No meditation experience needed. Lie back and listen, I will do the rest.

A gentle 15-minute NSDR meditation (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) to heal and relax your whole mind and body — and open the door to a higher level of consciousness you can carry into the rest of your day.

Paul Sheppard guides you through a golden healing light visualisation, beginning with a simple two-part breath: drawing warm light into the belly and chest, pausing, then exhaling slowly through the mouth to release anything heavy you've been carrying. In the stillness at the end of each breath, you'll meet your natural state — quiet, spacious and always available.

From the crown of your head down to your toes, the golden light moves through the body, softening the scalp, smoothing the forehead, loosening the jaw, releasing the shoulders and settling the spine vertebra by vertebra, supporting your body's innate healing ability along the way.

Midway through, you'll bring someone you love to mind — a person or a pet — and rest in a loving-kindness affirmation: I am resting deeply within myself, feeling loved.

The session closes with a simple but powerful inquiry — I wonder what my next thought will be — a practice that reveals the gap between you and your thinking, and reminds you that you are not your thoughts, not your mind, not your feelings. You are the awareness that observes them all.

In this episode:

• The two-part golden light breath for deep relaxation
• Extended exhales to release tension and quiet the mind
• A full-body healing light scan, crown to feet
• Gratitude and loving-kindness to shift your energy
• The affirmation: I am resting deeply within myself, feeling loved
• The "next thought" inquiry for glimpsing pure awareness
• How to tap into stillness in small pauses throughout your day

Whether you lie down or sit upright, this is an ideal reset for stressful days, an afternoon energy dip, or winding down before sleep. Just 15 minutes to soften, let go, and come home to yourself.

Please don't listen while driving or operating machinery.

About Paul Sheppard

My work began with my own experience of anxiety. When traditional approaches failed to provide the change I needed, I trained in new methods and developed a process that transformed my life. Since then, I’ve coached hundreds of clients to feel less anxious, more empowered and more in control.

Today, I help professionals become calmer, more confident and better equipped to perform at their best. My neuroscience-backed approach is designed to create meaningful change that lasts.

My coaching goes beyond surface-level mindset work. It helps you recognise the fear-based patterns of the ego, reconnect with who you really are and create meaningful change from within.

Life is too short to let old patterns hold you back.

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You’ll find podcast conversations, guided breath work, meditations and practical insights to support inner transformation.

EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS

• Over 20 years’ experience

• ICF-certified coach

• GHR-registered therapist

• Host of the top ten Ultimate Mindset Change Podcast (143 Countries)

• Trained with Patrick McKeown’s Oxygen Advantage® team

• Author of Anxiety Is Your Wake-Up Call

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