Saintly and Inspirational People

Interested in trying meditation but not sure where to start?  Here are a few links to guided meditations that I can recommend.

Ideal for beginners

I started with  these . There are plenty to choose from, but my favourites were:

• Sleep the full works;
• Positive thinking;
• Mindfulness – 10 minute practice exercise
• Stress and relaxation.

I have also recently discovered an app called .  This has ten free ten minute guided meditations for ten days.  However, I think after this they want you to pay for more new meditations – but there’s nothing to stop you using the free ones and not subcribing.  I’ve only watched the introductory videos, which are very high quality.

If 10 minutes is too long

In  I mention that if ten minutes is too long when you are starting out then start with five minutes, or even one minute. Here are links to a and a  on You Tube.

Other Sources of Meditation

If you are finding meditation helpful, like , and want to increase the length of your meditations, or you have want some variety then there are plenty of places you can go to get free guided meditations.

• Podcasts.  I now have a android smartphone and use to listen to podcasts. I like:  – is my favourite

• Youtube. Using search terms such as: guided meditation, guided relaxation, guided healing meditation, hypnosis for relaxation you will find plenty of free meditations.  Some of them are better quality than others, and some will appeal to you more than others.   is one of my favourites.

• Amazon MP3s.   I paid for several MP3 tracks.  At around £0.89 per track they provide good value if you are looking for something different.  There is a huge variety of tracks, so choose ones that suit you.  Here are my favourites:  – I’ve included this as for a few months I listened to this a lot.  I think I may have overplayed it, because now it doesn’t appeal at all and I don’t currently listen to it at all.  (music only).  I found this particularly useful when travelling with the family.  It helped me focus on relaxing throughout the journey and helped block out the noise of the kids. . *