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Time to Flourish mindfulness meditation

Diane Tittertonβ€’www.timetoflourish.co.uk
A range of guided mindfulness meditations suitable for beginners and more advanced practitioners wishing to take time out to develop their mindset and mastery of thoughts, emotions and behaviour.
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Held by Nature: A forest walk surrounded by love and support

In this short, guided practice, Diane invites you on a mindful walk through a peaceful forestβ€”accompanied by loved ones who bring comfort, support, and a sense of belonging. This visualisation creates space to slow down, feel grounded, and gently reconnect with the love that surrounds you. A simple yet powerful reminder that you're not aloneβ€”and it's safe to soften, breathe, and just be. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness is a way of being that helps you better manage thoughts, ...

May 07, 2025β€’22 minβ€’Ep. 79

Calm is closer than you think

A gentle guided meditation to help you return to the calm centre withinβ€”the quiet eye of the storm. Through breathwork, visualisation, and presence, you’ll reconnect with the stillness that’s always available beneath the chaos. Perfect for unwinding, grounding, or starting fresh after a busy day. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness transformed my life and it can do the same for you. There’s more to it that just meditation. Mindfulness is a way of being that helps you better manag...

Apr 11, 2025β€’19 minβ€’Ep. 78

A meditation of Light and Compassion

In this guided meditation, we begin by settling into stillness, allowing the body and breath to soften. We then invite in light, breathing in renewal, breathing out tension. With each inhale, we fill ourselves with warmth and clarity; with each exhale, we release stress and self-judgement. Next, we introduce loving-kindness, choosing a phrase from the Metta prayer to draw deep into our being. As we breathe in, we absorb this intention, allowing it to expand within us until it overflowsβ€”radiating...

Mar 24, 2025β€’18 minβ€’Ep. 77

Returning to Happiness: A Mindful Journey into Joyful Memories

This calming meditation, recorded live for our membership, guides you in reconnecting with a joyful moment from your past. By intentionally recalling this happiness, you not only experience a sense of warmth and positivity but also strengthen your ability to sit with and understand emotions. This practice deepens mindfulness and enhances emotional intelligence, helping you navigate life with greater awareness and balance. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach o...

Feb 11, 2025β€’18 minβ€’Ep. 75

Feel the Wave of Relaxation

Sometimes we need to soften the tension in our body and allow a wave of relaxation to flow. This offers a welcome release from doing while we focus on letting go of fear, anxiety, stress or tension. Beneath this is only ever those lovely peaceful feelings of warmth and relaxation. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness is a way of being that helps you better manage thoughts, emotions and behaviour. Meditation is an important part of mindfulness but there are so many other tips and t...

Jan 17, 2025β€’15 minβ€’Ep. 74

Finding Your Breathing Space: A Simple Mindfulness Practice to Ease Stress

Relaxing meditation that focuses on using the breath to aid relaxation and feelings of warmth and calm. Perfect stress relief for busy minds that need a break. Recorded during our weekly membership live meditation. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and online courses to help you go from stressed and anxious to calm and confident living the life of your dreams. Find out more about mindfulness meditation here or click below for on...

Dec 10, 2024β€’24 minβ€’Ep. 73

MS Society Meditation Building Awareness of Energy Levels

This meditation was recorded for an MS Society event to help people assess their energy levels and understand what the body is signalling to them on a daily basis. The meditation also has the added benefit of relaxation and energy renewal as a result of taking the time out to practice being mindful. For more details on how to manage energy and fatigue using mindfulness meditation please contact [email protected]

Oct 21, 2024β€’16 minβ€’Ep. 72

Building Self Trust

How much trust do you have in yourself? Can you connect with the place in your body where you feel the inner knowing that makes decisions that you can trust? Are there any fears and doubts within you disrupting your ability to trust yourself? These are the questions we gently explore in this meditation before considering small ways we can instantly start to build trust in ourselves. This meditation may provide instant answers or it may be sowing the seeds that deliver insight over the next few d...

Oct 10, 2024β€’21 minβ€’Ep. 71

Relaxing Breathing Practice to Connect to Inner Wisdom (Part 2)

In addition to being a relaxing breath practice, this meditation helps us to open the channel of communication with the body. We breathe into the lower, mid and upper abdomen to relax the body and also encourage connection with any sensations or feelings being stored in these areas. This helps us to move away from overthinking and to connect to the wisdom of the body and any messages it may have for us. This can take time to master but with practice we can all tune into our inner knowing which c...

