5 Minute Meditation: Recent Episodes
Keith Blakemore-Noble
Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. Although common to many religions (including Hinduism and Buddhism), meditation itself is not a secular or even spiritual activity, with many applications for it being found in non-spiritual contexts, such as business and health.
Meditation may significantly reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain, It can enhance peace, calmness, and well-being.
Research is ongoing to better understand the effects of meditation on health (psychological, neurological, and cardiovascular) and other areas.
Although great success in meditation tends to follow in-depth practise for extended periods of time, it is possible to at least start to get some benefits even with short spells of meditating. Such as a quick 5 minutes each day. Which is where this podcast comes in, with a new meditation added every Monday.
These are designed to be suitable for everyone from complete beginner to seasoned professional, and all stages in between.
In short – if you have ever fancied giving meditation a go, these 5 minute meditations are a great starting point!
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Imagine your compassion echoing from your heart. Feel the resonance and warmth as it spreads throughout your being, and beyond...
Allow the memory of some wonderful fragrances to reconnect you with joy from past experiences, mentally refreshing you for your day.
Imagine lying under a starry sky, each star representing a positive aspect of your life. Focus on one star at a time, appreciating it.
Picture your thoughts as silhouettes against a sunset. Allow the sun to set on any negativity, leaving behind a tranquil, shadowed landscape.
Picture yourself as a cocooned butterfly. With each breath, feel the transformation within, embracing the beauty of change and renewal.
Let's use a time capsule to turn our worries into fertile ground for our future growth and development - just for 5 minutes...
Let's celebrate Star Wars Day by imagining what it would feel like to become one with The Force in a fun guided meditation.
Imagine planting seeds of gratitude in your mind. Watch as each seed blossoms into vibrant flowers, filling you with positivity.
Imagine your thoughts as shadows on a wall. Watch their shapes and movements without attachment, acknowledging their transient nature.
Let's light an imaginary candle in our minds, and with each breath, let the flame flicker, representing the ebb and flow of our thoughts...
Picture yourself in a hot air balloon, rising above your worries. As you ascend, release any burdens, experiencing the lightness of the sky.
Discover the power of assigning colours to your emotions and experience the transformative process of blending and balancing them within.
Let the sounds of the ocean be our guide to re-energising and letting go of what no longer serves us - just for 5 minutes.
Just like a tree is grounded and supported and nourished by the Earth, so are we in this gentle, revitalising meditation.
Listen to the symphony of sounds around, from distant traffic to birdsong. Embrace each sound without judgment, letting them compose a harmonious melody.
Let's take a trip down memory lane and see what the most listened 5 Minute Meditations were throughout 2023. Is your favourite here?
Sometimes we all need just to grab a moment's peace and quiet - let's do that right now with this guided meditation.
Explore self-discovery in 'Starlight Reflection Meditation.' Embrace mindfulness and gratitude in 5 minutes.
Immerse in 'Ripple of Kindness,' a 5-minute meditation. Experience the ripple effect of kindness, fostering inner calm and connection.
Let go of unwanted thoughts with 'Clouds Drifting,' a 5-minute meditation where your thoughts float away, leaving a calm mental space.
Find calm with your Snow Globe of Stillness. Join us for a moment of peace, with a serene mind, and thoughts settling like snowflakes.
Let's experience 5 minutes of meditative peace and tranquility to help reduce your stress, any time you need it.
We can all face overwhelm, especially in today's highly connected, fast-paced life. Let's take 5 minutes out to put things in perspective...
A slightly different meditation, use this one as you lie in bed to help you relax and drift off to a relaxing restful sleep...
Let's take some time out of our busy day to reconnect with our Inner Child. To reassure it, to listen to it, to bond with it.
Journey up a mountain and connect with nature. Cultivate mindfulness, gratitude, and inner peace. That's this 5 Minute Meditation.
Most of us take our body for granted, only paying it attention when something goes wrong. Let's give our body some well-deserved gratitude!
Sometimes we all need to be grounded, reattached to the Earth. That's what we do in this easy guided 5 minute meditation.
We all sometimes need to release something - a thought, a feeling, a memory. Let's do that with ease with this meditation.
