Day 5: Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn

Body Scan into Connection meditation - Less Guidanc

Sample tracks from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation"

Body Scan Meditation

A mindfulness exercise to develop awareness of our own thinking as opposed to being swept away by our thoughts. 

leaves on a stream.

An exercise to learn to notice our own thoughts and see them as just that - only thoughts. We can also notice that we don't need to take thoughts so seriously, hook into them or be be pushed around by them. 

thought watching (defusion)

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

R.A.I.N. - Dealing With Difficulty (12 mins+) – Rene Frey-Jennings

Here is a meditation you can use for overcoming negative thinking. 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

Mindfulness Meditation

Untangle Negative Thoughts, from Mediation Studio app

Life and front line interactions can be demanding and stressful - often with times of anxiety, fear, overwhelm etc being a result. Here are some ready and available resources to meet needs for Resilience, Deep Rest, Grounding, Presence, Balance, Restoration, Sustainability, Connection, Respite, Ease, Peace, Resources for times of action and inaction. 
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Soothing Meditation for anxiety and fear & other strong emotions

Mindfulness of Breath, body, sound and thought

Sometimes you can feel heavy with the weight of the world. This audio track has no music and was created to help you release heaviness, physical aches and pains, clear your energy and feel better. I hope you enjoy it! I encourage you to radiate your light across the world when you have finished, 'send' it to loved ones that you think may be feeling heavy too.

Breathe, Expand and Clear your Energy

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