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Mindfulness of Breathing (20 Min)

Mindfulness of Breathing (25 Min)

This meditation cultivates a non-judgmental, lucid present-centered attention and gives rise to our natural wisdom and compassion. For more, visit http://www.tarabrach.com/audioarchives-guided-meditations.html.

Vipassana (Basic Mindfulness) Meditation

Loving Kindness Meditation (21 mins)– Kovido Maddick: WEEK 2 ONWARDS GUIDED MEDITATION

Mindful Breathing Guided Meditation (24 mins)– Kovido Maddick

Meditation - Letting Life Be Just As It Is - TaraBrach

Mark Williams Introduction to Mindfulness at TheMindfulnessSummit.com presented by MrsMindfulness.com and Melli O'Brien

Mark Williams Introduction to Mindfulness at The Mindfulness Summit

Awareness of body meditation, also known as a body scan

Awareness Of Body

Mindfully Coping With Stress – Body Scan (30 mins)— Kovido

Did you know you have a hundred million neurons (also called nerve cells or brain cells) in your intestines? The gut is now being referred to by many scientists as the gut-brain. Your heart, in addition to its other functions, also acts as a heart-brain. It’s made up of about 40,000 neurons, all of which can sense, feel, learn and remember. 
 
Yep, that’s right. We have three brains communicating together at any one point in time – The more official names are- the  and you is is you and you (head), the cardiac brain (heart), and the enteric brain (gut). Each organ has complex neuro-networks and is able to store and process information, and each has the capacity for neuroplasticity.

Many ancient wisdom teachings have put great emphasis on checking into one’s own innate intelligence, speaking about following the wisdom of the heart and gut feelings. In recent years technology and neuroscience have finally advanced enough to prove these wisdom teachings to be correct so we now know for sure... our bodies have not one, but three brains. Each of which have different ways of ‘knowing’.

Here is how you can use the intelligence wisdom and intuition of your three brains to make better decisions and stay more in touch with what really matters.

How To Practice The ‘Head-Heart-Gut’ Check In 

We make a lot of decisions every day and these decisions are what determine the direction and quality of our lives. Some are little. Some are completely life altering. All of them matter as you steer the course of your life at each little juncture.

Any time you’re at a decision point you can use this mini meditation to respond (and not react)  to what is arising with with wisdom and intelligence, making more mindful choices leading to a fuller happier more authentic life.

Step 1: Take three deep slow conscious breaths as a way of gathering your awareness to the present moment.

Step 2: Take a deep slow breath as you take your attention to the head and notice what kinds of thoughts are present in relation to the current situation. 

Step 3: Drop awareness down to the heart area as you take another deep slow breath. Take a moment to attend to what values you have in this situation, what you care about and what your deepest intention is. 

Step 4: Drop awareness down into the gut. As you take another breath, acknowledge any hunches, intuitions or emotions that are present.

Step 5: Collect all this Information and take another breath in and out as you mentally ask yourself the question “what shall I do now?” Listen for the answer.

The ‘Head-Heart-Gut’ Check In can be done in just seven breaths. This powerful, simple mini meditation will help you connect to your whole self in the moments when you need it the most. 

Why not give it a try today (and let me know how you go on the facebook page!)

May it be an ally and a support to you in your moments of decision today and beyond

Warmly, 

Melli O’Brien

The Head-Heart-Gut Check In: A One Minute Meditation for Making Wise Choices

Research has shown that a meditation practice is associated with a host of positive benefits. A body scan meditation is less about relaxation and more about awareness and taking inventory of how your body feels in the moment.

Body Scan Guided Meditation - Female Voice

Research has shown that Loving Kindness meditations can boost social closeness and implicit liking of strangers (Hutcherson et al. (2008). While this is a laboratory study, the results suggest this simple technique may help increase positive social emotions and decrease social isolation.

Loving Kindness Guided Meditation - Female Voice

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Loving-kindness meditation

Loving Kindess Guided Meditation - Male Voice

This is a simple awareness of breath meditation with minimal talking. It is 18 minutes.

Awareness of breath--less instruction

This is an introduction to awareness of breath with instructions given throughout the medition with short periods of silence. 18 minutes.

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Gilvan Borges