The Guest House

Sharing Gratitude

The holiday season is a wonderful time to share and receive the gift of gratitude and connection with loved ones. Take a few minutes to practice this heart opening meditation to focus on the good within and around you.

Relieving Stress with SBNRR

This months meditation utilizes the strategy of Stop, Breathe, Notice, Reflect, and Respond to build awareness and greater tolerance of even the most difficult emotions, enabling for a decrease in the physiological and psychological the stress response. We hope you find this guided meditation a helpful addition to your stress management toolbox.

The Guest House

The poem The Guest House by Rumi beautifully elucidates the concept of mindful acceptance of emotion, whatever those emotions may be. Much of our energy and resultant behaviors can be spent in attempts to push away feeling states that we may find intense or distressing. The practice of avoiding our difficult emotions can lead them to loom larger and be feared. By allowing ourselves to feel our emotions, we can learn that we can tolerate, survive, and potentially grow through the inevitable joys and hardships that life may bring.

Bringing The Mind Back from Thoughts

Do you ever find yourself lost in thought, experience difficulty in quieting your mind, or caught in self judgement? This short guided meditation will support you in the observation of thoughts that enter your mind without getting "hooked" into them.

Cultivating Compassion for Self and Others

Taking time to afford kindness, consideration, and compassion for ourselves and others has been found to relieve stress, depression, anxiety, and contribute to improved self-esteem and relationships. Take a few minutes to listen to this meditation and bask in the love and care that surrounds you.