A gentle guided practice for when the heart breaks. The wounds left create an opening, an offering, and a lesson. As a relationship comes to an end, and things seem like they are falling apart, we are also being given the chance to rebuild and come back to wholeness. May this practice be a soothing balm for your heart.

Honoring Heartbreak Meditation

A body scan connecting you to your inner garden.

Full Bloom: Body Scan Meditation

affirmations for when you feel impatient with your purpose.

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For When You Feel Impatient: Affirmation Practice

may you be well
may you be safe
may you be at peace with all that you are

loving our selves whole: loving-kindness practice

seasons of change require steady footing. 
they require us to be present in each and every moment. 
no matter what that moment arrives as. 
one thing i'm learning is how to allow myself, to be fully there in the ebbs and flows of life. 
and i've realized that, it's start with just being okay with whatever and however i'm feeling. 
so this is that practice. of being okay and trusting that okay is enough.

okay is enough: affirmation practice

a gentle guided practice holding space for you to rest and be present.

liberation in presence

the heart is a vessel of wisdom and love. I learned this while on a 5-day silent retreat, where the echoes of my heart began to vibrate louder than the chatter of my mind. many of us spend our lives in service to our minds, but what would it look like to be in service to our hearts?
this practice helps us to remember.

heartful guidance

a 6 minute grounding practice to help you find your center. 

Music by By Lotus "Soprano Occasional" courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com 
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/uBB3Q1troI/

find your center: grounding exercise

MBSR: 10-Minute Awareness of Breath Meditation

MBSR: 20-Minute Awareness of Breath Meditation

A 30-minute MBSR body scan meditation. This practice includes more guidance and prompt for beginners.

MBSR: 30-Minute Body Scan

understanding the story we re-tell helps us to see it for what it is, just thoughts fueled with feeling. with awareness, we can learn to let go and experience a greater sense of freedom. 

**my apologies for the beginning of the meditation, the sound quality is a bit jarring.

being with the story: mindfulness practice

A 5-minute beginner friendly formal MBSR practice.

MBSR: 5-minute Awareness of Breath meditation

this gentle guided deep breathing exercise invites you to tend to your heart using the soothing rhythm of the breath and offer yourself kindness and compassion. 

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tending to the heart: mindful breathing exercise

i guess some would say i'm an anxious lover
the push and pull of wanting closeness and wanting to be free.. 
this is a short mindful breathing exercise for when we need to return back home to ourselves. 

breathing technique: 3, 9, 6 breath - deeply grounded and soothing. breathe in through the nose, hold the breath, breathe out through the mouth. go at a pace that feels most right for you.

enjoy x

deep breaths for anxious lovers: a mindful breathing exercise

listen to this the next time you need a reminder to stand tall.
a mix of poetry and mindfulness.

note to self: stop playing small

This mountain meditation invites listener to summon the steady, solid and equanimous qualities that a mountain carries. Throughout it's external conditions, a mountain remains it's essential and true self. They have much to teach us if we bare witness. 

Originally created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, a part of the 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program.

MBSR: Mountain Meditation

when the nerves are nerving
funny enough, moments of anxiety before big moments like a marathon are our bodies ways of keeping us safe. our bodies are trying to protect us, but sometimes this defensive mechanism can get in the way of us doing what we've been training for! 

take a deep breath and remember you got this!

deep breaths for race day nerves: mindful marathon exercise

for when we're holding heartbreak and honoring our humanity

holding heartbreak: mindful self-compassion exercise

A guided sitting meditation focusing on awareness of breath and body. 

To learn more about MBSR, head to https://www.dorakamau.ca/mbsr-a-journey-inward

MBSR: 10-Minute Awareness Of Breath And Body Meditation

A guided practice to build self-confidence

I Receive That: A guided affirmation practice

A guided compassion practice honouring our innate polarity.

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More Beautiful Than Silence

To Be Both: A compassion practice

An ancient Hawaiian practice for self-forgiveness and reconciliation.

Ho' oponopono: A practice of self-forgiveness

An affirmation practice that holds space for you to feel your real feelings.

Feel to Heal: A guided affirmation practice

Emotional Body Scan

Beginner's Body Scan

Perfect Day Visualization

Turning Inwards

Your Gift, Your Purpose

A 10-minute presence practice of being and breathing. Observe, notice, feel, allow, integrate, and release. The soft, rhythmic heartbeat drum creates space for us to be grounded in our bodies and in the moment.

A practice for creating presence

dora kamau is a mindfulness meditation artist creating expressions of presence for the collective. based in los angeles.

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