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Our Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Labyrinth of Meditation: Finding Calm in the Spiral of Chaos (Anxiety & Mental Health Resilience)In this episode, we explore how the practice of meditation can gently guide us through moments of anxiety and overwhelm—especially when life feels chaotic and unpredictable. Using the metaphor of spiral fractals and labyrinths found in nature, we dive deep into what it really means to “spiral inward” when our external world feels out of control.Host Meryl shares personal insights and practical reflections on:- How meditation builds mental health resilience- Why patterns of anxiety often repeat—and how noticing them is the f...2025-07-1718 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyOracle Card Ritual: Shadow Work on the Full Moon to Balance Overwhelm and AnxietyDo you ever sit down to meditate... only to feel more overwhelmed or disconnected?If anxiety has made your usual grounding practices feel ineffective, this reflective Thunder Moon episode brings a fresh perspective. Meryl guides you through a nature-inspired Oracle card ritual that invites emotional clarity and self-compassion — perfect for listeners who are feeling mentally scattered or in need of deeper connection.In this short, powerful episode, you’ll discover:1. A unique meditation ritual using Oracle cards to support emotional resilience2025-07-1405 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety15 min Guided Thunderstorm Nature Meditation: From Chaos to CalmJust The MeditationA 15-minute guided Thunderstorm nature meditation moving you from total chaos to total calm.This episode explores how seemingly small stressors create deep emotional fractals—repeating patterns of response that pull us further into anxiety. Drawing insight from both parenting chaos and nature’s geometry, Meryl guides us to use meditation not just as an escape, but as pattern recognition and real-time course correction.You’ll discover:1. How to use simple breath awareness to interrupt overwhelming mental loops2025-07-0710 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyFrom Total Chaos to Inner Calm: What Nature Meditation Taught Me About AnxietyIs your anxiety trying to teach you something, but you’re too overwhelmed to hear it?This episode explores how seemingly small stressors create deep emotional fractals—repeating patterns of response that pull us further into anxiety. Drawing insight from both parenting chaos and nature’s geometry, Meryl guides us to use meditation not just as an escape, but as pattern recognition and real-time course correction.You’ll discover:1. How to use simple breath awareness to interrupt overwhelming mental loops2. What nature’s fractals...2025-07-0316 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety15 min Guided Meditation | Summer Solstice Finding Stillness in the ForestJust the meditationThe Summer Solstice is a stillpoint - a moment that begs you to pause, to feel your feet on the earth, and restablish where you are going.When anxiety floods your mind and the pressure to “keep going” feels overwhelming, stillness might feel like the last thing you need—but it’s exactly what this nature-inspired meditation practice offers. In this reflective and grounding episode, Meryl guides you through a mossy metaphor that gently invites you to stop, listen, and reconnect with your body’s inner wisdom.2025-06-2309 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySummer Solstice: A Still Point for Meditation, Nature, and Anxiety ReliefAre you constantly searching for clarity in the middle of emotional chaos?When anxiety floods your mind and the pressure to “keep going” feels overwhelming, stillness might feel like the last thing you need—but it’s exactly what this nature-inspired meditation practice offers. In this reflective and grounding episode, Meryl guides you through a mossy metaphor that gently invites you to stop, listen, and reconnect with your body’s inner wisdom.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why pausing—rather than pushing—can be the most resi...2025-06-1915 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety4 Simple Ways to Foster Connection and Improve Mental HealthWant to improve your mental health? One of the easiest and most effective steps you can take is to foster to CONNECTION But to what? And how? In this episode, Dr. Adam Dorsay, author and host of the podcast Super Psyched, joins us for conversation about the intricacies of connection.What You'll Hear:Understanding ConnectionDr. Dorsay defines connection as "an internal emotional response that makes you feel alive" and reveals how disconnection appears...2025-05-0819 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyGuided Meditation: Connection & Resilience for the Overwhelmed, Anxious Mind✨Just the meditationIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, our May meditation series is going to dive into CONNECTION - to Self, to others, to the natural world and to Spirit - as a response to the mental health crisis of our time: disconnection. Experience a guided meditation that helps awaken your senses, quiet the overwhelmed and anxious mind, and build a resilient, connected spirit.Press play now to immerse yourself in a heartfelt meditation journey that strengthens your connection to yourself, your co...2025-05-0511 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyHow Meditation Builds Connection and Resilience in a Disconnected World {Mental Health Awareness Month}Disconnection is THE mental health crisis of our time. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, our May meditation series is going to dive into CONNECTION - to Self, to others, to the natural world and to Spirit.In a time marked by political chaos, rising loneliness, and emotional exhaustion, many are searching for ways to restore a deep sense of belonging. This episode explores how meditation can be a powerful tool to reconnect — not only to ourselves and to each other, but also to the natural world that su...2025-05-0117 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyGuided Meditation: Why Tuning Into the Earth Element Can Instantly Soothe Burnout & the Overwhelmed MindJust the Meditation ✨In times of burnout, uncertainty, or overwhelming responsibility, it’s easy to feel unmoored. This episode offers a grounding antidote: reconnecting with the Earth not just as a planet, but as a living, supportive force beneath you. Whether you're navigating stress, healing from disconnection, or simply craving calm, this meditation practice will anchor you.Press play to journey into the heart of Earth energy and walk away feeling more supported, connected, and calm than when you arrived.Today's soundscape is from Joyc...2025-04-2811 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyFrom Burned Out to Resilient: How Earth Meditation Rebuilt My Inner FoundationHave you ever truly felt held by the Earth—not just standing on it, but supported in a deep, ancestral way?In times of burnout, uncertainty, or overwhelming responsibility, it’s easy to feel unmoored. This episode offers a grounding antidote: reconnecting with the Earth not just as a planet, but as a living, supportive force beneath you. Whether you're navigating stress, healing from disconnection, or simply craving calm, this conversation will anchor you.Experience how ancient trails, rock outcroppings, and rooted trees can reflect and hold our modern-day worr...2025-04-2417 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyEarth Day Meditation & Nature Reflection {Retreat Recording}Honoring