A Guided Meditation on the Breath for Beginners


A Guided Meditation For Beginners

YouTube Version

Soundcloud Version


As I'd mentioned previously, I've been doing a lot of freelance voice work lately. One of the jobs I'd recently auditioned for involved creating guided meditations for commercial use, so obviously I jumped at the chance given that I'm doing voiceovers already; and also have loads of experience in meditation and can also produce broadcast-standard audio and video super quickly.

While I'm writing this blog post, I'm waiting to hear back from the client as there's still the small matter of my impenetrable accent and its clarity. In fairness, I have tried to soften it considerably and to pronounce things clearly, but whether they take me on board to produce for them remains to be seen. In the end, it's no great loss if I don't get the gig and in fact you folks actually come out winning either way 'cause I get to upload a free guided meditation!

Guided meditations are something that I'd already sketched out for Methods of Awakening. It was just a matter of writing strong enough scripts and composing appropriate, non-intrusive musical backing tracks. To be completely honest, I've never been a big fan of guided meditation but I can see how many people find it useful, and this was the perfect excuse to get started.

In this day and age, more people are inclined to consume this sort of content in an audio format anyway, so I'd like to produce as much high-quality material as possible. In doing so, more people will be able to start applying these basic techniques in a more productive and appropriate way, rather than fumbling around in the dark in ignorance.

Remember to follow Methods of Awakening on social media and I'll speak to you soon.

Practice Well - Peace Out

- Tommy

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Methods of Awakening - Access Concentration

Image
[Edited January 27th 2020: Corrected a few bits and pieces, but I've generally left this one intact. I don't know for certain whether or not I've actually attained "Stream Entry", but it doesn't really change the nature of this post and the practical advice which has proven useful to many (based on the very kind e-mails I've received).] Audio Version - Subscribe on YouTube Access Concentration One of the things that threw me when I started seriously meditating and using the Buddhist framework was the concept of "access concentration". I had spent a long time working with other conceptual maps and meditative techniques, over a decade of experimentation with everything from raja yoga to ritual magick, but I thought that this was some major meditative accomplishment which would require decades of practice. It was only when a more experienced yogi pointed out that, since I was claiming to have attained "Stream Entry", t...
Read more

Did You Get Your Free Book?

Image
I've published two free ebooks on meditation and mindfulness , aimed at beginners. These have both been based on reworkings of some of the content on this blog, but both have been updated quite a bit. Please help yourselves to your free copy by clicking the links below! If you enjoy my content, please let me know in the comments or via e-mail. I'd love to hear from you and hear more about what you'd like me to talk about. Stay tuned for much, much more activity from your friendly neighbourhood agnostic mystic! The Urban Yogi's Handbook Vol. 1: Concentration The Urban Yogi's Handbook Vol. 2: Mindfulness/Attentiveness Audiobook Version Open Skies: 60 Minutes of Meditation Music
Read more

Methods of Awakening - Stop! Jhana Time

Image
[Edited January 27th 2020: Corrected a few bits and pieces. At the moment, I am undecided as to whether to continue using the term, "jhana", to describe the concentration states I'll be discussing. Without going into detail, I would rather develop a more universal framework than confuse matters by appropriating Buddhist terminology, and particularly if the states are not in keeping with traditional understanding. An audio version of this post will be made available in coming weeks, so stay tuned.] Stop! Jhana Time In a previous post, I talked about access concentration as being the foundation of meditation practice, so I suppose it makes sense to continue the discussion by talking about what gets built on top of this fine, but very basic foundation. I will use the Buddhist framework to describe this as it’s a simple but incredibly accurate model, although I’ll try my best to describe any map-specific terminology in terms of actual practice and physical/mental...
Read more