Mind Training Meditations: Recent Episodes
Gerald Blomeyer
This meditation podcast will help you relax, so you can welcome what is happening in the present moment – even stress, anxiety and worries. The basic intention is to relax, be awake and aware so that you can surrender to the nature of mind, which is love and compassion. All of these guided meditations, whether Open Awareness or Yoga Nidra meditations have no goal as you do in conceptual thinking. There is nothing to attain. You welcome whatever your state of mind is, and just remain with that state. If thoughts arise, welcome them. If there are no thoughts, be aware of stillness. Just be with your mind, noticing that everything that appears, changes and disappears in the emptiness, stillness and clarity. Gerald Blomeyer has been meditating for 30 years. As coach and meditation teacher he's based in Berlin. From 2006 – 2014 he worked and studied in India and Nepal.
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A Relaxing Meditation by Gerald Blomeyer
We are grateful to the body, that continues to work for us even when it is tired, sick, or injured. We thank the skin, muscles, bones, blood, and heart. We feel the love of consciousness and allow ourselves to rest deeply in the here and now. Inspired by Charlie Morley.Der Beitrag Gratitude for the Body erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
A Meditation by Gerald Blomeyer
We embrace the stillness of the present moment allowing everything to be just as it is. We come home – to a presence that is always here. Nothing special needs to happen. We don’t want to achieve a specific experience, but simply be with „this.“ Being in the here and now allows us to recognize that love and suffering connect us all. Inspired by Henry Shukman.
Der Beitrag Resting in „This“ erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
If tenderness is at the center of our meditation practice, it gently opens us to love, compassion, and serenity. It broadens our hearts and leads us to the deep realization that our true nature consists of the unity of wisdom and infinite compassion.
Der Beitrag Tenderness – A Path to Wholeness erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
Letting go of thoughts and feelings can be a liberating experience. We acknowlege them, recognising that they arise and fade within the vast expanse of awareness.
Der Beitrag Letting Go of an Emotion erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
We can shape our lives by changing our thoughts. Rather than reacting impulsively, we can enable our entire being to ease into experiencing joy, peace, and serenity. Intention serves as a guiding light toward a life-affirming path that our minds can embrace. It aids us in releasing the grip of beliefs and behaviors that color our perceptions. Inspired by Liam Gillen.
Der Beitrag In Harmony With Myself – Yoga Nidra erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
This guided meditation helps to relax both body and mind. It grounds you in the here and now, encouraging you to reflect on your day with a sense of calm and serenity. It invites you to set intentions for yourself, others, and the world.
Der Beitrag Evening Meditation erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
A meditation by Gerald Blomeyer
To capture—or recapture—the stillness of that first moment of wakefulness this short guided meditation focuses on clarity, stability, and presence. You can listen to this morning meditation while still in bed or anytime you’re looking to center yourself in the present and find some clarity and stability.
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Compassion is important for our happiness, health, and relationships. It enables us to respond to suffering with understanding, patience, and kindness. Self-compassion means treating ourselves with understanding in difficult times.
Der Beitrag Compassion For Ourselves And Others erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
To feel ourselves fully, we sense the emotional and sensory perceptions in the body. We inhabit it and can accept ourselves as we are. When we connect with the space around us, we can interact with others without losing ourselves. It feels like coming home.
Der Beitrag Discover The Space Within You erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
We have experienced events that seem physically and mentally overwhelming. Even if they occurred long ago, our body still reacts as if it were happening right now. By mindfully touching the body, we learn to calm ourselves and experience inner peace. We are taking care of ourselves. Inspired by Bessel van der Kolk.
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Yoga Nidra meditation is practiced in a lying down position. We will follow a series of breathing exercises and a body scan. By letting go of thinking and doing we relax into a state of feeling and being. Within a short time, you become submerged in the stillness of loving awareness. We welcome whatever happens without judgement, allowing the body and mind to let go of stress and relax deeply. Inspired by Amrit Desai.
