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Heart Haven MeditationsCalm Clarity: Guided MeditationIn moments of personal or collective anxiety it is easy to feel thrown. This meditation offers an opportunity to cultivate calm clarity through attuning to your heart. Life requires us to walk through many portals, some more challenging than others. Hard times allow us to discover who we are, to find our mettle. This meditation invites you to open to whatever life presents you in this moment, to feel the weather in your heart, to be curious. When we allow the inner waters to become still, we find the clarity we need to respond to life with wisdom and...2024-12-0531 minHeart Haven MeditationsHeart Alchemy MeditationDrawing from ancient wisdom traditions and inspired by Ram Dass, this timeless meditation invites you to bathe in liquid love, release sadness and loneliness from your heart, and become an instrument for peace, light, and love. The meditation begins with a relaxing body scan before focusing on the heart. You are invited to visualize a wisdom figure whose heart connects to yours. This being lovingly receives any old energies and patterns you wish to let go of. The meditation ends with a lovingkindenss practice. Relax and enjoy this gentle alchemical experience. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke....2024-10-1725 min
Tracks To Relax Sleep MeditationsNumbers In The Sand - Relaxing Sleep MeditationImagine yourself sitting on a beautiful beach and drawing numbers in the sand. As each number gets washed away by the surf, you relax more and more deeply until you drift off into a wonderful deep sleep.Our Podcast is sponsored by Better Help! Get matched with a professional therapist in as little at 48 hours and communicate with them your way via text, chat, email, telephone or video call if you wish. We've used Better Help ourselves and highly recommend their services, save 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/guidedsleep in the UK...2024-07-2038 min
Heart Haven MeditationsLovingkindness 10-minute MettaLovingkindness, also known as "metta," is a Buddhist practice of cultivating good will and positive regard toward yourself and others. The practice invites us to expand the good will of our hearts to reach ever widening circles, extending to loved ones, neutral acquaintances, difficult people, animals, and the planet itself. A longer version of this meditation can be found under the title "Lovingkindness Deep Immersion." Whether done on the meditation pillow or spontaneously in the course of a day, metta has been shown to decrease stress and anxiety and increase compassion for oneself and others. It is a powerful...2024-02-2109 min
Heart Haven MeditationsInterview with Sculptor/Poet Don Freas: Meditation and the Creative LeapJoin sculptor and poet Don Freas, author of In-Between: Creativity Set Free and Swallowing the World: New and Selected Poems, in a rich exploration of the relationship between meditation and creativity. Don describes how his practice of Liangong, a form of Qigong, deepens his somatic awareness in the studio and in life. He explains how his process of journaling, partly inspired by Robert A. Johnson’s book Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth, has deepened self-inquiry, and thereby, self-compassion. Don lets us in on his decades-long conversation with an inner wisdom figure he calls Sophie, a...2024-02-141h 06
Heart Haven MeditationsLovingkindness Deep ImmersionMetta is a Buddhist practice of cultivating good will and positive regard toward yourself and others. A Pali word, metta means lovingkindness. The practice invites us to expand the good will of our hearts to reach ever widening circles, extending to loved ones, neutral acquaintances, difficult people, animals, and the planet itself. Whether done on the meditation pillow or spontaneously in the course of a day, metta has been shown to decrease stress and anxiety and increase compassion for oneself and others. It is a powerful life affirming practice. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. 2024-02-0628 min
Heart Haven MeditationsNDE Guided VisualizationA rerecorded, remastered version of Episode 41, this guided visualization is based on a near-death experience described by Carl Jung in his memoir Memories, Dreams, and Reflections. Jung experienced this vision as he hung on the edge of death after a heart attack. Following a brief relaxation exercise, you will be guided through this vision as if you are experiencing it for yourself. Feel free to replace the particularities of this vision with your own and let it unfold as it wishes. This meditation is a deep dive to be undertaken with care. If you have a history of schizophrenia...2024-01-3033 min
Heart Haven MeditationsWaking Dream Guided MeditationInspired by the work of Carl Jung, this practice of cultivating a "waking dream" helps you to access the wisdom of your subconscious. In Jungian psychology, this technique is called “Active Imagination." Episode 6 of this podcast offers a similar version of this guided visualization with different music. Jung recorded his waking visions in his extraordinary illustrated journal, The Red Book. His meditative technique was recreated by MJ Dorian on his podcast Creative Codex. For deeper instruction, read "Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth" by Robert A. Johnson. This meditation is a deep dive to be un...2024-01-2331 min
