Gratitude Practice - Without Soundscape

This practice focuses on learning how to observe thoughts as mental events. It emphasises a mode of witnessing in which you experience yourself as the Observer. It brings to bear the realisation that thoughts are just words in the mind. Once we can learn to see thoughts in this way, a whole lot of space starts to open up mentally. This practice takes a while to get good at. The practice starts with an awareness of the physical ground of the body and returns to that solid realisation of the breath.

'Watching the Mind' Meditation 1

Gratitude Meditations enable us to consciously recollect on the blessings and good things in our lives. Doing so creates a positive state of consciousness. Creating a gratitude practice is a part of creating good mental habits. We are often consumed with what is going badly. There is a discipline to taking time to really reflect on what is right.

Gratitude Meditation

In this meditation we purposefully acknowledge ourselves. We greet ourselves in this meditation the way we would a good friend.

Greeting Meditation

This meditation focuses awareness on two very different states of consciousness: The state of 'Yes' and a state of 'No'. In this practice the meditator experiences the difference between these two states. The rest is for you to discover

Yes / No Meditation

Guided Body Scan By Lisa Lawton, with Soundcape by Shannon Carrol. (C) Mindfulness Training Australia

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