Box Breathing For Anxiety Relief - Guided Meditation

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Box Breathing For Anxiety Relief - Guided Meditation

This is a five-minute box (square) breathing guided meditation with Zachary Phillips.

Use this practice in response to stressful events, to calm down after exercise, as a lead into a meditation session, and as a sleep aid.

By slowing down and controlling the breath - breathing in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4.

The practice triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting anxiety relief, relaxation, and performance enhancement.

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Every Moment Is An Opportunity For Freedom - Wisdom Talk

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Every Moment Is An Opportunity For Freedom - Wisdom Talk

Every moment is an opportunity for freedom.

Mindfulness meditation gives us the tools to, at any moment, detach and take a different course of action. All we need to do is take one mindful breath.

This talk will discuss the possibility of freedom in every moment and give you some ideas on how to attain that freedom throughout the day.

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Daily Meditation Course For Beginners

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Daily Meditation Course For Beginners

This course is designed to assist you in developing a daily meditation routine.

Over the next 30 days, you will embark on a gradual journey into the world of mindfulness meditation. Each session will commence with a brief lesson, followed by a guided meditation practice that builds upon the previous day's teachings, finishing with a discussion of the content, connecting it to the principles of mindfulness and habit building in general.

By the end of the month, you will have not only ingrained a constructive habit but also acquired the foundational skills of mindfulness meditation—an invaluable tool capable of enhancing your life significantly.

Lets meditate!

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Feel Safe: Anxiety And Fear Relief - Guided Meditation

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Feel Safe: Anxiety And Fear Relief - Guided Meditation

Feel safe with this guided meditation.

It will help you to reduce the severity and duration of panic attacks, as well as ground you when anxious or fearful.

It begins with the calming of the breath, followed by a present state awareness grounding activity, and finishing with a progressive body relaxation into a brief positive and calming priming for you to take into the rest of your day.

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Happiness Is Closer Than You Think - Wisdom Talk

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Happiness Is Closer Than You Think - Wisdom Talk

In this talk, we discuss how the difference between expectation and reality is often the source of significant discontent.

Life trains us to search for ideals: the perfect partner, job, life, outcome. Unfortunately this almost never arises and even if it did, it would be fleeting. Thus there is a real potential for ongoing and almost contentious self-inflicted suffering.

Thankfully, happiness is closer than you think. By embracing mindfulness we can begin to see and address the impact of our expectations.

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Suffering Is The Difference Between Expectations & Reality - Wisdom Talk

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Suffering Is The Difference Between Expectations & Reality - Wisdom Talk

The enlightened person stubs their toe once, the untrained person stubs it twice…the first time on the rock, then again when they ruminate about stubbing their toe.

When we apply our mindful attention to pain, we see that it is merely another sensation to observe.

Whether it is physical or emotional, 'pain' presents itself through a collection of sensations, each of which can be observed, and investigated.

If we observe the sensations and feelings that arise when our expectations are not met, we may find that our suffering reduces or is entirely eliminated.

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Develop Effective Study Habits - Audio Course

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Develop Effective Study Habits - Audio Course

Not all approaches to study are equal, and not all work for everyone. It is possible to go through our entire schooling careers wasting our time with ineffective methods of study. Students find themselves struggling to retain information because they are using approaches that are not suited to their subjects, nor their personal preferences, capabilities, and learning styles.

In this 10-day course, you will learn how to maximize your study time and exam performance. You will learn the principles of learning and how to apply them, as well as how to establish a study routine that you can stick to. You will be given in-depth instructions and case studies that highlight a multitude of different approaches and encouraged to experiment to find what works for you.

This course will supercharge your ability to learn, giving you the tools, tips, and tricks necessary to not only make the content stick to your brain but also to make you understand it on a deep level. If you want to enhance your ability to study, if you want to do well on your end-of-year exams, or if you simply want to know how to learn more effectively, this is the course for you.

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Release Bodily Tension - Guided Meditation

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Release Bodily Tension - Guided Meditation

Recorded live at the Langwarrin flora and fauna reserve, this meditation will guide you towards integration of the mind, body and soul.

Inviting your to identify parts of the body that are holding tension and inviting them to be heard, felt, understood, and perhaps released.

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Why Acceptance Is The Key To Happiness - Wisdom Talk

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Why Acceptance Is The Key To Happiness - Wisdom Talk

True happiness in life comes from acceptance; embracing reality for what it is, both the good and the bad.

This isn't to say we shouldn't take action to better ourselves, we should. But we should also learn to live with things as they are. This way we will be capable of appreciating the joys we have already attained.

Without acceptance, we cannot live in the present. Rather we ruminate on the past, or fret about the future; neither state is conducive to ongoing happiness.

