Mindfulness Moments with Dr Elke Paul

Take a break from thinking and concentrating and linger in your heart space - feel the love and warmth there and enjoy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let everything fall away. Escape to a beautiful meadow to unwind, relax, and refresh.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet your future self that has already accomplished your goals, intentions and dreams. Get guidance from your deep inner wisdom of what steps you can take to make your dreams your reality.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mindful moment for the end of the day. Find peace and stillness in the magic of the desert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like waves rolling in so does your breath roll in and out of your body. Breathe in and out with the waves, allow them to take you to a peaceful place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rescue Meditation to slow down your speed. Calm down, gain perspective and set your priorities to get things done one by one.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prepare yourself before diving into social gatherings like conferences, family gatherings, crowded trains.Add an additional layer of space to prevent yourself from feeling drained.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Asking yourself which way to go? What decision wants to be made , what the next move should be ? Try these four question to help you gather information from the within.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Take a moment to acknowledge all that is going wrong and use compassion and action to ease the load  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Move in this meditation through your body, your skills, your personality traits, and the people who cheer you on. Pack all these gifts onto a table and marvel at your uniqueness and your magnificent contribution to this world.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all have energy centres in our body, some call them chakras, others meridian points. I call them powerhouses because they all have the potential to give you the strength and energy you need - from inner safety to the "I-can" attitude - it is all there for you to discover in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Experience how the last ripples on your inner lake subside and leave you with a sense of calmness in body and mind. Tip: This one is best listened to when laying down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all have a space inside where peace and calmness resides, I call it the inner couch. This mindfulness moment episode aims to guide you to find yours and have a seat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A meditative guided visualisation to help with decision making. Be invited to connect with your inner library of wisdom and see what emerges.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to mindful moments, this relaxation exercise is a step-by-step process to walk over from feeling nervous and a bit stressed, to a more restful and calm state. You can do that any time in your inner mind when you feel you need to step away from a situation to reach a calmer state. For example if you have an email that is upsetting you, you do this exercise before you respond. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to mindful moments, find here a pearl of wisdom meditation to tap into your inner wisdom of finding out what you need to take care of yourself, at this point in time. Enjoy this meditation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our mindful moment, this one is about common humanity. The values and longing all humans share. The meditation guides you into that knowing, so that you have it as a resource when you work with people to always come back to the common humanity, even when times get a little more difficult with them – enjoy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to mindful moments, this breathing exercise is called box breathing. You imagine in front of your inner eye – a box. You start at the left lower corner and when you inhale you breathe yourself up the box, then you pause and wander with your mind across to the right upper side, then you exhale yourself down the box. Then you pause your breath again as you come back to the point where you started. This is a great exercise to do with kids, you can paint or draw the box on the wall, you can also find YouTube clips on that. It regulates a person because it’s very accurate in measurement of in and exhalation. The pauses between the breath calm the entire system down. If you find that people find it too hard the pause their breathing, then you can do something that’s called elevator breathing, that means that you only take the side up and down without the pause. Then you would have the same length of inhalation and the same length of exhalation. So, two variations of that – enjoy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to mindful moments, this one is a breathing exercise, it’s called 7/11 breath. It is a breathing technique you can do when you feel anxious, very nervous, or stressed and you need to step back from that edge. It has two benefits; the first benefit is you count. Because of counting, you can think of anything else, so the worries or stress cannot be attended to. The second benefit is that you exhale longer than you inhale and that is a known way of stimulating your brain to step back from the fight or flight reaction. That means that your entire brain sends out more calming information to calm the system down. It is really good to practice that in your regular life, not just at that moment when you need it, because if you know the technique well, you then can use it when times get a little bit edgy. So, try it out, find your own rhythm, maybe for you that’s not 7-11, maybe for you it’s a different length of inhale and exhale. Just make sure that your exhalation is longer than you Inhalation in this practice. I hope it helps – Enjoy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to mindful moment, this is a mindful moment about self-compassion, use it when something happened, when you failed, or you’re frustrated, or you did something went wrong. And you want to apply a bit of kindness to yourself. Allow the process from Kristen Neff to guide you through an exercise, to bring a bit more kindness back to yourself, to ease the situation a little bit and find a better outlook – Enjoy.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.