I hope you are enjoying the calmness of meditation. Hopefully you are noticing this calmness more in the rest of your life too.Here is one way that you can consciously bring that calmness more into your day to day life.Start with some activit

Becoming your own meditation coach

Feb 1st, 2012

By now hopefully you have been meditating with the audio tracks from this website for a while. Hopefully you have noticed yourself becoming more contented and calm. Hopefully you have noticed that people around you are become calmer and happi

Panic Attacks

Aug 7th, 2011

Panic attacks are a bit like a stupid dog that keeps jumping up at you uninvited.Step 1: Be firm, say "No! I'm staying calm"Step 2: Focus on what's around you, and what's happening now. Feel the chair under your bum, feel your feet on the flo

Nothing meditation

Jun 2nd, 2011

From Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-ZinnDownload Audio

Sound and thoughts meditation

Jun 2nd, 2011

From Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn Download audio

Body breathing meditation

Jun 2nd, 2011

From Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-ZinnDownload audio

Free From Your Mind now available in iTunes

Jun 2nd, 2011

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Mindful Way Through Depression

May 22nd, 2011

Techniques than help people turn their attention away negative thoughts and emotions, such as "Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy" have been shown to reduce the recurrence rate of chronic depression by 50%. In one study 75% of patients were ab

Falling to Sleep

May 14th, 2011

A site called The Meditation Podcast produce some good guided meditations. Here is one called Falling Asleep which helps you do what is says

Grounding meditation

May 14th, 2011

Here is a short meditation that I have recorded which shifts your attention away from your thoughts to sensations in your body: Grounding meditation

Breathing meditation

May 14th, 2011

A good place to start is this exercise paying attention to your breathing. It is by a professor of medicine from the USA: Jon Kabat-Zinn: Breathing meditation.

Welcome to Free From Your Mind

May 14th, 2011

Hello and welcomeMy name is Chris Cresswell. I am an emergency medicine physician in a small city called Whanganui in New Zealand.This podcast, blog and website has been set up to allow me to share some great resources I have found, and some I

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