Zen for Everyday Life with Matt Valentine: Mindfulness | Guided Meditation - Buddhaimonia

By Matt Valentine of Buddhaimonia.com: Mindfulness Meditation Teacher & Author

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Insight, inspiration, and wisdom on living with mindfulness for a more peaceful, balanced, and stress-free life

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Zen for Everyday Life with Matt Valentine: Mindfulness | Guided Meditation - Buddhaimonia episodes:

08.04.2016
ZfEL Ep. 39: Guided Meditation - Rise with the Sun (a Guided Morning Meditation)
This week is “Rise with the Sun” week on the ZfEL podcast and this week’s guided meditation is a guided morning meditation self-titled after this week’s theme that’s all about getting started on the right foot. When you first...
08.04.2016
ZfEL Ep. 38: How to Craft a Powerful Morning Ritual
This week is "Rise with the Sun" week on the ZfEL podcast and today's talk episode is all about crafting both a powerful and nourishing morning ritual (or morning routine). I've tried countless different morning rituals over the past...
07.26.2016
ZfEL Ep. 37: Guided Meditation - Zazen (Traditional Zen Meditation)
This week is "Zen week" on the ZfEL podcast and this week's guided meditation is the traditional Zen meditation practice of Zazen (literally meaning "sitting/seated meditation" in Japanese). I covered this meditation practice in a previous episode, however, I...
07.26.2016
ZfEL Ep. 36: How to Live with the Spirit of Zen in Your Everyday Life
This week is "Zen week" on the ZfEL podcast and today's talk episode is all about how to live with the spirit of Zen in your everyday life. This is a subject I haven't much talked about yet on the...
07.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 35: Guided Meditation - Mindful Smiling
This week's guided meditation is another unique practice- mindful smiling. A smile is a power symbol of joy and happiness. However, most don't know that smiling more than just a symbol (or the result of something), it's a powerful tool...
07.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 34: Guided Meditation - Being in Your Meditation Space (Special Meditation for Everyday Life Guided Meditation Episode)
This week's talk episode is replaced by a special guided meditation episode to accompany my new Meditation for Everyday Life video series, which was just released this week, on how to create and stick to a strong and consistent daily...
06.25.2016
ZfEL Ep. 33: Guided Meditation - Mindful Eating
This week's guided meditation is the nourishing practice of mindful eating. If you're looking for a way to live your everyday life more mindfully and even meditatively, this is a great practice which serves as one of the core mindfulness...
06.24.2016
ZfEL Ep. 32: Special Episode: Meditation for Everyday Life Video Series
This is a special episode on an upcoming Meditation for Everyday Life video series I'll be releasing next week. The video series will show you ways to create and stick to a consistent daily meditation practice amid the chaos and...
06.11.2016
ZfEL Ep. 31: Guided Meditation - Mindful Walking
This week's guided meditation is the "everyday" informal practice of mindful walking. We've covered the formal practice of walking meditation before, where you walk back and forth or in a circle typically in your room or wherever you meditate (anywhere...
06.10.2016
ZfEL Ep. 30: 11 Things to Know When You're Having a Bad Day
Having a bad day? This week I talk about important things to know, remember, and be mindful of that are sure to help bring balance and peace to your state of mind. This episode ties in a lot of...
05.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 29: Guided Meditation - Mindfulness Meditation / Mindful Breathing
This week's guided meditation is the fundamental practice of mindful breathing. When you hear "mindfulness meditation" (which typically refers to the secular practice of mindfulness), this is the practice that's being referred to (hence the slash in the title). ...
05.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 28: How to Take Your Mindfulness Meditation Practice to the Next Level
This week I talk all about improving, expanding, and deepening your mindfulness meditation practice. From major general advice for your practice as a whole, to technical tips for improving your sessions and deepening your practice, to simple ways you can...
04.09.2016
ZfEL Ep. 27: Guided Meditation - Mindful Driving
