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Guided Meditations that You Enjoy
09 Dec 2019 23:11 #347032
by RosalynJ
Guided Meditations that You Enjoy was created by RosalynJ
https://youtu.be/U1z7OnusPzg
I've been using this for help with a cold
I've been using this for help with a cold
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10 Dec 2019 04:14 #347051
by RosalynJ
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This person has a really nice voice
https://youtu.be/6p_yaNFSYao
https://youtu.be/6p_yaNFSYao
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10 Dec 2019 04:16 #347052
by RosalynJ
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This is very soothing
https://youtu.be/L5tkqaKiryE
https://youtu.be/L5tkqaKiryE
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10 Dec 2019 05:44 #347056
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Alan Watts and his soothing, relaxing, dulcet tones.
What more could you want?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPpUNAFHgxM
What more could you want?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPpUNAFHgxM
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11 Dec 2019 02:24 #347102
by RosalynJ
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I enjoyed that meditation quite a lot
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11 Dec 2019 04:43 #347105
by Adder
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I started back in the day with body scan dives, with visualisation site time, hour long.
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11 Dec 2019 04:48 #347106
by RosalynJ
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Any video examples?
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11 Dec 2019 05:01 #347107
by Alexandre Orion
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Here's the one by Jon Kabat-Zinn. This programme was started in 1978 at University of Massachusetts Medical Centre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4gZgnCy5ew
I remember the long-ish body scans too, Adder. They were not my "favourites"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4gZgnCy5ew
I remember the long-ish body scans too, Adder. They were not my "favourites"...
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11 Dec 2019 05:19 #347108
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I may have to work up to 45 mins
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11 Dec 2019 05:43 #347109
by Alexandre Orion
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Actually, Ros, you don't have to "work up" to any length of time. Indeed, you don't even "have" to do it at all.
Meditation is the one thing that one cannot put any effort into. "Meditation" means coming back to centre, "media". The only way to work on it is to "be there". It is not a failure if the mind wanders off - minds do that. Wandering minds means that they are healthy and functional. When it happens, you just have to notice where it went, and then - without judgement - just return your attention to where you need it to be 'right now'.
I will emphasise : without judgement ! If your mind wanders off a thousand times in five minutes, then just bring your attention back a thousand times.
If it doesn't wander off at all, then ask yourself if you haven't slipped into a coma or died ... at any rate, meditation is very hard to fail. It is also the only task that has no planned purpose. So, if we are meditating "because ... X, Y or Z," then we are not actually meditating.
"Meditation" is just "being there". Who can really screw that up ?
Meditation is the one thing that one cannot put any effort into. "Meditation" means coming back to centre, "media". The only way to work on it is to "be there". It is not a failure if the mind wanders off - minds do that. Wandering minds means that they are healthy and functional. When it happens, you just have to notice where it went, and then - without judgement - just return your attention to where you need it to be 'right now'.
I will emphasise : without judgement ! If your mind wanders off a thousand times in five minutes, then just bring your attention back a thousand times.
If it doesn't wander off at all, then ask yourself if you haven't slipped into a coma or died ... at any rate, meditation is very hard to fail. It is also the only task that has no planned purpose. So, if we are meditating "because ... X, Y or Z," then we are not actually meditating.
"Meditation" is just "being there". Who can really screw that up ?
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