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This Mindful Life
by Michelle G. Marshall
Join Mindfulness Meditation teacher Michelle Marshall for talks with guided meditations, periodic reflections on how to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life, and on the journey to embracing ourselves, just as we are.
Episodes
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Painting as a Mindfulness Practice
I’ve been surprised by how meditative painting has been. It’s fully immersive and I find myself able to be present in a way I’m not with other activities. Every part of my mind and body is present, fully connected. No separation. No awareness outside myself. Except when I made this painting.
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Showing up for Yourself
*Audio Only*: We show for ourselves when we follow through with our commitment to our practice even when there are other things pulling our attention. We are the ones that create the calm in the storm, the space for stillness, the quiet among the noise. This talk is followed by a 25 minute guided...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Suffering Doesn't Negate Joy
*Audio Only*: We can become so overwhelmed by the suffering in the world that we cut ourselves off, not just from the news, but also from our most innate, tender, and joyous selves. These hurting or difficult times, when we feel helpless and hopeless in the face of such doom are exactly the times...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - The Program
*Audio Only* We think we live from our own free will, but most of live in our life according to a program. The Program is typically invisible to us and informs and influences everything in our lives. So if we can’t see it, how do we know we living by it? The talk is followed by a 20 min. guided...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Thoughts Are Vapor
*Audio Only* Thoughts seem so real to us, seem to make us who we are, but they are changeable, cannot be capture, located, or held in any physical way, like vapor. One minute this, the next minute that. In this talk we explore the changeability of thoughts, how we get caught in them, and how we…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - What Season Are You In?
*Audio Only* "To everything there is a season...". What season do you find yourself in? How are you relating with this change? Sometimes we welcome the seasonal transitions of our lives. Sometimes we are confused or frustrated by them. In this talk we explore this theme and how it can be...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Silence is Essential
*Audio Only* In intentionally clearing noise from our daily lives, we create an open space where we cultivate a deeper listening. This deep listening is how we stay connected to our inner voice and to who we really are. This connection serves as the ground from which we can live authentically…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - RAIN Practice
*Audio Only* Having a process that can serve as a sort of road map for learning to be present in our lives through meditation can be very invaluable. In this audio, we discuss the practice of RAIN - Recognize, Allow, Intuit, Nurture. This talk is followed by a 20 minute Guided Meditation. Poem…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Naming
**Audio Only** Strengthening our skill in recognizing when we are having certain types of thoughts, emotions, reactions and staying with the initial sensations that come up with them, can help us out of the cycle of getting caught. Naming the initial sensations allows us to stay with them rather...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Becoming Comfortable with Discomfort
*Audio Only* Rarely to we welcome discomfort. Rarer still are times that we allow discomfort to be present so we may hear what wisdom it has to share. In this talk we discuss the beautiful gift allowing discomfort to be present can bring. This talk is followed by a 20 min guided meditation. Poem:...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Softening
*Audio Only* When was the last time you were soft with yourself? For some, this is a foreign concept, indeed. Bringing a sense of tenderness to the relationship with ourselves can allow us to be more open, more compassionate, and just have an over-all better life experience. This talk is followed...
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Guided Meditation - Energy Centers of the Body
**Audio Only** In this guided meditation we walk through resting our awareness in the energy centers of the body. !Please note: I forgot the heart chakra. My apologies! #mindfulness #meditation #love #selflove #selfcare #motivation #mentalhealth #inspiration #healing #wellness #mindset #life...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Cultivating Joy
*Audio Only* What is our relationship to Joy? Do we give ourselves permission to feel it, to cultivate it, to focus on it despite the difficulty in our lives and our world. In this talk we delve into these questions among others so we can understand more fully our innate capacity for joy (and…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Sympathetic Joy
**Audio Only** When we delight in the happiness of others, we access a connection of spirit that dissolves all sense separateness. Sympathetic Joy or being happy for another’s happiness is one of the four highest qualities of the heart in Buddhism. It is innate in each of us and always…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - The Way it's Supposed to be...Is it?
