Mindfulness Of Sound, Body, And Breath

This meditation invites you to practice with 3 different anchors for your attention and then choose 1 for the remainder of the meditation. By focusing our attention on an anchor, we bring ourselves into the present moment and learn to calm and steady our minds. A few moments into practice, you’ll find that your mind will begin to wander. This is part of the practice. It’s the repeated redirection of attention back to an anchor that helps to strengthen the neural pathways for cultivating states and traits of mindfulness. Additionally, while the breath is often offered as the sole anchor for attention in guided meditations, it’s not always comfortable to focus on. This meditation offers trauma-sensitive guidance for prioritizing choice, comfort, and safety and is inspired by the work of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Expert, David Treleaven.

This meditation is also offered with an explanation about anchor practices for beginners. Search for 'Mindfulness of Body, Sound and Breath'.

Reviews

This is the most connected to a practise I’ve been for a few weeks. I’ve struggled to stay focused purely on the breath but having other options as an anchor really helped. I used the hum of passing traffic which stopped my mind from racing 🙏❤️

Lovely and gentle. I particularly liked coming back to home base. This is the practice 🙏

Thank you Shelley. Your voice is calming and this is a lovely meditation.💕