Der Beitrag Opening Up to Love – Yoga Nidra erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
The stream flows through well-worn banks in the countryside. We let our thoughts and feelings drift on it like leaves and observe how they flow with the current. Instead of identifying with them, we view them from a distance. This perspective frees us from the carousel of thoughts.
Der Beitrag Resting in the Flow of Experience erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
In this contemplation, we aim to allow difficult emotions to surface. By asking questions we confront shame. We can embrace our imperfections with self- compassion. Without reacting or judging, we can open our hearts, acknowledge or even accept our shame, by trusting in our inner goodness.
Der Beitrag Contemplating Shame With Self-Compassion erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
A Guided Meditation On Dying by Stephen Levine. Read by Gerald Blomeyer, Shakuhachi flute improvisation by Michael McNamara, with permission of Ondrea Levine. The light body animates the heavy body. We can leave the heavy body behind and float freely as consciousness. With the first breath pure awareness re-inhabites pure form. We are born again into the body to bring mercy and healing to the injured world, taking birth for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Sometimes it is difficult to relax. There may be physical, mental, and emotional reasons for this. Yoga Nidra, the yogic sleep, helps us to let go deeply by following the natural functions of our mind.
Relaxing our mind helps to relax the body. Every smile softens the muscles of the face and helps calm the nervous system. By letting go for just a short while, you will experience trust, more physical energy and mental clarity. Relaxing is also an exercise in self-compassion. Being in touch with the joys of childhood can help in challenging times.
A body scan naturally helps us to let go of thinking and encourages us to deeply relax. This podcast gently guides us from the physical to our subtle body and into sleep. With thanks to Steven Levine.
Der Beitrag Deep Resting erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
Pauses help us to interrupt our constant thinking. When the thinking energy subsides, it leaves a gap in which we feel our experiential body.
Der Beitrag Take A Break: How Are You Feeling Now? erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
Emotional pain blocks our compassion. Trusting starts when we trust ourselves. This is also the key to loving ourselves, our connection with others, and our creativity.
Der Beitrag Trusting erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
Meditation is about letting go of control. Concentration is a discipline, a way of controlling our experience. Meditation is about letting be and welcoming everything as it is.
Der Beitrag Welcome Everything erschien zuerst auf Gerald Blomeyer | Mind Training Berlin.
Compassion helps us to accept others as they are. When we are angry with someone, we are reacting to the memory of something that we feel was done to us. If we can meet difficult people with compassion, they absorb our minds less.
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Feeling the body helps us to relax. We are aware of everything that arises in it. We can observe the breath, sounds and sensations coming and going. By welcoming everything our mind remains balanced. There is nothing to achieve or any struggle. We are simply aware, welcoming every experience that arises in the body.
When we listen deeply, we hear sounds, music, our own voice, and others attentively. We receive them as they are, without interpreting. If our minds are distracted or reactive, we can neither hear ourselves nor others. Deep listening means being open and to respect what we hear with both compassion and kindness. By hearing with clarity and without judgment we open up and experience what it means to be present.
Stories stimulate us in ways that pure facts do not. They create our reality. Fear of the unknown is such a story that we tell ourselves. It seeks validation. That can reinforce our fear, making us feel helpless and overwhelmed. However, once we realize that fear is a story that appears in consciousness, we can begin to let go of the negative spiral, discovering the love that we really are.
Our eyes offer us a paradise of shapes and colours. In this meditation, we feel grateful for this and allow them to rest deeply. By directing our attention mindfully we experience how the eyes, the face, the whole body and finally the mind relaxes. Everything may be as it is.
Join us on an imaginary journey in a Zeppelin. You are the pilot, travelling on the path of your life from birth via the present into the future. It will help to to realise that you are never alone. We invite you to feel safe, comfortable and in control of your life at all times. Just allow images and themes of the individual life phases "pop up" spontaneously, to discover and become aware of the life themes on a meta-level. Not recommended for people suffering from trauma.
This imaginative journey takes you to a film studio where you are both directing and starring in a film about your life. There you will meet and maybe even integrate your inner critic. The journey invites you to feel safe, comfortable, and to take control of your life.
