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Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

Ancient meditation techniques from wisdom teachers who are lost in the mists of time are made available to you in accessible, bite-sized or longer guided meditations. Each episode is largely inspired by the original teachings of Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu masters like Lao Tzu, Buddha and “Krishna”, Christian masters like Mary Magdalene, Jesus and Teresa of Avila, Greek masters like Plotinus, Plato and Pythagoras, Islamic masters like Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Attar, and Hafez, and pre-historic masters from Polynesia, Australia and the Americas. From Buddhism to Taoism, from Astrology to Platonism, from Medieval Alchemists to Central Asian poets of yore, (and more), this podcast provides an easy way to access the simple meditation and happy life practices developed by the wisest masters to have graced this planet. Zebediah Rice guides you in an easy and free way to learn to meditate, become more mindful, energetic, happy, peaceful, and mentally sharp. Just sit back, relax, and let me do the work for you.

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Breath-based meditation (20 min) Oct 07, 2018

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This simple breathing exercise provides a much needed reset. And it is an essential component of retraining your mind and your body. You master your self by starting with the simple things like following your breath. This meditation guides you through the counting breaths up to ten practice. (If you lose count just restart at one again).

NOTE: This is a 20 minute version of the counting breaths to ten practice.

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Breath-based meditation (10 min) Oct 06, 2018

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Our bodies and our minds are designed to generate the kind of calm and peace that underpin a happy and fulfilling existence. We have to take control, assert our dominance over the default mode of fantasizing, self-criticism, replaying the past, judging ourselves or others and the list goes on. A simple way to do that is to just count your breaths. So that is what we do in this meditation. (If you lose count of your breaths, you can just start right back at the beginning with one again).

NOTE: This is a 10 minute version of the Count to 10 Guided Meditation.

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Grounding Meditation - The Complete Set (2 hrs) Oct 03, 2018

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This is a marathon session for those in need of a thorough grounding in themselves and the landscape around them. You will be working with the country around you, the actual and mystical energies nearby, and as always, light, light light.

Note: This is a 2 hour version of the Grounding Complete Set Meditation. Also, you will probably want some element from the land around you for the session. It can be a scoop of sand, a rock, a leaf, a branch or piece of bark or some other natural object that is indigenous to the landscape around you.

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Grounding Meditation - The Complete Set (90 min) Oct 01, 2018

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Whether you are jet-lagged or just run ragged and jagged by the splintering impacts of everyday life, it might be time for a energy refresher. An easy way to do this is to use the earth, your location, energy and light. They're free and always at hand. This meditation will help you ground yourself where you are and in who you are. It is so easy to forget!

Note: This is a 90 minute version of the Grounding Complete Set Meditation. Also, you will probably want some element from the land around you for the session. It can be a scoop of sand, a rock, a leaf, a branch or piece of bark or some other natural object that is indigenous to the landscape around you.

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Grounding Meditation - The Complete Set (1 hr) Sep 30, 2018

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Sometimes by consolidating your energies and harmonizing yourself internally and externally, you will find that you have the strength and positivity to handle what life brings you. This meditation combines using the earth, your location, and light to align you with where you are. (Though not necessary, you may want to use a stone or a leaf or a stick or the earth itself so best if you have one handy before you begin).

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Grounding - Use Energy (1 hour) Sep 05, 2018

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Spend the next hour pulsing with what the Hawaiians called Mana, the Chinese called Qi and the Indians called Prana. Meditating by following the breath or a mantra can be wonderful. But if you really want to connect with the energy all around you it is sometimes helpful to take a more structured path. Connecting to this energy is energizing and healing in any circumstance, but it can be particularly helpful when you are anxious or scattered or over-tired. And the grounding that is conveyed to the physical body by connecting with this subtle energy can have a powerful healing influence when you are suffering from more extreme cases like panic attacks or other psychological maladies. This is a 60 minute version of the Grounding - Use energy meditation.

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Grounding - Use Energy (45 min) Sep 04, 2018

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There are many ways to meditate. And each meditation will be different. Even with meditations as simple as following the breath or a mantra will be different every time. And these sorts of meditations can be wonderful. But to connect with the energy all around you it is sometimes helpful to take a more structured path. Connecting to this energy (the Chinese called it Qi, the Indians Prana and the Hawaiians Mana) is energizing and healing in any circumstance, but it can be particularly helpful when you are anxious or scattered or over-tired. And the grounding that is conveyed to the physical body by connecting with this energy can have a powerful healing influence when you are suffering from more extreme cases like panic attacks or other psychological maladies. This is a 45 minute version of the Grounding - Use energy meditation.

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Grounding - Use Energy (30 min) Sep 03, 2018

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A meditation can be a simple following of breath or a mantra. But to connect with the energy all around you it is sometimes helpful to take a more structured path. Connecting to this energy (or Qi or Prana) is energizing and healing in any circumstance, but it can be particularly helpful when you are anxious or scattered or over-tired. And the grounding that is conveyed to the physical body by connecting with this energy can have a powerful healing influence when you are suffering from more extreme cases like panic attacks or other psychological maladies. This is a 30 minute version of the Grounding - Use energy meditation.

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Grounding - Use Energy (20 min) Sep 02, 2018

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Students of modern science will be familiar with the idea of energy and forces permeating the universe. In ancient times there was a similar idea of fields of energy connecting and filling all of space. They called it Qi or Prana. Modern science dismisses this notion of a vital life force. But the ancient masters taught that there was this other kind energy that humans can awaken to. We can't measure it with our scientific instruments today but we can use our bodies to sense it. And we can use this energy to ground our bodies and connect with where we are. Whether we are anxious or stressed, overtired or jet lagged, or even if we are suffering from panic attacksTry it now by listening to this 20 minute version of the Grounding - Use Energy guided meditation.

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Grounding - Use Energy (10 min) Sep 02, 2018

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Space is permeated with fields of energy. Migratory birds navigate using this energy. Bees can feel changes in the electromagnetic field from flowers. And the ancient masters taught that there was another kind energy, or Qi, that humans can awaken to. We can use this energy in all sorts of ways. Today, we use it to ground our bodies and connect with where we are. This is a 10 minute version of the Grounding - Use Energy guided meditation.

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