Following the Aliveness

This mid-week breather offers a gentle meditation to help ease pain or discomfort in your body. While not a substitute for medical care, it’s a simple practice you can return to anytime you need support. This meditation is inspired by:   Lucialorn. 2019. The Incredible Reality of YOU: A Spiritual Guide to the Awakening of Consciousness. Library and Archives Canada. Please listen in a quiet, safe s...

“Part of me aches to return to the early morning shadows, feeling as if within those shadows live other shadows and realms unknown.” In today’s episode, follow Janine into the silence as she reaches for a deeper quiet that seemed just beyond her grasp. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment....

Here’s a Sleeptime Rainbow Meditation designed to inspire rest, calm, and a touch of magic for all.✨ 🌈 Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/ Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.co...

“Every now and then Mind tries to reclaim centerstage. I calmly step aside and let it continue on its way.” In today’s episode, Janine explores the antics of the mind and shares how a morning encounter with a group of crows helped her shift her perspective on the constant chatter within. Join us as we reflect on how to gently step back and observe our thoughts, rather than letting them take center...

In this week’s Mid-Week Breather, we engage in a loving-kindness meditation (Metta) to nurture compassion for ourselves and the world around us. This practice offers a gentle way to connect with the heart and extend care to all beings. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “...

“‘Take care of your heart,’ the trees called forth.” In this episode, Janine explores the overwhelming weight of the world’s suffering and the question, “What can one person do?” Join her as she shares one accessible approach to navigating these moments with tenderness and care. Today’s contemplative reflection, “When the World is on Fire” was written by Janine Schipper on January 13, 2025. Refere...

Discover the power of your intuition in this week’s mid-week breather! Janine guides you through a meditation designed to help you tap into your inner wisdom—perfect for moments of uncertainty or when tough decisions arise. This is an opportunity to pause, tune in, and connect with the quiet, steady voice within that so often holds the answers you’re seeking.  Reference: Chestney, Kim. 2020. Radic...

“The wise one within at last makes an appearance, saving me from the throws of self-deprecation that I have fallen into.” Join us today as Janine shares a vulnerable experience and how she connected with her inner wisdom to guide her. Her journey invites listeners to reflect on their own capacity to access inner guidance. Today’s contemplative reflection, “The Wise One Within,” was written by Jani...

This Mid-Week Breather offers a guided meditation designed to help listeners cut through the illusion of separation, guiding them to directly experience the interconnectedness of all things and the constant, ever-shifting flow of reality. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore th...

“Sometimes I forget that each step is a magical, wonderous dance of existence. Until I remember, again.”  Join us as Janine shares her experience of moving in and out of clarity—one moment fully present, the next lost in a dream, and then finding her way back.   Today’s contemplative reflection, “Remembering, Forgetting, and Remembering Again” was written by Janine Schipper on January 14, 2022. Pl...

In today’s mid-week breather, I’ll guide you into the space between breaths, thoughts, and sounds- entering “portals into the unknown” and exploring the subtle qualities of these transitional moments. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at...

“I seek doorways into this Great Mystery, the easiest one for me being the space between two breaths, but there are infinite entry points.” Join us as we explore transitional spaces—where boundaries dissolve and we have access to the great mystery of the unknown.   Note: this episode references the “What If Game.” You can hear more about this in Episode 3: The What If Game and Mid-Week Breather 3:...

In this mid-week breather, we’ll explore the practice of setting a spiritual intention for the new year—one that aligns with your inner truth, growth, and connection to the present moment.  May you find peace and wellbeing. As you move through the year ahead, may you Follow the Aliveness! Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until...

“If one discovers oneself moving as the heart of the Universe, it becomes clear that we are all an outpouring of the Great Heart.” Join Janine as she explores a shift in perception, where the Universe and the self merge. Experience a meditation that invites you to play with this shift, offering you a taste of what it feels like to perceive the world in a whole new way. Today’s contemplative reflec...

In today’s midweek breather, I’ll guide you through a simple visualization. We’ll begin by connecting with a space that feels sacred to you, whether it’s a place in nature, a place of worship or a quiet space. Then, we’ll bring that sacred energy into an ordinary space—one that feels neutral or mundane—and watch as it transforms, infusing the everyday with the beauty and presence of the sacred.  P...

“Suddenly, I transformed from an alien in a foreign world to a forest dweller who carried the spirit of the forest with me into the Walgreens.” Join us as Janine explores and blurs the lines between sacred space and those places that we consider ordinary and anything but sacred.     Today’s contemplative reflection, “Walgreens meets the Enchanted Forest,” was written by Janine Schipper on January...

This week’s Mid-Week Breather offers an extended version of the last episode’s visualization of the Diamond Within. May this visualization help you touch the diamond within yourselves and help you connect with peace and wellbeing.  Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “Foll...

“The true value lies … in the stillness that allows the diamond within to shine undisturbed.” Join us as Janine reflects on a place of crystalline beauty that shines bright within each one of us.   Today’s contemplative reflection, “The Diamond Within,” was written by Janine Schipper on December 25, 2023. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full atte...

This body scan meditation gently guides listeners to explore the sensations within their bodies, cultivating a sense of presence and peace. By bringing awareness to each part of the body with curiosity and care, it invites a deeper connection to the stillness within. Perfect for grounding yourself and finding calm amidst life’s busyness. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If...

“In the present moment, there is only the miracle of existence.” In today's episode, Janine delves into the struggle of staying present when the mind's chatter takes hold. She shares how, despite this, a single mindful breath can unveil the miracle of the moment, far beyond what the mind can conceive. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need ful...

Today’s mid-week breather offers a guided meditation to help listeners connect with the flow of linear time while also experiencing the timelessness of the present moment. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingtheali...

“Time creates the world, and despite all its heartache and pain, the world remains exquisitely beautiful.”  Join us as Janine reflects on the swift passage of time while taking moments to pause and rest in the present—the timeless space beyond the flow of time.   Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe env...

In this Mid-Week Breather, Janine offers a guided insight meditation practice, or Vipassana, designed to deepen present-moment awareness and uncover insights into the nature of reality. We hope you enjoy this session and find it beneficial. You might even consider saving it to revisit as part of your regular meditation routine.  Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re d...

“The crystals of Indra’s Net emerge as you and me, as a dew drop and a baby elk, as my cell phone and a dandelion puff. We are the jewels of the Universe.” Join us as Janine explores the metaphor of Indra’s Net—a radiant web where each jewel mirrors every other, illustrating the interconnectedness of all existence.  Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or nee...

Today's mid-week breather helps listeners break free from the grip of compulsive thinking, offering a sense of release, calm, and presence. Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼 Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/ Contact Janine...