In this recording, Christoph leads a brief, traditional Mindful Breathing meditation. A useful practice for becoming aware of the busy mind and returning your attention to the present moment with kindness using the breath. Please, do not listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need your full attention on something else.
This is a short yet comprehensive seated body scan practice, based on the traditional practice from MBSR and MBCT programmes. The pace is purposefully swift, to help you cultivate a sense of groundedness, full-body awareness and presence when you need it most. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need your full attention on something else.
Join Christoph as he leads a traditional Mindful Walking meditation. Suitable for indoor and outdoor practice. Good for grounding yourself and cultivating a sense of presence. Inspired by the Mindful Walking meditation from the MBCT programme (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy) created by Segal, Z. V., Williams, M., & Teasdale, J. Photo by Emma Simpson.
If you are feeling a little isolated and not so good about yourself, this secular mindfulness meditation can help you feel more connected again to yourself and to Life. Let Christoph guide you through the much-loved Three-step Breathing Space practice and cultivate your heart-space as you move through this meditation. No background music was added for extra focus. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need your full attention on somethi...
This is a Mindfulness meditation to help you cultivate calm and confidence in times of transition. Secular, paced, and following the popular three-stage breathing practice, this recording can help you feel more centered and optimistic. Recorded live during a “Calm with Christoph” meditation event. No background music added. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need your full attention on something else.
A calming Mindfulness meditation to help you ease stress. Secular, paced, and following the popular three-stage breathing practice, this recording can help you feel more grounded and balanced again. Recorded live during a "Calm with Christoph" meditation event. No background music added. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need your full attention on something else.
Join Christoph for a mini silent retreat; a mindfulness meditation with a minimalist approach, careful guidance and lots of space. Twenty minutes to hold space for yourself, reground and recharge. A welcome self-care treat in a hectic world. No background music added. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practic...
This relaxing meditation was recorded live during a Calm with Christoph mindfulness event. It is a calming interpretation of the traditional body scan. A helpful practice for cultivating non-judgmental curiosity toward the body and sustaining kind attention. No background music was added to help with staying focused. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during ...
Join Christoph for a deeply relaxing mindfulness meditation. This recording is a blissful practice for meditators with some experience and contains longer stretches of silence. You are invited to unwind and yet bring a sense of wakefulness to your meditation practice. A helpful session for developing resilience and groundedness. Recorded live during a "Calm with Christoph" online meditation event. No music to allow for extra focus. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or...
A new year is, ultimately, nothing but a sequence of moments. So what if you could learn how to be with moments differently - the easy ones and the challenging ones? Mindfulness meditation can be your helpful practice. A secular skill you can learn and cultivate to bring back balance in your life, one moment at a time... This introductory mindfulness meditation was recorded during a live Calm with Christoph online event and contains an inspirational intro message and guided meditation. Suitable ...
A spacious and sincere mindfulness meditation to help you unwind after a busy day. Includes breath and body focus as well as a loving-kindness practice. Recorded live during a Calm with Christoph mindfulness meditation event. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practice and consider trying again another time....
These are extraordinary times and I have recorded this Mindfulness meditation to help you feel more grounded, hopeful, and positive. Not in a corny way, but by cultivating a meditation practice that allows you to both relax and restore, using helpful mindfulness tools. Recorded live during a Calm with Christoph group meditation, this is a safe and gentle combination of guidance and lots of silent space to practice. No music to help with focusing on the now moment. Please, DO NOT listen to any of...
This is a pure mindfulness meditation with lots of space to help you rest your mind in the present moment. With careful guidance, Christoph invites you to gently return your awareness to the now using anchors such as the body and the breath. This meditation is loosely based on one of the foundational attitudes of Mindfulness: Letting Go. Not by pushing things away or by ignoring them, but by bringing kind attention to whatever is distracting us. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whi...
Recorded live during a "Calm with Christoph" mindfulness event on a Sunday night, in this practice, I share the importance of a Beginner's Mind and Non-Striving to help you settle into our meditation time together. We then explore the value of bringing kind attention to whatever wants to be acknowledged so we can still ourselves even further. This is a beautifully relaxing and yet empowering meditation to process the week gone by and welcome the week ahead. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this r...
A beautiful and relaxing meditation, based on the 3-Step Breathing Space from the MBCT programme. With lots of space for practice, this calming meditation integrates Choiceless Awareness, Mindful Breathing and a Body Scan. No music added. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practice and consider trying again an...
This recording is my adaptation of the beautiful and effective Lake Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Contrary to popular belief, this meditation is not (just) about visualising your way to calm. In the same way a basin holds a lake no matter what the surface of that lake looks like -choppy or calm- we can learn how to hold space for ourselves, our feelings, emotions, and thoughts. Recorded live during a Calm with Christoph meditation seminar (Sundays 7:30pm UK, see Eventbrite). No music added. Plea...
