Meditation with Stephanie

This is a simple meditation. Where we take a few moments to settle our attention, opening up again and again into the moment. Trying our best to sit in the eye of the storm despite the chaos around. If you love these meditations, show your support at https://www.patreon.com/meditationwithstephanie.

One of the most valuable lessons my meditation teach Tara Brach has taught me, is the tool of saying YES to all feelings that arise. Pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. Of course it's easy to say yes to our pleasant moments (although sometimes the yes manifests into greed and wanting), but we find it more challenging to say yes to the moments that aren't so easy to work with. The core to cultivatin...

How often do go about your days with an "I" mentality? I am stressed, I am hungry, I am angry, I am frustrated. The "I" perspective immediately puts us in a state of flurry, causing us to take things personally more often. If we disassociate from the "I" and notice the feelings and emotions as they are, a separate entity, we tend to not be so wrapped up in the whirlwind that we often find ourselve...

It's Wednesday. The mid point of our working week, and a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the days of the week that have just past, and also to reflect on what we wish to embody for the remaining days of our work week. When we move through this reflection, notice when you are in your list-making, organizing, rational mind. While there is no need to beat yourself up if your mind is flurrie...

The breath is often the anchor that is most commonly used when we meditate. And this makes sense. The breath is always with us, and at any point we can ground ourselves by taking those three deep breaths that are often glorified. Another anchor that can be nurturing, especially when we are in a state of flurry, is sound. Whether you are on a walk, or commuting to work on a train or bus, taking a f...

The breath generally has four parts to it. The in breath, pause, out breath, followed by another pause. We can notice each part as a whole, or we can zoom in further to really become intimate with the beginning, middle, and end of the in breath, and vice versa with the out breath. Zooming in to each part of the breath allows ourselves to hone presence on a deeper level, showing us just how nurturi...

We are living in a time where pain is prevalent, and whole communities and societies are enduring suffering so many of us cannot fathom. From war and famine, to disease, there is a sense of helplessness and despair many of us feel. While there are ways to contribute and relieve this suffering (such as money donations, supplies etc), we can also energetically contribute to the healing of our world...

So this episode starts kinda weird. I introduce Gibberish, a fantastic preparatory technique that allows the practitioner to prepare themselves physically and mentally for a meditation practice. Gibberish uses nonsensical sounds and bodily movement to clear the "noise in our head" which allows for more presence and spaciousness during the meditation. My advice would be to let go of the egoic walls...

A simple meditation for those who wish to take a pause in their lives. Whether you use the breath as an anchor, or even sound, the art of coming back repeatedly into this moment is what inevitably builds resilience in our minds. If you love these meditations, show your support at https://www.patreon.com/meditationwithstephanie.

In this episode we follow the counting of 4-2-6-2 (Inhale for 4 beats, hold for 2, exhale for 6 beats, hold again for 2). Breath retention is a fantastic way to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, and a great tool to access if you notice your stress systems start to flurry. If you love these meditations, show your support at https://www.patreon.com/meditationwithstephanie.