You Balance Your Brain With Breath?

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You Balance Your Brain With Breath?

FromCalm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness

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73 minutes

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Sep 7, 2020

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This week's episode we do an alternate nostril breathing exercise that helps balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain and this sends us into a farrago of related topics.

Released:

Sep 7, 2020

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Titles in the series (100)

Calm The Bleep Down is a podcast discussing discussing the benefits and adventures that come from a daily practice of meditation.

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Wait! You Mean There Is No Spoon?: This week Ami brought in a wandering mind exercise for us to do to showcase how breathing can help you push back the thoughts that come in and out of your mind while meditating. Participate along! by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Falling Back Into Awareness...Whatever That Means: Episode one of Calm The Bleep Down! In this episode we discuss the origin of our own meditation practices, the why and how of things and also the misconceptions about meditation and religion. All that and more in our inaugural episode. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Is Meditation Just The Stop Light For The Traffic In Your Mind?: In this week's episode we talk about emotional digestion and meditating specifically on our pain can actually help dissolve it and how avoiding it or holding on to it can only serve to perpetuate it. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Fear of Death Is The Ultimate FOMO: This week we talked about Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now, anxieties that come from our fear of death as well as pushing past identifying with our thoughts to connect to our true self. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Grounding Breath Meditation: This meditation was originally streamed live, on Facebook, as a part of the Mindset Meditation group on April 5th, 2020. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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If You Can Go From Zero to Ten Over Something Like That...It's Time To Meditate: This week we talk about mindfulness and meditation and everything in between. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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There Is A Disturbance In The Force: This week on Calm The Bleep Down we talked about what is spirituality, non-dualism, the collective consciousness, and the general anxiety so many people to be experiencing in these strange times. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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What's With All The Rules?: On this week's episode of Calm The Bleep Down, we talk about the Warrior's Meditation, which is a book that researched and explored the meditation of Samurai warriors. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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I Am, Therefore I Think: This week we talk about Loch Kelley's book Effortless Mindfulness and how we are so often defined by our thoughts and that our pure consciousness and awareness is with us. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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We Started As Children And Grew Into These Monstrosities: This week we have another interesting exercise with Ami discussing Reactive vs Non-reactive thinking and all thoughts are judgments one way or the other, good, bad, or ugly. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Listening for the Answers: This week we discuss a number of topics, ranging from acknowledging your true self and the questions and answers we get from our time meditating every day. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Calm The Corona Virus Down: This week we talked about how to stay calm in uncertain times. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Body Scan and Breath Meditation: This meditation was originally streamed live, on Facebook, as a part of the Mindset Meditation group on March 30th, 2020. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Do You See Lizard Men When You Meditate?: This week we talk about dreams, consciousness in the afterlife, and Rage Yoga. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Loving Kindness Meditation: This week's meditation is a metta bhavana or Loving Kindness meditation used in buddhism to cultivate compassion and empathy. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Subtle Breath Meditation: This begins our series of guided meditations which were originally recorded as part of the Mindset Meditation Facebook Group. This meditation was recorded on March 23rd, 2020. If you would like more meditations, join the group at... by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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There Is No "I": In this week's episode we discuss the quest to distance ourselves from our ego and the energy of awareness. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Ocean Breath Meditation: This meditation was originally streamed live, on April 11th 2020 as part of the Mindset Meditation Group on Facebook. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Did You Know Meditation Cures Road Rage Too?: This week we do an EKG of sorts on our breath and discuss the unexpected benefits from our own regular meditation practice and how it has affected the people around us. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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You Balance Your Brain With Breath?: This week's episode we do an alternate nostril breathing exercise that helps balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain and this sends us into a farrago of related topics. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Finding Calm in the Midst of Outrage: This week we discuss the relationship between religion and spirituality and trying to find new ways to stay calm amidst all the legitimate outrage thrust upon us on a daily basis. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Manifest That Sh*t: This week we talk about manifestation and meditation magic. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Shifting Energy Meditation: This meditation was originally streamed live, on Facebook, as a part of the Mindset Meditation group on April 4th 2020. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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Beginner's Breath Meditation: This meditation was originally streamed live as part of the Mindset Meditation Group on Facebook. by Calm The Bleep Down Meditation & Mindfulness
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You Balance Your Brain With Breath?

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Titles in the series (100)

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