Join Christoph for a relaxing and grounding mindfulness meditation. No fluff, simply an effective journey into the present moment to help you access a feeling of calm. Taken from a live "Calm with Christoph" online meditation session. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practice and consider trying again anothe...
An effective mindfulness practice recorded live during a ‘Calm with Christoph’ online meditation event. Learn how to hold space for yourself, stop ruminating and experience the calm that can be found in the now moment. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practice and consider trying again another time....
In this “mediteaching,” Christoph invites you to relax and learn how to deepen your mindfulness practice to bring back balance. It is a helpful meditation for these challenging times. You are invited to gently explore which parts of yourself you may have been giving away -knowingly or unknowingly- lately and call those parts back to you with kindness and self-compassion. (No added music to help with focus and appreciation of the moment.) Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driv...
A beautiful, simple and effective mindfulness meditation to help you relax and create a gentle breathing space between you and your thoughts. Ideal for focused relaxation and mindfulness practice. Taken from a live "Calm with Christoph" meditation event. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the meditation it is advisable to stop the practice and consider...
This meditation starts with a relaxing body scan and then expands into a beautiful practice to help you keep your own cup full: Holding space for yourself. The idea is to help us become as good a friend for ourselves as we are to others. Christoph gently invites you to reflect on three questions and encourages you to observe what comes up for you without judgement, thus cultivating compassion, kindness and patience to enhance your own wellbeing. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whi...
Allow your mind and body to relax without feeling guilty for taking some much-deserved time out. With beautiful background music and Christoph’s reassuring voice, this new guided meditation will help you unwind, refill your own cup, and experience a whole new level of stillness. Ends with a loving-kindness practice. 17 minutes of pure bliss! Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, or when you need full attention on something else. If you feel uncomfo...
We live in challenging times. Treat yourself to a moment of equanimity with this new recording that includes mindfulness meditation essentials such as awareness of breath, cultivating space between stimulus and response, choiceless awareness and even a brief body scan. Let Christoph help you fall awake to the present moment so you can restore a feeling of ease in these uneasy times. No added music to help with focus and appreciation of the moment. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording w...
This is an informative meditation to help you feel both relaxed and inspired to be more in control, more empowered, and more ready to invite the positive into your life. Part meditation, part “mediteaching,” Christoph helps you to relax and -in very accessible language- briefly explains why your busy mind can make you feel anxious and how mindfulness meditation can help you feel more grounded and balanced again. No added music to help with focus and appreciation of the moment. Please, DO NOT lis...
A beautifully calming meditation for extra stability in these challenging times. Christoph invites you to relax deeply into the present moment by bringing your awareness to each of your main chakras. The more we can align our chakras with mindfulness meditation, the easier it is to recenter and rebalance. This practice is a beautiful variation on the usual body scan. No added music to help with focus and appreciation of the moment. Taken from a live Calm with Christoph meditation session. Please...
Fall awake to your uniqueness with this deeply calming yet empowering guided meditation. Christoph first helps you to relax fully, then invites you to experience yourself judgement free, reclaim the parts of you that you have given away, call back your joy, and restore trust in yourself. No added music to help with focus and appreciation of the moment. Taken from a live Calm with Christoph meditation session. Please, DO NOT listen to any of this recording whilst driving or operating machinery, o...
Taken from a live online "Calm with Christoph" meditation event, this tonglen meditation is a special breathing meditation treat. Tonglen is a Tibetan concept made up of two words: tong (which means letting go, giving) and len (which means accepting, receiving). I recorded this meditation practice in response to the many requests from people for help with managing stress related to the current state of the world. Tonglen is about taking ownership and then transforming discomfort, in a very empow...
There's a famous quote (often attributed to Viktor Frankl, although the source is unknown) that goes as follows, "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." In this mindfulness meditation we explore finding and cultivating that space for better wellbeing. This recording is from a live online "Calm with Christoph" meditation session. Just like my other mindfulness meditations, this recording...
It was nice to be invited back by Radio Plus on their Health & Wellbeing show, hosted by the inspirational Christine Charles. We discuss: - What could your lockdown ROI be? - The benefits of confronting your loneliness - The beauty of angst-free moments of silence in friendships - How Mindfulness helps us respond to stress rather than react - Various wellbeing tools to boost your resilience in this pivotal time and beyond! #mindfulness #wellbeing #lockdown #selfcare #anxiety #loneliness...
The Loving Kindness Meditation is one of the core mindfulness practices in the MBSR programme, created by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, who brought mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) into the mainstream of medicine and society. This meditation calls our attention specifically to encouraging the growth of compassion, both for ourselves, others and the world at large. It is especially helpful to those who may have a harsh inner critic or low self-esteem. We are setting an intention to nurture the qual...