Earth Day ✨In a fast-paced world where we often feel disconnected from ourselves and the earth, this episode offers a gentle yet powerful reminder that simple acts—like arranging flowers or walking in nature—can become profound spiritual practices that reduce anxiety and quiet the overwhelmed mind. Any yet, these elemental experiences aren't just calming—they reconnect us to something timeless and essential.Discover how three ancient texts across different traditions honor the Earth element as both cosmic and deeply personal.Learn how practices like flo...2025-04-2204 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyGuided Water Meditation: Let Go and Trust the Journey✨Just the Meditation✨In this episode, we explore the powerful lessons of the water element in meditation. Water moves with ease, follows the path of least resistance, and embraces the journey rather than the destination. If you’ve ever struggled with fear of the unknown or feeling stuck in life, this episode is for you.Press play now and discover how embracing the lessons of water can help you find peace, trust your journey, and move forward with ease.Sign up for my newsletter at htt...2025-04-2112 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyFrom Resistance to Flow: The Water-Inspired Path to MindfulnessAre you holding on too tightly to control, fear, or the familiar? What if the secret to peace was learning to let go—just like water?In this episode, we explore the powerful lessons of the water element in meditation. Water moves with ease, follows the path of least resistance, and embraces the journey rather than the destination. If you’ve ever struggled with fear of the unknown or feeling stuck in life, this episode is for you.Learn how water’s natural flow mirrors the path of mindfulness and pe...2025-04-1719 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety{Mini Meditation} Fire Meditation to Avoid Emotional Burnout and Reignite Passion✨ Just the Meditation ✨Fire is perhaps the most often referenced element within sacred practices from around the world. In cultures near and far, the belly is seen as the home of our life force, our passion, our drive, our digestion {of food, thought and feeling}.When we work with the element of fire in our meditation practice, it is useful to reflect on the element of fire in the external world as well - In reading about controlled burns of forest, two of the most...2025-04-1411 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWhy Meditating On Your Inner Fire Can Transform Stress Into StrengthHave you ever felt overwhelmed by stress or weighed down by old stories that no longer serve you? What if fire—the element of transformation—held the key to clearing out the past and reigniting your passion for life?In this episode, we dive deep into the ancient wisdom of fire energy, exploring how intentional "burning" can help us release limiting beliefs, manage emotions, and create space for new growth. Just like controlled burns in nature prevent destructive wildfires, learning to work with our inner fire can prevent emotional outbursts and bring balance to our...2025-04-1018 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyFrom Mental Clutter to Inner Calm: The Power of Wind Meditation {Mini Meditation}✨ Just the Meditation ✨When an ecosystem is healthy and thriving, we see the elements {Earth, Air, Fire & Water} working in tandem to promote the most prosperity and diversity possible.The same holds true within the inner landscape. We can use the elements both as an anchor for our meditation practice as well as tools for balancing anxiety, depression and overwhelm. In today’s mini meditation:Discover how the ancient wisdom of the elements can help you create inner harmony.Experience a guid...2025-04-0710 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety3 Signs Your Inner Ecosystem Is Out of Balance & How to Fix It with Nature Meditation {Wind Edition}Have you ever felt stuck, weighed down by stress, or unsure how to move forward? What if the key to clarity and transformation was as simple as connecting with the elements?This episode explores the power of elemental meditation, focusing on the wind element as a tool for clearing, movement, and renewal. Through guided practices, you’ll learn how to tap into the natural forces within and around you to cultivate balance and mindfulness.Discover how the ancient wisdom of the elements can help you create inner harmony....2025-04-0319 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyNurtured by Nature: Meditation for Emotional Exhaustion✨ Just the meditationEmotionally exhausted? This meditation is for you.Crafted from the latest in PTSD treatment techniques this meditation offers a unique visualization practice that you can use on and off the cushion. Take a deep breath, settle in, and press play to immerse yourself in a meditation practice that will help you release exhaustion and regain a sense of calm and renewal.Today's meditation music is a nature soundscape from Olympic National Park as recorded by Nick Mc...2025-03-3110 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Unexpected Link Between PTSD Treatment & Nature Meditation for Emotional ExhaustionFeeling emotionally drained and completely exhausted? Ever wondered if there's a way to restore your energy and reset your nervous system through meditation?Compassion fatigue and emotional burnout are all too common, especially when juggling the demands of caregiving, work, and personal life. This episode explores how meditation can not only help you acknowledge exhaustion but also actively restore your energy using a powerful visualization technique rooted in PTSD treatment research.☑️ Learn how emotional exhaustion zaps the nervous system and why your body responds as if it is being atta...2025-03-2715 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySpring Equinox Nature Meditation {Live Retreat Recording}Just The Meditation: Spring Equinox ✨ A Journey of Renewal & Healing Awaits -As light and dark come into perfect harmony, the spring equinox offers a powerful moment to pause, reflect, and realign with your true essence. Honored across cultures as a time of renewal and rebirth, this sacred season invites you to shed the old and embrace new possibilities. In this **special live-recorded meditation** from our retreat, you’ll be guided through the ancient symbolism of the golden egg—representing protection, potential, and prophecy—to awake...2025-03-2412 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyHarness The Hidden Power of the Spring Equinox with a Nature Meditation for Renewal and Growth {live retreat recording}A Special Spring Equinox Meditation Retreat ✨Are you overlooking the power of the equinox in your meditation practice?As day and night find perfect balance, this season invites us to reflect, reset, and realign with our truest selves. Ancient traditions recognized this time as one of possibility, creativity, and rebirth. In this meditation, we explore the profound symbolism of the egg—protection, potential, and prophecy—helping you connect with your inner wisdom and set intentions for the months ahead.Discover the power of the equino...2025-03-2000 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyHow to Sit with Grief: A Meditation Practice for When Sadness Feels Too Big✨Just the MeditationGrief, sadness, and heartache can feel all-consuming, making it difficult to stay present. Today's meditation practice is an invitation to hold these emotions with care—not to fix or erase them, but to nurture connection to ourselves, others, and the natural world.Experience a guided meditation practice infused with poetry, breathwork, grounding techniques, and the sounds of Glacier National Park to hold space for your emotions with kindness.Take a deep breath, find a quiet place, and press play to explore a co...2025-03-1700 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety3 Ways to Meditate Through Heartache Without Feeling OverwhelmedHave you ever felt so overwhelmed by grief that it seemed to erase every other emotion? In those moments, meditation might feel impossible—but what if it could become a space for tenderness rather than escape?Grief, sadness, and heartache can feel all-consuming, making it difficult to stay present. This episode explores how meditation can help us hold these emotions with care—not to fix or erase them, but to nurture connection to ourselves, others, and the natural world.- Learn how to recognize your personal “window of tolerance” and when...2025-03-1300 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyNurtured by Nature: Meditation for AnxietyJust The Meditation ✨Do you ever feel like you're being tossed about by life's constant changes, unable to find solid ground in the midst of chaos?In our fast-paced world filled with uncertainty, finding stability can seem impossible. But what if you could stand strong like a mountain through life's storms?In this meditation, you'll experience a peaceful meditation practice focused on equanimity—that steady, balanced quality that helps you remain centered when everything around you is changing.Immerse your...2025-03-1010 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyHow to Use Nature Meditation as a Tool for Navigating Anxiety and StressFeeling overwhelmed by the constant changes in life? Struggling to find stability in the chaos? This meditation explores the power of equanimity—your ability to stay steady like a mountain amidst life’s storms.In a world where personal stress, anxiety and global turmoil seem never-ending, how do we stay grounded? Through meditation, we can develop a sense of inner steadiness that allows us to navigate uncertainty with more ease. This episode provides a reflective practice to help you cultivate resilience and balance.Discover how equanimity can help you remain cent...2025-03-0616 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyHonoring Our National Parks: A Nature Meditation for Connection and GratitudeHow can we honor and protect the sacred lands that sustain us? Join this special meditation practice dedicated to the Earth, where we deepen our connection and commitment to its well-being.With national parks and natural spaces under increasing threat from policy rollbacks, climate change, and resource exploitation, it’s easy to feel powerless. But through mindful reflection and meditation, we can cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth—one that moves beyond gratitude into active reciprocity.Experience a guided meditation that shifts focus from self-centered practice to offering support and...2025-03-0310 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyNature-Inspired Sleep Meditation: Let Go of Stress & Drift Off Naturally (Overwhelmed by Anxiety? Try This Meditation)Do you ever find yourself tangled in anxious thoughts at night, struggling to ease into restful sleep?This episode offers a deeply soothing sleep meditation set beside a natural hot spring on a snowy, star-filled night. If stress, anger, or racing thoughts keep you awake, this practice will guide you into a state of relaxation through mindful breathwork and gentle visualization.Experience a full-body release of tension with guided breath counting.Learn how slowing your breath naturally steadies the mind for deep rest.Feel a...2025-02-2710 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyFeeling Overwhelmed at Night? This Meditation Will Ease Anxiety & Help You UnwindJust The Meditation ✨Do you ever find yourself lying in bed, unable to turn off your mind—still thinking about the stress of the day or worrying about tomorrow?End-of-day fatigue and mental chatter can make it hard to truly unwind, leaving you restless and disconnected. But what if you could release the tension and reclaim your evenings with a simple, soothing meditation? In this episode, you will consciously release the day's tensions and reconnect with yourself before sleep with a beautiful visualization practice wher...2025-02-2410 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyEvening Meditation: A Mindful Practice for Letting Go of Daily Stress (Ease Anxiety & Find Peace Through Meditation)The evening hours often arrive with an unwelcome companion—a mind still buzzing with the day's events, shoulders tight with tension, and thoughts already drifting to tomorrow's challenges. As the sun sets, many of us find ourselves caught in what author Lynne Twist calls "the reverie of lack," that persistent whisper telling us we haven't done enough, aren't enough, don't have enough.But what if you could learn to consciously release the day's tensions and reconnect with yourself before sleep? In this third episode of our meditation series, we explore a gentle yet powerful ev...2025-02-2016 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyGuided Evening Meditation: Release the Day's Tension (For the Overwhelmed Mind)Just The Meditation ✨Do you ever find yourself lying in bed, unable to turn off your mind—still thinking about the stress of the day or worrying about tomorrow?End-of-day fatigue and mental chatter can make it hard to truly unwind, leaving you restless and disconnected. But what if you could release the tension and reclaim your evenings with a simple, soothing meditation? In this episode, you will consciously release the day's tensions and reconnect with yourself before sleep with a beautiful visualization practice wher...2025-02-1910 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyOverwhelmed by Noon? Try This Quick Lunch Break Meditation for Stress ReliefOverwhelmed? Stressed? Anxious? Try this quick 10-minute, lunch break meditation that is designed to reset the nervous system and quiet the mind. No chatter; no distractions - this episode is JUST THE MEDITATION. Pop-in your headphones, settle into a comfy spot and let's meditate on our lunch break. Today's meditation music comes to us from a bamboo forest on the road to Hana - almost musical, definitely rhythmic, and always soothing.Take a few minutes for yourself and experience...2025-02-1707 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMidday Reset: A 10-Minute Lunch Break Meditation for Anxiety ReliefDo you ever start your day with the best of intentions—only to find yourself overwhelmed by midday, rushing through lunch, and feeling completely drained?Midday stress can quickly derail even the best-planned day, leaving you exhausted and disconnected from yourself. But what if just 5-10 minutes of mindfulness could reset your nervous system and bring you back to center? In this episode, Meryl Arnett shares a simple yet powerful lunchtime meditation to help you feel grounded, refreshed, and ready to take on the rest of your day.Learn ho...2025-02-1314 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWake Up with Gratitude: Morning Nature Meditation from Maui (Start Your Day Calm & Free from Anxiety)What if you could start your day feeling grounded, grateful, and clear-minded—without the noise and distractions? In this peaceful guided meditation, you’ll be immersed in the sounds of a Maui sunrise, setting the tone for a day filled with intention and gratitude. No chatter, no clutter—just a mindful practice designed to help