Developing a consistent meditation and mindfulness practice is proven to help you lead a happier more peaceful life and improve your general state of well being …. So begin by making sure you will not be disturbed by anyone or anything for the duration of this recording … this valuable time is for you to relax and tune into your body sensations and your emotional state …. It can be very troubling to struggle with depression but when you take the time out every day to sit in meditation and observe, you will find that you can slowly pull yourself out from the depths of depressive feelings …. Welcome to this meditation for overcoming feelings of depression …. Stay here as long as you need to, and when you’re ready, slowly open your eyes and bring your awareness back to the room around you. Perhaps feeling more grateful towards yourself for being than you were able to feel in the beginning. Notice your body feeling slightly more alive.ĭeepening each inhale and blowing the air out through your mouth on each exhale. Take a long, deep inhale, feeling your stomach expand completely and blow the air out through your mouth, stomach contracting completely. Just be willing and relax into your breath. You don’t have to change anything and you don’t have to feel anything. To do this, simply think or say out loud: “I’m willing to be open to feeling and receiving love.” Just be welcoming and open to receiving them. When you feel ready, allow your hands to come down to your sides, palms facing upwards and from this state of simply being just in this moment, even if only for a second, welcome in feelings of love. This enables you to enter into the moment to be present with what is in this moment is truly where all peace exists and you are worthy of feeling that peace. Keep focusing on your heart as you breathe softly and gently.Īnytime a thought passes, just let it go and return your awareness back to your heart, back to your breath. It’s no longer a bad thing or a good thing. Because when you accept it, it automatically shifts into a state of simply being. In this moment, be open and willing and ready to accept how you feel as it is without trying to alter it or change it. Letting go of judgment towards yourself, letting go of judgment about the world around you and just letting whatever is be and as you do this let your breath deepen. Let’s allow ourselves to enter into that state, The stage where you are not depressed and you are not happy. The beauty of meditation is that it can bring you to a neutral state. Become open, willing and ready to experience a shift of some kind. This is no small feat and it is worthy of you feeling appreciation towards yourself for it.Įven if you can only feel the slightest bit thankful to yourself for this moment, let that be enough. Feel this appreciation towards yourself for being here right now for showing up for this – Even when you are experiencing depression. In this moment, allow yourself to feel whatever small sense of appreciation you can feel.

As you breathe softly, just stay present with this energy center. In this moment, just allow yourself to focus inwards, being present with your heart’s energy center located directly in the middle of your chest and a couple of inches inwards. If you can, fully expand your stomach on every inhale and contract on every exhale. This helps your breath be natural and easy. Make sure that if you’ve been holding your stomach in that you just let it be loose right now. Once you’re ready, place your left hand over your heart and your right hand over your left hand and softly close your eyes. Hit pause if you need to and come back when you’re ready -really making sure that you’re very comfortable. Practice this meditation while lying and bent flat on your back and tucked under the covers. Guided Meditation for Depression: 10 Minutes You may not make recordings or reproduce these meditations, except for your personal, private use.

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Simply being guided meditation