Mindfulness Man

Mindfulness Man

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Mindfulness Man episodes

  • Mindfulness of arising phenomena

    In this meditation we pay particular attention to the start of the breathing process. We then turn that heigthened state of of awarness towards the arising of any phenomena; trying to catch the emergence of bodily sensations and thoughts. If we train ourselves to be present for the origin of all phenomena, our mindfulness is strengthened.

    7 min
  • Mindfulness of breath length

    We are going to observe the length of the breath, to experience if we are breathing in long or short and breathing out long or short.

    This is just a knowing, a knowing as it is happening.

    Why? What has the length of a breath got to do with anything?

    Looking to see whether a breath is long or short is a way of moving closer into the process of breathing, which is exactly what we are trying to do in mindfulness of breathing.

    The more intimate we get with the breath, the more able we are to remain with it, the less we wander away. It keeps the mind awake and engaged.

    18 min
  • Mindfulness Meditation
    Back to mindfulness meditation this week. Enjoy this easy guided practice in which we bring mindfulness out into the whole body.
    Come over to our new Facebook Group  Mindfulness in Daily Life for live guided meditation.
    #mindfulness #meditation
    17 min
  • LOVING KINDNESS PART 3
    Expanding on the first two practices, we now meditate on sending loving kindness to a dear friend. 
    Please join us for this fifteen minute meditation and bring peace into your life.
    17 min
  • LOVING KINDNESS PART 2
    A short introduction on loving kindness and then straight into a 20 minutes guided meditation.
    This is part 2 in the series. Please listen to part 1 first and then come back to listen to this deeper practice.
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    23 min
  • LOVING KINDNESS PART 1
    This Loving Kindness practice- is said to be the antidote to fear and it is, you can’t have a heart filled with love and be afraid at the same time.
    The Buddha taught it to his monks, who were afraid to live in the forest.
    It is protective, we feel surrounded by a powerful force, we feel a faith from this, that as long as we keep centred in our hearts, we can handle whatever comes our way.
    22 min
  • Bodyscan
    The bodyscan is a deeply relaxing practice which greatly helps to reduce stress and increase mindfulness of the body.
    In this guided meditation we lay down on the back and feel the life in the body as it manifests in myriad sensations.
    40 min
  • Mindfulness in an uncertain world
    We need mindfulness it seems more than ever as the world seems to grow more anxious each day in response to the uncertain and often quite frightening times.
    "Don't Know Mind"
    Something a Buddhist monk once taught me to respond to uncertain situations.
    We need to value "Don't Know Mind" as it enables us to befriend the moment, to sit and learn to settle with not knowing the future.
    22 min
  • Mindfulness of thinking
    There is a space in your life from which everything emerges
    You yourself came from it,
    It is your true home,
    It’s still here, seemingly sleeping
    The sparkling essence of all things.
     
    In meditation we find this sacred space,
    It’s the quiet place of the infinite  power.
     
    In between stimulus and response, we find this space.
    Stimulus gives birth to response...but who are we in between.
    Who is this peaceful one watching all of this?
    Most minds don’t see this space or even know it exists. It is the mind that sees this space that can stop its habitual reactions and act from this space, mindfully...  choosing the appropriate response.
    13 min
  • Bearing with discomfort
    One of the benefits of mindfulness is to be able to stand in situations of discomfort, to be able to wait in discomfort and not be moved by it.
    To be able to feel discomfort and investigate it, to dissect it into easily manageable, smaller sensations.
    Is pain, discomfort, anxiety, really the solid, immovable block of something that we perceive it to be….or is it tiny occurrences, apparently joined together, constantly changing, look and see…nothing to believe here, this path is experiential.
    10 min

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This is a podcast offering free guided mindfulness meditation and wisdom teachings