Heart Haven MeditationsHeart Coherence Meditation 3: HealingThis is the 3rd of three progressive meditations inspired by Dr. Patrick MacManaway’s book Cultivating Your Light Body. It builds on the strength and stability developed in the first and second practices. Here, we continue cultivating heart-centered awareness in a cycle of witnessing, blessing, and renewal, and we take the further step of using these qualities to restore right relationship to current challenging issues in our lives. We restore a healthy relationship in the pathways of energy that connect us to other people, places, and times. This practice can be demanding on your energy and attention, particularly if it...2024-01-1627 min
Heart Haven MeditationsHeart Coherence Meditation 2: Synchronizing This is the 2nd of three progressive meditations that build on each other, though each can also be done separately. They are inspired by practices taught by Dr. Patrick MacManaway in his book Cultivating Your Light Body. In this meditation we develop our awareness of heart-centered consciousness to include our primary alignment, the center spindle, or vertical axis of our personal globe of consciousness and intelligence, connecting those parts of us that belong to the realms above and below, these energies align and center themselves in our heart, and when in alignment and dynamic balance, k...2024-01-0928 min
Heart Haven MeditationsHeart Coherence Meditation 1: Tuning InThis is the first of three progressive meditations that build on each other, though each can be done separately. Inspired by a practice taught by Dr. Patrick MacManaway in his book Cultivating Your Light Body, this initial meditation is simple and introductory in nature, but subtle and profound in effect. It is designed to guide your awareness toward the heart, and then to bring your awareness within the heart. From this point of source radiance, the practice then expands and integrates your awareness of self throughout your body and into your personal energetic space around you. It’s designed to...2024-01-0224 min
Heart Haven MeditationsNew Beginnings: Affirmations for Inner SovereigntyInspired by Byron Katie, Al-Anon, and 12-Step, these simple affirmations encourage a fresh rewiring of old conditioning. Making the quality of your consciousness your highest priority is the most life-changing action you can take. Moment to moment, are you on autopilot or responding with intention and presence? The more we stop wasting energy trying to control others, the more personal agency is available to us, offering greater clarity and autonomy over our choices and habits. We stand in our own sovereignty--a powerful place to be.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Audio Engineer: Eric Fischer of audio-refined.com.2023-12-3107 min
Heart Haven MeditationsYoga Nidra Luminous Deep SleepThis luminous Yoga Nidra practice invites your body into deep restorative sleep while your mind, like a night-blooming flower, opens to formless awareness. Based on a similar meditation offered by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati, this includes a complete body relaxation, 61-point exercise, and ascending breath practice. Yoga Nidra deepens meditation and unhooks the neuro-conditioning that keeps you stuck. Studies show regular practice alleviates stress, PTSD and improves wellbeing.Music: Christopher Lloyd ClarkeAudio Engineer: Eric Fischer of audio-refined. com Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Wr...2023-12-011h 01Heart Haven MeditationsTrust Your Journey: TalkFriends, I'm taking a short break from posting meditations as I work on a deadline for my novel, DAWNLAND, due out next year. During this hiatus, I will post short talks from time to time when the spirit arises, inspired by whatever I happen to be grappling with at the moment. I wish you well.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Photo by Mario Dobelmann.Audio Engineering by Eric Fischer.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers...2023-11-0803 min
Heart Haven MeditationsThe State of Your Heart: TalkFriends, I'm on a little break from posting meditations while I finish edits on my forthcoming novel, Dawnland, but will post talks from time to time. This short encouragement offers a simple way to check in with your heart as you endeavor to process difficult events in the world or in your life. I invite you to be gentle with the movements of your heart. Be kind to yourself.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Audio Engineering by Eric Fischer of https://www.audio-refined.comSupport the showHost:2023-11-0307 min
Heart Haven MeditationsMorning PrayerThis morning prayer invites you to delight in your human existence and to freely call out for divine assistance. It is based on a Tibetan Buddhist daily practice called "Nectar of the Path" taught by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. It includes The Four Thoughts, Refuge & Bodhichitta, and Guru Yoga. In some cases, I have put the prayers into my own words to make them relatable to a non-buddhist. The original text is available through Tergar.org. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Photo: Nick Fewings.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanS...2023-06-1210 min
