Mindfulness practices to cultivate calm and kindness through the ups and downs of everyday life.

Mindfulness can help us cope more effectively with short- and long-term stressful situations. These practises help cultivate an awareness of thoughts and actions allowing us to notice when we react in unhelpful ways.

By practicing Carla-Jo’s meditations regularly you will begin to create more healthy habits of mind; developing calm and kind ways of responding to life. Delving deep into your mindfulness practice you will discover the beauty of present moment awareness. These meditations will enable you to feel more steady in coping with life challenges and help you to embrace everything that's beautiful in life.

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Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation

The Kindly Breath Meditation

Mindful Listening Meditation

Opening to Pleasant Experiences

Mindfulness of the Body - Hands

Mindfulness of Thoughts

Kindness to Self - Using Phrases

Breathing Space

Kindness to Self - Using Imagery

Mindfulness of the Body- Feet

The Body Scan

Connection Meditation

Exploring the Breath

Open Awareness

Belly Breathing

Grounding Meditation

Mindfulness Breathing with Less Guidance

Mindfulness of Breathing with Less Guidance

Tension Release Meditation

Breathing Space with Kindness

Gratitude Meditation

Safe Place Meditation

Breathing Meditation with Counting

Softening the Body and Mind

Exploring Focused and Open Awareness

Loving Kindness Meditation

Reconnecting to the Body

Cultivating Calm and Steadiness

Walking Meditation - Out and About

Mindful Breathing 10 Minute Practice

Arriving in This Moment

Settling Before Sleep - Meditation 1

Winding Down Before Sleep

Soothing Meditation to Help with Sleep

Calming Your Busy Mind Meditation

Lovingkindness and Connection Meditation

Carla-Jo Geraghty

Mindfulness Teacher and Mentor

You’ve probably noticed that when you are trying to meditate that there are lots of thoughts popping into your head taking you away from paying attention to your breath. This practice is an opportunity to bring more awareness to this and see if you can begin to let the thoughts go using the breath as an anchor. Please note: If you are struggling with your mental health it's really important to seek professional help. These meditations are not a substitute for that but can be used alongside therapy to help to support you. For more on Carla-Jo and her work please see www.carlajo-mindfulness.com

Meditation helps bring awareness to thoughts and use breath as an anchor, but it's not a substitute for professional help for mental health.