**Audio Only** In our culture, attaching ourselves to a strong set of certain beliefs is central to who we think we are as individuals. But in Buddhism, it is said that attachment is the very core of our suffering. What can we learn about how attached we are (to things, beliefs, ideas, people)…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Its Possible
*Audio Only* We have the strength to approach the world in an open-handed way, rather than with a closed fist. Bringing this sense of tenderness and compassion to our experience can help us immensely to grow into a more authentic relationship with ourselves and the world. #mindfulness #meditation...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Yes, And
There is so much power is acknowledging what is happening in the present moment, what situation you find yourself in right now, how that feels, allowing it to be there whether we like it or not. Its not necessarily about liking it or wanting it to be that way, but in the allowing we open space to...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Choosing Softness in a World Grown Hard
(Audio Only) We have a choice...we can continue to make ourselves hard, contributing aggression, division, and suffering to the world. OR we can choose softness, choose to cultivate compassion and a way of being in the world that contributes understanding, a willingness to be open and see the...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Pillars of Mindfulness
This week we talk about the pillars of mindfulness, what Jon Kabat-Zinn calls the Attitudinal Intentions of Mindfulness. The talk is followed by a guided meditation.
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Talk & Guided Meditation - The Goal of Meditation
**Audio Only*** We live in a goal-oriented society; “where do you see yourself in 10 years?”. We are always encouraged, told specifically and directly, that doing, accomplishing, attaining, striving is the way toward something, toward happiness. We are never told to just be, that it’s okay to be…
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Hungry Ghosts
**Audio Only** Driven only by a false need to fill emptiness inside us, the illusion that something outside us can complete us, that just one more achievement, the next fancy gadget, that dream job or dream partner we become Hungry Ghosts, roaming our lives in pursuit of satiety we never find.…
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March Check In
Let's check in! How was March? Mine...? Well, I had plans. Life had other plans. What do you do when you get off track? How do you treat yourself? How do you get back on track? #mindfulness #meditation #love #selflove #selfcare #March #Rest #exhaustion #healing #wellness #mindset #selfcare...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Acknowledging the Blossoms
**Audio Only*** Spring calls us to slow down, to pause and revel in the blooming of new life, the emergence of that which has been previously planted. This is a lesson nature provides us to bring into our human lives as well. To pause and appreciate that which we have grown, tended, cultivated in...
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Talk & Guided Meditation - Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Practicing Mindfulness on the cushion, in a quiet space, with soft light is great, but how do we bring this same quality of mindfulness into our everyday lives; at the grocery store, at work, while driving? This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation. Poem “Mindful” by Mary Oliver...
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Talk & Meditation - There is Enough War
(Audio Only) How have we gotten to the place where we are screaming at each other? How have we forgotten that we belong to one another and are connected? In this talk we go into how division can be healed through compassion practice. The talk is followed by a 20 min guided meditation. Poem “With...
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February Check In
Let's check in! How was February? What is one word you could use to describe this month #mindfulness #meditation #love #selflove #selfcare #February #Rest #exhaustion #healing #wellness #mindset #selfcare #happiness #heaviness #spirituality #peace #nap #positivity #napping #spiritual…
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Reflection - Relationship to Rest
What is your relationship to rest? Do you allow rest when you're tired or overwhelmed? Do you get to the end of the day feeling completely depleted, faced only with the prospect of doing it all over again exhausted? What can you do to create more space to rest on a daily basis? #mindfulness...
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Working with Difficult Emotions (Audio Only)
“In Irish when you talk about an emotion, you don’t say, ‘I am sad.’ You’d say, ‘Sadness is on me – Ta’ Bron Orm.” -P.O. Tuama What a beautiful way to both describe the way sadness feels while also giving some space to not identify with it! So much of the suffering we deal with comes from taking...
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Reflection - Its a Hard One
It’s a hard one…let’s talk about it. Do you give yourself permission to feel sad? To feel the dark and heavy emotions? How do you nurture yourself when faced with these emotions? #mindfulness #meditation #love #selflove #selfcare #motivation #depression #anger #healing #wellness #mindset #sadness...
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Loving-Kindness (Metta)
It is possible to soften our hearts. Even in a hurtful world. Even through our pain. Even when we feel powerless. Even with difficult people…especially with difficult people. Metta is a beautiful heart practice of cultivating loving-kindness; a softening of the hear that includes everything. The...
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Reflection - Self-Sabotage
Let's talk about it. The negative voices in our head. The false beliefs that we are unworthy. The poison that is comparison. There are so many ways we sabotage our growth, our dreams, and make us give up on ourselves. What does this look like for you? How do you over-come it? #mindfulness...
