Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

Chanting has a long history across many cultures and spiritual traditions. They key isn’t really what you say but rather that you set your intention to chant a specific phrase for a specific period of time and that you chant that phrase for that period. It could be 3 minutes or 2 hours or whatever feels right for you (though best to start off with a shorter period and practice it often——frequency...

You are not who you think you are. Use this mediation to practice remembering who you really are. When you remember that you are truly your higher self, lasting peace, health and happiness can be yours. For the companion podcast covering the theory behind why these meditations work, check out the Serena system podcast at https://goo.gl/Dxu4eo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

We have confused our self with our body and the feelings, memories, and thoughts it produces. But that is not who we are. Use this mediation to practice remembering who you really are. When you remember that you are truly your higher self, lasting peace, health and happiness can be yours. (This is a shorter, edited down version of the 15 minute version).For the companion podcast covering the theor...

Definitely a classic. One of the best. Very simple. Originating in the Indian Buddhist tradition, Vipassana meditation has a long and illustrious history. Most recently, it has had a powerful influence in the Thai and Burmese Buddhist traditions in the 20th Century. Vipassana is a Pali word meaning "insight" and by insight it is referring to our ability to directly experience reality and truth wit...

This is a simple meditation practices. You simply count to eight as you breath in, hold the breath for eight seconds, breath out to a count of eight, then hold the breath with empty lungs for eight seconds. And then repeat. For the companion podcast covering the theory behind why these meditations work, check out the Serena system podcast at https://goo.gl/Dxu4eo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

If you have trouble keeping your attention focused during meditation, this is a great one to use. It is a four-part breathing meditation that sounds complicated to explain but is actually very simple when you do it. The "complexity" is actually its virtue, since that is what helps keep the mind from wandering. You can listen to this track and be guided through it or, once you have it down, simply...

This is one of the most basic and frequently used meditation practices. You simply count each breath until you reach the tenth breath and then begin again. A simple but extraordinarily powerful practice. Zebediah Rice guides you through it before leaving you to practice it for a few minutes on your own. For the companion podcast covering the theory behind why these meditations work, check out the...

This track is an eight minute version of the longer Split Screen guided meditation. Once you have become familiar with the full length version, you can use this shorter one going forward. If possible, you will want to do these mind training meditations while the experience you are focusing on is recent and the feelings and memory are very fresh. A word of caution: these meditations can bring up so...

If you have ever had a big emotional response in a situation that doesn’t require such a strong reaction (or are feeling sad for no apparent reason), then this exercise is for you. The principle here is that you are the master of your emotions: If you don’t want a particular emotion in any given situation, you can drop it. But you have to realize you have the power to do this and then develop mast...

This track is a shorter version of the Fire & the Well guided training meditation. Once you have listened to the full length version once or twice, you can use this one for everyday practice. It is best to do these Training Meditations while the experience you are rewiring is recent and the feelings and memory is very fresh so find a quiet, private place as soon afterwards as you can or grab y...

This track is a shorter version of the Refiling guided meditation. After you have listened to the full length version once or twice, you can use this one for everyday practice. It is best to do these Training Meditations while the experience you are refiling is recent and the feelings and memory is very fresh. Try to find a quiet, private place as soon afterwards as you can or grab your headphones...

You are the master of your emotions. If you don’t want them in any given situation, you can drop them. But you have to realize you have the power to do this and then develop mastery of the “dropping it” technique. But how? Like anything else you want to master, you have to practice. If you are not a master of your emotions already, that means your emotional self, like an unruly dog, needs to be re...

Each of us has the power to leave a dysfunctional life behind. One of the best and simplest things we can do, as a sort of antidote to being stuck in an unhappy life, is to make believe that we are 100% responsible for whatever is happening to us. Our mantra has to change from "He, She, or It did it to me" to "I did it." Use this practice to drive that lesson home. For the companion podcast coveri...