This week's guided meditation is mindful driving, a powerful mindfulness practice for turning a typically mindless autopilot activity into an opportunity for peace and mindfulness. This is a powerful mindfulness exercise that can transform the act of driving. Also,...
04.08.2016
ZfEL Ep. 26: The Story of Frederick (Or: Why Tomorrow is Too Late)
This week I highlight and remedy the dangers of busyness and the pursuit of a "cure" for the void we feel in our hearts. Today's talk is a reading from one of my favorite books, Thich Nhat Hanh's The Art...
04.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 25: Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Body / Mindfulness Body Scan
This week's guided meditation is mindfulness of body or a mindfulness body scan. Mindfulness of body is a foundational mindfulness practice that allows you to heighten your ability to notice the sensations and communications of the body and better come...
04.01.2016
ZfEL Ep. 24: The Buddha’s First Establishment of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Body
This week is "Mindfulness of Body" week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I talk about the Buddha's first establishment of mindfulness, mindfulness of body. We'll cover the 4 major elements or "sensations" you can notice through your mindfulness practice, why...
03.31.2016
This Moment Audiobook Now Available! (Sample)
Today’s episode is a special bonus preview episode of my new book This Moment: How to Live Fully and Freely in the Present Moment. This is the complete Preface + Introduction of the book which not only sets up the...
03.25.2016
ZfEL Ep. 23: Guided Meditation - Mindful Cleaning
This week's guided meditation is mindful cleaning, a powerful mindfulness practice that takes a typically boring and mundane activity and turns it into something nourishing and delightful. Mindful cleaning can be done while sweeping, mopping, dusting, scrubbing the bathroom,...
03.24.2016
ZfEL Ep. 22: 3 Keys to a Fulfilling Life Discovered from the Top Regrets of the Dying
This week I talk about 3 major keys to a fulfilling life I discovered while researching the top regrets of the dying. In the episode, I talk about what the common denominators were among all the top regrets and show...
03.21.2016
ZfEL Ep. 21: Guided Meditation - Mindful Walking / Walking Meditation
This week's guided meditation is the formal version of the cornerstone mindfulness practice of mindful walking (also called walking meditation), which is great when paired after your formal sitting meditation practice. Mindful walking is one of the primary mindfulness...
03.20.2016
ZfEL Ep. 20: Mindfulness at Work: How to Bring Mindfulness to the Workplace
This week is all about practicing mindfulness at work. What are the key characteristics of practicing mindfulness at work? How can we work more mindfully and easefully? That's what we'll explore this week. This week's talk is paired best...
02.11.2016
ZfEL Ep. 19: Guided Meditation - A Mindful Welcome
This week's guided meditation is A Mindful Welcome and it's about welcoming difficult thoughts, emotions, and sensations with the healing energy of mindfulness. The way we typically approach our lives, we push away or bottle down our difficulties in...
02.10.2016
ZfEL Ep. 18: How to Make Friends with Yourself: Walking the Journey to Yourself with Mindfulness
This is Journey to Yourself week on the ZfEL podcast. Today, I talk about how to make friends with yourself with mindfulness practice. I take you through that path with the metaphor of you traversing a forest with the light...
02.04.2016
ZfEL Ep. 17: Guided Meditation - Loving-Kindness Meditation
This week's guided meditation is Loving-Kindness Meditation. Loving-kindness meditation is the traditional Buddhist meditation practice of cultivating positive feelings and well-wishes for all beings. I've found it personally to be one of the most powerful meditation techniques, especially in combination...
02.03.2016
ZfEL Ep. 16: How to Heal the Wounds in Our Heart with Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness
This is love week on the Zen for Everyday Life podcast. Today I talk about healing with the practice of mindfulness and loving-kindness. I talk about the significance of loving-kindness in mindfulness practice, why it's such an important quality in...
01.28.2016
ZfEL Ep. 15: Guided Meditation - Healing Through Understanding
This week's guided meditation is Healing Through Understanding. Healing Through Understanding is an active meditation which has a remarkable ability to heal internal wounds caused by conflicts with others. I've personally used it countless times and still do on...
01.27.2016
