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Although meditation is best learned by attending classes and receiving instructions from a teacher, listening to audio recordings of guided meditations can also be an effective way to get started. They can also provide motivation and inspiration for your existing practice. These meditations by Phillip Moffitt were recorded at the Marin Sangha and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Many of these meditations begin with silence prior to instruction.
Experience vs. Your Interpretation: Reflections on... ››
Metta Phrases
May you be safe from internal and external harm.
May you have a calm, clear mind and a peaceful loving heart.
May you be physically strong... ››
The sit directions do not start until 7mins 28 seconds into the meditation.
››We first ground ourselves in the felt sense of the body. We then turn our attention to our heart, noting the quality of that space and our attitude toward it. Finally, our heart space becomes the... ››
Beginning with “sitting in the bones” — our Earth element — we experience how our Earth element is supported by the Earth itself. We then turn our attention to experiencing our air element — the... ››
We scan for tension in the body, finally noticing the earth element — that which is hard and heavy — in the lower half of our body. We allow the earth element in the body to rest on the Earth;... ››
As we become aware of and restrain our impulse to compare, judge, or fix the body, we notice our predominant experience. We cultivate the experience of the earth element and rest in being grounded... ››
In this guided meditation, we observe how sounds arise and fall away into the ocean of silence. Without grabbing hold of any particular sound, we rest in “knowing sound.” We note the difference... ››
We practice the Buddha’s First Foundation of Mindfulness — awareness of the body in the body — as we observe what is arising. We start by noticing something comfortable in our body. What is it... ››
This meditation increases our embodied awareness — knowing self through the experience of being in the body. We progressively relax areas of our body until we allow ourselves to be supported by... ››
Paying attention to mindfulness itself, we notice the quality of being present, not what our sense gates experience. Is it supportive? Harmonious? Alive? We also notice our relationship to silence... ››
During this meditation, we are not thinking but rather directly experiencing the breath. As we focus on the torso, we notice our breath arising and passing. We follow the breath as a whole or... ››
Sounds arise and pass. What is it like when we don’t add to the experience of sound? Can we simply know the experience as hearing without adding our interpretation of it, such as “squeaky chair”... ››