Mindfulness Guided Meditation via Progressive Relaxation & Breathwork

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this meditation, we explore body scanning via intention, attention, and gentle, basic deepening breath-work. Are you ready to transform your mental health through guided meditation, progressive relaxation, and breathwork? This episode offers highly sensitive persons (HSPs) and anyone interested in mental health improvements a deep dive into the healing powers of mindfulness. You'll learn how to utilize progressive relaxation to ease physical tension and breathwork techniques to regulate your emotions. As an HSP, understanding and practicing these methods can significantly enhance your ability to manage sensory overload and foster personal growth. Discover practical strategies tailored for those healing from abuse and seeking to build resilience in a world that feels overwhelming. Tune in to empower yourself with tools that nurture tranquility and mental clarity. We can learn how to put down the weight of the world to manage chronic pain and tension using the simple tool of progressive awareness and relaxation. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get bonus content and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0	At a time when change is constant and we are pulled in far too many directions, we need a way to stay present to life and to increase our ability to remain calm, think clearly, and maintain our well-being. Many studies indicate mindfulness improves our mental, emotional, and physical health.
0:22.0	On a mindful moment with Theresa McKee, you can learn
0:25.6	how to practice mindfulness and enjoy its many benefits. Tune in for guided
0:30.3	meditations and to hear tips and advice from some of the most respected
0:34.8	experts in the fields of mental health and mindfulness. The world truly can be a
0:40.5	better place. It all starts with a mindful moment.
0:45.6	Hello and welcome to Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful.
0:50.7	I'm your host Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist. Today, we are exploring
0:57.3	progressive relaxation as we meditate. I am excited to bring y'all more meditations.
1:25.0	For the record, there is no wrong way to meditate.
1:30.0	What we're exploring today is a different kind of meditation.
1:36.0	Most meditations that I've heard through other podcasts and apps really focus on the mind.
1:44.0	And in modern culture in this techie time that we're all,
1:48.1	I don't know, are we living in it, are we enduring it,
1:50.0	are we getting by?
1:51.0	I don't know, some days seem better than others. There's so much text, so many screens in our faces.
1:57.4	We're thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking more and more.
2:00.8	So what I want to offer you is a type of meditation that is less about thinking, which is a muscle that we're overusing in a lot of ways and I want to get into some very simple body
2:16.9	meditations now of course we're going to use our mind because we can't just
2:20.1	turn that off and we're not a separate mind in a body but we are we want to work right
2:26.0	where the mind and body sort of intersect and we want to use the wisdom that's available
2:32.4	to us through our minds to help our bodies.
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