Let go of your worries by focusing on the present moment. Counting down is a short and helpful way to reduce feelings of anxiety and other unwanted emotions or thoughts. It helps to ground, quiet, settle and calm you.
Curiosity strengthens our attention, enabling change and development. By asking “What is this?“ we are not looking for an answer. We are just open to what is happening when we think and experience. We feel no need to know or judge anything. Questioning changes the quality of how we perceive ourselves and the world.
Ariadne is the mistress of the labyrinth. She accompanies us on the journey through life from birth to spiritual awakening. She saves the future king of Athens, Theseus, by leading him out of a labyrinth. When he deserts her, she is heartbroken. By connecting with Mother Earth she transforms her pain, recognizing the divine feminine and love as her true home.
written and read by Gerald Blomeyer and Jocelyn B. Smith musical concept by Volker Holly Schlott (ViktoriaMusicBerlin) Photo: NASA
In Greek mythology the beautiful princess Ariadne saves Theseus on the island of Crete by guiding him out of a labyrinth with a thread. When he abandons her, she transforms herself and ends up marrying the God Dionysos. This story is about heart- break, true love and trust in relationships. And, when things turn sour, whether we should continue holding on to what is lost or let go?
In this meditation we aim to get in touch with and appreciate the life force of our inner child. By accepting all of its aspects, both positive and negative, we can appreciate and love ourselves. However, as there is always more than one way of looking at an experience, we want to reinterpret the negative aspects positively. It can help us to dissolve the relationships with those that are not good for us.
The great heroine of Greek mythology is Psyche, whose name means "soul". The Latin writer Lucius Apuleius told her story in the novel "The Golden Ass". Her challenging adventures and her marriage to Cupid, the God of Love, is a relationship that begins in darkness and ends in joy.
Criticism can be constructive. In comparison, however, the judgemental voice of the inner critic condemns everything we do. What ever happened becomes a personal fault or a failure. Believing this voice ensnares us and is depressing, separating us from the people we love. By changing the perspective from the narrow thinking mind to wide open consciousness, self-criticism can no longer affect us. Instead of seeing the world and ourselves full of flaws, we can appreciate life and feel connected to everything.
Loving starts by accepting ourselves as we are, including our suffering and our happiness at the same time. Taking care of ourselves, gives us the self-confidence to share our love and light with others, and welcome them sharing theirs with us. This is a powerful way to increase peace, happiness and healing in us and in the world.
Grief is a natural reaction of the heart to loss. By allowing ourselves to be touched by the pain of grief, we deeply touch deep the vulnerability in our hearts. The deeper the love was, the greater the grief. In this meditation, we welcome them both. To help heal the suffering, we lovingly open our hearts, feeling compassion for ourselves and all beings.
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Many people are searching for something to make them feel whole. However, in meeting the depth of our being we can recognise that we are already complete. We are love and always aware. With this insight, we can start a profound transformation.
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By letting go of thoughts and concepts, we can bond with the clear and creative energy of our awareness. The mind's openness is its empty nature, where we can only surrener, as there is nothing to hold on to. By trusting and letting go, we connect with the source of cognition, compassion and joy.
By letting everything be as it is, we can open ourselves to the fullness of the moment. We experience the activities of our mind as a manifestation of its luminous nature. In this wide field we feel confindence, love and trust.
Our constantly changing thoughts and feelings distract us. By connecting with the timeless consciousness, we can open our mind and relax. Then we direct our attention to focus on what is important to us.
We cannot ignore loneliness. If we feel lonely and separated, we have forgotten that we are part of the whole. If we embrace loneliness with loving awareness, we can overcome the pain of feeling separated. Then we both feel connected to others and can enjoy our own company.
A children's story written by Kenneth Grahame in 1898, and the song Aura Lea published in 1861 by Fosdick and Poulton. Adapted and read by Gerald Blomeyer, piano by Lázara Cachao.
The young girl Aura Lea discovers a song-loving dragon living in the grassy hills above her home. The two become friends. When the dragon is discovered by the villagers, they send for St George to rid them of it. The girl introduces St George to the dragon. They decide that St George harmlessly spears the dragon. St George then proclaims that it has been tamed, and the people accept the dragon. Aura has gained self-confidence and trust in life.
