Meditation and sound can work alone or in conjunction with traditional talk therapy to lower stress, reduce anxiety and tension, and bring more well-being into your life. Here are some free recorded meditations to try:
This Soundbath uses Planetary Gongs, Himalayan Singing Bowls, and Crystal Singing Bowls to help guide you into a deep meditation. A soundbath "washes" away stress and helps bring you into a state of relaxation:
This Calm Safe Place Visualization is a guided imagery meditation that uses the power of your mind’s eye to cultivate a pleasant, happy and/or safe experience. You will create a calm place using your imagination that you can call upon whenever you are feeling stressed or anxious:
This Container Visualization is a guided imagery meditation that uses the power of your mind’s eye to visualize a container to help you “pack away” memories, emotions, body sensations or anything else that you are not quite ready to deal with yet:
This Light Stream Visualization is a guided imagery meditation that uses the power of your mind’s eye to visualize a bright and healing light that moves over your body like a shield to help protect yourself and clear our body level distress or discomfort:
This Loving-Kindness Meditation (also known as “metta”) invites us to mentally send good wishes, kindness, and warmth to others and ourselves. This practice may increase our compassion, empathy, and connection: