Become the Eye of the Storm With this Guided Meditation - "The Lake"
Become the Eye of the Storm With this Guided Meditation Mindfulness Based Stress Relief ( MBSR ) is the most researched and effective Physician Burnout prevention technique ... here is a shortcut to your own personal mindfulness practice. And it takes just minutes a week.
Connect with that part of you that is always calm, cool and collected no matter what is going on around you with this Guided Meditation called "The Lake".
You really can become the "Eye of the Storm" in your clinic or hospital day when you know how to use your breathing to recenter in a place that is deeper and wider than all the busy-ness that surrounds being a doctor these days.
The inspiration for this guided meditation is a chapter in Jon Kabat-Zinn's book "Wherever You Go, There You Are". Jon is the father of Mindfulness Based Stress Relief in healthcare and the former Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
In the book he uses two meditations to connect you with the calm and unshakable place we each carry in our core. One meditation is on the unmovable nature of "The Mountain".
My favorite is this one, "The Lake". You can hit a lake with a hammer all you want ... all you get is a rusty hammer. Your favorite lake is the perfect image and metaphor for the calm, deep, unflappable place inside of you that never gets bent out of shape.
All you need is a way to connect with your Lake Essence quickly and simply at work
I created a guided meditation where you
- relax, calm and destress
- then experience becoming your favorite lake and notice the quiet center of your Lake Essence
Even the most violent storm can only ripple your very surface. The recording is only 13 minutes long. It gives you a way to use a single breath to connect with your Lake Essence during your work day AND when you would like to be present with your family and loved ones.
This imagery is a Free MP3 download to your computer. It can then be uploaded to your cell phone or other mobile device so you can listen whereever and whenever you wish. If you don't know how to do this and have teenage children, they would be happy to show you how ;-)
NOTE: Please don't listen to this recording while driving or operating any kind of machinery. It is very relaxing and an eyes closed experience.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT
When you tap into your inner Lake Essence at work or home, wht difference do you notice that it makes?
