🧎🏻 MORNING Livestream MEDITATIONS Class 🧎🏻
Thursdays
FROM 8:00 AM - 8:40 AM PACIFIC TIME

I am offering weekly 40-minute LiveStream Guided Meditation Classes through my BreathSPACE school. Each sessions explores a wide array of practices, yet at the core is a focus on mindfulness and compassion.

Click on the schedule below to join the Thursday morning Livestream class.

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Meditation in 5 Minutes

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Dynamic Breath

Imagine your breath is a healing wave, naturally moving in and out, without effort or force. Breathing in this way, your mind-body softens and settles as your breath flows freely.

Breath & Movement

This guided meditation leads you through simply, gentle movements to release tension and discover your easy, free flowing breath.

Breath & Autogenic Training Meditation

Autogenic training is a self-regulation technique where you silently repeat specific words and phrases in order to induce a state of relaxation and peace. This guided meditation leads you through a focused breathing practice followed by repetition of specific autogenic phrases to generate a state of calm, tranquility and balance.

BREATHING INTO THE LOWER ABDOMEN - early morning recording in nature

This meditation was recorded on a sunny spring morning in Seattle with the birds singing in the background. If you find this distracting you can listen to the indoor recording of the same practice.
This meditation is one of the first steps in Dr. Brad’s comprehensive breath retraining. The goal of this three-stage practice is to help breathe fully and easily into the lower abdomen, known as the dantian or Hara, by releasing postural and muscular tension. Breathing from this area not only creates energetic equilibrium and balances the nervous system, it frees us from an active, doing state by cultivating a space of being and allowing. When the breath initiates in the upper abdomen or higher, we tend to be in a state of perpetual motion and activity, cutting us off from for insight, introspection and intuition.

BREATHING INTO THE LOWER ABDOMEN - Indoor recording

This is the same guided practice as the one recorded outside, yet free from bird and nature sounds.
This meditation is one of the first steps in Dr. Brad’s comprehensive breath retraining. The goal of this three-stage practice is to help breathe fully and easily into the lower abdomen, known as the dantian or Hara, by releasing postural and muscular tension. Breathing from this area not only creates energetic equilibrium and balances the nervous system, it frees us from an active, doing state by cultivating a space of being and allowing. When the breath initiates in the upper abdomen or higher, we tend to be in a state of perpetual motion and activity, cutting us off from for insight, introspection and intuition.

These guided meditation practices focus on the skills of mindfulness, using sensations as the anchor of our attention. Our sensations are always present (sound, smell, taste, sight, and touch), yet so often we fail to "see" things clearly as we are caught up in our immediate and conditioned responses. This meditation allows us to practice welcoming all sensations and experiences without labeling or judging them, as we observe them as fully as possible.

Breath (Mindfulness) meditation

This guided meditation is a classic mindfulness practice using the breath as the object of attention and concentration. Practicing mindfulness helps train the mind-body to embrace the moment without judgment or elaboration, and to be here now.

Heart-Centered Meditation

Cultivating positive emotions, such as love and appreciation, has been shown to regulate and balance the nervous system, and increase the speed of healing. In this guided meditation, you will connect to the innate wisdom of your Heart through the gentle practice of breathing into your heart, and then connecting with feelings of love and appreciation.

Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation

The word Metta, in Pali, is often translated as Lovingkindness. The practice of metta meditation is said to be an antidote to feelings of judgment and criticism. When we feel unsafe in the world, metta meditation can help open our hearts and provide us with some space for feelings of compassion, kindness and love.

Progressive Relaxation, Breathing Into The Lower Pelvis, & Moving the BreatH Meditation

This live,53-minute recording is from a 2-day Transpersonal Breathing Workshop held in February 2019. Combining several of the meditation exercises reviewed earlier in the day, this meditation first leads you through a progressive relaxation exercise. Next is a practice of breathing into the lower pelvis, or hara. Next you practice directing the breath to other areas in your body. Finally, holding your heartfelt intention, you move the breath up and down the length of the spine.

When we struggle to accept something that has already transpired, or forgive another (including ourselves for past behaviors), many times we are the ones suffering. Acceptance (word used during this talk in place of forgiveness) is a practice that allows us to heal and find peace. Acceptance does not mean we condone or condemn another's actions, nor does it provide a free pass to behave indiscriminately. Rather, it allows us to take life events less personally, blame less and find peace.

How often do we struggle with self-compassion? Social media, advertising, the news all engage us in a hypnotic meditation that we are less than and incomplete, and that if only we were more productive, more efficient or consumed more, then we would be worthy and enough. In this practice recorded during one of Dr. Brad’s bi-weekly live Zoom meditation session in January, we practice interconnection and self-love, connecting to the fact we are all worthy and enough as we are now.

This guided meditation was recorded during the pandemic in September 2020 as the West Coast was engulfed in smoke and fire. This practice begins by connecting us to our physical place on the planet. After this, we practice both Metta and Tonglen for the suffering Earth and all her inhabitants.

In some traditions, each of us are born with a predetermined number of breaths, begging the question: How do we wish to take those breaths? How do we wish to breathe into our lives? During the 40+ Death Cafes I have facilitated over the years, I would guide participants in this meditation to set the tone for the evening's contemplation. This practice invites us to reflect on all those precious breaths we take between that initial gasp of air all the way to our final last exhalation.

Taoist Breathing Practice

SIX HEALING Breathing Practices

One of the practices I have used to generate balance and calm is Taoist Six Healing Breaths. Numerous methods abound, each with variations of sounds. I will demonstrate the practice I was taught years ago.

In this 25-minute video, I review each of the Taoist Healing Breaths in the following order:
Lungs -- Kidneys -- Liver -- Heart -- Spleen -- Triple Warmer
Each Organ corresponds to a different Element in Chinese Medicine, which represents the movement of energy. Each Element corresponds to different emotional states, and when the energy is blocked, you may experience dis-ease. Lungs are Metal Element and the emotion is Loss or Grief. Kidneys are Water Element and the emotion is Fear and Anxiety. Liver is Wood Element and the emotion is Anger, Aggression and Frustration. Heart is Fire Element and the emotion is Joy and Love. Spleen is Earth Element and the emotion is Worry and Nourishment.

Breathing Sounds
Lungs is "ssssss"
Kidneys is "choooo"
Liver is "shhhhh"
Heart is "haaaaa"
Spleen is "whoooo"
Triple Warmer is "heeee"

Practice each of these Six Healing Breaths, in order, for 3 cycles each, before moving on to the next Breath. At the end of each Breath, if you feel any organ system / Element needs more attention, go back to it and repeat that Taoist Healing Breath for 3 - 10 more times.
I also want to share that if sleep is ever an issue, practicing the Triple Warmer Breath for up to several minutes prior to going to sleep helps drain any of the excess mental energy from the head, allowing you to fall asleep with more easy.

Taoist Breathing Practice - Lung Breathing Practice for the Fall

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