The Big Bang - the moment of creation of our entire universe, where everything that ever was (or will be) was connected. Let's visit!
Let's take 5 minutes out of our busy day to relax and meditate about flowers. Which is your favourite? Could you love an ugly one?
We often give our mobile devices a quick top-up before we go out, so why not spend a few minutes doing the same to ourselves?
You know THAT decision which you are struggling to make? Let's solve it here in this simply 5 minute meditation - it's decision time!
"How are you?" "I'm OK." - it's our standard response. But for this meditation, let's explore how we REALLY feel...
Our breath can be used to help us calm down in situations of over-stress, panic, or overwhelm. In this meditation we practise exactly how to do that.
A fun way to learn to detach easily and effortlessly, inspired by a beautiful butterfly, awaits you in this week's meditation.
Sometimes all you want, more than anything else, is just to relax. Which is all we do in this 5 minute meditation...
We live in a world of instant gratification, yet sometimes we need patience. Let's get back in touch with our patience in this meditation.
Grab yourself a small piece of tasty food (chocolate or fruit works well) and let's meditate upon its taste, texture, aroma, and more!
Before you can build something, you need to make sure it has good solid foundations. Let's create the foundations for 2023 right here.
A look back at the 10 most listened "5 Minute Meditation with Keith Blakemore-Noble" episodes from 2022 - are your favourites in here?
We cannot start a new chapter (or year, or relationship, or day) until we close the current one, so let's get closure in this meditation.
Let's spend a few minutes meditating on what we can observe about, and learn from, snowflakes, in this wintery meditation!
Lets lose ourselves in the sensory abundance of a gorgeous garden, relaxing and enjoying a few moments of peace.
A beach is a wonderful place to soothe away life's worries, so let's go to a beautiful tropical one for this meditation...
There's always something for which to be thankful. In this meditation we practise finding even the little things to which we can say "Thank you"
Let's practise a grat way to let go of our thoughts, both inside meditation and outside in the "real world" - it's just a thought!
Oxygen is something we take for granted, so lets meditate on it and all that it means, just for 5 minutes...
Thanks to the many stresses of daily life, we often find we carry a lot of tension in our bodies. This easy meditation helps to get rid of it.
An eyes-open meditation, in this one we focus on our hands and see what we can notice about them...
Let's try a basic mantra-style meditation, to get a taster of the difference as we experience the mantra with our whole body.
Sometimes we can find it difficult to let go of emotions which no longer serve us right now. Let's let them go with this meditation.
For anyone who fears meditation sounds complicated, here's a nice simple meditation to easy you in to the idea. Just for 5 minutes.
As autumn approaches in the Northern hemisphere, let's take a leaf (no pun intended) out of the book of the behaviour of trees.
Sometimes we all need a little energy top-up during our busy day. Let's give ourselves a little fast-charge top-up with this meditation.
Sometimes we feel as though we are tied up in the chains of our problems- let's release them with this mediation!
It's time to receive a message from the one who knows you the best and cares about you the most - your inner self.
What would it look like if you had the solution to that problem? Let's find out with this 5 minute meditation!
Our 50th episode, so let's Go for Gold in health, wealth, and happiness with this relaxing and refreshing 5 minute meditation.
A simple meditation you can use at any time to calm the breath and thus calm the mind and body.
Let's use the cleansing and healing power of fire to metaphorical let go of what's holding you back.
Sit back, relax, close your eyes, and allow this meditation to help you to experience a deep feeling of peace, tranquility and transcendence.
Who are you? It's a very common question, often asked, but do you really know the answer? Let's find out!
Let's explore a different form of meditation this time, one which opens our eyes to what's going on around us!
Come on a relaxing trip into the forest, where we receive an uplifting message from an unexpected source.
A short meditation to help to let go and start to overcome grief from a loss, whether it's of a person or a relationship.
The Buddha says that hatred cannot coexist with love and kindness. Let's practise some loving kindness in today's meditation.
We so often use meditation t help us relax, today let's explore using meditation to fill us with energy for the day ahead!
