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Join mindfulness meditation practitioner, Valerie as she guides you through several different styles of meditation and helps you understand the neuroscience that makes meditation so good for us! Meditation with Valerie is a program of Women’s Health Tasmania. Women’s Health Tasmania is a health promotion service run by women, for women. To find out more about what we do, go to our website www.womenshealthtas.org.au
Episodes

Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
3a. Introduction to naming our thoughts meditation
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Not only is the chatterbox mind a story making mined with a negative bias, in the absence of information it makes stuff up. This combination often turns out badly and we keep telling ourselves the same unhelpful stories. Name them … see them more clearly.

Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
2b. Short Meditation
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
If you are looking for a quick refresh, this could be just the thing. You will still be ticking all the boxes – checking in with your body, leaning into self-care, increasing your attention, and better managing stress as well.

Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
2a. Body Scan
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
A body scan is restful and restorative. It also allows for a different mind body conversation. Your body does not have language, it has memory and emotion, in the form of sensation. Be willing, be curious to listen … this will help your body to release its own stress.

Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
1c: Simple Meditation
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Meditation is a kind of strength training. Be patient – simple doesn’t mean easy. Be on the look-out for positive benefits throughout the day, and maybe more restful nights as well.

Monday Nov 15, 2021
1b. Introduction to meditation
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Here are some tips to help you make the most of your time on the cushion, chair or floor. This will help you to start well, and if you start well, you are more likely to continue. Meditation helps develop your attention, yet your intention is also important.

Monday Oct 18, 2021
1a. Short meditation and discussion.
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Valerie offers a short meditation with extracts from a discussion about what just happened inside your brain and body. The chatterbox mind is a story making mind with an inbuilt negative bias. Discover some of the physical and psychological benefits in learning how to unhook. Just breathe and be still … let your mind rest.