The Embodied Mind Hub
The Embodied Mind Hub
The Embodied Mind Hub
Embodied Mind Hub explores self awareness through mindfulness, mindful movement, guided imagery and formal practices.
Finding me : Episode 3 “Who I want to be ? “
Journal Reflection : 1. How did it feel to complete this exercise? 2. What thoughts went through your mind as you observed your ideal future self? 3. How was your ideal future self different from your current self? 4. How was your ideal future life from your current life? 5. How was your ideal future relationships different from your current ones? 6. How was your ideal future career different from your current one? 7. What other differences did you notice about your ideal future? Did you act differently, speak differently, feel differently, perceive differently? 8. How did it feel coming back to the current moment after spending some time in this ideal future?
Dec 8, 2020
8 min
Finding me - Episode 2 “The best parts of me”
Explore this guided imagery meditation and please use the journal question and answer reflections . It will be a journey where you will get to know a little bit more about who you are. You can visit and explore what are your strengths and what your weaknesses are and how they can help you to find your real self. JOURNAL REFLECTION 1. What sort of memories did you come across on your photo wall? 2. What kind of positive qualities did you find in yourself? 3. Describe a time when you showed compassion in your life and the positive effect it had on another person. 4. Describe a time when your humour had a positive impact on the people around you. 5. Describe a time when you exhibited emotional strength 6. What did it feel to complete the exercise? How did you feel during your journey? How did you feel answering these questions 7. What has this exercise taught you about yourself or your life?
Nov 13, 2020
12 min
Bodyscape Practice
A 20-min bodyscape an inquiring practice to notice the body. Once you are familiar with basic breath awareness practices, another powerful meditation practice involves expanding the field of awareness to include sensations within the body. This can include awareness of sensations in various parts of the body. Sensations might include feelings of pressure and temperature at the points of contact of the body with the floor, tingling, itching, pulsations, aching, warmth or coolness anywhere in the body, the possibilities are endless. During this meditation you are invited to practice mindfully inquiring into where you feel the breathe in the body and tune into sensations in the body. This practice explores embracing sensations as they arise in the body in order to ground ourselves in the here and now.
Oct 22, 2020
17 min
"Finding me" Episode 1 - How did I get here?
We all lose touch with ourselves at some point in life - it's normal. Whether you're middle-aged and facing the reality that your kids are leaving for college; or you have young kids and are just realizing  that somewhere in the midst of being a parent, you've lost yourself; or if you're facing the breakup of a marriage; or you're leaving an abusive and oppressive marriage; or maybe you're living the life set out for you by someone else - your parents, perhaps.  Or maybe just because we are living in a weird world at the moment and we cannot see ourselves in this new situation. Whatever the reason, if you've ever looked into a mirror and thought, "Who is this person?" this practice can assist you to answer your query. We will go on a healing journey together.  On this journey, you will get to know a little bit more about who you are, how you see yourself. We will use two main methods to make our way from the beginning to the end of this part of your journey, including: guided imagery meditations, question and answer reflections. Below you will find a journal which you can use to keep notes of your practice. It's important, though, that you answer the questions in written form - that you actually see your thoughts and feelings on paper or a screen. Journal Reflection 1 - What was it like taking your first guided journey in this practice? 2 - When you looked at the current state of your life, how did it make you feel? What did it make you think about yourself? 3 - What has changed between the self you saw in your childhood and the self you are now? 4 - What was your home like when you were a child? How do think that has affected you and brought you to where you are today? 5 - As you moved through the major events in your life, what patterns did you notice?  How do you think these events and your reactions to them helped shape you into the person you are today?
Oct 21, 2020
22 min
Body Practice Audio: How Mindful Movement can Help to Build Awareness
Audio movement sessions can deepen the sense of how you move. This movement class uses exploratory movement and guided attention to evoke new neuro-muscular patterns, reducing pain and tension and improving your coordination, flexibility, focus and balance. We strive to be stronger and more fit, often without concern for the quality of our movement. Sometimes we even assume we should be in pain.The costs of exercise and even day to day movements without awareness range from simply not enjoying ourselves, to being held short of reaching our full potential, to mild or even serious injury. During this practice your attention will be directed to particular things you feel as you move and this can be the key to positive change  :  your sensations are actually more important for enhancing how you move than the movement themselves.  
Oct 7, 2020
41 min