you cultivate calm, connection, and resilience from the moment you wake up. Awaken with a sense of gratitude and purpose Feel deeply connected to nature’s rhythm and energy Begin your day with clarity, focus, and inner pe...2025-02-1010 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMorning Meditation: From Cushion to Daily Life | Guided Practice & TipsThis week, we explore how to weave mindfulness through our entire day, starting with a gentle morning practice that sets our intentions and opens our hearts to daily gifts. What We'll Share Together:A gentle morning practice that helps us set our day's intentionSome thoughts about consistency (spoiler: it matters more than duration!)A beautiful concept called the cycle of reciprocity that might just change how you see your dayReal, practical ways to stay connected to our practice, even when life gets busyOur Practice Today:A 20-minute...2025-02-0620 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Call of the Woodpecker: A Nature-Inspired Meditation to Soften Anxiety and Find ConnectionWelcome back to Our Mindful Nature! This week, we explore how the woodpecker's drumming can guide us in releasing emotional armor, including anxiety and overwhelm, and deepening our connection with the natural world.What You'll Experience:- A guided meditation synced with the woodpecker's natural drumming pattern- Gentle body scanning and breath awareness practice- An invitation to let nature's rhythms soften our emotional armorMeditation Music Details:- Morning bird chorus recorded in a California coniferous forest...2025-01-3006 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyOcean Meditation: Exploring Dreams, Oracle Cards & the Subconscious (Overwhelmed? Try This Calming Practice)Exploring the Depths of AwarenessIn this final episode of our heartfulness series, we’re diving below the surface of mindfulness into the rich, uncharted waters of the subconscious. While mindfulness often focuses on our conscious, waking mind, heartfulness invites us to explore the deeper layers of our being — the parts of us that dwell in dreams, intuition, and quiet knowing.What We Discuss in This Episode:How mindfulness works with the thinking mind, while heartfulness taps into the subconscious.Why Albert Einstein’s wisdom—“You cannot solve a problem...2025-01-2321 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyIntention & Attention: Nature-based Meditation for HeartfulnessWelcome back to Our Mindful Nature! This week, we’re continuing our heartfulness series by stepping off the meditation cushion and into the great outdoors.Last episode, we explored the softer, heart-led practice of meditation — a way of being curious, embodied, and a co-participant in the experience rather than its manager. But heartfulness isn’t just for meditation; it’s a lens for living. And one of the most powerful ways to nurture heartfulness is by connecting with nature.What We Discuss in This Episode:Did heartfulness shift your med...2025-01-1617 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyNew Year's Day Guided Nature Meditation: Heartfulness, A Softer Path in 2025Happy New Year and welcome back to Our Mindful Nature, where we explore the intersection of meditation, nature, and mental health. Let’s start the year by diving into a fresh, gentler perspective on mindfulness — or should we say, heartfulness?In this episode, I share a thought that’s been swirling in my mind: what if we reframed our practice? While in the West, meditation is often translated as “mindfulness,” the original Pali word aligns more closely with the concept of “heartfulness.” Imagine how this shift might change the way we experience meditation practice and life.2025-01-0918 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWinter Solstice Guided Meditation; Live Retreat Recording (Anxiety Relief & Nature-Inspired Reflection)Today’s episode of Our Mindful Nature - a live recording of my Winter Solstice meditation retreat - is the perfect practice to welcome in the winter season. A mini meditation retreat you can do at home!The Winter Solstice is always a discussion of light and dark. Mythology abounds, as do rituals of celebration and reflection. In this class, you will hear some of the mythology surrounding the Winter Solstice. We will explore what it means to ‘harvest the fire’ in this season; we will talk about caves, bees, f...2024-12-1927 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWinter Sleep Meditation: Held in the Womb of the Earth (Meditation For Anxiety & Mental Health)A winter sleep meditation for you today, dear listeners!As we slip into the darker, colder, and yet somehow busier part of the year I thought we would dedicate some class time to the richness of rest. This episode is an invitation to get cozy, to set aside your to-do list for a few moments, and rest.You can utilize this guided meditation forNaptime or a mid-day resetGentle guidance into evening sleepSupport for falling back asleep if you wake in the middle o...2024-12-1215 min
The Chakra Way Meditation PodcastChakra Chat - with Meryl Arnett (Meditation Teacher)In this episode I am in conversation with Meryl Arnett who is a meditation teacher and a teacher of teachers, which is always a good sign! Meryl was a font of wonderful information, ideas, concepts and tips. We discuss the different ways we came to do what we do and I think our perspectives melded together really well!If you would like to learn more about Meryl's work please do check out her website merylarnett.com and her podcast The Mindful Minute.You can reach me at My website - chakra-way...2023-09-1458 min
Mind Declutter with Athea DavisEp. 144: How to Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Meryl ArnettHappy Day, Friend! My special guest today is Meryl Arnett. We are talking about ways you can deepen your meditation practice. Meryl is a mama, international meditation teacher, and trainer, and her passion is introducing mindfulness in ways that are both accessible and enjoyable to all of us.Meryl’s meditation classes have been featured on CNN Headline News, TODAY.com, and Good Housekeeping Magazine, and her podcast is consistently named a Top 10 meditation podcast. In 2022, The Mindful Minute podcast was in the top 5% most shared podcasts of the year.Connect wi...2023-07-2248 min
The Roller Coaster of MidlifeSilence is Golden: Learn How to Listen to Your Inner Voice with Meryl ArnettPrepare to delve into the tranquillity within! In this eye-opening episode of 'The Roller Coaster of Midlife,' we invite you to discover the magic that silence weaves. We're joined by the iconic Meryl Arnett, mother, nature lover, and the enchanting voice behind the incredibly popular 'The Mindful Minute' podcast. Imagine finding the way to your very own fountainhead of creativity, all by simply 'Learning to Listen.' Yes, it's within you, waiting to be discovered. With Meryl's expert guidance and inspiring insights, this episode unearths the process of tuning into your inner knowing - t...2023-06-2734 min
Vibrational ShiftDeep Listening with Meryl ArnettJoin Johanna for the first episode of season 2! On this first episode Johanna chats with her meditation teacher, Meryl Arnett. Meryl talks about deep listening during shifts in her life and then leads listeners through a short 10 minute meditation.
Meryl Arnett is a mama, nature lover, meditation teacher, and the creator of The Mindful Minute podcast. Meryl delights in combining the magical and the mundane - using nature, art, literature, and dreams alongside the endless laundry, dishes and bills of real life to inspire and inform her teaching.
Meryl has been teaching meditation internationally since 2010, and her meditation classes have be...2023-06-0943 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMeet Meryl {Spiritually Inspired Interview}I have something a bit different for you today! I was recently interviewed by Sara Rae Hoaglund for her podcast, Spiritually Inspired. I thought you guys might enjoy hearing a bit about my early experiences with meditation, how I defined meditation, and how to deepen your meditation practice when you are ready for more than just 10-minutes a day! This conversation was such a blast. Be sure to check out Sara Rae’s other interviews on Spiritually Inspired and be on the lookout for her interview on The Mindful Minu...2023-06-0828 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySabbaticalI’m doing something a little bit scary this month… I am taking off the entire month of July.For the last six months or so, I’ve been wondering - how does someone who is self-employed take a sabbatical? And what I finally realized is no one else is going to give me permission. I’m the only one who can make that choice. And so {gulp} I am doing it. For the next 6 weeks, there will be no live classes, no new podcast episodes, no creating of any kind...2022-06-1607 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Time Is Yours To Play WithOften, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the belief that there isn’t enough time and that we are not in control of what little time we do have…The secret truth is that time is ours to play with. The time we dedicate to eating, sleeping, making money, and caring for others - this time is sacrosanct and given priority. But prayer, meditation, study, pleasure - these are fit in only in stolen seconds. 2022-06-1314 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySpiritual Physics {part 2}In this 2-part series, we are looking at meditation as the nexus of space, time, and body-soul.Last week, we explored how we might fully enter space, the heartbeat of the earth and our resonance when we fully connect in this way. This week, we tackle the concept of time. Perhaps the most frequent refrain I hear as a meditation teacher is…. “But, I don’t have time?!”.Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere...2022-06-0933 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Fully Embody Your SpaceIn today’s mini meditation, we investigate what it means to be fully connected to space. If meditation is the nexus of space, time and soul - how do we step into our space completely and mindfully? In electromagnetic fields, a form of space, there is attraction, repulsion, movement, holding together, and transformation from one type of energy to another.Join me for a mini meditation inviting you to explore your relationship with space. These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home pract...2022-06-0617 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySpiritual Physics {part 1}Recently, I was having a discussion regarding the nexus of space, time, and soul - a meeting point I think of as the practice of meditation - when someone suggested that this exploration was a form of Spiritual Physics.If you’ve listened to this podcast for any length of time you know I often pull in theories, quotes and ideas from physicists so this term feels spot on for the work we do in meditation. The definition of physics is -Physics is the...2022-06-0232 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Self-Care ReflectionToday’s mini meditation is a special self-care practice. You will hear poet James Crews read his poem, Self-Care, and then I will share his invitation for reflective journaling. Grab a notebook, a pen, and a cup of tea. Settle into a comfortable seat and join us!You can find this poem and reflection {and many others!} in James’ new book, The Path to Kindness. You can find The Path to Kindness at your local, independent bookstore, and you can learn more about James at jamescrews.net...2022-05-3008 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Path to Kindness with James CrewsFor quite awhile now, I have wanted to bring a conversation about poetry to The Mindful Minute. Over the years, I’ve found more and more a connection between reading poetry and my meditation practice, and today, I get to finally explore this connection with poet James Crews!James Crews’ work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun Magazine, Ploughshares, and The New Republic, as well as on Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry newspaper column. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in...2022-05-2646 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Defining Your Values with Dr. Andrew NewbergDr. Andrew Newberg, a neurotheologist, shares a short practice with us of defining our innermost values and making sure that our actions support those values. You can listen to his full interview on the 5.19.22 episode - Spirituality and Meditation. These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home practice. Tune in every Monday to find your practice for the week! Full episodes are released every Thursday for a longer, deeper practice.Join my FREE meditation community here: https://meditate-with-meryl.mn.co/2022-05-2306 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySpirituality & Meditation; An Interview with Dr. Andrew NewbergDr. Andrew Newberg, one of my favorite former guests, is back with us today to talk about mindfulness, spirituality and our mental well-being. I’ve just wrapped a meditation series, Can Meditation Unite Us, that has reflected on the overlap of several spiritual traditions, and I thought it would be interesting to talk to Dr. Newberg about what happens in our minds and our bodies as we engage with spiritual practices.Dr. Newberg is a neuroscientist and a pioneer in the neurological study of religious and spiritual experiences, a field known as “neurotheology.” His resear...2022-05-1945 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: A Practice of Unity2+ years into a pandemic, when we’ve been enforcing various levels of separation in our daily lives, we are mentally and emotionally unwell. And we find ourselves in this moment with time, space and nature all reminding us that to heal is to connect. Yet, this is really hard at this moment because we’ve created neural pathways of separation. Luckily, we know that meditation is a practice of creating NEW neural pathways, and not only that - meditation is a practice of being present, non-judgmental and compassionate with ourselves and with ALL other being...2022-05-1616 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyCan Meditation Unite Us? {part 3}Within this series, we are exploring the concept of unity through our meditation practice. So often, we look at our meditation practice through the lens of its 3 tenets: presence, non-judgment, and compassion. Most of the time, I break these tenets down into their individual practices so that we can explore them each in a deeper way - BUT, this can create the mistaken belief that we can ONLY focus on one tenet at a time, or that if we tried to do it all we would have to meditate for an hour.The truth...2022-05-1235 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Lovingkindness for Our Mama HeartsBeing a mom; trying to become a mother; or not becoming a mother is likely one of the most difficult experiences of your life. We love our children, we worry endlessly, and we often experience the vast extremes of emotions with them or with our own seeming successes or failures.One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves in relation to the word ‘mom’ is a practice that refills and strengthens our emotional reserves. Join me in this practice of lovingkindess just for the mama-hearts out there… no matter...2022-05-0912 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyREPLAY: For The Mamas*This episode originally ran in 2018, and I am delighted to replay it for you this week as we celebrate the mamas. Happy Mother’s Day, mamas! This short meditation is a chance to sit and be with it all. Being a mother is its own complex mess of emotions, feelings and thoughts. And, we are here for it. All of it. Celebrating the joys, the sorrows, the