Heart Haven MeditationsExpansive Wings: Guided VisualizationThis guided visualization invites you to call to mind a wisdom figure or spiritual guide, to merge your heart with theirs, and together to take wing over the many landscapes of the planet for a soaring experience of expansiveness and gratitude. Bless the land, bless others, and bless yourself in this journey of intimate connection.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on ...2023-06-0521 min
Heart Haven MeditationsEmerging Into Who You Are: Adyashanti Inspired MeditationInspired by Adyashanti's book "Guided Meditations" this compliments the earlier "Pure Potentiality" & "Divine Ground" meditations. Using a background of Tibetan om chanting, it is designed to evoke awareness of the divine ground of your being as it emerges into form with each breath you take. If you like this meditation, I highly recommend Adyashanti's books. He has been an important teacher for me. I wish you a full heart and grounded spirit.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the...2023-05-2934 min
Heart Haven MeditationsYour Unknown Self: Adyashanti Inspired MeditationThis is a shorter version of my meditation "Pure Potentiality" inspired by Adyashanti's audiobook, "Guided Meditations." Recorded during a group meditation, it is designed to evoke awareness of the divine ground of your being, which Adyashanti calls the "unknown self." If you like this meditation, I highly recommend his books and teachings.Music by Christopher LLoyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight Timer2023-05-2222 minHeart Haven MeditationsHeart Coherence Basic MeditationBased on a practice taught by Dr. Patrick MacManaway, this meditation attunes you to the magnetic field of your heart, which not only envelops every cell of your body but has been shown by sensitive magnetometers to extend out in all directions into the space around you. It influences your environment and those around you. Through meditative stillness, you can experience this energy field, bless it with your love, and bring greater coherence to your life. Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers...2023-05-1521 min
Heart Haven MeditationsPema Chodron Inspired Simple MeditationBased on the teachings of Tibetan Buddhist monk Pema Chödrön, this meditation builds your capacity to cultivate stability and foster a friendly relationship with your mind. It uses breath, posture, and mindful awareness to strengthen your inner stability and wellbeing. I highly recommend all of Pema Chodron's books. Relax and enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clark.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMe...2023-05-0809 min
Heart Haven MeditationsOpening to Love: Adyashanti Inspired MeditationBased on a meditation in Adyashanti's "Guided Meditations," this offering evokes heart connection, restoration, and remembrance of who you are. Adya says "redemptive love comes from the dark womb of the unknown and flows into the core of our being as redemptive grace." He invites us to meet all life, all sorrow, with love. The key to this meditation is to relax into a receptive mode. Simply let the words wash through you, restoring you to wholeness.Music: C. Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack...2023-05-0118 min
Heart Haven MeditationsMeditation for Lucid DreamingThis meditation offers guided spiritual hygiene to purify your heart and mind for sleep, followed by the setting of an intention for a lucid dream, and ending with a 21-breath sequence to help you drop off to sleep effortlessly. Inspired by lucid dreaming teacher Andrew Holecek, the combined practices do not guarantee lucidity on the first try, but over time they will cultivate deep restorative sleep and greater lucidity in life and in sleep. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the Well2023-04-2426 min
Heart Haven MeditationsIndra's Net Guided MeditationIndra’s Net is a Buddhist metaphor for the interconnectedness of the universe, or what modern physics might call the quantum field. Alan Watts said: “Imagine a multidimensional spider’s web in the early morning covered with dewdrops. And every dewdrop contains the reflection of all the other dewdrops. And so ad infinitum." Meditating on Indra’s Net reminds us of our unity with each other and all of creation. Let yourself bask in this deep connection.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack...2023-04-1715 min
Heart Haven MeditationsHealing Energy for a Loved One: Guided MeditationThis practice transforms the corrosive aspects of worry into healing energy for you and the person you worry about. It is useful when you feel helpless to relieve their pain, and invites you to notice your projections around it. The practice can be used to offer healing energy to a family member, friend, stranger, pet, landscape, or the planet itself. Drawing from the teachings of Adyashanti, the key is to radically trust the other’s journey as well as your own.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Te...2023-04-1014 min
Heart Haven MeditationsSpread Love: Guided MeditationThis simple meditation is designed to spread love within and around you. Relax into this healing experience. Enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Audio Editing: Eric Fischer of Audi-Refined.com 2023-04-0315 min
