Meditations
Meditations
Simple practices to recall your joy, and find peace in every day.
Heart Wide Open.
Start here, with Lovingkindness Meditation (also known as Metta). Impressive research has been conducted on this form of meditation, with documented brain improvements in the following areas:
Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC): Involved in decision making, conflict monitoring, and emotional regulation.
Amygdala: Plays a role in processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety.
Insula: Plays a role in emotional processing, empathy, and bodily sensations.
Temporal Parietal Junction (TPJ): Associated with theory of mind, perspective taking, and understanding others' emotions.
Doesn’t that seem like a lot of benefits from just a few moments of ahh?
Reframe.
This is the meditation for people who say they can’t meditate. You don’t even have to get out of bed, so really, there’s no excuse not to go for it first thing! It’s so easy, you’ll probably be saying to yourself, “This can’t really be mediation, can it?”
Why yes, it can!
(It strengthens your hippocampus, too!)
Listen Up.
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words.
Listen.”
—Rumi
If you are ready to listen deeply—beyond the chatter—this powerful meditation will be able to help. The world could use better listeners, so, by all means, PRACTICE!
This meditation has been known to call up big emotions, so be prepared to go deep!
There are many documented neurological benefits of deep listening, like improved focus & self-control, deepened relationships, and reduced stress.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Panic Tamer.
This is a beautifully calming meditation to practice when mental chaos seems to be taking control of the driver’s seat.
Get cozy, press play, and breathe your way back to ahhh.
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
— Lao Tzu