"I think therefore I am". It's one of the most powerful sentences ever created. But how do we KNOW we exist? Let's start to explore that in this meditation.
Despite our best intentions, sometimes we still experience anger - this meditation helps us to remove that anger when it visits.
Let's meditate on calmness, and give ourselves a way to quickly and powerfully return us to a state of calmness whenever we most need it.
Join us in this meditation as we explore our own personal connections and interactions with time, so we can make better use of whatever time we have.
Often we focus our meditation on awareness of our mind, this time let's focus on awareness of our body.
In this meditation we develop our ability to detach from thoughts, no matter how much they arise or change - a very useful ability to cultivate!
Meditation can really help us to Be Present, and that's what this meditation does. Let's take 5 minutes out and Be Present...
How often do we take the time out to really radiate love to all, including to those we dislike, and even to ourself?
Let's do that right now!
Let's take a few minutes out of our day just to notice what we can notice about the sensations we feel, to observe them, to let them be noticed.
Let's go back to the basics of Meditation and experience it in its simplest form as a reminder.
Christmas is traditionally a time of peace and goodwill to all, so let's meditate on spreading that to friend and foe alike.
Sometimes we just need to take a few minutes out and relax... Which is exactly what we do in this 5 minute meditation.
If you could go forward in time to visit your older self for a few minutes, what advice do you think your older self would have for you right now?
If you could go back in time to visit your younger self for a few minutes, what advice do you think your younger self would have for you right now?
Rather than hiding from annoying thoughts, allow them to come and ask each one "What else?" until they run out.
Today, let’s strip it back to basics and take a few minutes out of our day to stop thinking, stop worrying, stop doing anything, and just be.
No matter how we attempt to relax, sometimes our thoughts stray constantly and without boundary. Here's a useful way to turn them off.
Life can seem so full of problems, so let’s spend just 5 minutes of meditation to allow ourselves to find a solution to one of them…
Imagined or real experience, we all have our own Happy Place. Let's spend a few minutes getting to know it, so we can quickly visit any time.
A large part of meditation is about learning detachment from our thoughts, and so let's have a little fun with that in this 5 minute meditation!
Let's explore your own personal paradise in this 5 minute meditation - a paradise to which you can return as often as you choose!
This 5 minute meditation gives us a simply way to re-establish those connections with everyone and everything on the planet.
Here we have an opportunity to cultivate mindfulness and concentration, whilst also strengthening our ability to recognise our experience.
We constantly experience a barrage of sensations every moment of every day, but when did you last take time out to just experience them?
Big or small, we all face many problems in life. Allow this meditation to help you adjust your perception and solve your problem.
When we simply sit and listen, without judgement meaning, it's amazing the sounds which come to us. Let's spend 5 minutes just listening.
Let's find gratitude for the things which make life worth living. The more we experience gratitude, the more we find to be grateful for!
Whatever is going on right now in life, let’s just take five minutes out to give ourself a nice big hug and reassure ourself that actually - It’s OK…
Compassion is something we naturally give to those we care about, but what about us? Let's give ourselves a little self-compassion.
Ho'oponopono is a very powerful practise, and in this meditation we are going to tap into it to enable us to forgive, and move forward.
No matter what we have been through in life, we have countless very happy memories from times gone by. Let's revisit some.
Who am I? It seems like a very simple question, but it's one whose apparent simplicity belies it's complexity and hidden depths.
There is a serenity to be found in stillness at any time - this short meditation allows us to find that stillness, any time we choose.
We can all face those moments where we feel anxiety – here is a quick way for each of us to regain a sense of calm and relaxation.
Spring – a perfect time for a Spring Clean of our homes - and the perfect time for a good Spring Clean of our mind / soul / thoughts.
Doing a scan of every part of our body, seeing what's going on, how it's all feeling, and noticing what our body wants to tell us.
An eye-open meditation enabling us to come to our senses, quite literally. A great way to take a break any time you feel the need for one.
How do we meditate? What if I get it wrong? This basic meditation offers an easy guide to help you experience how easy meditation is.
What is meditation? What is 5 minute meditation about? Is it suitable for me? This episode answers these questions and more.