In this meditation, we play with movement! Before it begins, select a spot (inside or outside) that is at least 30 paces. We will walk back and forth along that path, paying specific attention to the sensations of each and every step. In this way, we will build mindfulness and appreciation for the temporality of our lives - truly understanding what it means to live in the present moment.

Meditation involves mindful walking to appreciate the present moment, focusing on sensations of each step along a 30 pace path inside or outside.

Walking Meditation

The Chakras, as taught in ancient Hinduism, are energy centers in the body where nerves, organs, and connective tissue meet. They are areas where we can often feel physical and emotional tension or ease, depending on our alignment. Use this brief meditation practice to allow your breath to travel up and down these six points in the body and bring a sense of energy to your day. I hope you enjoy it.

Learn about the Chakras as energy centers in the body through a brief meditation practice that brings a sense of energy to your day.

Chakra Alignment Meditation

It's easy to begin your day straight away without taking time to check in. Try something different this morning, utilize this meditation as a quick way to carve out some time for yourself before your day begins. If you are interested in connecting with me, you can also follow me on Instagram at @yogi.bry or visit my website at www.yogibry.com.

Take time for yourself in the morning with a quick meditation before beginning your day; follow @yogi.bry on Instagram or visit www.yogibry.com.

Morning Meditation

Practicing gratitude can be so healing, especially in moments when we may be struggling. Often, it can help bring color back into our world. I invite you to play with the short practice as a simple tool to invite in a sense of appreciation for the present moment. I hope you enjoy it.

Practicing gratitude can heal and bring color back into our world. Play with the short practice to appreciate the present moment.

Gratitude Meditation

Allow yourself the gift of slipping into a deep sleep by utilizing this meditation and imagery of your body floating heavily down a stream on a soft, light cushion. Relaxing in the warmth of the sun as you ease tension throughout your body, step by step. I hope you enjoy it.

Relax and drift into a deep sleep with a meditation on floating down a stream on a soft cushion under the warm sun.

The Stream of Sleep Meditation

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we have meridian pathways in our body that act as energetic highways and allow for the flow of energy, known as Qi, to circulate throughout the body. Meridians exist in corresponding pairs and each meridian has multiple acupuncture points along the pathway. In this short practice, we will play with using the breath to move energy, or Qi, along these pathways, one channel at a time. If your mind loses focus, congratulate yourself for your awareness, and bring it back to the object of focus. I hope you enjoy it.

Traditional Chinese Medicine uses meridian pathways to circulate energy in the body, and this practice involves using breath to move energy along these pathways.

Meridian Circuit Meditation

In this purification meditation to purify our negative mental afflictions, I will guide us through the following steps: (1) Identify what you would like to purify, (2) Look for ways in which you contribute to this, (3) Cultivate a sense of intelligent regret around this affliction and how you contribute to it, (4) Set a time frame around how long you will refrain from this thing in the future (5) Set how you will intentionally respond in the future within the given timeframe, and (6) Rejoice in committing yourself to this practice. I hope you enjoy it.

A purification meditation to eradicate negative mental afflictions. Steps include identifying, taking responsibility, cultivating regret, setting goals and rejoicing.

Purification Meditation

The greatest and most abundant offering we can give ourselves and others is love. Love is the antidote to grief and sadness. Take three minutes to tap into that abundant source within you. If you are interested in connecting with me, you can also follow me on Instagram at @yogi.bry or visit my website at www.yogibry.com.

Love is the antidote to sadness; taking three minutes to tap into that source within you can help alleviate grief. Follow @yogi.bry or visit yogibry.com.

Loving Kindness Meditation

Tonglen is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice, where the practitioner uses their breath to take in all of the pain and suffering of another individual or group of sentient beings. They then destroy the pain and suffering in their heart and exhale relaxation and relief to this same person or group. In this short Tonglen practice, you will utilize your breath to heal another person who you will invite into your meditation with you. Before you start, I invite you to think of a family member or friend who might need some help. I hope you enjoy it, and if you would like to connect further with me, you can follow me on Instagram at @yogi.bry or visit my website at www.yogibry.com.

Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation where the practitioner breathes in pain & suffering of others and exhales relaxation, relief for them.

Tonglen for the Individual

It can be difficult to fall asleep after a busy evening. This is a short meditation to do on those busy nights when you don't have a lot of time, but need to bring your mind into a peaceful state for a good night's rest.

Short meditation for busy nights to help calm the mind for restful sleep.

Peaceful Sleep Meditation

It can be helpful in times when we are struggling to meditate on impermanence or the fact that everything is in a constant state of change - even ourselves. Remembering impermanence can help motivate us to stay present and enjoy this beautiful life we were gifted. I hope you enjoy it.

