Meditation Through the Senses

Welcome!  In this lecture I share just a little bit about who I am and what you can expect in the course.  I am so happy that you have joined me for this 10 day meditation challenge through the senses.  I have found meditation such an amazing addition to my self care routine and I am so excited to share it with you!

In this lecture we will quickly review the common misconceptions about meditation and what it truly is.   Many people believe that meditation needs to just be sitting on a mat, but it is so much more than that!

In this lecture we will go over what meditation is not and why most of us feel like we are not living up to what we should be doing in meditation.

In this lecture we will quickly review some of the amazing benefits of meditation!

In this lecture we will review the many ways we can view the senses- from the five aspects of self, the five elements and the traditional five senses.

In this lecture we will go over the format of the meditations that you will be guided through. 

• Day 1- Breathing into the Body

• Day 2- Body connection meditation using the earth element

• Day 3- Breathing into the Emotions

• Day 4- Emotion connection meditation using the water element

• Day 5- Breathing into your social environment

• Day 6- Social connection meditation using the fire element

• Day 7- Breathing into your thoughts and mind

• Day 8- Mind connection meditation using the air element

• Day 9- Breathing into your connection to something larger than yourself

• Day 10-Universal connection meditation using the ether element

• Extra Meditations

Please join me for this grounding body meditation. Learning to be connected and grounded in our bodies is integral to feeling peaceful and calm in our everyday lives.  We often do not get taught how to be grounded and our culture encourages busyness which fosters a sense of being ungrounded.  When we have trauma in our lives one of our protective coping strategies can be to live more in the head.  This meditation will help you to get back into your body.

Please join me for this grounding earth connection meditation using a tree visualization. Learning to be connected and grounded in our bodies is integral to feeling peaceful and calm in our everyday lives.  We often do not get taught how to be grounded and our culture encourages busyness which fosters a sense of being ungrounded.  When we have trauma in our lives one of our protective coping strategies can be to live more in the head.  This meditation will help you to get back into your body.

Please join me for this emotion's meditation.  Learning to be connected and grounded in our emotions is integral to feeling peaceful and calm in our everyday lives.  We are often taught to exile the hard emotions which only increases their intensity. When we can befriend all of our emotions we can live a more balanced life. 

Please join me for this emotional water connection meditation using a water visualization.  Learning to be connected and grounded in our emotions is integral to feeling peaceful and calm in our everyday lives.  We are often taught to exile the hard emotions which only increases their intensity. When we can befriend all of our emotions we can live a more balanced life. 

Please join me for this social meditation.  Learning to be connected and grateful for the many gifts that we give and receive from others can expand our influence of compassion.  We are often taught to be fiercely independent and sometimes it is better to draw on the strength of those around us.

Please join me for this fire elemental meditation using a flame visualization.  Learning to be connected and grateful for the many gifts that we give and receive from others can expand our influence of compassion.  We are often taught to be fiercely independent and sometimes it is better to draw on the strength of those around us.

Please join me for this mind meditation. Our minds are often racing and we can get overwhelmed and overstimulated in trying to silence those thoughts.  At times, it can be helpful to notice the thoughts with non-attachment rather than feeling bad that we can't stop our mind. 

Please join me for this air elemental meditation using a sky visualization. Our minds are often racing and we can get overwhelmed and overstimulated in trying to silence those thoughts.  At times, it can be helpful to notice the thoughts with non-attachment rather than feeling bad that we can't stop our mind. 

Please join me for this Universal  meditation.  We don't often stop to reflect on what may be larger than ourselves.  Experience this guided meditation to the stars.  Feel the relaxing sense of floating above our human experience.

Please join me for this Universal Ether meditation using a stars and sky visualization.  We don't often stop to reflect on what may be larger than ourselves.  Experience this guided meditation to the stars.  Feel the relaxing sense of floating above our human experience.

•Purpose: To ground in the body by bringing it into the present moment

•Directions:

•Sit comfortably, Close your eyes and settle into your breath

•5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you.

•4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you

•3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear.

•2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell.

•1: Acknowledge ONE thing you can taste.

In this meditation you will be guided through clearing all seven of your major charkas, as well as your aura, using Reiki and guided visualization.  You will learn how to use earth energy, breath and visualization to clear and balance trauma from your chakras.