Our mind finds it difficult to focus on more than one thing at a time. Often the focus for our attention is on the loudest and most negative thought and it can be hard to see anything else. This meditation helps you to learn how to disengage from troublesome thoughts and instead focus your attention where you choose. This stops us getting caught in a spiral of negativity where the thought gets progressively more negative and challenging for us to deal with. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 Hi, I am Diane...
Apr 25, 2024•12 min•Ep. 49
This is a live recording from our regular Monday night meditation. There is an introduction to the breathing practice and the benefits it offers. 4,7,8 breathing is a popular breathing technique that helps to reduce stress and anxiety. Practicing this as part of a meditation maximises the benefits however it can also be very useful to practice on a daily basis when you feel stressed or anxious. It's also said to help with sleep so try it if you struggle to fall asleep or wake up during the night...
Apr 19, 2024•19 min•Ep. 47
This series of short and sweet meditations is deigned to offer quick calm for busy minds. Take 10 minutes to escape reality and recharge in a place that brings you joy. This meditation uses the power of the mind to stimulate the same emotions we get when relaxing in a special place. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 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 se...
Apr 05, 2024•10 min•Ep. 45
This series of short and sweet meditations is deigned to offer quick calm for busy minds. 8 minutes can easily be spent spirally into fear and worry if you have something on your mind. Instead break the cycle and calm the body and mind with this short meditation. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 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, desi...
Apr 04, 2024•8 min•Ep. 46
This series of short and sweet meditations is deigned to offer quick calm for busy minds. This is a simple breath meditation. All you need to do is sit and rest awareness on the breath. I'm with you to help you stay focused and to prevent you getting sucked back into thoughts. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 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 ...
Apr 03, 2024•11 min•Ep. 44
This series of short and sweet meditations is deigned to offer quick calm for busy minds. This body scan meditation is excellent when you are overthinking and need to get the focus away from the mind. It also helps soften and relax muscles, allowing you to let go of tension the body may be holding in a gentle way. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 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 ...
Apr 02, 2024•8 min•Ep. 42
This series of short and sweet meditations is deigned to offer quick calm for busy minds. Letting go can feel freeing and the lack of resistance can help still the body and mind. This meditation practices the ability to let go of control and go with the flow through the metaphor of allowing the body to breathe without interference or control. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach helping you to achieve more, worry less and find more happiness. If you’d like to ...
Apr 01, 2024•8 min•Ep. 43
Feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges? This meditation offers solace. Delve into the realm of sensation, both external touch and internal emotions, without overthinking. Let go of the need for your mind to craft narratives about what you're experiencing. Through a soothing body scan, redirect your focus inward, granting respite from the turmoil of difficult thoughts and emotions. Join us in finding peace amidst life's storms. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation ...
Feb 28, 2024•23 min•Ep. 41
Revive and Rest: Whether it’s a midday energy dip or a night craving deep rest, this soothing Yoga Nidra session is your haven. Crafted for moments when fatigue takes hold or sleep seems elusive, it’s a perfect pick-me-up or an ideal prelude to a night of deep, rejuvenating rest. Our focus? Harnessing the power of your breath to re-energise from the fatigue. Then, drift through a tranquil garden visualisation, where each flower’s colour imbues you with serene, healing energy. Ready for rejuvenat...
Jan 23, 2024•26 min•Ep. 40
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. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻...
Jan 11, 2024•12 min•Ep. 39
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others." - Cicero This meditation helps us enjoy the benefits of both gratitude and kindness. A gratitude practice is an introspective practice, while kindness is action orientated, focused on external behaviours. Being thankful is the act of gratitude. Expressing thankfulness is an act of gratitude AND kindness. Acts of kindness are outward expressions that generate positive emotions for the giver and receiver. The receiver is...
Nov 23, 2023•15 min•Ep. 38
Sometimes we need to allow the body time and space to relax and let go of tension before we can then fall into a deep sleep. This meditation is perfect for times when we feel tired but wired or for when pain is interrupting our sleep. 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 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...
Oct 27, 2023•21 min•Ep. 37
In this guided meditation, you'll start by unwinding your mind and relaxing your body. Then, we'll focus on your heart area, cultivating a sense of warmth and vitality. You'll place your hands over your heart to really tap into this nurturing energy. Finally, you'll move your hands to areas in your body that need some TLC, transferring that healing energy to help you feel better from the inside out. ------------------------------------------------- Meet Diane Titterton, your guide to a mindful l...
Oct 11, 2023•20 min•Ep. 36
This is a relaxing and healing visualisation meditation. Perfect for using to unwind at the end of a busy day or to get you ready for sleep. 💤
Sep 08, 2023•22 min•Ep. 35
Use this meditation when you are too wired to think your way to calm and instead use the body to breathe yourself calm. The double inhale breath is known as the Physiological Sigh, a natural breath that we often do unconsciously when falling asleep or recovering our breath after crying. It stimulates the Parasympathetic Nervous System (rest & recharge) and is an excellent tool to employ in the moment when the stress response is triggered.
Aug 24, 2023•12 min•Ep. 34
A deeply relaxing meditation using the mantra, 'all will be well.' This meditation encourages deep body relaxation, a break from the thinking mind and the opportunity to visualise and rehearse for all to be well. Perfect when you need some support to get through any of life's challenges from illness to work stress.