Heart Haven MeditationsTonglen Pema Chödrön Inspired MeditationIn the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tonglen, “taking and sending,” you visualize taking in the pain of another on the in-breath and sending out healing energy on the out-breath. The process deepens your heart, widens your circle of compassion, and frees you from the mire of pity. You cultivate love, and begin to access the open dimension of your being. This meditation emulates the style of Tonglen taught by Pema Chödrön.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Audio Engineering by Eric Fischer.Support the showHost: Tess Callah...2023-03-2713 min
Heart Haven MeditationsPure Potentiality: Adyashanti Inspired MeditationThis meditation is inspired by one in Adyashanti's audiobook, "Guided Meditations." Using a Tibetan singing bowl and gentle words, it is designed to evoke awareness of the divine ground of your being, which Adyashanti calls "pure potentiality" or the "unknown self." If you like this meditaion, I highly recommend his books. He has been an important teacher for me. I wish you a calm mind and an awakened heart.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast2023-03-2035 min
Heart Haven MeditationsEverything is in You: Guided MeditationThis track includes a 2-minute introduction followed by a meditation on your intimate connection to the Earth and your part in the unfolding consciousness of the planet. It includes a quote from Eckhart Tolle adapted from the 12th-century mystic Ibn Arabi. When challenges arise, it's useful to remember your connection to the greater fabric of life. Relax and enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clark Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on 2023-03-1516 min
Heart Haven MeditationsLet Your Heart Bloom: Guided MeditationLet your heart bloom with life. This healing meditation is inspired by the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. It invites you to feel more alive today than yesterday and to never forget that you are a divine being waking up in this lifetime. The lines from Rilke are translated by Joanna Macy. Relax into the healing theta binaural beats. Enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on 2023-03-1315 min
Heart Haven MeditationsStillness as a Portal to Awakening: Adyashanti Inspired MeditationStillness of the body invites stillness of the mind. Inspired by a breath practice taught by Adyashanti in his audiobook, "Guided Meditations," this style of meditation has been used by humans for thousands of years. It is extraordinarily simple, yet yields profound inner peace, clarity, and ultimately enlightenment. Practiced daily with or without the recording, the effect on your inner life and consequently your outer life will be transformative. Give yourself this gift. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the Well2023-03-0118 min
Heart Haven MeditationsFind Stability Like a Tree: Guided VisualizationUse this guided visualization to move effortlessly into your own innate stability and groundedness. Let the deep unshakable rootedess of a tree guide you to the peace at the core of your being. From this place of calm stability, you will be more able to respond wisely and effectively to life's challenges.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight Timer2023-02-2215 min
Heart Haven MeditationsQuietude Deep Sleep MeditationAccess the stillness and serenity already within you. Let this calming body scan sink you into gentle relaxation for deep restorative sleep.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Audio Editing: Eric Fischer of...2023-02-2022 min
The Stark Transformation Show181- Love Yourself More with Meditation-Minisode with MeditationYou ARE loved! It's time to reset your mind and body with this short meditation encoded with love and healing that I've prepared just for you. All you need is a pair of earbuds to receive the full effects of the binaural beats selected especially for this meditation. Save this minisode meditation in your favorites to come back to every time you need healing. Music credit: Adrift by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Home - Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by Enlightened Audio Produced by: Julie Belew with iRonic Media2023-02-1418 min
Heart Haven MeditationsRelaxing Into Love: Guided MeditationNotice, savor and bask in the love that resides in your heart. Inspired by Dr. Joe Dispenza's heart coherence work and psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson's research on self-nurturing, this practice invites you to reach through time to support yourself at difficult moments in the past and future, bathing yourself in tender awareness when you need it most. The ocean of love that dwells in your heart wants to be noticed. When prompted to call to mind a person you love a pet works equally well. Relax and enjoy. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the show2023-02-1421 min
Heart Haven MeditationsBuidling Balance through Equanimity: Guided MeditationStrengthen your inner balance and deepen your sense of interconnectedness through the practice of equanimity. This meditation draws from the Buddhist teachings of Alan Wallace and Jack Kornfield. It includes a short breath practice, a guided visualization to expand consciousness, and ends with a prayer from the Christian mystic Teresa of Avila, "Let Nothing Disturb You." Relax and enjoy.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on 2023-02-0615 min