Long, long ago the Woman was able to tame the Man and to tame the Wild Dog, Horse, and Cow, and how the Wild Cat, the wildest of all the wild animals, remains independent to this very day. This bedtime story, written by Rudyard Kipling, was published in 1902 as a part of the “Just So Stories” together with his illustration.
Fierce compasion uses anger to motivate us to transform the negative into the positive. By saying “No”, we can stand up for our values and set clear boundaries, thus maintaining respect for ourselves and others. It allows self-confidence arise within us.
Thoughts and stories that arise from fear usually keep you in fear and anxiety. By letting go, we can open up to our true nature, a boundless, open mind, that knows neither fear nor limitations. A key is to allow yourself to feel the emotions as they appear, so they can gently dissolve into the light of the open, welcoming consciousness.
Everything is changing and the inner critic's voice is loud. By accepting that nothing really fulfilling is going to come from within our comfort zones, we can step out of them. This is scary but worthwhile. You are both an individual and a part of the whole. The world sees you when you see yourself first. Connection and love are the foundation of your next step.
This guided lying down meditation connects us to the Earth. We feel its energy in our body, and release all tensions and concepts. This allows us to relax and to “sink” deeply without effort. By letting go again and again, we surrender to our awareness, experiencing balance with Nature.
Seeing the world through the eyes of the heart, you experience your true nature. This guided meditation is a journey into the depth of your consciousness, allowing you to feel relaxed, open and aware. It was inspired by Geshe Michael Roach.
We can only hear a sound or silence because of our awareness. As the sound passes, the knowing of it remains. The nature of awareness is distinct from its sensory and mental contents. Happiness is inseparable from understanding of consciousness.
This meditation contains sounds of a heartbeat. Connecting our breath with our heartbeat has a deeply calming effect on body and mind. We synchronise the rhythm of five beats with our inhalation and exhalation. We feel compassion for ourselves and with the world.
We experience fear as worry or doubt. On the basis of peace, clarity and compassion we can transform it into courageous actions. Courage is the key to enjoying life.
"The Nightingale" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It is about an emperor who loves the sound of a clockwork bird more than the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is nearly dies, the nightingale's song restores his health.
Meditation is a practice to become aware of awareness. Awareness is the field of presence in which ordinary consciousness appears. Our thoughts inhibit our awareness by identifying with our loneliness, worries or low self-esteem. A stability of awareness allows us to look at any experience with equanimity.
Gratitude is the key to happiness and joy. By welcoming the present moment we appreciate life as a gift. If we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have can make us happy, as we will always want more or something else. Being grateful makes our life meaningful.
There is no rush to healing. To avoid getting lost in aversion we approach pain slowly and with an open mind. Curiosity allows us to welcome what is there, one step at a time. By receiving each sensation with loving kindness, we can feel compassion with our suffering.
This guided meditation was written in 1991 by Stephen Levine. Thanks to (c) Ondrea Levine, and to Dale Borglum. www.livingdying.org
The pause between the in- and the out-breath is a moment of silence and calm. It suspends the thinking and doing mode, allowing us to just be and to restore our energy. Calming and clearing your mind enables you to approach the task at hand with ease and freshness.
This guided meditation will ease your mind and body into the peace of “just being”. By encouraging deep relaxation through mindfulness, you can step out of the busy doing mode. Relaxing into the here and now allows a mindful sense of your authentic self to arise.
Mindful eating means connecting with your senses. Without distraction we enjoy more intensely. We will touch, smell and taste a piece of chocolate at length. Notice that whenever you are caught in thoughts or memories, the taste disappears. Welcome the distraction, and return to tasting. Enjoy!
Our true nature is love. However, usually at an early age, some thing happened that caused us to feel inadequate and lonely. Naming and judging separated us from the truth of who we are, making us feel fearful. By surrendering, we can understand that we are the love we are looking for.
