The Mindfulness Revolution Podcast: Recent Episodes
Astrid Bernkopf
The Mindfulness Revolution Podcast aims to bring mindfulness and meditation exercises into busy lives. It focuses on simple yet effective exercises that can easily be integrated into daily routines to support a sense of ease and wellbeing. There will be monthly episodes on mindfulness and meditation.
All of these exercises are generally safe, but in engaging with them participants assume full responsibility. The Mindfulness Revolution cannot accept any responsibility for adverse experiences or damage.
September is a busy month with jobs and schools picking up again. Often, we forget to take time for ourselves and some moments of rest. This meditation uses the idea of a dimmer switch to reduce the outside noise and find our inner sense of calm.
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Introduction
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Focus on settling
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Calming breath
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Visualization to reduce visual, aural and physical input
Meditation Script / Voice by Astrid Bernkopf
Stock media provided by Oleksandr Chukhlib/ Pond 5
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August is the month of sunshine, holidays and beach. This meditation focuses on relaxation by visualizing a walk at the beach and laying in warm sand.
Includes:
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Introduction
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Focus on breath
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Visualization of warm sun and sand
Meditation Script / Voice by Astrid Bernkopf
Stock media provided by Nevin Bozan / Pond 5
Subscribe on Patreon: http://patreon.com/DrAstridBernkopf
(NB: Patreon has surcharge for IOS sign up, but not web access or android)
Newsletter of podcast https://mindfulnessrevolution.substack.com
Website https://www.themindfulnessrevolution.co.uk
This 15 minute Midsummer meditation reflects on glimmers and uses visualization of a summer night and fireflies. The meditation first guides you to settle, uses a body scan and visualization of a fireplace and meadow with fireflies. The glimmer of fireflies will be connected to glimmers in life – small gestures of kindness.
Meditation Script / Voice by Astrid Bernkopf
Stock media provided by Darri Logi Skúlason / Pond 5
Newsletter of podcast https://mindfulnessrevolution.substack.com
Website https://www.themindfulnessrevolution.co.uk
Episode 3 offers an adapted 15 minute Loving Kindness meditation drawing on the image of a rose opening its petals. The episode contains images of a flower unfurling and spreading its scent, body scan, sending out loving energy to one’s body, loved ones and the world.
Meditation Script / Voice by Astrid Bernkopf
Stock media provided by Darri Logi Skúlason / Pond 5
Episode 2 brings a full moon sleep meditation to support slowing down and drifting into sleep. This episode contains visualisation of night, darkness and the full moon.
Meditation Script/Voice by Astrid Bernkopf
Stock media provided by Christos Anestopoulos / Pond 5
This month's episode brings a spring meditation including: slow breaths to settle, body scan and visualisation of spring.
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Festive Slow Down Meditations present a 10-minute series ofconsciously resting and switching off. Week 5 is the final in this series and uses the image of a candle to spread our inner light. Join Astrid Bernkopf and take a few minutes for yourself and your wellbeing.
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Festive Slow Down Meditations present a 10-minute series of consciously resting and switching off. Week 4 turns to Loving kindness meditation and shares a mantra with others. Join Astrid Bernkopf and take a few minutes for yourself and your wellbeing.
For information on upcoming projects and meditation series,sign up to the Newsletter via Substack.
Festive Slow Down Meditations present a 10-minute series of consciously resting and switching off. Week 3 turns inwards and lets thoughts and emotions blow over following a Buddhist metaphor. Join Astrid Bernkopf and take a few minutes for yourself and your wellbeing.
For information on upcoming projects and meditation series, sign up the Newsletter via Substack.
Join Astrid Bernkopf for a 10 min meditation to slow downduring the hectic festive season. The second week takes a look at noise. Take 10 mins out for your day to tune in with your body and be.
A warm blanket to wrap yourself in is recommended for this type of meditation.
Join Astrid Bernkopf for a 10 min meditation to slow down during the hectic festive season. The first week will focus on the idea of learning to rest. Take 10 mins out for your day to breathe and be.A warm blanket to wrap yourself in is recommended for this type of meditation.
Join Astrid Bernkopf for a meditative Slow Down in the weeks leading up to Winter Solstice. Each Saturday, a short meditative video will be released to help you slow down, breathe and go through the darker time of the year with awareness and ease.
Starting Sat 23rd Nov, a weekly meditative video will be posted on Instagram, Facebook, Substack and Youtube inviting you to pause your hectic life and take some time to breathe and be. If you wish to have it straight to your inbox, sign up to my newsletter and receive them easily wherever you are.
Let's take some time to shift into the slow lane.
The Mindfulness Revolution podcast Episode 8 – Meditative Journey through a wintery forest
This episode works on offering participants more options to customise the experience. You will have the option to either focus on breath or the heart beat. A second option is to prolong the visualisation on top of a wintery mountain by pausing the recording. Please ensure that you ground again coming out of any meditation before continuing with your day.
The meditation contains: rotation of body (naming and sensing body parts), breath / heart beat awareness and visualisation (walk through a winter forest and resting on a clearing overlooking a valley at full moon).
Episode 7 uses visualization and takes the participant to a forest. There is an option to either have the forest bathed in sunlight or to have a cleansing rain.
Episode 6 is a longer deep relaxation mediation in the style of Nishala Joy Devi's yoga nidra for heart health. It contains rotation of consciousness, breath awareness and focus on sensations. Please ensure that you ground well having finished the mediation and do not get up too quickly. Drink water and avoid handling machinery or driving.
This episode focuses on small steps we can implement to ensure that lifestyle changes are successful. We will reflect on New Year's Resolutions and our struggle to keep to them. Tune in to reflect on how small changes can lead to big impact.
Please note that any advice here is for the average healthy person. Any changes and recommendations made by health professionals should take priority to advice provided in the podcast.
Just Breathe is a series of short breathing exercises by The Mindfulness Revolution to regulate and reset our system. This episode offers a calming breath for whenever we start to feel stressed or agitated.
At winter solstice, nature takes a short moment to pause. In this episode, we focus on a relaxing meditation observing the pause between breaths. Take a moment to step back from the festive bustle and relax at a warm fire place.
This month's episode explores thoughts and thinking. It is a natural act and we often do not reflect on thoughts or thinking. In this episode, we will explore some initial aspects of how thoughts influence us and their nature as habits. Some tips of reality checking our thoughts are included to reflect on whether we should believe everything we think.
Join The Mindfulness Revolution for a Beach meditation to take a sense of warmth and calm into the darker part of the year. This episode uses visualisation practice and mantra.
Welcome to The Mindfulness Revolution Podcast series:
The first episode is in 2 parts. Part 2 has a 10 minute beginners meditation focusing on tuning in with your breath.
Welcome to The Mindfulness Revolution podcast series.
The first episode is in 2 parts. Part 1 outlines the aims of the series and benefits of meditation and mindfulness as daily hygiene. You will receive a short overview of benefits of meditation and some initial tips to set up your own meditation practice.