Let’s get some perspective…
Here are some resources I’ve collected to help with mindfulness meditation, metta bhavana (loving-kindness), relaxation and focus. I hope they’re helpful.
3 mins: Pause and Check In, from Mindful Schools
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Pause and check in with mindfulness meditation
Recommended Tracks related to ‘Pause and Check In’ on Soundcloud
10 mins: Mindfulness for the School Day, also from Mindful Schools
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What’s coming up today?
Recommended Tracks related to ‘Mindfulness for the School Day’ on Soundcloud
Guided Breathing Exercise, and more from Mindful Magazine
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“I know I’m breathing out… I know I’m breathing in…”
From ‘How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day: Tips for increasing focus and awareness and decreasing stress at work.‘ – Mindful.org
Meditate at Your Desk – Body Scan meditation practice from Mindful Magazine.
Hear more from Mindful magazine on Soundcloud.
Loving-Kindness Meditation
![The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. - Thich Nhat Hanh](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/annabel-treshansky/wp-content/uploads/sites/1125/2020/01/thich-nhat-hanh-1024x704.png)
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. – Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness@Lunchtime
- Mindfulness in Everyday Life – Talk and Meditation practice with Brother Phap Vu, a senior monastic in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Sangha
- Gratitude Meditation from Mindfulness@Lunchtime with Jon Bagust
- More Mindfulness@Lunchtime Podcasts
Study / Focus Music
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Focus your mind, and it all becomes possible. Probably.
- Study Music, Concentration, Focus, Meditation, Memory, Work Music, Relaxing Music, Study, ✿161C – Yellow Brick Cinema – very good for focusing and to stop procrastinating
- Marconi Union – Weightless (Official Video) – Music designed by neuroscientists to be as relaxing as possible
- Marconi Union – Weightless (Official Extended Version)
- Marconi Union Weightless + Rain | 1 Hour
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All done now. Time to let go.
Picture credits:
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(Picture Quote: BK via Flickr. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0, No changes made.More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes and Sayings. See More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes and Sayings at http://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/thich-nhat-hanh-love-quotes-and-sayings.html)
(Photo of a campfire on a beach. Image: pxfuel.com. Licence: CC0)
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Diana
Thanks for posting this article!!! Relaxation has a profound impact on our feelings & well being. Also listening to music when I work, helps me to de-stress and increase my productivity for mundane tasks. The below video is an excellent example for relaxation techniques: https://bit.ly/34JHoPU
The end results can have a very therapeutic healing effect on the listener.
Annabel Treshansky
Hi Diana, thanks for sharing this lovely relaxing music. I enjoyed it. Thanks for visiting!
John Panther
Great Blog on meditation practices. Enjoyed the relaxing sounds. Thanks for sharing.
Olivia
Thank you for sharing! I totally enjoyed it! I have also found this type of videos I found amazing as well: https://bit.ly/34JHoPU