Name: Guided 20min. Meditation on Receptive Breathing by Awake in the World Podcast in Guided Meditations
Duration: 22 min 2 s
Description: Guided meditation with Michael Stone. Meditation Facilitation Training, Vancouver, 20 min.

Guided Meditations

In this episode, David speaks with writer and educator Dan Siegel. Dan is Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA Medical School, founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, and author of a number of books including The Developing Mind and The Mindful Brain. They discuss mindfulness practices for COVID-19, the relationship between “monitoring” and “modifying” in meditation (including how this relates to trauma), and the three empirical pillars of mindfulness practice.

Episode 20 | The Window of Tolerance and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes, and as human beings we are all vulnerable to its potential effects.  But how can we meet trauma with tenderness and courage? Healing is so often a precursor to the practice of liberation itself, but true release requires a familiarity with emotions and the capacity to be present for them. Through mindfulness we can develop the compassion necessary to approach our traumas.  When we can first bare it, we then have a choice of what to do with it.  Once our story can be told it often loses its hold.

Jack Kornfield - Heart Wisdom - Ep. 05 - Trauma And Freedom

Guided meditation by Michael Stone, with focus on the tongue, palette, position of fingers, and subtle physical tricks to open the mind in Vipassana practice. Recorded on silent retreat at True North Insight in Ontario. April 19, 2014.

Guided Meditation (40 min.)

All your life, you’ve been searching, without knowing it, for exactly this moment. Michael Stone gives a guided meditation on the city, the body and the breath. 25 minutes. Ottawa.

Guided Meditation

This episode aired on June 10th, 2015. Today’s guest on Flourish is Dr. Raphael Kellman, an internist who practices integrative medicine and who is an expert on assisting people alleviate the root causes of their ailments. Chief among these root causes is what’s known as your microbiome— the bacteria in your gut, your genitals, and your mouth and throat. Indeed 80% of our immune system is at the openings of the body. Tune in and listen to how you can disease-proof yourself by cultivating your inner garden! 

You And Your Microbiome

Meditation teacher and voice actor Elaine Smookler leads a mindfulness practice that consists of laying down and placing attention on each area of your body, from head to toe. 

30-Minute Body Scan for Beginners

This is instruction for a meditation practice called&nbsp;tonglen. Tonglen is a Tibetan term that means giving and receiving. In this practice you send out happiness to others and you take in any suffering that others feel. (Lojong Teachings #2) Enso Foundation, Kelowna, 15 min.
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15 Minute Guided Tonglen Meditation

A 15-minute guided meditation on mudita (appreciative joy) with psychotherapist and dharma teacher Brian Williams. Co-taught with Michael. Enso Foundation, Kelowna.

15 Minute Guided Meditation on Appreciative Joy w/ Brian Williams

Guided meditation with Michael Stone. Meditation Facilitation Training, Vancouver, 20 min.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Guided 20min. Meditation on Receptive Breathing

Using sound as an anchor to ground attention. Recorded 2017.

20 min. Guided Meditation: Receptive Listening

Nothing needs to be refused. Let the breath travel the body without picking up speed. The clouds of thought haul across the sky. Let them come and go. Let the breath move the way blood moves: let it find its own rhythm. Recorded 2017.

20 min. Guided Meditation: Feeling the Sensations of the Body

Become available for healing, forgiveness and a deeper connection with others.

This 15 minute guided meditation asks you to smile! This may seem an unusual practice however it is a rather beautiful way to open a connection to your heart which is the centre for healing and forgiveness. The intention of this meditation is to open your heart which allows you to connect more deeply to your own truth and to open lines of communication with others.

Open Heart Meditation

A Meditation to Gather Your Energy from Sharon Salzberg

A conversation with  Liz Stanley.

This episode's guest is Elizabeth Stanley, a professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma." Liz is a U.S. Army veteran who came to practice (in part) to help her with PTSD. In their conversation, David and Liz discuss contemporary definitions of trauma and how this relates to the current moment; the neurophysiology of trauma, including the relationship between what Liz terms the “thinking brain” and “survival brain”; and their current assessments of the impacts of COVID-19, it’s impact on social windows of tolerance, and their hopes for the path ahead.

Episode 14 | Widening the Window of Tolerance

Meditative Joy - Part 1

Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).

Guided 20min. Meditation on Receptive Breathing

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