Archives: Audio Talks and Meditations

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Talks and Meditations
July 17, 2024, Anne V Muhlethaler

An Introduction to Loving Kindness

Fostering a connection and compassion toward ourselves and others

In this guided meditation, coach and certified mindfulness meditation teacher Anne V Muhlethaler leads listeners through a transformative Loving Kindness (also known as Mettā) meditation.  The practice begins with a focus on setting a meaningful intention, followed by a calming breathing exercise to help participants find presence and relaxation. Anne then guides listeners through loving-kindness…

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Talks and Meditations
June 2, 2024, Anne V Muhlethaler

Daily Gratitude Meditation

Open Up a Spiritual Dimension Through Gratitude

In this guided meditation, Anne guides listeners through a practice designed to help cultivate a sense of gratitude into our daily lives.  The session begins with a grounding practice, encouraging listeners to find a comfortable position, close their eyes, and settle into the sensations of their body. By focusing on the breath and observing its…

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Talks and Meditations
October 22, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

Loving Kindness 101 – A starter Kit

This is the first in a series of guided practices to teach new and curious beginners the meditation called Mettā, or Loving Kindness. Mindfulness and Meditation teacher Anne Mühlethaler has chosen to develop a short course to help newcomers to meditation trial this lesser-known yet powerful ancient Buddhist practice.

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Talks and Meditations
July 20, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

Being With the Flow of Our Thoughts

Mindfulness of Thought

A guided meditation for responding to the ‘waterfall effect,’ that natural occurrence of our thoughts overflowing loudly the moment we sit for a mindful moment. By observing the mind with the mind, we can approach the contents of our mindstream from another angle, and gain the needed perspective.

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Talks and Meditations
April 5, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

Warming the heart with love and kindness

Melting the negativity bias with warm attention

In this guided meditation, Anne introduces us to the practice first, and starts with an explanation of positive neuroplasticity and the negativity bias.  When Anne was studying to become a mindfulness and compassion teacher with MMTCP, she had the opportunity to discover the work of Dr Rick Hanson, PhD, a psychologist and specialist in positive…

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Talks and Meditations
December 17, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

Nurturing Connection with Loving Kindness

A meditation for spiritual connection and physical wellbeing

In this guided meditation, recorded live, mindfulness teacher Anne Muhlethaler guides us in a classic Mettā, or Loving Kindness, practise. Mettā, from Pali, can also be translated as ‘friendliness’ or ‘connection.’ The meditation is simple, but not easy, and its benefit can be felt in as little as a single practice.  We are invited to…

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Talks and Meditations
August 8, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

Mettā Meditation

Widening the Circle with Loving Kindness

Mother Teresa is known to have said that: ‘The problem with the world is that we draw our family circle too small.’ In this abridged Loving Kindness meditation, Anne invites you to bring to mind yourself, a neutral person, and a difficult person. As you carry the intention of the loving-kindness phrases to all beings everywhere around the world, you’ll draw the circle of your world a little larger.

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Talks and Meditations
February 22, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

Mindfulness Meditation

Relaxing with the sensations of the breath

In this meditation, mindfulness teacher Anne Muhlethaler introduces a practice of mindfulness of breath. It is particularly well suited to curious beginners and those coming to mindfulness having practiced other types of meditation. This recording is from one of the live online sessions Anne gives online several times per week. In this practice, Anne guides…

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Talks and Meditations
December 27, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

Mindfulness of Breath

Watching the natural movement of the breath

In this meditation, we explore the natural movements of the breath, observing the feelings and the sensations in the body, in and around the inhale and exhale. When our minds get distracted, we simply come back to watching the breath.  Mindfulness is practiced when we notice our attention has gone elsewhere, and we bring ourselves…

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Talks and Meditations
May 15, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

Mindfulness of Breath

Breath as gateway to the present moment

It’s often said that breath is the language of the nervous system.  Short enough to fit in at any time, this Mindfulness of Breath guided meditation  starts off with setting an intention for practice before turning to explore the sensations of the breath, as a gateway to becoming more intimate with ourselves in the present…

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Talks and Meditations
January 3, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

LovingKindness Meditation

Lovingkindness - Kindness as the water of humanity

Lovingkindness or Metta, is a practice that invites a genuine intention, first directed towards oneself, before turning to others and the whole world, to be healthy, at ease and safe from harm. Far from being a simple wish or a prayer, Metta doesn’t change our situations yet it may change how we relate to ourselves and each other over time.

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