Meditating on impermanence can help us stay present and appreciate life's beauty, even as everything constantly changes.

Impermanence Meditation

In this meditation, we will practice a three-part breathing technique in order to induce a calm state and bring the mind to focus on the breath. This is a perfect practice to warm up for a longer sit, or if you're strapped for time!

Learn a three-part breathing technique in this meditation to induce calmness & focus on breath; it's perfect for a warm-up or time crunch.

Calming Breath

In this practice, I will walk you through a visualization exercise where you can allow your mind to play and imagine. This is the perfect meditation if you are feeling a lack of motivation for a project or task and you need a spark of encouragement!

Visualize to spark motivation: Practice visualization exercise to allow your mind to play and imagine for a boost of encouragement.

Mind Control

Sometimes we need to go back to the basics. Practicing a breath focus meditation can allow us to train our minds in the practice of meditation. Take three minutes out of your day to bring more focus and energy into your life with this accessible meditation. If you are interested in connecting with me, you can also follow me on Instagram at @yogi.bry or visit my website at www.yogibry.com.

Practice breath focus meditation for mental training. Spend 3 minutes daily to boost focus and energy. Follow @yogi.bry or visit www.yogibry.com.

Beginner Breath Meditation

We all have an inner guide, or teacher, that we have the capability of tapping into at any given moment. In this advanced meditation, I will walk you through the steps to access that guide. We will work on purifying an obstacle with them. So if you haven't already, I highly suggest you listen to my Purification Meditation before trying this one. I hope you enjoy it.

Access your inner guide through advanced meditation and purify obstacles with their help, after listening to Purification Meditation.

Inner Guide Meditation

In this meditation, we'll bring awareness to one part of our body at a time to build mindfulness and relaxation. This is a perfect practice to enjoy right before bed.

Meditate on one body part at a time for relaxation and mindfulness, ideal before bedtime.

Body Awareness

It's easy to allow our thoughts and to-do lists to clutter our minds. Use this meditation as a tool to calm the waters of your mind and cultivate positivity.

Meditation helps declutter your mind and cultivate positivity.

Positive Ocean Meditation

In this meditation, we perform a body scan, following the Gallbladder Meridian pathway as taught by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Gallbladder is a Yang pathway and is related to the Spring season, the emotions of determination and frustration, and the wood element. In TCM, the Gallbladder pathway is in charge of distributing Qi throughout the body. It's a great pathway to work on if you suffer from temporal headaches, jaw pain, the tension in the upper traps, tension in ribs, IBS, constipation, sciatica, tight IT band, or ankle problems.

Meditation follows the Gallbladder Meridian pathway to distribute Qi, great for temporal headaches, jaw pain, upper trap tension, IBS, and more.

Gallbladder Meridian Meditation

Being happy takes work and effort. It doesn't come easy, and we know this deep down inside. In this breath focus meditation, we bring in techniques to build happiness and remind ourselves that it's all about practice.

Happiness requires effort and practice, as emphasized in the breath focus meditation technique for building happiness.

Joyful Effort

This fun mindful seeing practice will ground you to whatever space you're in! If you've never tried mindful seeing, this is a great beginner eye-open meditation to try.

Try this beginner's mindful seeing practice for a grounding eye-opening meditation in any space.

Appreciating Life As Is

We lead such busy lives that sometimes it helps to take a moment and recognize that stress, anxiety, and suffering only exist because of joy, hope, and love. Like Yin and Yang, darkness and light balance one another.

Stress and suffering only exist because of joy, hope, and love, as darkness and light balance each other like Yin and Yang.

Easing Stress Meditation & Affirmations

Sometimes in the present moment, we feel different emotions that stir us up. One way to cultivate a feeling of happiness is to remember a pleasant memory that brings up joy for us. That's just what we do in this practice.

Recall a fond memory to cultivate happiness in the present moment.

Taking In the Good

This is a body scan meditation where we utilize the feeling of relaxing downwards with elevating our spirits and connecting to gratitude for this precious life vessel.

"Body scan meditation connects relaxation and gratitude with life vessel."

Relaxing Into Happiness

Have you ever thought about a past event and wished that you knew what you know now? In this meditation, we play with visiting a future version of ourselves so that we can practice that with our current self. The secret is that you have all of the answers within yourself to be able to stay resilient in the present, even when it seems hard. I hope you enjoy it.

Meditation exercise: Visit your future self to gain resilience in the present; all answers lie within.

Future Refuge Meditation

Sometimes we can rely on others to bring up feelings of happiness. We'll play with loving-kindness in this meditation and bring to mind those who we love in order to cultivate that feeling within us in the present moment.

A meditation technique that aims to cultivate happiness by focusing on loved ones and generating the feeling of loving-kindness in the present moment.