Aug 16, 2023•16 min•Ep. 33
Loving kindness is a powerful part of mindfulness and community and connection have been proven by science to lead to a longer life, better health and wellbeing. This meditation is a new take on the traditional Loving Kindness meditation, also known in Buddhism as Metta. In this meditation we meet those that have walked our path with us for a season, reason or lifetime. We also discover those that have yet to reveal themselves to us and take the opportunity to remember that we are our only const...
Jul 01, 2023•18 min•Ep. 32
Sometimes we need to stop and take a breath to reset. This meditation is perfect for those challenging situations where you need to take some time out to re-centre and prepare yourself to approach the situation with fresh eyes, energy & with openness to see wider possibilities and solutions. Also great as a morning meditation before a busy day.
Jun 20, 2023•15 min•Ep. 31
Recapturing that early morning moment when you wake up and the mind is still. The moment before you calculate what day it is and what's in store. The moment before you remember what you were thinking about yesterday. Using 4,7,8 breathing to switch out the stress response into a place where the body also gets a chance to rest and recover. Breathing exercises are a fast way to bypass the mind and access the stress off switch in the body. If you are new to breathing exercises it may be difficult t...
May 19, 2023•5 min•Ep. 30
Ever wish you could start the day again? Let go of what's bothering you and re-energise to help you be both productive and happier today. This quick meditation helps you let go of tension and any negative thoughts and re-energises you so that after 7 minutes you re start your day with a feeling of lightness. Meditation is an essential tool for busy lives. It helps us to manage stress and instead use our energy to focus on achieving what we need to and then still having the capacity to enjoy our ...
May 04, 2023•7 min•Ep. 29
When stressors get overwhelming we naturally suppress, avoid, distract or numb which builds emotion as general irritation that can erupt at any moment. This meditation offers an alternative and helps move the emotions being felt, and prevents you from adding additional unhelpful emotions to the mix. It also helps to identify other more positive emotions that are present and can be felt now. This practice also helps build resilience to future stress and the emotion it brings without it impacting ...
Feb 21, 2023•15 min•Ep. 28
This meditation helps us to relax with a virtual head and shoulder massage where we set the intention to relax all the muscles of the shoulders, neck and head and use our breath to turn on the relaxation response. We then tune into the body and how it feels to help us build that mind body connection that enables us to tune into the body's innate wisdom. This can help us build our intuition, make heart based decisions that feel right and learn to remain stable and calm even in the face of turbule...
Jan 15, 2023•10 min•Ep. 27
A breath meditation that uses focus on the breath to let go and create a feeling of spaciousness & stillness in the mind. A chance to stop doing and concentrate on being.
Dec 16, 2022•10 min•Ep. 26
On some days we just don't feel like sitting and meditating. This can be a conscious resistance or happens because we find ourselves scattered and chasing different things to do. A meditation on these days helps us calm & focus the mind. It stops us wasting the day being unproductive and conserves energy for the important things. It helps us identify our priorities and restores a feeling of calm and confidence. Not sure which meditation to do next? Check out our guide to helping you determin...
Nov 21, 2022•16 min•Ep. 25
Yoga Nidra translates as sleep with awareness and is deeply relaxing and rejuvenating for the body. It also releases dopamine thus leaving you feeling refreshed and motivated. My yoga teacher always told us that 20 minutes of Yoga Nidra is the equivalent of two hours sleep which makes it perfect for days when you feel tired or sleep deprived. Unlike two hours of sleep Yoga Nidra won't leave you feeling groggy. It is the perfect meditation for at night before sleep because it takes your awareness...
Nov 07, 2022•20 min•Ep. 24
A perfect start to your working day. This meditation is a warm up for your focus and gently engages your concentration muscle. If you are struggling to get into work and are tempted to check your phone, or make another drink to procrastinate, stop, sit down and enjoy these next 5 minutes. At the end you'll feel ready and able to tackle your day. The mind has thoughts every 10 seconds and these can be very loud and distracting. By taking a few minutes out before we start periods of focus and conc...
Oct 31, 2022•6 min•Ep. 23
A key concept in mindfulness is building awareness of what is happening in the present moment both externally and internally. When we can get in touch with the sensations of the body in any given moment we can tune into the simple pleasure the body may be experiencing and by savouring them we can maximise the feeling of peaceful easy relaxation, far from the switched on state of stress. It can often be surprising just how many opportunities for experiencing drops of joy there are in an average d...
May 17, 2022•11 min•Ep. 22
This daytime meditation helps you reset, then set intentions for a great day. It includes a gratitude practice, colour meditation and some loving kindness so is the mindfulness equivalent of getting your five a day veggies in one meal! Not sure which meditation to do next? Check out our flow chart helping you determine the meditation that is right for you each day by downloading the free Mediation Finder with links to each meditation here ....
Mar 08, 2022•20 min•Ep. 21
Letting go takes awareness, acceptance, strength and sometimes forgiveness. This meditation helps you let go of any physical or emotional sensations that are ready to leave and soften the impact of any that are still present. Full moon's are said to be a good time to let go of anything that no longer serves you. This could be because of the strong energy of a full moon. We can look at the power of a spring tide that occurs during the full moon, and the fact that this is traditionally the time of...
Jan 18, 2022•20 min•Ep. 20
Based on a meditation by Jay Shetty from his book, Think like a Monk, this meditation visualises you in a sacred space where you can rest and recharge. It's great for when you need to take some time out for you. Not sure which meditation to do next? Check out our flow chart helping you determine the meditation that is right for you each day by downloading the free Mediation Finder with links to each meditation here . 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 👋 Hi, I am Diane, Mindfulness and meditation coach helpin...
Dec 07, 2021•11 min•Ep. 19
