Mindful

Equanimity helps us understand that when we allow difficult thoughts and feelings—when we don’t over-identify with them or cling to them—they will change and pass. This guided meditation will help you cultivate equanimity, find steadier ground and meet the challenges of the day.  Show notes: Meditation by Willem Kuyken.  Willem Kuyken, Ph.D., DClinPsy, is Director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre and Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science at the University of Oxford.

Navigate reactivity and distressing moments with the STOP practice. The four steps create space for you to interrupt thought patterns and call on the resources within. This practice can be used whenever and wherever you need it. Show notes: Meditation by Rhonda Magee. Rhonda V. Magee is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco. Also trained in sociology and MBSR. She is a facilitator of trauma-sensitive, restorative MBSR interventions for lawyers and law students.

Explore RAIN as a stand-alone meditation or move through the four steps in a more abbreviated way whenever you feel stuck or anxious. Show notes: Meditation by Tara Brach.  Clinical psychologist Tara Brach is the author of True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart.

Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Patricia Rockman guides us through the experience of shame, offering a chance to let go and shift the narrative.  Show notes: Meditation by Patricia Rockman. Patricia Rockman, MD, CCFP, FCFP is a family physician with a focused practice in mental health. She is the Senior Director of Education and Clinical Services at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, Toronto.

This mindfulness practice is meant to help you tame your inner critic, so you can reach out for help simply and gracefully. Show notes: Meditation by Tara Healey. Tara Healey is the program director for Mindfulness-Based Learning at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Find your inner support group with this guided meditation for working with physical pain and internally connecting with people who have a similar experience. Show notes: Meditation by Christiane Wolf. Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD is a certified MBSR and mindfulness teacher and teacher trainer, and coauthor of A Clinician’s Guide To Teaching Mindfulness.

Chronic Pain: The roommate we would rather not have

Meditate right where you are with this 10-minute guided practice.

Our bodies have power to influence our minds, and vice versa. This guided meditation shows you how.