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Day One Meditation

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William James Davies, DCMT
Psychotherapist & Mindfulness Teacher
The first in a series of meditation recordings intended for anyone who is new to mindfulness meditations, but also useful to people who might have struggled to engage with meditation practices in the past. Day by day you will become more familiar with different aspects of mindfulness meditations and exercises, and soon youโ€™ll be comfortable to guide yourself in meditation, rather than just listening to recordings. The first three days are presented as 3 or 7-minute recordings, and after that they are mostly 10 to 15 minutes long, as that extra space is really helpful in developing your practice. Ideally, listen to each day in turn, but with some of the latter recordings, you may wish to keep returning to them in any order you choose.
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11 reflections
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Walter J
The Beginning...
Excellent for the beginner and helpful for the novice. He shares some great techniques while giving you a chance to ride along and get some experience. Loved following my breath in thru my nostrils and sliding down into my lungs and then being blown out in the windstorm of an exhale. Gave some nice pauses to get into also. Overall what a great idea to create some beginner ones to recommend. Good job Aura!!
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Cyndee ๐ŸŒŠ
Gentle reminder
First meditation nice and easy, a gentle reminder to just focus on breath and where you feel it, followed by natural breathing. A reminder to not let your mind stray but that itโ€™s OK if it does. I feel very calm and relaxed right now and Iโ€™m looking forward to continuing the series. ๐Ÿ™
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Kimette
Day one meditation
As soon as I focus on my breathing it becomes more difficult, as if I have a mild case of asthma. Also, my mind wanders a LOT!๐Ÿ˜
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Susie
Day One Meditation
Staying focused on my breath is challenging yet rewarding. My mind was wondering a bit and enjoying the sounds of the waves in the background. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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Krissella
Day one reflection
Great job providing an easy to follow introduction meditation. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ•‰
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Rich
One breath at a time
This was a very helpful reminder. I have been practicing mindfulness with daily meditations for a little over two years. I am still not sure I understand what it is all about and I donโ€™t know if I am making any progress - but I will keep going, one breath at a time, and hopefully I will understand all of this better and have some clarity at some point.
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Cherish
Mindfulness
This is Day One of a series of meditations that help us become more proficient in our meditation practice. It is a wonderful meditation for anyone new to the concept of mindfulness or a gentle reminder to anyone who has been practicing mindfulness for awhile now. By becoming aware of my breath, my body and mind became still and calm. When thoughts arose, as they naturally do from time to time, I recognized them without judgement, and gently put my focus back on my breath. It feels great to โ€˜just beโ€™ with my breath, in the Here and Now! Even though I have been practicing mindfulness for almost ten months now, I am grateful for this gentle reminder of how to use my breath to practice mindfulness! I look forward to the next meditation in this series! Namaste...โค๏ธโ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š
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Susan
Day One Meditation
Even though today is not my first day of meditation, it was my first meditation of today! It was nice to be reminded that meditation is not the lack of thoughts but it is the practice if having a thought but not becoming caught up in that thought
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Olivia
Thoughts are like magnets...
You just get drawn in so easily! And then all of a sudden catch yourself on a tangent of thoughts..
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Walter J
Following...
He does a great job leading us thru preparing for and into this meditation. Good instructions for just trying to focus on the breathe at first as an anchor of sorts and then just notice the breath by following it and seeing where it shows up. By the end I was able to ride the airwaves in through my nostrils, down my windpipe and into my lungs where I swirled around and then came flying out on my exhale... very trippy indeed. But it felt great, relaxed, clean and now I feel energized. Thanks for a fun โ€œfirstโ€ session. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ€
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Joyce
Release control
Very enlightening to think about controlling my breath, then releasing that control to observe that it still works on its own. Another thing we influence rather than control in this life. Namaste
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