ZfEL Ep. 14: How to Adapt to Life’s Curveballs and Go with the Flow
This week I'm giving a little preview of one of the 4 major principles from my upcoming book, This Moment: How to Live Fully and Freely in the Present Moment. Today I talk about living naturally, within that specifically the...
01.21.2016
ZfEL Ep. 13: Guided Meditation - Just Being
This is Modern Living week on the ZfEL podcast. I hope this week has helped you surmount the chaos and craziness that is so often our everyday lives and move to a place of greater peace and mindfulness. Today's guided...
01.20.2016
ZfEL Ep. 12: How to Live More Mindfully in the Modern World: 10 Keys to Reducing Distractions, Combatting Busyness, and Finding the Present Moment in the Chaos of Everyday Life
This is Modern Living week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I talk about how to how to live more mindfully in the busyness, fast-pace and complexity of the modern world. I cover 10 keys to reducing distractions, combatting busyness and...
01.13.2016
ZfEL Ep. 11: Guided Meditation - Mindful Refresh: A Guided Morning Meditation
This is fresh start week on the ZfEL podcast. I hope this week has helped you start your New Year, your week, or any day of your life off with a renewed spirit. Today's guided meditation is "Mindful Refresh: A...
01.12.2016
ZfEL Ep. 10: How to Start Fresh in Every Moment with Mindfulness Practice
This is fresh start week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I cover how to let go of what holds us back and start fresh with mindfulness practice. Mindfulness gives us the ability to start each new moment off fresh, free...
01.07.2016
ZfEL Ep. 9: Guided Meditation - Zazen (The Zen Sitting Practice of Mindfulness Meditation)
This is meditation week on the ZfEL podcast. I've really enjoyed recording both this week's full episode and guided meditation episode and I hope you get a lot out of them. Today I'm covering zazen, the Zen practice of sitting...
01.06.2016
ZfEL Ep. 8: How to Create a Home Meditation Practice
This is meditation week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I cover everything you need to know to create your home meditation practice including the 5 steps to making meditation a daily habit and the 5 major resources you should utilize...
12.31.2015
ZfEL Ep. 7: Guided Meditation - Going Home
Today is the start of a brand new weekly segment to the podcast where I'll be covering one new guided meditation each week. Today's guided meditation is the mindful breathing practice of Going Home creating by Zen master Thich Nhat...
12.30.2015
ZfEL Ep. 6: How to Make Mindfulness a Way of Life: 7 Keys to Living a More Mindful Life
In this week's episode, I talk about how to make mindfulness a daily habit. How do we really bring mindfulness into our daily life to experience the full transformative effects of the practice? I talk about the 7 keys I've...
12.23.2015
ZfEL Ep. 5: How Mindfulness Helps Us Overcome Difficult Everyday Challenges
In this week's episode I talk about the wisdom of mindfulness in our everyday lives. How mindfulness aids us in working through issues of lack (such as financial issues), relationship problems, and a lack of self-worth. I also take...
12.16.2015
ZfEL Ep. 4: How to Design a Nightly Ritual that Nourishes and Brings Rest to the Mind and Body (Plus Mindfulness of Body Guided Meditation)
This week's episode is all about nightly rituals and establishing a nourishing and restful nightly routine. Your time for rest is a special time and space which should be treated with respect- and I show you how to do that....
12.09.2015
ZfEL Ep. 3: How to Cleanse the Mind and Create an Environment Conducive to Greater Peace and Wisdom
This week's episode is all about cleansing the mind and nourishing wholesome seeds in our day-to-day life. It's the process of demoting, or turning away from, unwholesome seeds and watering or promoting wholesome ones in an effort to provide ourselves...
11.26.2015
ZfEL Ep. 1: How to Be Yourself in Every Moment: Expressing Your Authentic Self, Realizing Your True Nature, and Living with No Regrets
For many of us, they are the hardest things we will ever do: to face the fear of what others think of us, to work through the inner dialogue that keeps us questioning our self-worth and perpetuating the feeling of...
11.23.2015
ZfEL Ep. 00: About the Show
Thank you for listening. Go to Buddhaimonia.com to read my weekly blog as well as guides, books, and other resources, Buddhaimonia.com/newsletter to sign up to the weekly newsletter and get my free eBook The Little Book of Mindfulness, and Buddhaimonia.com/support...

