Embodied Meditation

It’s so nourishing to align with the seasonal rhythms around us. It allows us to tap into our more instinctual rhythms and reminds us, on a deep level, that we are not separate from the energies and cycles of the natural world. This annual practice invites you to luxuriate in and celebrate the warmth and expansiveness of the Summer Solstice.   Want to be added to my mailing list, so you received word when new Embodied Meditations are released? Or have suggestions for future Embodied Meditation recordings? I’d love to hear from you: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

In our modern information-age, so much of our attention is localized in our head and face, where the pre-frontal cortex of our brain, along with our eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, are all processing data, decoding patterns, and working hard to help us make sense of the avalanche of information we’re bombarded with every minute. Today’s Embodied Meditation helps release contraction and tension in your head and face and then invites you to drop more fully into the rest of your body, balancing your energy and leaving you feeling more integrated and whole. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Today’s Embodied Meditation invites you to move and breathe through a simple, energizing morning ritual that sets the tone for your day. You’ll be ready to head into what’s next with a sense of deep gratitude for how you’re supported, connected, and alive. Want to be added to my mailing list, so you received word when new Embodied Meditations are released? Or have suggestions for future Embodied Meditation recordings? I’d love to hear from you: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

If you find yourself feeling hunched over or closed off—physically or energetically—this 7-Minute Reset can do wonders. We’ll gently move and breathe our way toward a posture and a mindset that’s more relaxed, receptive, and open-hearted. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Our low backs are places of deep support—and they also often hold chronic stress. This 20-minute Embodied Meditation soothes your back with gentle movement, then helps you release tension with a guided breathing meditation, spreading warmth through the low back and leaving it—and your whole system—calm. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Something the yoga tradition has been teaching for thousands of years and that Western science has begun to stress more and more is that when you breathe well, you have a much better likelihood of being well. Relaxed, easy breathing can have a positive impact on everything from your digestion and sleep to your mood and your energy level. Pair that breathing with gentle, fluid movement, and your entire system can be both soothed and uplifted. That’s what we’ll explore in this Embodied Meditation practice. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

The Spring Equinox—a time when day and night are in perfect balance— coaxes us to align with the natural world and invite balancing energy into our bodies and our lives. Today’s Embodied Meditation explores and nurtures those parts of you that may feel ready to unfurl and stretch, ever-so-gently, toward the light. And it honors and tends to what’s still resting and taking shape beneath the surface. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Don’t you love it when fairy tale meets fact? Scientitsts have been teaching us how trees communicate with and care for each other through networks hidden in the soil. Today’s Embodied Meditation invites you into the magic. It begins with gentle movement, then sinks into a guided visualization that conjures the grounding, connection, and deep support of the forest.   If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

There’s lots of commercial & cultural pressure this time of year to be partnered up and blissfully in love. But the ancient systems of yoga and meditation have been celebrating the deeper energy and symbolism of the heart for thousands of years. This week’s Embodied Meditation offers a short sequence to gently open and stimulate the space around your physical heart, then finishes with a classic Metta meditation practice designed to extend the energy out and remind us that we’re all connected. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Sometimes our hips feel as if they’re on lock down, whether from too much sitting, too much repetitive movement, injury, inflammation, or even stress. Today’s free Embodied Meditation, a 7-Minute Reset, helps melt tension-holding patterns of all kinds in your hips. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

At the start of a new calendar year, there’s lots of pressure to burst onto the scene with a shiny new to-do list—a stack of resolutions to tackle. But what our natural systems often want instead, in deep winter, is to gently nurture intuition, dreams, and tiny seeds of possibility. This week’s free Embodied Meditation is a simple ritual that invites you to go slow and stretch gradually into the year ahead. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Winter Solstice, the still point when the natural world sinks into quiet hibernation and deep rest. Today’s Embodied Meditation honors this time with a practice of slow, calming movement, following the energy down and in, and finishing with a candle-gazing meditation to tune into the ancient ritual of tending a gentle light during this darkest time of year. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Today’s Embodied Meditation, a part of the 7-Minute Reset series, is a very brief nighttime ritual you can do right in bed to prepare to drift off to sleep. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Ready to bask in the glow of the full moon? Today’s Embodied Meditation helps you draw on its nurturing, illuminating power anytime—a perfect practice to do right in bed before you drift toward sleep. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

One of the top findings in all the recent research on the benefits of being grateful? Gratitude begets gratitude. This week’s Embodied Meditation invites you to cultivate it in a sincere and ordinary way by feeling into the ways your body supports and sustains you every minute, every day.   If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Today’s Embodied Meditation, another in the 7-minute Reset series, gives you a short dose of stress relief by inviting you to sync up with the rhythms of the natural world, which is slowing down and recharging at this time of year. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

I love Halloween and its celebration of mystery, play, and make-believe. This week’s Embodied Meditation taps in, reminding us of the power of imagination, not to escape life, but to expand our perspective and uncover deeper layers of who we are. We’ll start with a short movement sequence to drop into those deeper layers. Then we’ll rest into a guided visualization that invites you to explore other ways of being and other aspects of who you are. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

Who doesn’t love a crisp, clear fall day? But maybe you also long for those occasional rainy autumn days that lure you in, slow you down, and soothe your system. Today’s Embodied Meditation helps you create that calming feeling, so you can tap into it anytime you could use a dose of cozy nurturing and letting go. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

More than ever these days, lots of us are spending lots of time with our heads thrusting forward toward a screen. This leaves the muscles in the back of the neck over-stretched, over-stressed, weak, tired, and sore. Today’s Embodied Meditation is a 7-Minute Reset you can do anytime—and often—for relief. If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.

The Autumnal Equinox—a time when day and night are in perfect balance, inviting you to welcome that same equanimity into your body and your life. Today’s episode is a {Re-Embodied Re-Play} of our annual fall practice. It helps you attune to balance, and to this seasonal tipping point toward shortening days, subtle slowing down, and gathering in toward rest.  If you'd like to be in touch to get on my mailing list or offer feedback: pmgilchrist@gmail.com. Loving this podcast and want to contribute to its production? I'd be so grateful for your donation through the Paypal Donate function.