Heart Haven MeditationsThree Questions to Grow Your Future: Alan Wallace Inspired MeditationSeed your future with three questions: What would I love to receive? Who do I want to become? What mark do I want to make on the world? Based on a loving-kindness meditation from THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Buddhist scholar Alan Wallace, this practice invites you to visualize and step into a more intentional and fulfilling life. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke: https://enlightenedaudio.com/Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on 2023-02-0115 min
Heart Haven MeditationsSeeing Your Life in Reverse: Guided MeditationHave you ever had your life flash before your eyes? This meditation gently invites you into that experience not by chance, but by choice. With intention, curiosity, and compassion, witness your life in reverse, reaching back through time to offer your younger self some loving support. If you do this practice regularly, you will likely find different memories arising each time. Enjoy the ride.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers...2023-01-3020 min
Heart Haven MeditationsFree Old Patterns: Guided MeditationNotice your habitual mind state operating below conscious awareness. Once seen, old emotional patterns circling within you like eddies in a river can be freed. By reclaiming energy spent on anxiety and despair, you strengthen your life force and invite wisdom and clarity. This meditation invites you to offer this practice for yourself and others. It is partially inspired by a compassion exercise in the book THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Alan Wallace.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the Well2023-01-2514 min
Heart Haven MeditationsExpansive Love: Guided VisualizationThis guided visualization invites you to call to mind a wisdom figure or spiritual guide, to merge your heart with theirs, and together to take wing over the many landscapes of the planet for a soaring experience of expansiveness and gratitude. Bless the land, bless others, and bless yourself in this journey of intimate connection.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight Timer2023-01-2321 min
Heart Haven MeditationsLove Note from Your Inner CouncilEnjoy this invocation from your "Inner Council" to wake up, take heart, and trust yourself. This meditation was indirectly inspired by the poet Joy Harjo's mention of her "inner council" to author Cheryl Strayed on the podcast Dear Sugars.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan...2023-01-1907 min
Heart Haven MeditationsSolstice MeditationDesigned for the solstice, this meditation can be enjoyed anytime you wish to offer healing energy to the Earth, and feel her healing power in return. Inspired by a Marko Pogacnik LifeNet Telepathic Workshop, the practice invites you to connect your heart and mind with others across space and time in a gesture of love for the planet and all its beings, human, animal, elemental, and angelic. Relax and enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview...2022-12-2019 min
Heart Haven MeditationsVoicing Your Desire: Eckhart Tolle & Clare Dimond Inspired MeditationA clean request generates its own organizing power. When your desire aligns with your soul's purpose, the universe wants to conspire. But you must ask in order to receive. Inspired by Eckhart Tolle's conscious manifestation teachings and Clare Dimond's "Three Principles" work, this meditation opens your heart to germinate the abundance already within.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight Timer2022-12-1419 min
Heart Haven MeditationsYoga Nidra 61-Point Sleep RelaxationYoga Nidra relaxes your body into restorative sleep while your mind, like a night-blooming flower, opens to formless awareness. Based on the teaching of Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati this short version offers a 61-point body scan. See the long version if you also want the additional practices. Yoga Nidra deepens meditation and unhooks the neuro-conditioning that keeps you stuck. Studies show regular practice alleviates stress and improves wellbeing. Enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast2022-12-0742 min
Heart Haven MeditationsConnect to Your Inner Wisdom: Jack Kornfield Inspired MeditationThis guided visualization invites you to rest in a peaceful garden deep in your heart. In this tranquil protected place, you may call upon an inner wisdom figure to offer you insight or simply be present with you in the beauty and stillness. Rest, relax, and drink deeply from your own innermost wisdom.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight Timer2022-12-0514 min
Heart Haven MeditationsRestorative Meditation for Stressed Out MomsLife asks a lot of mothers. This short practice is meant to support you at your weariest and most demanding moments. It can be practiced on the meditation pillow or in the midst of the day. By offering yourself compassion, you gradually shift from reactivity to responsiveness as you meet each new parental challenge. Quoting Thich Nhat Hanh, this meditation encourages you to tend to your own flame in order to nurture your child’s. May this practice offer you strength, serenity, and sustenance.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the show...2022-11-2805 min