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Meditating For Detachment & Wisdom - Guided Meditation

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Meditating For Detachment & Wisdom - Guided Meditation

By practicing mindfulness we are growing our ability to detach.

We will be less likely to fall into the trap of thoughts, less likely to identify with them and be far less impacted by them.

In this session, I break down how we use our mindfulness practice to learn detachment. It ends with a three-minute silent practice.

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10 Slow & Relaxing Breaths - Guided Meditation

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10 Slow & Relaxing Breaths - Guided Meditation

This short, guided session will give you immediate calm. The mind and body are interconnected.

Calm the body and the mind will follow.

Join me for 10 calm and relaxing breaths and give yourself the power to take on the rest of your day!

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The Fear Of Imperfection - Wisdom Talk

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The Fear Of Imperfection - Wisdom Talk

We have a tendency to judge our worst moments against the highlight reels of others.

We see all of our flaws, hear all the doubts, and live through the darkness, yet we compare ourselves to the external projections of others.

We fear failure, yet this fear ironically causes our performance to drop.

This talk will show you that it's only through acceptance and action that we can hope to push through our fears and take the actions necessary for success.

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The Self Is Just A Concept, The Ship Of Theseus - Wisdom Talk

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The Self Is Just A Concept, The Ship Of Theseus - Wisdom Talk

Consider the following: if you were to gradually replace all of the parts of your body until nothing ‘original' remained, can you still claim to be you?

This talk breaks down the philosophical thought experiment 'The Ship of Theseus' and relates its implications back to cell division and the nature of the mind over time.

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A Simple Meditation For Lucid Dreaming & Mindfulness - Guided Meditation

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A Simple Meditation For Lucid Dreaming & Mindfulness - Guided Meditation

There is a direct correlation between mindfulness and lucid dreaming.

The more you practice meditation, the higher your chances of becoming lucid.

Try this: hold your hands out in front of you, take a mindful breath and say the following, 'Tonight when I am dreaming, I will notice my hands and realise I am dreaming'.

This is a simple reality check that can be used both as a mindfulness aid, as well as to improve your chances of lucid dreaming.

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Enjoy A Mindful Morning Coffee Together! - Guided Meditation

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Enjoy A Mindful Morning Coffee Together! - Guided Meditation

Enjoy a mindful morning coffee together - Grab yourself a morning coffee, get comfortable, and let’s get mindful!

Today’s session will be using our coffee as the focus of our mindfulness session – anything can be the focus, so why not coffee?

The basic praise will be to focus your attention on your cup; the smell, the feel, the taste, savouring every last drop.

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Discover Your Divine Purpose - Audio Course

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Discover Your Divine Purpose - Audio Course

You are invited on transformative journey of self-awareness and personal growth to discover your divine purpose - the unique mission that aligns with your soul's calling.

This course presents 10 profound questions that provide an opportunity to explore new possibilities, unlock deep potential, and redefine the course of your life.

In this first session we will contemplate the idea that your gratitude practice is not just for the present moment, but also needs to be applied to the future. Good things will happen, that is a certainty - if we can sit in faith and trust of that certainty, we will feel safer in the present.

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All That Matters Is This One Moment - Wisdom Talk

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All That Matters Is This One Moment - Wisdom Talk

The simple truth is that it doesn’t matter how much you meditate.

The prestige of your lineage and the books you have read do not matter.

The amount of time you sit, or don’t sit, is irrelevant.

Your philosophy, beliefs, traditions, and practices may have benefits, but in terms of mindfulness - unless those things allow you unfiltered access to the present moment, they are not serving their function and are likely a distraction.

All that matters is the present moment. This talk will ask the questions, ‘Are you present? Are you observing reality as it is, for what it is, right now?’

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A Simple Trick To Still A Troubled Mind - Wisdom Talk

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A Simple Trick To Still A Troubled Mind - Wisdom Talk

For the rest of the day, when you notice an intense emotion, thought, mood, memory, or other mental phenomena, take one mindful breath.

That is a long, slow, deep breath, in through the nose and out through the mouth.

Then recognise that you are, at any time, free to make a different decision should you choose to do so. Give it a try.

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Guided Stomach Breathing For Total Relaxation - Guided Meditation

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Guided Stomach Breathing For Total Relaxation - Guided Meditation

The mind and body are deeply interconnected; impact one and the other will follow. The breath is a prime example of this connection.

When we slow down the breath and breathe deeply, we are activating the parasympathetic nervous system. This will subsequently result in physiological, then psychological, relaxation.

The practice in this meditation is as follows: slow deep breath to fill the belly, then quick exhale with mouth open like fogging a mirror.

This breathing technique is different to the traditional slow in and slow out breath techniques, and as such, it may produce a different result for you that you have experienced with those techniques.

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