triumphs and the defeats. Celebrating the mundane and the magnificent. We are here for it. We are here for each other. Happy Moth...2022-05-0511 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Have FaithWe are so entrenched in our sides, our tribes, our ideological beliefs, that it feels almost impossible to comprehend how someone could feel or believe differently. Take any political issue, and my guess is that you can’t even believe how someone on the other side could think their choice is a good one, and yet - Even in this inability to comprehend, we know that ‘they’ are thinking the exact same thing about ‘our’ beliefs and choices. It blows the mind, doesn’t it? How is resolution or unity possible?And, the...2022-05-0214 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyCan Meditation Unite Us? {part 2}This month, we are paying attention to the overlap of Easter, Passover, and Ramadan, and the way the universe seems to be reminding us of what is most important - Our connection to each other and to the planet. In our meditation practice, we can also explore our sense of unity. One of the tenets of a mindful meditation practice is non-judgment. We talk about this idea of not judging ourselves, our thoughts or our emotions quite often, but what about our judgment of others....2022-04-2831 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Personal RenewalIn our meditation practice, we are invited into the present moment. But the cool thing is that the present moment isn’t a static place. In fact, the present moment is more like a precipice, an edge…The present moment is a continually expanding experience of what is NOW. I think of it as a verison of the universe itself. Scientists know that the universe is continually expanding - and it feels like the present moment is a microcosm of the universe as a whole. A multitude of experiences are c...2022-04-2515 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyCan Meditation Unite Us? {part 1}April 2022 is a powerful month this year. For the first time in 31 years, the sacred holidays of Passover, Easter & Ramadan all overlap in the same month. These holidays respectively celebrate themes of liberation and expansion, rebirth and renewal, and forgiveness and self-restraint.Unrelated, I went on a foraging hike this weekend in the North Georgia mountains. I learned about some of the medicinal plants that are in abundance right now like violets, dead nettle, and yellow root. So many of these plants offer medicine that is deeply needed in this moment - respiratory health...2022-04-2133 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: How We GrowIn the last episode, Rhizomatic Meditation, I created and shared this term - ‘Rhizomatic Meditation’ which is really just another way to describe the process of becoming a meditator, in my opinion.A rhizome is “a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals” like ginger or iris plants.I think this is an interesting lens to view our meditation practice through as well. Rather than a clear end goal that we are systematically working towards, accomplishing one study unit and then the next...2022-04-1816 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyRhizomatic MeditationI recently attended a forum titled ‘Democracy Under Siege: Authoritarianism and the Psyche’. It was fascinating; just in case you were wondering exactly how nerdy I am…During the panel discussion a comment was made that democracy asks us to embrace rhizomatic thinking or rhizomatic imagination. This phrase immediately jumped out at me because I had just taught the last ‘Way of Roots’ meditation class and I knew this was tied to that topic, but how?A rhizome is “a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and a...2022-04-1426 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: EntangledIn physics, entanglement refers to particles that “have correlated attributes such that they act not as individual particles but as an inseparable whole.”Within our meditation practice, I think we see entanglement on two levels:First, our practice becomes entangled with our lived experience. Initially perhaps, our practice feels like this thing we do on our meditation cushion and then we go live our lives the other 23 hours and 50 minutes of the day. But slowly, slowly this practice tangles with our waking, walking moments and we feel more and more...2022-04-1115 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Way of Roots {part 3}Within this meditation series, we have discussed how rootedness is innate to us {part 1}, and how paths carved by our rootedness lead us to a rewilding of the spirit {part 2}, and now in the last part of the Roots meditation series we discuss entanglement. In physics, entanglement refers to particles that “have correlated attributes such that they act not as individual particles but as an inseparable whole.”In forests, tree roots entangled with the mycorrhizae of the soil create an inseparable community that rely on one another for well-being. 2022-04-0731 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: A Path CarvedIf we look at ancient meditation teachings as roots, they allow us to understand the path that has been carved by practitioners of the past. And then crucially, the teachings always invite us to explore for ourselves. To question. To advance. We don’t have to accept without experiencing for ourselves.We use wisdom teachings - through books, through teachers or classes or podcasts - to help guide us. To give us the lay of the land and the sense of what’s possible. And then we return to our practice....2022-04-0414 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Access Your RootsRoots, in botany, are the part of a vascular plant normally underground. Its primary functions are To anchor of the plant To aid in the absorption of water and mineralsTo store a reserve of food.Our practice serves much the same purpose. It anchors us to the present moment, it allows us to absorb the benefits of being present, non-judgmental and compassionate, and it prepares us to face difficult times with equanimity.And, here is the vital element - we can access this wisdom just as we are. We ar...2022-03-2813 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Way of Roots {part 1}Often, when we talk about simplifying, getting back to basics or our foundation, we say “getting back to our roots”... and my offering this month is exactly that - It is an invitation to get back to our roots in the most literal way possible. To explore our rootedness and how this relates to our meditation practice. When I think about the roots of a plant, I see this as something innate, something forged, and something woven. Over the next 3 classes, we will look at each of these ideas in turn...2022-03-2434 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Community MeditationToday’s mini meditation is offered with the reminder that community is a valuable part of any meditation practice. It is what helps us to explore meditation off the cushion and to put our practice into everyday use.Join me!These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home practice. Tune in every Monday to find your practice for the week! Full episodes are released every Thursday for a longer, deeper practice.Join my FREE meditation community here: https://meditate-with-meryl.mn...2022-03-2113 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyThe Value of CommunityOne of my intentions for 2022 is to truly pay attention to and foster community both in my work and my personal life. This is a value I hold so dear, and I’ve felt the impact of the last 2.5 years as it has asked us all to reimagine community connection.I’ve recently introduced a monthly community discussion class in my live Monday night meditation class as one way to foster this sense of connection, and I thought, even though you won’t get to hear the actual community chatter in this episode {I’ve kept...2022-03-1730 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Elemental Awakening to FireMini Meditation: Elemental Awakening to FireIn today’s mini meditation, I’m sharing another elemental practice with you in celebration of my upcoming program Elemental Awakening!We have explored two different wind-based practices recently and now we will revisit an old favorite - fire. Today’s meditation is one of my original offerings in Roots - my nature-based meditation app. In this practice, you hear the embers of a campfire crackling as it burns in Little Yosemite Valley. This soundscape was recorded by Gordon Hempton and the meditation was wr...2022-03-1414 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Delight, Sorrow and What Lies BetweenMini Meditation: Delight, Sorrow and What Lies BetweenWhen we reflect on opposing forces such as good & evil or joy & sorrow, it is easy to see them as existing on a scale with one force on each side - thesis and antithesis. But, what happens when we introduce a third force? Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis. Fire. Water. Air. Rabbi Jill Hammer writes, “ when we come to presence, we are able to hold multiple truths without straining.”2022-03-0721 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Elemental Awakening to WindMini Meditation: Elemental Awakening to WindMy newest program, Elemental Awakening, is an exploration of the elements and their corresponding sacred practices. It runs from the Spring Equinox to the Fall Equinox, and it is a chance for 12 of you to study in-depth with me over the course of the next 7 months. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be releasing a few mini meditations that correspond with each element as a way to explore Elemental Awakening for yourself.Today’s mini meditation invites you to meditate with the idea and e...2022-02-2818 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: The Magic of BrunoWhy do we love Encanto so much? Why has “We don’t talk about Bruno” taken over the charts in such an unexpected way? Perhaps it is that the music and the lyrics remind us we are not alone in what we feel, what we struggle with… and I think it is so important to make this connection alongside our meditation practice.It is far too easy to mistakenly believe that meditation is an isolating practice. We often practice alone. We close the door; we tell others to be quiet and...2022-02-1415 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyPause, Rest, Be with Octavia RaheemMy friends, if you read only one book this year, let it bePause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Time of ChangeMy dear friend, Octavia Raheem has released her second book into the world and it is the balm we have all been waiting for. In her introduction, Octavia writes,“I created Pause, Rest, Be to meet you in the places that shape, redefine, and sometimes undo us: endings, liminal space, and beginnings. The places of falling aparts and mergings. Of le...2022-02-0339 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Waning MoonAs the light of the moon diminishes, and our meditation practice nears the end, we are reminded one last time to return to presence. If we have drifted off this is the moment to catch that last thought, daydream, or feeling, and to remember the wisdom of our practice before moving on with our day.Join me for today’s mini meditation in honor of the waning moon. Special thanks to today’s sponsor:Baronfig - Baronfig’s line of “Tools for Thinkers” includes guided journals, notebooks, writing instruments...2022-01-3112 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMeditation & The Moon {waning moon}She wanes. The moon gradually continues her cycle with diminishing light night after night until we return to the dark moon and start over again.This phase of waning light reminds us that we set an intention to turn our attention inward. The premise of this series has walked us through the cycles of the moon and their representations in our meditation practice. The new moon, waxing moon, full moon & now waning.As the light diminishes, we are reminded in the last moments of o...2022-01-2734 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Full Moon MeditationThis week is the week of the January full moon. Many indigenious groups have specific names for each of the 13 full moons of the year. January’s moon, by northern and eastern tribes, was often called the wolf moon.So called because this is a time, deep in winter, when the wolves are hungry and howling frequently.Interestingly, the full moon is also the time when we are believed to be the most magnetic, articulate, receptive and collaborative. The light of the moon and ourselves is bright and reflecting ou...2022-01-2411 min
Success InSight PodcastMeryl Arnett, Meditation Teacher and the Creator of The Mindful Minute PodcastHello everyone, and welcome to the Mind, Body, and Soul series on the Success InSight Podcast.The Mind, Body, and Soul series celebrates the journeys and stories from health & wellness professionals who are committed to helping their clients and patients realize their physical, emotional, and spiritual courage and well-being.Our guest today is Meryl ArnettMeryl has been teaching meditation for 10+ years with extensive experience in trauma-safe and accessible practices. She loves to help people discover that indeed they CAN meditate and that a daily meditation practice can be a fun...2021-11-0842 min
Live Yes! With ArthritisMindfulness for BeginnersOn this episode, we’re talking about the link between stress and arthritis symptoms, like pain, sleep and fatigue, and how mindfulness can help. Get tips on getting started from special guests, Nicole Riley, MD, an integrative pain management doctor and mindfulness expert, and Meryl Arnett, a meditation and yoga teacher.
This episode was originally released December 9, 2019.
Visit the Live Yes! With Arthritis Podcast site to read the blog and get show notes and a full transcript: https://arthritis.org/liveyes/podcast
We want to hear from you. Tell us what you think ab...2021-10-0530 min
The Catherine Plano PodcastEpisode 281: The Breath Is Your Anchor with Meryl ArnettCatherine is here today with Meryl Arnett. Meryl Arnett is a mama, meditation teacher, the creator of The Mindful Minute podcast, and the head of meditation for Shoreline meditation app. Her meditation classes have been featured on CNN Headline News, TODAY.com and Atlanta Magazine, and her podcast has been named a Top 10 meditation podcast.
Meryl has been teaching corporate, private & group meditation classes since 2010, and co-created Sacred Chill {West}, the first meditation and yoga studio in Atlanta offering regular, independent meditation classes.
Meryl continues to study, practice, and find great inspiration from her teachers, T...2021-09-2100 min
Behind The Human with Marc ChampagneLearning How to Listen w/ Meryl ArnettToday I’m speaking with Meryl Arnett who is a mama, meditation teacher, the creator of The Mindful Minute podcast, and the head of meditation for the Shoreline meditation app. Her work has been featured on CNN, Atlanta Magazine, and her podcast has been named a Top 10 meditation podcast. Meryl has been teaching corporate, private and group meditation classes since 2010, and co-created Sacred Chill {West}, the first meditation + yoga studio in Atlanta to offer regular, independent meditation classes. * Magnesium Breakthrough / BiOptimizers offer to rock your sleep and cognition: LINK >>www.magbreakthrough.com...2021-08-2948 min
The BroSis TalksA Guide to Mindfulness Meditation ft. Meryl Arnett I The BST InterviewsIn this episode, we talk about the importance of meditation in today's era with Meryl Arnett. Meditation comes with a package of benefits and merits. Meryl Arnett is a meditation teacher & the head of meditation for the Shoreline meditation app. She has beautifully walked us through the process of meditation and also suggested ways to get started with meditation in the initial days.
An insightful episode and a beautiful message in the end.
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Follow Mery Arnett: https://www.instagram.com/merylarnett/2021-07-2322 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyOur Elemental Nature {wind}When we pull up a map, we do it because we are trying to figure out how to get somewhere we want to be. We see developed land represented as one color and forest as another. We see water represented in blue and roads in a myriad of colors indicating the type of road.
What we see are symbols that can help guide us on a journey.
