The Mindful Journey

We often try to resist to the experience of the present moment. 

We try to face what we perceive as a threat by denying it, pushing it away, but we also try to grasp onto beautiful moment hoping that they'll never end... We are in constant conflict with reality for better of worst, and this is a cause of pain and frustration.

Re-discovering acceptance allow us to be open to the human experience and embrace the changes of life with openness, understanding and freedom.

Enjoy :) 

Loving kindness is a powerful emotion... the best cure against a bad day, a bad week...or a bad year ;)

In this guided meditation, we visualise loving kindness as glowing and warm sphere, allowing it to grow and grow and fill our body, mind and soul with its comforting light.

Enjoy :) 

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Joy is always with us.

It's sometimes difficult to notice it, because our mind is always focused on the past or on the future, with all the regrets, broken dreams and expectations... but in the present the joy, the bliss, the happiness of the now are waiting for us.

In this guided meditation we're going to look inside of the present moment to re discover our joy.

Enjoy :) 

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This is an easy and effective way to ground ourselves and find the answers sometimes we struggle to find. :)

Enjoy!

Metta is a Pali word that means benevolence, kindness, friendship and affection.  

This form of meditation is one of the most soothing ways to practice the 4 forms of Love: Friendliness, appreciation and joy, compassion and equanimity.  

Metta Meditation is free from any form of expectations. We don't do it to prove a point or accomplishing a goal.  It's just a process to experience and enjoy, starting from and experience of love and compassion to ourselves, and then show the same love and compassion to others as well by offering some loving-kindness affirmation phrases:

May you be happy  

May you be healthy  

May you be safe  

May you be at ease   

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), is a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine, it's triggered by certain sounds and tones and it brings lots pf relaxation and euphoria.  

For this particular loving kindness meditation, other than a soft spoken tone, I've inserted crinkling sounds, which are usually soothing for me.   

What's your favourite trigger?   

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Happy new year :) 

Lockdowns, holidays at home, can't meet your friends and family... lots of things pushes us towards boredom during these troubled times.

This meditation will help you understand the possibilities hidden behind a boring moment.... as boredom is a lack fo Mindfulness, with Mindfulness we can overcome boredom and be fully present in the moment.

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We use to say that everyone is good at Xmas... well, with this big pandemic upon us wouldn't it be nice to be good all year long and send good vibes and compassion?

Hopefully this meditation will guide you to send love, joy and compassion towards people who are now experiencing suffering in their life.

Isn't it better to use our energies to send out good vibes to everyone? 

Enjoy :) 

Even 5 minutes can be enough to recharge our mind and soul. It seems difficult because we often think that 'being still' is a waste of time and we automatically feel bad if we try to simply rest.  

What if, with an accepting and loving mind, you take the time of this meditation just to.... be?

Enjoy! 

And if you want to challenge yourself with Mindfulness, join me on the FB Group 'Mindfulness Vibes' 

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There are challenging times... it seems increasingly difficult to find a way to de stress and find some peace.

This guided meditation helps you trough a combination of deep breathing, bod scan and positive affirmation, to find your way to release some stress and build a healthy habit for your mind, body and soul :)

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Our natural breath engages the diaphragm, a thin, but strong muscle between the chest and the abdomen. 

When we use this muscle to breathe, the stomach rises and fall with ease, allowing us to initiate feelings of relaxation. 

In our fast-paced lives, many of us have forgotten how to breathe deeply, instead, we breath exclusively into our chest.  

This makes our breath shallow. And by doing so we promote the body’s ‘fight or flight response associated with feelings of stress, even when we are not necessarily stressed.  

Trough the belly breathing meditation we can:

 .Increase supply of oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout the body

 .Increase the supply of blood and nutrients to muscle blood and bones

 .Relax muscle spasm and relieves tension 

.Release and reduces muscular tension that eventually may cause structural problems 

.Support muscle growth and provides energy to get things done  

Enjoy! :)