Guided Meditation

Meditation is a powerful and proven method of curbing burnout, increasing calm, and enhancing life satisfaction.

Andy Puddicombe creator of the Headspace App uses this analogy to describe mindfulness. Imagine you are on the side of a busy road full of traffic in both directions. Each car and truck that passes is a thought, physical sensation or emotion. All you have to do is watch the traffic from the side of the road. It seems easy enough to just sit back and watch yet often it isn't. When our mind wanders, we can feel restless and end up chasing after the traffic. We try to direct the thoughts or stop some of the emotions. Before we know it, we are even more stressed out and restless.

Watch this 90 second video before beginning:

During this exercise when you notice you are distracted by thoughts, see if you can just notice them without making up a story about them. Notice your thoughts, sensations and emotions and return to your breath with judging yourself for being distracted. Often just by noticing thoughts, sensations and emotions they become less intense and distracting.