Heart Haven MeditationsI Am Enough: Fullness MeditationThis gentle relaxation practice supports your sense of wholeness and helps you taste the fullness at the core of your being. When you are in touch with your true essence, you no longer reach for that which can never fill you. Your soul is vast, radiant, and lacks nothing. Give up bottomless cravings and let yourself taste the splendor at the core of your being. Once you see the fullness within, you can never un-see it.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack...2022-11-2221 min
Heart Haven MeditationsMeditation to Ease Cravings: Look Within for What You Seek This meditation supports your sense of wholeness and helps you taste the fullness at the core of your being. When you drink from your inner well, you no longer reach for that which can never fill you. Look within for what you seek. Your soul is deep and radiant. The more you taste the fullness at the core of your being, the less you crave what can never satisfy. Relax and enjoy.Music by Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the Well2022-11-1719 min
Heart Haven MeditationsUkraine Compassion: Pema Chödrön Inspired MeditationMeditation helps you to center and ground yourself so that you can respond to challenges in your life and in the world with wise action. Based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tonglen as taught by Pema Chödrön, this meditation guides you in channeling the healing energy of your heart to those suffering in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellM...2022-11-1622 min
Heart Haven MeditationsAscending Breath Meditation for Deep SleepBased on a practice taught by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati, this simple ascending breath meditation relaxes your mind and body for deep restorative sleep. Relax and enjoy. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Audio Editing: Er...2022-11-0924 min
Heart Haven MeditationsThe World is Brahman: A Ramana Maharshi Inspired MeditationRelax into the mysterious words of Albert Einstein, the Indian sage Ramana Maharshi & the Christian mystic Meister Eckhart, as well as Adyashanti and Jesus Christ. Simply listen and see what their insights evoke in you. The Buddhist notion of the universe as illusory is often misunderstood. Quantum physics tells us the physical world exists simultaneously as particle and wave. Matter and energy. Form and spirit. You are both at once. Close your eyes, listen and experience your true nature. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess Callahan2022-11-0728 min
Heart Haven MeditationsRewire Your Brain with Joy: Alan Wallace Inspired MeditationOur brains are wired to be Teflon for the good and Velcro for the bad, says psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson, which can lead us into sinkholes of depression and anxiety. But you can rewire that programming by cultivating sympathetic joy for others and savoring your own happy moments. This meditation, inspired by THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Alan Wallace, trains your mind to be limber to change and your heart to be open to joy. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the...2022-11-0212 min
Heart Haven MeditationsFeeling a Loved One Who has Passed: Guided VisualizationThis guided visualization invites you to experience the presence of your deceased loved one, to drink deep their love, and express whatever you wish to express to them. Grief carves out our hearts, making them bigger vessels for love. May this meditation fill your heart with balm and offer you solace.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on 2022-10-3113 min
Heart Haven MeditationsRadical Self-Acceptance: a Tara Brach Inspired MeditationThis compassion practice offers support to help reorient you at times when you feel your life is not as you wanted or you are not as you hoped. When we can cut through our projections and negative self-talk to be radically present to our hearts, we are more able to take wise and constructive action to respond to the moment at hand. This practice is indirectly inspired by one of my meditation teachers, the wonderful Tara Brach.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack...2022-10-2612 min
Heart Haven MeditationsGetting Perspective: a Jack Kornfield Inspired MeditationTake a few minutes to drop deeply into your life as if you were visiting yourself from a higher perspective. This guided visualization invites you to see yourself within the wider context of the living, breathing planet. It encourages you to sense your connection to the landscape, to other human beings, and to the scared heart that connects us all. This meditation is indirectly inspired by one of my meditation teachers, the wonderful Jack Kornfield. Relax and enjoy. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanS...2022-10-2416 min
Heart Haven MeditationsBreathe in Beauty, Breathe Out Pain: Guided MeditationIt's our reflex to contract around pain, physical or emotional, but when the contraction persists it hampers healing. Beauty has the opposite effect. When you allow it in, it opens your mind and expands your heart. This simple technique invites you to breathe in beauty, marinate it in your heartspace, and exhale it out to whatever part of you feels contracted or in pain. May this meditation soothe your suffering. Music: Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview P...2022-10-1914 min
