Relaxation – Meditation and Healing: Recent Episodes
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I am messing around with some tech and threw this together a while back. Still tweaking a few settings, but figured I’d post this version.
I have a Tibetan bowl that many people have found quite relaxing. However, not all people like the same pitch. This post links to a page that has a number of differently pitched Tibetan bowl sounds. Each link on the page will take you to a 5 min track of a Tibetan bowl at a … Continue reading Tibetan Bowl Sounds →
Our parasympathetic nervous system helps us recover from stress. When we breathe at a slow pace, generally between 5 and 7 breaths per minute for adults, our physiology shifts into a recovery state in which natural restorative processes become more active. This is associated with activation of the parasympathetic nervous system and it will occur within … Continue reading Paced Breathing for Brief Relaxation →
This is a guided meditation that uses vocals mixed with nature sounds. The intention is to help you experience a peaceful state of mind and body. This track was mixed to be listened to on headphones for the best experience. This meditation uses several nature sounds tracks that are licensed from Karl Hamilton at www.naturesounds.ca … Continue reading Guided Meditation for Peaceful State →
Slow rhythmic breathing can evoke a relaxing response within a few seconds. The following set of videos can help you achieve this. Each video shows a white triangle that expands and contracts. Inhale as it expands and exhale as it contracts. The words INHALE and EXHALE also serve as cues. The breathing pace of each … Continue reading Short Paced Breathing Videos →
I had a request for a shorter version of the butter melting video and I added a relaxing audio to it. Also played around with a short intro to get more of a hang of using the software. The intention is to use the video to help you experience a sense of tension melting away … Continue reading Butter Meditation →
One common complaint I hear is the sense that the person is trapped in their thoughts, especially worried thoughts. This is a technique to train your mind to shift attention away from thoughts into your body, without trying to stop thoughts. It teaches you to get out of your head. The more skill you have shifting your … Continue reading Escaping From Thoughts – Fast →
We tend to hold our bodies more tense than we need to and releasing that excess tension can help us relax and feel more comfortable. It can also help relieve pain, especially musculoskeletal pain. To use this technique think of something soft and imagine one part of the body taking on that quality of softness … Continue reading Softening the Body for Relaxation and Comfort →
I made this track specifically for a couple of my patients who are struggling with neck pain and headaches, to remind them of what we did in the office. It teaches a somewhat unusual technique for engaging the abdominal muscles while breathing so that the neck and shoulder muscles can relax. That often helps the … Continue reading Pulling Breath Downward to Reduce Headaches and Neck Pain →
This is not a guided meditation but rather a soothing background that can be used while meditating, for relaxation, or for going to sleep. I have had people tell me that natural ocean sounds sometimes have the waves crashing too fast or too loudly for them to relax to. This is a synthesized sound with the … Continue reading Ocean and Wind for Relaxation 3 →