Being mindfully present in stillness and actions is a skilled approach that benefits all aspects of life.

Modern life has become increasingly hectic, with many demands from all directions. Our minds are constantly busy. We are controlled by our thoughts, emotions and habitual patterns. This can lead to automatic reactions and unhelpful decisions, which cause unhappiness and stress, mental and physical health issues. By being ‘somewhere else’ in our head, we miss out on our children growing up; we miss out on the beauty of life.

Mindfulness training helps us to live in the present moment, to free ourselves from the grasp of negative thoughts, to meet our experiences with kindness, curiosity and skills. Daily practice helps to generate happiness, calm, appreciation, insights, healing, compassion and wellbeing.

I have greatly benefited from my daily meditation practice since 1994. I wanted to share the benefits of mindfulness with others so I completed a mindfulness teacher training with Bangor University - I am teaching MBSR in UK. This channel offers various meditations to help you establish a daily mindfulness practice in stillness and in action.

Body Scan

Body Scan 13mins

Pause - Create Space - Breathe

Mindful Movements - Standing

Awareness of Breath

Three Steps Breathing Space

Breathing Space Coping with Difficulty

Meditation for Sleep

Sandrine Cranswick

Mindfulness Teacher & Coach

Soft voice guided exercise for a quiet afternoon sets you for acceptance 

mindful movement 

This type of meditation is not for me. This was very difficult to follow and know what to do. Feeling very frustrated actually, not really the point of meditation hmmmm

Hard to follow

These gentle movements were comforting to me and a wonderful reminder that my body needs gentle stretches throughout the day.🙏🏻

Mindful Movements

This meditation is a great way to wake your body up to slowly ease into the day. My body was feeling a little stiff this morning but after doing this short practice I can feel it loosening up. I will definitely be revisiting this one.

Morning Stretches

Stretching left me feeling more energized despite a short night due to insomnia 

Good stretching movements 

Sometimes when we wake up, our body can feel stiff. Even when we are sitting while working diligently on a task, our body can feel stiff over time. Therefore, performing gentle mindful movements are a way that we can loosen our muscles as well as take a time to feel the mind-body connection. In this short, but effective meditation, we learn some of these gentle mindful movements.

Standing with my feet planted firmly on the ground, I began to visualize receiving life force energy from the Earth. Following the narrator’s directions, I began to perform some gentle mindful movements. Focusing on these gentle movements as well as my breath, I became relaxed, yet energized at the same time. I am now ready to get on with my day! I will be adding these gentle mindful movements to my morning routine to help ‘wake up’ my body. Thank you! Namaste 🙏🏻❤️☮️

Gentle Mindful Movements 

I noticed that the gentle movements softly helped me become grounded from the ￼chaos￼ around me. 

I feel grounded 

Guided movement with breathing was a nice change. Good combo. Life is good!

Moving gently

Mindful movements involve focusing on the sensations in your body as it moves. Just as with meditation when the mind wanders away from feeling the body moving, we simply bring it back to being with the sensations of moving in the present moment. This helps with focusing, calming the mind, releasing tensions in the body, unifying body and mind. This can be done when we get up or during a break from the computer, or any other work. It can also be helpful before a seated meditation. This series is a mix of stretches and Qigong movements, in a standing posture.

"Mindful movements involve focusing on bodily sensations while moving, helping to focus and calm the mind, and release tension in the body."