The ancient meditation practitioners also left us maps. They left us markers from their journey to help us...2021-03-0440 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: The Web of IndebtednessIn my experience on the meditation cushion, the web of indebtedness is exactly what we innately become aware of as our meditation practice moves into deeper cycles. It begins as we enter into a reciprocal relationship with our meditation practice.
We give our time, energy and attention to our practice, and it responds to us with greater awareness, insight and warmth… The practice becomes sweeter because we give ourselves to it.
And eventually, this spills over into our everyday actions. Join me for today’s mini meditation practice and notice how it fee...2021-03-0100 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWhat’s Love Got To Do With It {part 4}This month, we have been exploring the cycle of awakening in this 4 part series - ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ And, with today’s episode, we reach the pinnacle of this cycle. Reciprocity.
This cycle moves from paying attention, to noticing the gifts, to an outpouring of gratitude, and finally to reciprocity. Reciprocity is the literal answer to “what does love have to do with it?”
Reciprocity is the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit; cultural anthropologists support this idea in what...2021-02-2536 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: What A Wonderful DayToday’s mini meditation is a practice inspired by the words of Maya Angelou -
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”
A practice of gratefulness and wakefulness without the requisite “3 things you are grateful for…” cliche.
These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home practice. Tune in every Monday to find your practice for the week! Full episodes are released every Thursday for a longer, deeper practice.
You can practice with me live e...2021-02-2214 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWhat’s Love Got To Do With It {part 3}I can imagine many of you, like me, feel something between a yawn and an eye roll when you hear the word 'gratitude' these days - it has become such an overused, misunderstood word... I must have taught a dozen different gratitude classes over the years, but I've noticed a significant shift in my practice and understanding of gratefulness in the time of COVID.
This shift got me thinking… when excess is stripped away, is it possible we feel more abundant?
In the past, if I pr...2021-02-1834 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Receive The GiftsToday’s mini meditation practice is a practice in recognizing the gifts that your time and attention bestow on you. Every breath, every thought, every feeling is a gift from your soul to your ego-self.
Will you waste these gifts obsessing about your next to-do, or will you witness that obsessive thought with a smile and a “thank you” as you honor the gift of wisdom that just landed in your lap?
And because this is a practice in receiving gifts, we will bring in a few...2021-02-1513 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyWhat’s Love Got To Do With It {part 2}Gifts.
Last week, on my birthday, I received so many gifts. Gifts of time, attention, tea & cookies... By the end of the end of day, my heart was so full of gratitude it felt like it might burst, and the question floating around in my head was -
What if we felt in our bones that all of our life experiences contain gifts?
The good. The bad. The boring.
When our meditation practice shifts from simply paying attention to the acknowledgement of gifts, well...2021-02-1135 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: The Art of AttentionI’m currently reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. In it, the author writes of providing an antidote to what she calls “plant blindness” - the learned ignoring of the plant life around us. This blindness “impedes the recognition of the green world as a garden of gifts.”
Kimmerer offers an antidote via a cycle of experience-
Attention
Gift
Gratitude
Reciprocity
I recognize this cycle as also being the cycle of waking up...2021-02-0813 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: Sunset MeditationSunset is the time when the masculine energy of the day {the heat, fire, planning and passion} is met with the feminine energy of the moon {the cooling, nourishing, restorative and creative}. In some cultures, this time of day is seen as a portal -
A time to descend into the netherworld to collect fuel, firewood or the creative spark. A time to close out the cycle of the day, to honor birth and death, conscious and unconscious…
Meditating at sunset is an invitation to ho...2021-02-0115 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietySunrise to Sunset: Sunset Meditation {part 3}Our January meditation series comes to a close with a reflection of sunset and the practices that are asked of us at this time.
Sunset is the time when the masculine energy of the day {the heat, fire, planning and passion} is met with the feminine energy of the moon {the cooling, nourishing, restorative and creative}. In some cultures, this time of day is seen as a portal -
A time to descend into the netherworld to collect fuel, firewood or the creative spark. A...2021-01-2835 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini Meditation: An Ethic of Love; Uplevel Your PracticeToday’s mini meditation includes 3 special steps that we can use to infuse our meditation practice with a bit more sacredness. It’s an upleveling, if you will, for times when we really need our meditation practice to support big emotions and important moments in our lives. This practices is inspired by this reminder from Martin Luther King Jr. -
“Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the ce...2021-01-2513 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMLK Day; What to do with HateToday’s episode of The Mindful Minute is a special offering in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the painful struggles our country is wading through in this moment of time. Two weeks ago, on Wednesday, January 6, we watched as a group of Americans stormed our Capitol during a joint session of Congress. We watched and heard hatred spew for so many of the cultural, ethnical, racial, sexual divides that make up our population. And amidst this heartbreaking and terrifying display of hatred, our own {my own} values of non-hate/ non-violence have been tested.
2021-01-2141 minOur Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease AnxietyMini-Meditation: Meditate on Your Lunch BreakLunchtime is the time of day when we need an added dose of focus and energy to carry us through the rest of the day. It is a natural point of low energy, and often it is also a time when we start to think about how much we haven’t gotten done yet. We start planning tomorrow’s to-do list while still working through today.
This tension between low-energy and high-demands actually diminishes our ability to get things done in a creative and timely manner.
A...2021-01-1814 minLive Yes! With ArthritisMindfulnessOn this episode, we’re talking about the link between stress and arthritis symptoms, like pain, sleep and fatigue, and how mindfulness can help. Get tips on getting started from special guests, Nicole Riley, MD, an integrative pain management doctor and mindfulness expert, and Meryl Arnett, a meditation and yoga teacher.Special Guests: Meryl Arnett and Nicole Marie Reilly, MD.2019-12-0927 min
home—body podcastMeditation, Mindfulness + Self Care as a Parent w— Meryl ArnettWelcome to the very first episode of the home—body podcast. My guest is Atlanta-based meditation teacher Meryl Arnett who shares with us about how meditation has changed her life and opened her up to new levels of intuition and creativity. As a business owner and a parent, Meryl also shares about embracing your limitations and what becomes available when you stop trying to do it all. We discuss:Why even a spiritual business has to run as a businessJuggling motherhood, entrepreneurship and a personal meditation practice Learning to value stillness + how t...2019-09-2645 min