Oct 08, 2024β€’14 minβ€’Ep. 70

Relaxing Breathing Practice to Connect to the Body (Part 1)

This three part breathing exercise is deeply relaxing and helps us to open the channel of communication with the body through a breath practice. We breathe into the lower, mid and upper abdomen to relax the body and also encourage connection with any sensations or feelings being stored in these areas. This is the first stage in connecting to the body's inner wisdom and is the foundation for building self awareness and self trust that leads us to make decisions with confidence. Ready to take it t...

Oct 08, 2024β€’13 minβ€’Ep. 69

10 Minute Progressive Muscle Relaxation

This meditation is great for tense bodies and minds. We systematically tense and release different parts of the body. It is perfect for beginners or busy minds because there is a feeling of having something to do throughout the meditation. It's also only 10 minutes long which makes it easy to integrate into those busy days that make us feel stressed and anxious.

Oct 08, 2024β€’11 minβ€’Ep. 68

10 Minute Four Square Breathing Relaxing Meditation

Four square or box breathing is where we count each part of the breath for an equal count, thus making each part an equal duration. The breath is split into 4 parts, the in breath, the pause as the inhale finishes, the exhale and then the pause when the exhale finishes before the next inhale begins. This breathing exercise can also be done with eyes open and if you have anything square around you. You can trace the shape with your eyes, or even your finger, as you go through each round of breath...

Oct 07, 2024β€’10 minβ€’Ep. 67

Meditation for Beginners: Easy Setup Tips and Guided Practice

This simple breathing practice meditation guides you each step of the way and provides some basic tips to get you started and enjoying the benefits of meditation. All you need to do is listen. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and online courses to help you go from stressed and anxious to calm and confident living the life of your dreams. Find out more about mindfulness meditation here or click below for online courses: From Cha...

Sep 25, 2024β€’9 minβ€’Ep. 66

Activating your vision board (long version)

This vision board activation meditation helps you to visualise the realisation of the goals and intentions you have on your vision board. This is a great meditation if you have recently completed your vision board or if you feel you want to supercharge manifestation of one particular goal you have. If you would like details on how to create a Vision Board please see details of our course below, available online or as a mix of online with one to one coaching. https://www.timetoflourish.co.uk/mind...

Sep 19, 2024β€’30 minβ€’Ep. 63

Seeing is believing - vision board activation

For this meditation have your vision board in front of you. This meditation starts with eyes open while you absorb the images on your board. We use the affirmations as a mantra before visualising ourself in the place, situation, noticing all the details around us. We notice how we feel and how we look in the space where our goals have been realised. If you are interested in creating a vision board check out our course, available online with or without coaching support from Diane. https://www.tim...

Sep 19, 2024β€’12 minβ€’Ep. 64

Being with what is

Cultivating awareness and acceptance of whatever is happening in the body and mind. Intended to prevent us adding an extra layer of suffering that often comes from resisting things as they are. Acceptance is a paradox in that in order to change things we must first make peace with them. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and online courses to help you go from stressed and anxious to calm and confident living the life of your drea...

Aug 30, 2024β€’13 minβ€’Ep. 62

Mindful Awareness of Thoughts - Noting Meditation

This short noting meditation is intended to help you learn to notice the nature of thoughts in your mind, and to notice when you are lost in them. By facing our thoughts with openness and curiosity we see them more clearly and notice when we are being swept away by them. This mindful awareness is key to us keeping control of which thoughts we choose to spend our time and energy investigating and which ones we can allow to flow through without requiring much intervention from us. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»...

Aug 27, 2024β€’7 minβ€’Ep. 61

Opening to Compassion: A Meditation for Stress and Struggles

Sending ourselves self-compassion can be challenging, but for many, the hardest part is learning to receive itβ€”both from ourselves and others. This meditation guides you to build self-compassion by first becoming mindful of your stress and recognising it as a shared human experience. From there, you’ll practice opening up to heartfelt words of compassion, offering support for your struggles. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and...

Aug 25, 2024β€’15 minβ€’Ep. 60

Liberate fear & get ready to shine

This meditation includes a reading of Marianne Williamson's poem, Our Greatest Fear. We then invite the relaxed mind to identify the parts of ourselves that keep us small from fear and those parts that are ready to shine. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I'm Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and online courses to help you go from stressed and anxious to calm and confident living the life of your dreams. Find out more about online courses: From Chaos to Calm in 14 Da...

