Mindful Meditation Techniques

Mindfulness Meditation of the Body and Breath

Every meditation tradition begins with daily practices that help to focus a scattered mind. A great way of doing this is to focus on a single object that is always with you: the movement of the breath in the body. This eight-minute meditation is a brilliant introduction to Mindfulness. It will begin the process of putting you back in control of your life. All of the meditations on this page are taken from our book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World’. The book contains the complete 8 week mindfulness course developed at Oxford University.

Sounds and Thoughts Meditation

Sounds are as compelling as thoughts and just as immaterial and open to interpretation. For this reason, the Sounds and Thoughts Meditation is my personal favourite as it elegantly reveals how the mind conjures up thoughts that can so easily lead us astray. Once you realise this – deep in your heart – then a great many of your troubles will simply evaporate before your eyes. All of the meditations on this page are taken from our book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World’. The book contains the complete 8 week mindfulness course developed at Oxford University.

Three Minute Breathing Space

This is a mini-meditation that can put you back in control of your life when it starts to slip between your fingers. It acts as a bridge between the longer, formal meditations detailed in our book Mindfulness and the demands of everyday life. All of the meditations on this page are taken from our book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World’. The book contains the complete 8 week mindfulness course developed at Oxford University.

Silent Meditation (with bells at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 mins)

There comes a point when it’s time to move on from the prescriptive audio meditations in our book Mindfulness (and from MBCT and MBSR in general). Ultimately, mindfulness meditation is about sitting silently and observing the thoughts as they arise in your mind before dissolving away again. This audio track can help you along this route. It is pure silence interspersed with gentle bells at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes to mark the time. It will help boost your confidence and help you to pace yourself as you gradually learn to meditate without guidance. It’s the perfect end note (and accompaniment) to our book Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World. We wish you luck as you continue on your journey.


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