Embodied Meditation

Today’s Embodied Meditation, another in the 7-minute Reset series, offers an efficient recipe for getting calm and collected before the big meeting, the big speech, the big day, or whatever has your nervous system on high alert. 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 the 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.

In older ways of tracking time, the first days of February in the Northern Hemisphere marked the earliest stirrings of springtime energy, with subtle signs of life beginning to yawn and stretch awake. Even if you’re still covered in snow or wrapped up against the cold, the light is beginning to shift, and your own system may be yearning to stir and shrug off a layer of winter. Today’s Embodied Meditation offers a short sequence and guided breathing practice to help you do that. 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 is short, sweet, and adaptable. It’s a progressive, full-body relaxation you can tap into anytime you feel keyed up and want to calm down. Use it before an important meeting, presentation, or conversation; as a movement and meditation break in the middle of a busy day; or as a lovely little nightcap to help you unwind. 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.

This week’s Embodied Meditation focuses on the middle back, a place so many of us experience as tight, stiff, or gripped with tension. We’ll explore a gentle movement sequence and a guided relaxation to invite healthy engagement in the mid-back, open up space, wring out constriction, and release stress. 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.

Another 7-Minute Reset is ready—this one offering a natural energy boost. It’s perfect for that mid-afternoon lull, or anytime you’re feeling a little sluggish or drained and longing to rejuvenate.   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.

We all feel out of sync with our creative selves now and then. This week’s Embodied Meditation drops you into a rhythmic flow and taps into ocean breathing and imagery to help you connect more naturally and deeply with your creative energy. 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 this cusp 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 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.

Feeling more hustle and bustle than Silent Night? This week’s Embodied Meditation invites you to nestle deep into late-December wintertime with some subtle movement to quiet your mind, followed by a guided-imagery meditation to help you soak up the stillness of a snowfall. 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.

This week’s full moon—long a symbol of illumination—and the move toward the last of the calendar year make it the perfect time to embody the practices of reflecting and releasing. Think of today’s Embodied Meditation as an end-of-year ritual, beginning with some movement to tune into the body, and finishing with a dreamy guided visualization. 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 rhythm 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.

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 recognizing 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.

We’re heading into the time of year when much of modern culture begins to swirl with activity. Sometimes that can feel celebratory. Other times overwhelming. And often just plain busy. Today’s Embodied Meditation—an Earth Element Body Scan & Meditation—helps you stay grounded and true to yourself in the midst of it all. 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.

Your feet. Root system, foundation, and source of stability and balance. Not to mention your original navigation device, equipped with thousands of nerve endings that gather information from the ground and communicate it to your brain, so you know how to move through the world. This week’s Embodied Meditation gives your feet some long-overdue love. 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.

All over the Northern Hemisphere, we’re moving more fully into the darker half of the year. It’s a perfect time to cultivate the practice of moving from outer stimulation toward inner resources, even if you have only a few minutes. Today’s Embodied Meditation is a short, 7-minute re-set to help you gather your energy in. 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.

Part of us is still attuned to more ancient ways of tracking time, and that part yearns to mark the shift from the fruitfulness of summer and the activity of early fall toward a quieter period of preserving, composting, and settling in for rest. Today’s Embodied Meditation, a Harvest Season practice, is perfect for the evening. It will help you wind down from an entire portion of the year or just the day’s doings and prepare for bed. 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.

Still basking in the glow of last night’s 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.