MIDL 02/36: Insight Meditation: The Four Elements

Stephen Procter guides you in the insight meditation skill of training your mind to perceive the four elemental qualities as a range of: Earth: softness-hardness, Fire: coolness-warmth, Water: dryness-wetness, Air: contraction-expansion. The development of this insight technique will allow you to experience your body, emotions, thoughts, memories etc. without judging or controlling them, thereby training your mind to let go of control in all aspects of your life. Support articles and instructions for this guided meditation can be found in the Free Online MIDL Insight Meditation Course by checking Stephens Procter's teacher profile.

Reviews

Very well thought out. A good lesson as a step towards midl

Thank you for holding the space for me to explore presence Stephen. I find your meditations so helpful in navigating the things I encounter in my life. 💕

Excellent meditation 🙏

I've never taken the time to explore those qualities before, thank you! Thank you for this course!

Useful, easy to be hooked, not stcky. Thanks so much for sharing

A very interesting practise. I found it supportive and relaxing, thank you Stephen.

Amazing! Thanks 🙏🏻

Thank you for creating this series. My progress is slow but rich.

Thank you Stephen for teaching me to be more mindful and making it an ongoing part of my meditation practice and daily life.

Thank you very much

Very good drawing our attention deep into the various sensations in the body, and relaxing.
Thankyou Stephen

The meditation was grounding for me. I appreciate you allowing the time to carry this feeling of inner connectedness throughout the day.
I am truly grateful.

Love this! - Thank you so much!🌹

Excellent mindfulness / awareness of bodily sensations. Requires strong concentration (for me at least :).

Nice deepening of contact with bodily sensations.

I continue to become familiar with the nuances in my body that I didn’t realize existed.
How wonderful it is to carry this with me throughout my day.
🙏🏼❤️🌞

One of the most insightful meditations I’ve had. Getting a whole new experience of the elements. Thank you!

Thank you for this meditation. As someone who often struggles to make the difference between sensations and feelings, this session really helps me ground at the level of sensations. It really is a pleasure weeks after weeks to look within and to connect with myself.

Thanks again for this excellent meditation!

Very valuable meditation, I think that having all these elemental qualities to look out for will definitely help me be more mindful of the body throughout the day. I do always wonder though, what does it mean that as soon as I settle in to meditate for any length of time, I get an itchy nose, or something else. If I ignore it, it goes away eventually, but if I scratch it then all hell breaks lose - everything begins to be itchy one after another.... Body trying to avoid being still? Would itchiness be considered an elemental quality? 😕
Thank you for this illuminating instruction! 🙏

A revealing tour of body sensations. Thank you!

Fantastic led meditation
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