Emotional pain blocks our compassion. To escape these feelings we flee into distraction. In order to open ourselves, we must become aware not only of our vulnerability, but also of our goodness of heart. Trust arises when we trust ourselves. This is also the key to our love, to being connected with others, to creativity and to trusting others.
Compassion is a quality of the heart. This loving quality remains with us, regardless of what we do. By embracing ourselves and all other beings, we cultivate compassion and loving kindness. By sharing our compassion, we feel balanced and strengthened.
If you want to live without fear, you must first learn to welcome it. Only what you allow completely can bring you into a state of peace. Awareness is prior to every experience. Notice the difference between what you experience and being aware of what you experience. Become aware that you are not your fear, you are aware of your fear.
In Yoga Nidra we relax our body and mind deeply. The inwardly directed clarity allows stress and belief patterns to be released. We experience our inherent source, and a feeling of being balanced, centred and calm.
There can be many reasons why we can't fall asleep. By connecting with the body, we can let go of thinking. This deeply relaxing practice of yoga Nidra naturally encourages sleep. The podcast gently guides you to your source and into sleep.
This meditation shows how our unlimited awareness is embodied as space. This incorporates a feeling of intimacy, and of being in contact with who we really are. Our world-view depends on whether we experience our body as separate or as an intact part of everything.
The meditation has two parts: A) Attention is a movement of the mind. It moves about on its own, registering sounds and sensations without becoming involved. We direct it with intentions and desires. B) By setting an intention we focus on what we want to experience in the future. It helps us to hold what is most important to us in the present moment. Intentions get things done.
We often get caught up in the movements of our mind, overthinking, being overly ambitious and judgemental. This is the moment to JUST STOP, to take time out, to feel empty and light. By stopping and letting go, we can just be and allow joy to arise.
Happiness is based on inner peace and solidity. This meditation helps us to achieve the desired peace of mind and body by resting as a pebble on the riverbed. When we are at peace with ourselves, we can approach others and really help them. This meditation is based on the pebble meditation of Thich Nath Hanh.
Awareness is the basis of all experience. After moving our attention from thinking into our body, we open up to our awareness of hearing. Recognising the present moment, the here and now, helps us to understand where our true home is.
Looking at objects with a narrow or an open focus encourages you to consciously move from a doing mode to feeling open, silent and available. When we look at objects with central vision we concentrate, name and judge. This makes us feel tight and separate. Looking at the same object as part of the background allows a feeling of openness and connection to arise. The same applies to listening with a narrow or a diffused focus. This meditation encourages you to consciously move from a doing mode to being open, silent and available without effort.
Awareness and love appear together. When you smile from your heart, thinking decreases and love spreads. Love does not judge. It welcomes everything that appears. For a moment just be the vastness and silence. Smile light-rays of loving kindness from your heart to the world around you.
First we relax body and mind with the breath. This is followed by the visualisation of light. The light flows over and through the body helping to let go of worries and fears. The deep relaxation lowers stress and anxiety creating a basis for self-confidence.
Between two moments of thought there is a brief pause. Recognising this gap in the habitual stream of thinking allows you to experience silence, movement and consciousness together. Find the gap between the thoughts to let go of habits and suffering. Become aware of the quiet, clear expanse in the gap. The mind is empty, without form, clear, without obstacles, and always aware.
Smiling is a way to send loving energy to yourself or to someone else. We can smile at someone with our face. But we can also smile the feeling of love from our heart. Energy follows attention. Wherever we smile, loving energy follows. This is also true for the thoughts that determine our feelings and for the feelings that trigger our actions. Loving energy stimulates healing energy.
We are both connected with everything that is, and an independent individual. In this insightful and comforting practice, we will surrender into the state of merely being, and engage in a practice of open awareness. In this practice, we will learn to move at will between being wide open to all that is around us, and becoming grounded within, harnessing a strong inner focus. Photo: InsightTimer
By relying on thinking, we experience ourselves as being separate from others. By feeling the stillness in your heart you can experience “just being”, a spacious, timeless field connecting everything. It allows all the stories and ideas, the fantasies and fears to be present, without having to follow them. Surrendering to this inherent peace is letting go into clarity. Photo: InsightTimer