Welcome to The Meditation Course Podcast. I am Robert Mitchell. I teach meditation, mindfulness and resilience in London, England. The podcast episodes are recordings of classes I run on my online meditation course called The Meditation Course. To join us, sign up for four weekly live guided meditation classes.
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Guided Meditations for The Inner Journey - A Course in Meditation Archives - Arsha Bodha Center
Swami Tadatmananda
Only guided meditations are included in these podcasts. For entire lessons, please watch the Course in Meditation videos here. https://arshabodha.org/teachings/the-inner-journey/
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AudioDharma: Collection of talks from Introduction to Meditation (Talks for online course prior to 2020)
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Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
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The Hunter-Gatherer Paradox
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Hi everyone,Today's meditation class explored the link between our natural connection to other people and to nature that works so well for our ancestors, but breaks down in modern societies with millions of people. Unfortunately, I know the audio quality was poor and so I have cleaned it up and made it available as a podcast and on the meditation c…
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Unlock the Secret of Now With The Power of Clarity Meditation
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In this week's class on my online meditation course, we explored observation meditations. We explored how our perceptions, influenced by our cultural backgrounds and culture, add layers to our experiences, much like augmented reality. The class explained how we can be aware of our cultural filter while practicing meditation and experiencing mindful…
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The Power of Mindfulness: Reclaim Your Mind And Transform Your Future
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Welcome to The Meditation Course podcast. Today, we return to the essential topic of mindfulness, unravelling its meaning and importance and how to embrace it in our fast-paced world.Mindfulness may defy precise description, yet it's best understood through direct experience. By simply observing time's passage or the sound of a bell, we begin to en…
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Learn Relaxation to Neutralise Your Stress
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When you're physically stressed, you only have a few options to intervene in your stress.One option is to learn how to relax.Relaxation isn't something you need to go on holiday for; you also don't need a glass of wine, a cigarette, or a magic combination of price-tagged experiences. It's a really simple thing. When we get stressed, our body become…
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Counting the breaths is an ancient mindfulness meditation technique and the best practice for about 50% of new meditators to start with. It's a practice where we count each breath using the inner voice. The way I teach it is to count each in and out breath. This engages the mind in an activity that helps to calm the mind. Counting the breaths is th…
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In this class, I teach about mudras, which are hand gestures used in meditation.Anjali MudraThe Anjali mudra involves pressing your palms together. I teach this because it has a real effect. You can explore it yourself.Specific Mudras in MeditationI focus on the chin mudra, where you lightly touch your thumb and first finger.My methods for Anjali a…
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Dive deep into the mechanics of nature meditation in this particular recording from our Sunday guided meditation class held on July 23rd. As part of The Meditation Course, this podcast explores the intricate relationship between the natural environment and the process of meditating, illustrating how the calm and quiet of nature can significantly en…
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Mood and meditationThis is our second instantly recorded live group, guided online meditation podcast episode. Hopefully the audio quality will be better than the last one.A lot of students of meditation, engage in meditation to help and benefit their mood and they're looking for ways to improve their mood. I'm confident there in time pretty much. …
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Purpose, Resilience and Connection
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This is a class taught on first of July 2023 in Bromley on the subject of purpose, Resilience and Connection.The Meditation Course is four live guided group meditation classes each week for the same price as a weekly Starbucks latte!https://meditationcourse.live
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Listen to This if You Believe You Can't Meditate!
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I taught this class today on Saturday, the 29th of April on The Meditation Course at https://meditationcourse.live because I was contacted by yet another person who told me that they can't meditate because they can't stay focused on their breath.It is a common misconception that meditation is an attempt to stay focused on the breath and the success…
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Mindful Awareness is that crystal-clear sensory experience we can feel in a forest. Or when standing on a quiet beach or at the top of a mountain. Mindful Awareness is what we can sense when we connect to nature and what we share with animals.We can culture Mindful Awareness by practising focused attention meditation.Focused attention meditation is…
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What is Mindfulness-Based Resilience?
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In 2013, I started teaching meditation to a group of friends, who then suggested that I teach it at a local church room. In 2015, I was asked to run some courses by my students who wanted more structured training. I had discovered the high level of stress in the modern world, so I started by including stress management and emotional regulation tech…
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Each Sunday Evening from Sun 26 March 2023 on The Meditation Course for the next few weeks, I shall run a Yoga Nidra meditation.Yoga Nidra is a type of meditation that can help us access the hypnagogic state. This state is the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep. Practicing Yoga Nidra can make it easier to move into this state and ther…
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Meditations for sleep and rest
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Yoga Nidra is a type of meditation that can help us access the hypnagogic state. This state is the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep. Practicing Yoga Nidra can make it easier to move into this state and therefore help us achieve rest. To practice Yoga Nidra, find a comfortable and relaxed seated position with your back free and your …
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Connection and Acceptance Meditations
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Mindfulness is the undistracted awareness of the experience of the present moment.Mindfulness meditation is a set of ancient practices now supported by a mountain of scientific study that we use to gain that experience of mindfulness.There are many barriers, distractions and dead ends that can divert us from our path of acceptance and connection to…
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The Third Eye Meditation and Deep Relaxation
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The body and mind are deeply connected.The ancients had a concept of the body-mind which is the combination of thoughts, emotions and drives that influence our choices and actions. This leaves us with a psychophysiological state that can be unhelpful and is sometimes difficult to shift. We can find ourselves 'in a mood' and subject to a combination…
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Meditations To Calm The Inner Narrative
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This article and podcast are from a class taught as part of The Meditation Course - Four live online classes each week for the same price as a weekly Starbucks latte.We all have a voice in our heads, and that voice tells a story. I call this voice the Inner Narrative.Our Inner Narrative can become unhelpful, destructive or self-destructive. It can …
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This Meditation is taken from the Deepening Course which is a course for committed meditators. See the end of this description for the link.There are a five different main areas of focus for our awareness.There is mind wandering and awareness of the body. These are what are called Inner Phenomena. With mind wandering, our single awareness has been …
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Dear friends,I hope that you are in high spirits and good health.Thanks for your wonderful response to my message about supporting my podcast.I shall be making some changes to the format of the podcast so that I can deliver more meditations.Starting from this week, I will only put the meditations themselves online.To listen to the talks, please sub…
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A three-minute message from Robert about the future of the podcast and how you can help me continue to deliver high-quality content.โดย Robert Mitchell
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An episode where I teach a set of practices to enable frictionless connection to our physiology in the present moment.โดย Robert Mitchell
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How To Calm The Inner Narrative
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In this class, taught in February 2023 and part of a series on the inner narrative, I explain the process that we apply to calm the inner narrative and I explain how it is not a process of distraction.โดย Robert Mitchell
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The Power of Narrative and The Inner Dialogue
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An explanation of the nature of narrative, how it is so deeply embedded in all human culture, and the first insight into how the cultural narrative finds its way into our minds.โดย Robert Mitchell
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The Frictionless Way and Group Meditation
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Learn the mindfulness practices you can integrate into your daily life and discover the power of group meditation.โดย Robert Mitchell
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Embracing Emotions: A Meditation Journey - Part Two
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A recording of a class on body-focused meditations creating a foundation to process uncomfortable emotions.In this class, we continue learning the practices we need to process difficult emotions.โดย Robert Mitchell
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