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Pleasant, Unpleasant
**Audio Only*** It is the very first thing we experience in a situation, but one that we typically aren't aware of...is it pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. Being unaware of this very first experience, often sends us into reactivity and habits we don't always like, want to find helpful. In this…
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January Check In
Let's Check in. How was January? Looking back over the month, celebrate the times you were there for yourself, the times you noticed you needed something and stopped to give that very thing. If there were times you did not give to yourself, extend forgiveness and use this acknowledgement as an...
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Self-Forgiveness
Forgiveness is an important piece of turning toward ourselves and growing toward embracing ourselves, just as we are. We need not continue to beat ourselves up over arbitrary ways we have not been "right". AND we can cultivate forgiveness, which will allow us to build trust with ourselves. In…
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Reflection - Where are your mirrors?
When we're open to fully walking our path, open to learning and growing from all parts of our life, we find the people and situations who will help us. These people and situations are not always easy on us. In fact, I'd say the challenging ones are the most fruitful. They reflect us back to...
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From Rejecting to Embracing
**Audio Only*** Rejection can be big and obvious. It can also be subtle, playing in the background and forming false beliefs within ourselves that don't align with our values. In this talk, we visit acceptance, one of the pillars of mindfulness, and how we change our thinking about what…
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Reflection on Healing
Healing - this is my word for 2024. After a crazy year of transformation in 2023, i just feel tired. Bone tired. So the first step on my path toward embracing myself is to bring healing into every day. Through listening attentively inward, I will know exactly what it is I need in any moment to...
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Welcome to This Mindful Life
Join Mindfulness Meditation teacher Michelle Marshall for talks with guided meditations, periodic reflections on how to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life, and on the journey to embracing ourselves, just as we are.
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Embodied Awareness
We say "Mindfulness", but what we are really talking about is Embodied Awareness. This talk is followed by a 15 minuted guided meditation.
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Anger
Oh, Anger! What do we do with anger? What is our relationship to it? It can be an emotion we want nothing to do with or one we don't know how to deal with. How can we allow ourselves to be with anger in a way that is open to the learnings it has for us?
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How Am I Showing Up?
Asking ourselves this question brings curiosity to our experience. With it we can move from judgement to learning and delve deep into the beliefs and motivations beneath our behaviors. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation. *We had a very special student join us today!*
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Winter's Gift
Winter can be a beautiful time of rest. A time when we allow ourselves to slow down and sink into the calm of shorter days and softer light. This short talk is followed by a 15 minuted guided meditation.
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We Only Have Now
The beauty of being present in this moment is that a space is created from which we can begin to observe what is happening instead of reacting blindly; it gives us our power back. This talk is followed by a 15 guided meditation.
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I'm Struggling
How do we relate to struggle? Do we wrestle with it, try to ignore it? Or do we make space for it to be known? This talk is followed by a 10 minute guided meditation.
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Enchantment
We are born curious and, so, I would say enchantment is our birth-right. Often we lose touch with our ability to stay open to wonder, but it takes only a small effort at falling in love with the world again to rekindle it. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.
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Letting Go...at the Dentist
Jon Kabat-Zinn says, "Above all, we can allow life itself to be the real meditation practice." When we approach our lives in this way, even a trip to the dentist can become fertile ground for practice and learning a little something about ourselves (other than having weak teeth). Followed by a 10...
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The Wisdom of No Escape
Being trapped in a tiny seat on an airplane for nearly 13 hours will teach you something about what you can, in fact, endure. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.
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Cultivating Joy
It can be as simple as noticing a drop of water of a blade of grass, the shadow of a butterfly in flight, a spiderweb on a flower. There are so many ways just stopping and noticing the smallest of things can bring us fully into the moment and fill us with joy. This talk is followed by a 10 minute...
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Not What I Wanted
We can make ourselves so miserable when something or someone doesn't live up to our expectations. But we can learn that it is not the situation or even the person, necessarily, that creates the misery, but our own clinging to what things should be like. In this episode, I delve into this idea...
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Body Gratitude
Our relationships with our bodies are often quite adversarial, negligent at best. But our body allows us pursue our dreams and goals, show affection to loved ones, and experience life in all it's fullness. In this talk, I delve into this fraught relationship, capping it off with a 10 min. guided...
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Join Mindfulness Meditation teacher Michelle Marshall for talks with guided meditations, periodic reflections on how to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life, and on the journey to embracing ourselves, just as we are.
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