Heart Haven MeditationsSeeing Through Anxiety: a Byron Katie Inspired MeditationAnxiety can sap our life energy and thwart our dreams, but by stepping back to observe it, it can become a portal to awakening. Dissolving anxiety enables us to respond to life's challenges with greater insight, clarity, and calm. Inspired by the teaching of Byron Katie, this meditation invites you to see through the veil of your projections to experience the love that permeates every moment of life. Fully embraced, this practice can set you free. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: W...2022-10-1713 min
Heart Haven MeditationsOne Breath Per Year Life Review MeditationTravel the years of your life from birth to present one breath at a time, bringing compassion to each year, remembered or not, and experiencing the whole movement of your life. People who have near-death experiences often report seeing their lives flash before their eyes, offering clarity that redirects their future. There's no need to wait. Try the recording and then practice on your own if you like. New insights may emerge each time you take the voyage.Music: Christopher Lloyd ClarkeSupport the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack2022-10-1210 min
Heart Haven MeditationsChoosing Love: An Adyashanti Inspired MeditationInspired by Adyashanti's audiobook Guided Meditations, this practice teaches you to disable "autopilot" and enable true agency in your life. Moment to moment throughout your day, the choice to love is always present. You only need to recognize it. Relax and enjoy this soothing meditation. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview Podcast: Writers at the WellMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on YouTubeTe...2022-10-0626 min
Psychic Matters!PM 074: What is a Death Café? with Susan Barsky ReidSend us a text#074 My wonderful guest today is Susan Barsky Reid, who modelled an enterprise called The Death Café, which she founded in 2011, alongside her wonderful son, Jon Underwood. The objective of Death Café is to help us all make the most of our finite lives. Death is one of the great social taboos of our time and Death Café gatherings tend to be joyful occasions. Jon & Susan’s work has brought huge comfort to tens of thousands of people across the world, assisting us all in being courageous and in knowing it’s okay to...2022-10-0646 min
Abundance MindsetThe Temple GardensDeep in the forest, hidden from the world, a wise old sage rests quietly in the gardens that encircle an ancient temple. His eyes closed, he plays a wooden flute as wind chimes sway gently in the breeze. The Temple Gardens captures the feeling of this magical place.
This awe-inspiring meditation is set to the lovely music of Christopher Lloyd Clarke’s The Temple Garden. If you are ready to travel to your own private oasis, you are going to love this meditation that can help you relax and tune into your prosperity mindset.
Practicing mi...2022-09-2321 min
Psychic Matters!PM: 073 - Ancient Yogic Wisdom Meets Modern Mediumship with Gurdeep BhogalSend us a text#073 Trance Medium, Gurdeep Bhogal, is in the studio to share her incredible knowledge on where ancient yogic wisdom meets modern mediumship. When working with clients, Gurdeep uses a trance mediumistic connection, and as she blends her energy, with the energy of her spirit team and deity energies, she uses ancient Indian Yogic Mudras, or hand gestures, and works with her client’s energy centres to bring about balance on many levels. It’s a deep, deep healing modality and I just know you are going to learn so much by listening to this episode...2022-09-221h 08
Heart Haven MeditationsEntering the Door of the "Deep I": A Guided VisualizationEckhart Tolle uses the terms “Little Me” and "Deep I" to distinguish the part of you that runs around on the surface of life from the timeless presence at the core of your being. This guided visualization leads you down a hallway of sheer silken rainbow veils that gently peel away the outer trappings of life and lead you to the doorway of your "Deep I." Drop your labels and step inside to taste your true essence. Relax and enjoy.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSub...2022-09-1730 min
Psychic Matters!PM 072: Wisdom On The Camino with Kathleen Donnelly IsraelSend us a text#072 My guest this week is certified Transformational Breathing Facilitator & Theta Healer, Kathleen Donnelly Israel, who has just written and published her first book - Wisdom On The Camino – a captivating story of her solo 484.67 mile walk at the age of 70, along the Camino Santiago de Compostela, in Northern Spain. Kathleen shares her incredible wisdom & philosophies, gleaned from years of study under many enlightened thought-leaders and teachers and the pilgrims she met along her way.My name is Ann Théato, and the mission of the Psychic Matters Podcast, is to teach you...2022-09-0853 min
Heart Haven MeditationsSavoring Life: Dr. Rick Hanson Inspired MeditationBy taking a few extra seconds to stay with a positive experience, you help turn a passing mental state into lasting neural structure, says neuroscientist Rick Hanson. Our brains are Teflon for the good and Velcro for the bad, but we have the power to change that wiring. This simple practice created by Dr. Hanson strengthens your resilience, heals past wounds, and resets your system for joy and wellbeing. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Support the showHost: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellInterview P...2022-08-3010 min