Guided Meditation for Relaxation

Are you feeling tense? Take 15 minutes and try out this guided meditation for relaxation from Hope Healing and Transformation. Use this tool when you feel overwhelmed and need to take a pause to calm yourself down, or just to unwind at the end of the day.

Guided vs. Unguided Meditation

Guided meditation is meditation that is led by someone else, either in-person or via a recording. Unguided meditation is meditation done without leadership, done in the presence of others or alone. Unguided meditation may be done in silence or to calming sounds such as singing bowls or gentle music. For those who are in a more difficult situation or are new to meditation, it is often easier to begin with guided meditation. However, many feel that unguided meditation can lead to a deeper meditative state.

Tips For Meditation

For this meditation, it’s encouraged that you:

• Find a comfortable position in a place where you will not be disturbed
• Silence your phone and other electronics
• Take deep, slow, and paced breaths
• Acknowledge your thoughts, but let them roll past you
• Avoid self-judgement
• Remember that meditation is a practice