Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques.

Hello and welcome to episode 150 of the Mindful Kind podcast. I hope you're having a wonderful week and that

you enjoyed the first episode of the meditation mini series. This is the second episode in the

mini series about meditation. So if you haven't listened to episode 149 yet, I recommend you go

back and listen to it to find out what meditation is, some of the

interesting research that's been done on it and a few of the benefits you can experience as a

result of a consistent meditation practice. In this episode, I really want to talk about some of the

different types of meditation and at the end I'll share an example of a short meditation you can listen to and then try out yourself.

First of all, I want to share a bit about breathing meditations.

I personally use these a lot myself because they're so helpful in managing stress and focusing the mind. Plus they're really

easy to do, especially during difficult times like right before a speaking presentation or

when you've had a disagreement with someone or if you're struggling to fall asleep at night.

I also think breathing meditations are kind of fun and creative. One of the trickier aspects of

breathing meditations is they can be repetitive which gives the mind more opportunities to wander.

I find myself often getting distracted after a few breaths and have to refocus on the breathing

meditation multiple times. Sometimes that can be

frustrating but it's also a really good opportunity to practice being non-judgmental about the

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