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Mindfulness: Leaves on a Stream

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Cass Carlopio
Sleep Expert, Psychologist & Meditation
This guided meditation invites the listener to use the image of leaves on a stream to observe thoughts without engaging with them.
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11 reflections
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Vivian
I feel I can have a great day.
Life will always be a challenge. It’s how we come out of it that matters. Maintain peace within our souls.
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Samantha
Mindfulness: Leaves on a Stream
I love guided imagery. I also liked how the stream would directly take my mind or thoughts away. Often in meditations I get frustrated when my mind is elsewhere, but this gave me a quick redirection, while allowing me to stay immersed in the meditation. I felt very calm at the end of this.
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Matthew
Day 3
This was one of my more enjoyable meditations recently it was very calming and relaxing.
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Chante
I could actually send my thoughts down the stream and my thoughts actually stopped briefly.
Picturing nature helps me relax and recharge. I saw every thought land on a leaf and float down the stream. I was slowly acknowledging them and letting them flow away.
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Natasha
Stopping Thoughts
At first I felt a little empty watching all of my thoughts go by, but I appreciated the brief moment of separate serenity that it brought me. It was definitely different.
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kait
mindfulness
at first it was a little hard to control all of my thoughts but as time passed, i became aware of all of them
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Tammy
Leaves on a stream
Great way to deal with thoughts while meditating. Place each thought on a leaf and place in the water and watch the stream whisk it away in the current. Thanks
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Daphne
Great Meditation
This was very nice because it made me feel like I never had to worry about anything else ever again. I noticed that the more “Leaves” you sent down the river, the less your body and mind wandered and I felt very relaxed.
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Justine
Stream
I sat on the soft mossy bank, giant trees surrounded me, grassy knolls spotted the area with small colourful blooming flowers scattered upon them like freckles on a face. In front of me was my stream, pebbled and flowing, diamond sparkles glinted in the sunlight as the water chuckled over its bed. Silvered fish darted between the rocky bottom and autumn coloured leaves meandered their way down. I breathed deep, stood and slid into the water. Cooling my body I undulated and melded into the depths, upon my back I felt the pebbles, within me the water and above me the sky. I was my stream and it was me, I continued my journey, I was the beginning, the middle and the end.
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Louis
Leaves Floating Down Stream
This meditation allowed me to be a passive observer of my flowing thoughts. As I observed my thoughts floating past me I found inner peace.
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Sam
Anxiety
Super anxious session, continued meditating after the instruction and I was just a big ball of anxiety. Listening to people give instructions while I have anxiety only makes me more anxious because I feel like I shouldn’t have the anxiety. Meditation is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life, but I keep coming back to it.
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