Aug 23, 2024β€’13 minβ€’Ep. 59

Shaping the breath for relaxation

This simple breath meditation is intended to relax the weight off the mind. It focuses on the physical shape of the breath and using that as an anchor. It also encourages shaping the breath to create a long slow deep breath that switches us into rest and relaxation. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach offering one to one coaching and online courses to help you go from stressed and anxious to calm and confident living the life of your dreams. Find out more abo...

Aug 21, 2024β€’12 minβ€’Ep. 58

Recognise and Connect to Emotions (of our choice)

This meditation takes an open and curious look at the emotions that are currently present and allows us to connect to them, feel them and then let them go. We then choose a desired emotion and recall that, using thoughts to enhance the emotion. We then enjoy connecting to that emotion before letting it flow. This meditation helps us learn the shape of our emotions and our ability to change the experience with thoughts. It highlights our attitude towards different emotions. When we can let go of ...

Aug 14, 2024β€’17 minβ€’Ep. 57

Mantra or Affirmation meditation

A mantra or affirmation is used as the focus for attention. The words of the mantra are repeated and serve as an anchor for the mind. Their meaning helps you to positively influence the state of the body and mind. Create your own mantra or use Louise Hay's affirmation 'All will be well.'

Aug 14, 2024β€’13 minβ€’Ep. 56

Positivity Overflow: Sharing and Receiving Good Vibes

In this feel good meditation we bring to mind the positive qualities we see in someone else and wish for them to receive more of these qualities. We then wish for ourselves to receive positivity creating connection and good feelings. πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach helping you to achieve more, worry less and find more happiness. If you’d like to learn more about mindfulness meditation or do a one to one session via Zoom, designed to help you overcome the ...

Jul 12, 2024β€’13 minβ€’Ep. 55

Cascading Light Meditation

A relaxing breath meditation where we breathe deeply then visualise the breath to flowing upwards and cascading in a fountain of coloured light around us. Leaves us feeling calm and clear, ready to continue with a great day or drift into a peaceful sleep.

Jun 11, 2024β€’11 minβ€’Ep. 54

Mentally Rehearsing for a Challenging Event

Do you have exams, public speaking presentations or a difficult conversation coming up? Then this is the perfect meditation to help you switch off the anxiety associated with the anticipation of the event. It will also help you to arrive in the situation calm and alert, helping you perform to the best of your ability. This type of mental rehearsal is said to help us deal with difficult situations and visualise the best possible outcome. It also prompts you to remember the best advice for when yo...

May 29, 2024β€’19 minβ€’Ep. 53

Reaching stillness

This 10 minute meditation initially guides you to a place of calm relaxation then gives you the opportunity to practice a few minutes of silent insight meditation where you are resting awareness on the breath while being open to receive insight from the body or mind.

May 17, 2024β€’10 minβ€’Ep. 52

Beginner's Insight meditation (Vipassana) with some guidance

This is the live meditation from our membership. Insight meditation is a traditional mindfulness meditation that is done in silence while resting awareness on the breath and being open to any experiences of the moment. This introduction meditation also provides a guided introduction to help you to settle the mind and body before going solo in your practice. The insight part lasts ten minutes but has reminders to refocus on your breath every two and a half minutes, making it an ideal introduction...

May 15, 2024β€’19 minβ€’Ep. 51

Learning to Capture Memories Better than an iPhone Camera

By focusing on each of our senses individually and then collectively we can heighten our engagement with the present moment and build a stronger picture and memory of where we are here and now. This is mindfulness and this meditation helps you to experience this state and replicate it in real life. Perfect for capturing special moments that can then be easily recalled together with the intense positive emotions, something an iPhone cannot do! πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”»πŸ”ΊπŸ”» πŸ‘‹ Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness a...

May 02, 2024β€’9 minβ€’Ep. 48

Setting Difficult Emotions Free

This meditation helps you sit with difficult emotions while maintaining distance and not getting swept away. We do this by being open and curious, inviting them in and then labelling them. This is a useful skill to master during calm times so that when the big emotions come we can manage those. If you find yourself already having to deal with negative emotions, this gentle meditation can help you to courageously face them and allow them the space to move through you.

Apr 26, 2024β€’9 minβ€’Ep. 50
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