By the BeingWell team | 25-30 minutes listening
Now is a good time to cultivate inner strength and calm. We are living in uncharted times and for many of us, it’s challenging adapting to a very different way of life. This practice allows you to nurture connections to yourself and others, so you may build-up your inner strength to better navigate our changing environment. This practice is about breath, our body and mind, and also a bit about trees.
Practice content - by Hum - Karla Brodie, Karaka and Vanessa Bailey, Glen Innes, Auckland
Photography - by Todd Eyre, Beach Haven
Guitar - by Neal Ghoshal, Waiheke Island
Many of us are washing our hands with extra vigour at the moment.
Could you consider hand washing as a practice of love, kindness or appreciation of your hands? This is a moving mediation to try at home. Practising mindfulness everyday can make a big difference to how we think and feel. Tune into the senses and their capacity to bring us into the here and now.
A good way to settle, ground and centre yourself is to tune into the senses and their capacity to bring us into the here and now.
This is a practice about touch, hearing, seeing, smelling, and tasting.
Practice content - by Hum - Karla Brodie, Karaka and Vanessa Bailey, Glen Innes, Auckland, NZ
Photography - by Todd Eyre, Beach Haven, Auckland, NZ
Guitar - by Neal Ghoshal, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ
This is a practice about having a rest.
Your inspiration may be your own cat or dog, or the part of you that feels like a rest or nap every once in a while.
Practice content - by Hum - Karla Brodie, Karaka and Vanessa Bailey, Glen Innes, Auckland, NZ
Photography - by Todd Eyre, Beach Haven, Auckland, NZ
Guitar - by Neal Ghoshal, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ
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