What's Zen for Everyday Life with Matt Valentine: Mindfulness | Guided Meditation - Buddhaimonia about?

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Zen for Everyday Life with Matt Valentine: Mindfulness | Guided Meditation - Buddhaimonia episodes:

ZfEL Ep. 39: Guided Meditation - Rise with the Sun (a Guided Morning Meditation)

ZfEL Ep. 38: How to Craft a Powerful Morning Ritual

ZfEL Ep. 37: Guided Meditation - Zazen (Traditional Zen Meditation)

ZfEL Ep. 36: How to Live with the Spirit of Zen in Your Everyday Life

ZfEL Ep. 35: Guided Meditation - Mindful Smiling

ZfEL Ep. 34: Guided Meditation - Being in Your Meditation Space (Special Meditation for Everyday Life Guided Meditation Episode)

ZfEL Ep. 33: Guided Meditation - Mindful Eating

ZfEL Ep. 32: Special Episode: Meditation for Everyday Life Video Series

ZfEL Ep. 31: Guided Meditation - Mindful Walking

ZfEL Ep. 30: 11 Things to Know When You're Having a Bad Day

ZfEL Ep. 29: Guided Meditation - Mindfulness Meditation / Mindful Breathing

ZfEL Ep. 28: How to Take Your Mindfulness Meditation Practice to the Next Level

ZfEL Ep. 27: Guided Meditation - Mindful Driving

ZfEL Ep. 26: The Story of Frederick (Or: Why Tomorrow is Too Late)

ZfEL Ep. 25: Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Body / Mindfulness Body Scan

ZfEL Ep. 24: The Buddha’s First Establishment of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Body

This Moment Audiobook Now Available! (Sample)

ZfEL Ep. 23: Guided Meditation - Mindful Cleaning

ZfEL Ep. 22: 3 Keys to a Fulfilling Life Discovered from the Top Regrets of the Dying

ZfEL Ep. 21: Guided Meditation - Mindful Walking / Walking Meditation

ZfEL Ep. 20: Mindfulness at Work: How to Bring Mindfulness to the Workplace

ZfEL Ep. 19: Guided Meditation - A Mindful Welcome

ZfEL Ep. 18: How to Make Friends with Yourself: Walking the Journey to Yourself with Mindfulness

ZfEL Ep. 17: Guided Meditation - Loving-Kindness Meditation

ZfEL Ep. 16: How to Heal the Wounds in Our Heart with Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness

ZfEL Ep. 15: Guided Meditation - Healing Through Understanding

ZfEL Ep. 14: How to Adapt to Life’s Curveballs and Go with the Flow

ZfEL Ep. 13: Guided Meditation - Just Being

ZfEL Ep. 12: How to Live More Mindfully in the Modern World: 10 Keys to Reducing Distractions, Combatting Busyness, and Finding the Present Moment in the Chaos of Everyday Life

ZfEL Ep. 11: Guided Meditation - Mindful Refresh: A Guided Morning Meditation

ZfEL Ep. 10: How to Start Fresh in Every Moment with Mindfulness Practice

ZfEL Ep. 9: Guided Meditation - Zazen (The Zen Sitting Practice of Mindfulness Meditation)

ZfEL Ep. 8: How to Create a Home Meditation Practice

ZfEL Ep. 7: Guided Meditation - Going Home

ZfEL Ep. 6: How to Make Mindfulness a Way of Life: 7 Keys to Living a More Mindful Life

ZfEL Ep. 5: How Mindfulness Helps Us Overcome Difficult Everyday Challenges

ZfEL Ep. 4: How to Design a Nightly Ritual that Nourishes and Brings Rest to the Mind and Body (Plus Mindfulness of Body Guided Meditation)

ZfEL Ep. 3: How to Cleanse the Mind and Create an Environment Conducive to Greater Peace and Wisdom

ZfEL Ep. 1: How to Be Yourself in Every Moment: Expressing Your Authentic Self, Realizing Your True Nature, and Living with No Regrets

ZfEL Ep. 00: About the Show