A mindfulness exercise to develop greater  willingness to experience difficult and uncomfortable emotions. 

willingness to have difficult emotions.

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Meditation - Letting Life Be Just As It Is - TaraBrach

Our 'inner critics' can often be merciless with their negative judgements, blaming and labelling, which can be disconnecting and overwhelming.  This meditation offers a way of interpreting our inner critics, with compassionate understanding and empathy   to reveal the underlying needs wanting.
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Self Compassion & Inner Critic Meditation; Connecting With Needs

Enjoy your Wildflowers 10 Minute Guided Meditation.

WHAT IS WILDFLOWERS?
An innovative mobile mindfulness program that blends guided
meditation, mood and heart rate tracking in an accessible and
engaging wellness experience.

WHY WILDFLOWERS?
Developing a meditation practice can be challenging. Through a combination of engaging content and accessible design, Wildflowers empowers individuals to embrace mindfulness meditation when and where they choose.

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Wildflowers Guided Meditation - Feeling Good & Relax (ft. Norm)

These programs constitute the core practice curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in the Stress Reduction Clinic. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Dr. Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness.  https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/jon-kabat-zinn/products/series-1-guided-mindfulness-practices-with-jon-kabat-zinn

Guided Mindfulness Practices with Jon Kabat-Zinn Series 1 Preview

Desk Chair Body Scan

This is a 10-minute version of the Self-Compassion Meditation from Elisha Goldstein's 6-Month online Mentorship program A Course in Mindful Living. You can find out more here: http://acourseinmindfulliving.com/

A Course in Mindful Living

Self Compassion (Giving and Receiving) Meditation 10 Minutes

In the midst of our busy lives, it’s important to take time to step back and reflect. This is how we learn, grow and stay in touch with what truly matters. But it can be difficult to find time to pause and many don’t know what to focus on in that reflective time.

For that reason I have created this ten-minute mindfulness audio for you. It will help you cultivate greater self awareness, kindness and give you a space to integrate the events of your day. 

It’s best done in the evening before bed (It will also help you get a better nights sleep!) and you might even like to have a journal and pen with you so you can write some reflections in there after the practice

I encourage you to try it out for one week each day to see what effect it has on your life.

This is one of many meditations I have recorded for the Meditation Studio app (my favourite meditation app) – you can find more of their high quality meditations here: https://apple.co/2BAFphK

Rose-Bud-Thorn Meditation, from Mediation Studio app

Mindfulness of Breath, body, sound and thought

https://self-compassion.org/guided-self-compassion-meditations-mp3-2/

Kristen Neff – Soften, soothe, allow: Working with emotions in the body (guided meditation)

Mindfulness exercises based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)  

willingness to have difficult emotions.

ACTmindfully

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