The Boston Buddha Blog
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
I hope you enjoy this free guided meditation that I created for you to help you stay centered in this turbulent time. A Breath Awareness Meditation is one of the quickest ways to ground and center yourself. Watching the breath in a meditation practice can help your mind let go of its often chaotic and turbulent thoughts. The breath will fill you with invigorating energy and inspiration to be in this world, but not caught up in the drama around you. I hope this helps!
Guided Meditation “Breathe” (10 min audio)
(MP3 download) Right click and “save link as…” to download it to your computer
As of this weekend, I have been meditating now every single day for six years. As I’ve said before, meditation has helped me to understand, trust and go with my gut (and heart) more. It has brought my inner and outer life more closely together. (Before I started meditating, I wasn’t even aware of my inner landscape.) At 40, it seems I’m entering the gap between growing up and growing into myself.
We may never be as enlightened as the Buddha (I’m a catholic so there’s one obvious strike against me), but I believe that there’s a buddha with a lower case “b” within all of us. It’s the part of you that doesn’t want your ego to run the show all the time.
Today was the last Morning Mindfulness Workshop For Kids this year. I can’t tell you how much we’ve enjoyed these classes. It’s been deeply gratifying for both Catharine and me. Over the past year, we’ve seen the general atmosphere in the classrooms become more balanced and some classes even slowed down. I wish I recorded the first meditation we ever did vs. the one we did yesterday – total stillness! Today’s meditation was so still, so quiet. I was so proud of these kids. I attribute some of that improvement to the kids’ growing awareness of their breath, their five senses, and learning to block out the distractions around them.
We all instinctively seek the company and comfort from our friends and family. And with technologies like email, Facebook, and Twitter, even when we’re alone, we’re never really alone. Despite our intertwined lives, we each have our own unique purpose, that we can only discover and realize individually.
On June 11, 3:30 at the Milton Library take a break from your social networks and join us, learn how to meditate, and discover…
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