Sylvia's Mind Calming Podcast

Send us Fan MailWhen we are exposed to sunlight, the brain's production of serotonin rises directly in response to the light — and low Vitamin D has been consistently linked to anxiety, depression, low mood and fatigue.Neuroscience has also shown us that when we vividly imagine an experience, our brains activate the same neural pathways as when we actually have it. This 14 minute recording opens with a 2 minute explanation of the science, followed by a guided walk through a sunlit meadow, feeling the warmth of the sun move through your body part by part, melting tension and offering gentle relief from anxiety, stress, low mood and depression.The sun is always available to you. This is how you find it.Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's visualisation has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

Send us Fan MailIn this deeply calming sleep meditation, I guide you on a gentle journey through a grand gallery — from the noise and overwhelm of a busy world outside, through rooms that grow quieter and cosier with every step, until you find yourself in a small, dark, velvet room with a single painting on the wall.A painting that becomes a doorway.Beyond it: Endless Softness. White noise. Warmth. Safety. Sleep.Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's visualisation has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

Send us Fan MailIn this gentle guided visualisation, I invite you to step into an average day in your perfect life. Not a special occasion. Not a holiday or a milestone. Just a regular day. Drawing on the science of the Reticular Activating System and the transformative work of Martha Beck, this recording guides you through the textures and feelings of your ideal day; the places you go, the things you do, the people you're with.What makes this visualisation unique is that you will create your own perfect day. I will guide you gently with questions that allow your imagination to paint your world exactly as you want it.Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's visualisation has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

Send us Fan MailIn this gentle guided visualisation, I invite you to step into your average morning in your perfect life, in your imagination, where the seeds of real change are planted.Drawing on the science of the Reticular Activating System and the transformative work of Martha Beck, this recording is designed to do something beautifully simple: help you feel, deeply and vividly, what your ideal life feels like from the very first moment you open your eyes.What makes this visualisation unique is that you will create your own perfect morning. I will guide you gently with questions that allow your imagination to build your world; your room, your surroundings, your feelings, exactly as you want it to be. This is not about escaping reality. It is about training your brain to recognise and move towards the life you truly want.Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's visualisation has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

Send us Fan MailIn today’s relaxation exercise, I’ll be guiding you through a gentle visualisation using the image of a candle. As you watch the soft, steady flame and the warm wax slowly melting, you’ll discover how easily the body and mind can begin to let go of tension, soften, and settle into a deeper state of calm.There is nothing you need to achieve during this session. No right way to relax. No pressure to feel a certain way.Simply allow yourself to listen, follow along in whatever way feels natural to you, and give yourself permission to unwind.So find a comfortable position where you can remain undisturbed for the next few minutes. Allow your body to settle. Take a slow, easy breath in… and a gentle breath out…And when you’re ready, let’s begin...

Send us Fan MailA gentle sleep meditation for anyone carrying stress or anxiety into the night. Let the stillness of moonlight guide you into deep, natural relaxation and restful sleep.Wherever you are right now, whether you’re winding down after a busy day, seeking a moment of peace, or simply longing to reconnect with yourself, I’m glad you’re here.In this meditation, I invite you to journey to a quiet shoreline beneath a luminous moonlit sky. Together, we’ll step away from the demands, expectations, and constant noise of everyday life, and into a place of stillness, wonder, and deep calm.As the moonlight dances across the water and the gentle rhythm of the waves guides your attention inward, you’ll be invited to experience a sense of awe — that profound feeling that arises when we pause long enough to recognise that we are part of something far greater than ourselves.Research suggests that experiences of awe can help quiet the busy mind, reduce stress, expand our perspective, and deepen our sense of connection and wellbeing. I hope that you’ll be able to experience that for yourself.For the next few minutes, there is nowhere else you need to be.Just this moment... Just this breath...And the silver path of moonlight stretching across a calm and endless sea.Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's visualisation has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

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Send us Fan MailVery short body scan meditation starting with the breath Please let me know if you enjoyed this episode: [email protected] if it has stirred something in you — a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am reading from New Earth by Ekhart Tolle and talk about the state of background unhappiness some of us experience some of the time 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about NLP and benefit of asking questions...

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am taking us through the Top of the Mountain exercise...again

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about self-sabotage, our goals and uncomfortable feelings

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am guiding you through the mountain top exercise. Although we did this exercise many a time during our sessions, every time we do we are a different person so we could say that every time we do something, we are doing it for the first time...

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about habits, their cycles and how to break them

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am reflecting on my tapdancing and presenting 3 techniques for feeling better 

Send us Fan MailFred Davis: 'Every time I have a key cut, I do not hang around in the key shop for too long' - how his quote relates to our Mind Calming Sessions

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am pointing you to that which is constant...

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am guiding you through an energy breathing exercise 

Send us Fan MailI am starting with a quote by Mark Twain...

Send us Fan MailIn Intro I am talking about my experience during a MRI scan

Send us Fan MailIn Intro I am talking about the law of attraction...

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about creating v consuming which is followed by body relaxation session

Send us Fan MailIn Intro I am talking about noticing the inner body (Ekhart Tolle's concept)

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about the book The Talent Code and myelin

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am reading from 'Stop thinking start living book', Life is not an emergency 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am reflecting on the fact that every thought about your past or your future is just a figment of your imagination

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about overwhelm and how to get out of your thinking and demonstrating a head massager!

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - separation between thinking and awareness

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about NLP - useful questions

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about what to do when we find ourselves in an overwhelming feeling

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am reminding myself how our experience of life is created 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about thinking

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about different lenses through which we can observe life 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about non-duality 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am comparing our thinking to a snow globe and showing what it looks like once the snow globe is shaken and left to settle on its own 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about self sabotage 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am asking 'is the world busy or is it my mind?'

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am mentioning Ekhart's view on infinite potential and talking about heaviness in life 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about resolutions/weight loss

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about the law of attraction 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am guiding you through the 'mountain' exercise 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about habits 

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about 'getting quiet'

Send us Fan MailIn intro I talk about 3 helpful things 

Send us Fan MailI start by talking about feeling positive

Send us Fan MailIn intro I am talking about ways in which to handle difficult feelings 

Send us Fan MailI begin by talking about buffering against letting ourselves to feel our emotions

Send us Fan MailI am starting with a quote from Ekhart's 'New Earth'

Send us Fan MailStarting with a quote from Ekhart 'to stay present in everyday life it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself...'

Send us Fan MailBells, snow globes and more...