice of awareness through breath and voice.
The sound begins at 22 seconds, giving you time to adjust where you are and breath into the silence before being guided.
This meditation builds on the You Tube video dealing with the 3 practices on Empathy.https://youtu.be/Bp_zKyCfxAs