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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness. Today, I'm going to invite you into a short practice to help you see things from a higher and more expansive perspective. So if you care to, we're going to start today by gently closing the eyes. And taking a deep breath in. And letting it out.
And in your mind's eye, just beginning to imagine what it would be like if you could shift your awareness outside of your body and observe yourself from above. And now beginning to float up higher out of your house,up higher into the sky, and looking down on the landscape below you, seeing all the places in which your life unfolds - your house, your workplace, the places you go regularly. And then traveling even higher now until you're out into space looking back down on our little blue planet, this place where life has blossomed in the cosmos. And seeing it all from this perspective of the stillness and the timelessness of space. And then slowly bringing your awareness back down to earth towards your house.
Gently landing back inside of your body. And noticing how it feels to land back in this moment, bringing that greater perspective with you. And bringing that new perspective may offer you some wisdom about your life. So just notice what's alive for you right now. It's easy to have blinkers on when we're going about our lives.
You know, we get caught in our patterns, in our routines, our ways of seeing and being. So it's helpful to step back in order to see our lives from a broader perspective. So with this higher perspective in mind, I invite you to contemplate two questions today. The first one is, what might you want to let go of that's no longer serving you? And maybe it's a grudge or a resentment. Perhaps it's a habit like rushing all the time or scrolling on your phone too much or not being there enough with loved ones, not spending enough time with them.
And the second question, what really matters to you that you'd like to move closer to in your life? Maybe it's qualities, like being brave or being loving or being generous. Maybe it's the people, the connections in your life. Maybe it's habits, like being playful and not taking life so seriously, of just being more present in your life. And now gently relax your attention. Open the eyes, if you haven't already.
And having a sense of taking this wisdom with you in your body and your mind and your heart, this ability to see things from a higher perspective. So as always thank you for your practice and your presence here with us. And let's settle in now for today's meditation.
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Personalized support for learning how to integrate mindfulness into your life. Delivered fresh everyday by our world renowned experts. Choose meditation duration:
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness. Today, I'm going to invite you into a short practice to help you see things from a higher and more expansive perspective. So if you care to, we're going to start today by gently closing the eyes. And taking a deep breath in. And letting it out.
And in your mind's eye, just beginning to imagine what it would be like if you could shift your awareness outside of your body and observe yourself from above. And now beginning to float up higher out of your house,up higher into the sky, and looking down on the landscape below you, seeing all the places in which your life unfolds - your house, your workplace, the places you go regularly. And then traveling even higher now until you're out into space looking back down on our little blue planet, this place where life has blossomed in the cosmos. And seeing it all from this perspective of the stillness and the timelessness of space. And then slowly bringing your awareness back down to earth towards your house.
Gently landing back inside of your body. And noticing how it feels to land back in this moment, bringing that greater perspective with you. And bringing that new perspective may offer you some wisdom about your life. So just notice what's alive for you right now. It's easy to have blinkers on when we're going about our lives.
You know, we get caught in our patterns, in our routines, our ways of seeing and being. So it's helpful to step back in order to see our lives from a broader perspective. So with this higher perspective in mind, I invite you to contemplate two questions today. The first one is, what might you want to let go of that's no longer serving you? And maybe it's a grudge or a resentment. Perhaps it's a habit like rushing all the time or scrolling on your phone too much or not being there enough with loved ones, not spending enough time with them.
And the second question, what really matters to you that you'd like to move closer to in your life? Maybe it's qualities, like being brave or being loving or being generous. Maybe it's the people, the connections in your life. Maybe it's habits, like being playful and not taking life so seriously, of just being more present in your life. And now gently relax your attention. Open the eyes, if you haven't already.
And having a sense of taking this wisdom with you in your body and your mind and your heart, this ability to see things from a higher perspective. So as always thank you for your practice and your presence here with us. And let's settle in now for today's meditation.
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I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
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