5 Minute Meditation Practices
From now until January 1, I’m going to be posting a new 5 minute every day. You can do the meditations in order or you can mix them up. If you find one that you love, keep doing it. If you want to mix it up, do that. I’m hoping this is fun and an exploration. If you miss a day, don’t get discouraged, just keep going.
To me, meditation is welcoming whatever is happening. I will be leading you but it’s your experience. If you get distracted, bring yourself back to the instructions as often as you can. If you find that you have been distracted the whole time, the awareness of being distracted is part of meditating. Lean into it. Please don’t think you aren’t doing it right.
This offering is a sampling of the meditations I use as a yoga therapist in my Chapel Hill studio and on Zoom. We’ll move through meditating on the breath, the body, sounds around us, thoughts, loving kindness, maybe a little bit of mantra, just being, and joy.
Why does meditation help? So much of our experiences take place outside of ourselves as we meet the world we are living in. Meditation forces us to look inward. We close our eyes or soften our gaze and experience what is happening inside of ourselves. With regular practice, we experience what is happening outside and what is happening inside at the same time. We become more embodied, content, and present.
Wednesday, November 23 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Thursday, November 24 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Friday, November 25 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Saturday, November 26 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Sunday, November 27 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Monday 11/28 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Tuesday 11/29 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Wednesday 11/30 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Thursday 12/1 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Friday 12/2 (meditation below – Chapel Hill)
Saturday, December 3 – Lam (meditation below, Chapel hill)
Sunday, December 4 – Vam (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Monday, December 5 -Ram (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Tuesday, December 6 – Yam (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Wednesday, December 7 – Ham (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Thursday, December 8 – Om (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Friday, December 9 – Lam, Vam, Ram, Yam, Ham, Om, Crown (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Saturday, December 10 – Loving Kindness #1 (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Sunday, December 11 – Loving Kindness #2 (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Monday, December 12 – Loving Kindness #3 (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Tuesday, December 13 – Loving Kindness #4 (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Wednesday, December 14 – Loving Kindness #5 (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Thursday, December 15 – 16 Minute Full Loving Kindness Meditation (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Friday, December 16 – Breath Counting (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Saturday, December 17 – Above Head & Below Seat (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Sunday, December 18 – Held by the Space Around Your (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Monday, December 19 – Body Scan – Head to Toe (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Tuesday, December 20 – Om Namah Shivaya (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Wednesday, December 21 – Tense and Release (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Thursday, December 22 – Pause after the Exhale (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Friday, December 23 – Opposites (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Saturday, December 24 – Heart Center – Stillness, Wholeness, Peace (meditation below. Chapel Hill)
Sunday, December 25 – Welcoming (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Monday, December 26 – Four Parts of the Breath (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Tuesday, December 27 – Listening to Inner Wisdom (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Wednesday, December 28 – Awareness of the Space Around You (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Thursday, December 28 – Prana Arms (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Friday, December 29 – Prana Legs (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Saturday, December 30, Prana Nidra (meditation below, Chapel Hill)
Sunday, December 31, 5 Kosha Nidra (meditation below, Chapel Hill)