Completely original guided meditations and music created by meditation teacher, Braydon Mackenzie. Covering almost every style of meditation. There is something here for everyone from complete beginners to the most advanced practitioner.
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This is a present moment style of guided meditation. We don’t always have a peaceful, noise free environment in which to meditate. Therefore the focus of this meditation practice is to learn how to find peace among all the noise we are often surrounded by. All the music included in this podcast is available for free download as well, just follow th…
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30 Minute Music Meditation
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This practice is 30 minutes of completely original music combined into one incredible meditation. This is the perfect practice for relaxation, anxiety relief and focus. All the music included in this podcast is available for free download as well, just follow the link below. https://soundcloud.com/withnature Please support me by subscribing, sharin…
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With this new episode comes another new backing track produced specially for this meditation called “ethereal”. This new practice is a reimagining of a previous episode based on the ancient mantra So’ham. What makes So’ham so special is that it is present within us, heard in the sound of our inhalation and exhalation. It is also believed that So'ha…
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This is a very special episode of Into Stillness. For the first time I have produced the music for the meditation as well as the vocal portion, instead of just licensing music online. I am incredibly happy with the finished product and feel it represents exactly what I dreamed of creating when I first began this podcast. I hope this meditation reso…
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This episode is an incredibly direct and focused practice for the times you simply only have 5 minutes for meditation. Its not everyday we have 20-30 minutes for our personal practice. Often we can only fit in maybe 5 minutes but that 5 minutes is still very important and thats what this guided meditation is for. I hope it is of some service to you…
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Ocean Waves Meditation Remastered
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A simple meditation created to unify the breath with the movement of ocean waves. During this meditation we harness the power of ujjayi pranayama and merge it with our incredible ability of visualization. I truly hope you enjoy one of my favourite styles of practice. Please support me by subscribing, sharing this episode and leaving a review on App…
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The Prana Meditation Remastered
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This is a remastered version of one of my favourite early episodes of the podcast. I have learned a lot about editing vocal audio and have upgraded my equipment since I released the original version. Therefore I thought I would bring back a few of my favourite episodes and remaster them. I hope you enjoy this version even more than the first! "This…
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The Ancient Forest Meditation
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This is a guided imagery and visualization meditation where we are headed into the forest once more. This time into an old growth forest. I particularly enjoy writing, recording and editing these one as I feel a deep attachment to the subject matter. I hope that comes across in the resulting guided practice. “And into the forest I go, to lose my mi…
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The Lotus Flower Meditation
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This is a guided meditation centred around the lotus flower. The unique symbol that is the lotus flower is universal to us all, not just to those of religion. After all, no one can lay claim to the lotus, one of the most beautiful and symbolically rich flowers of the natural world. “The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals” - Khali…
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Meditation and the Breath (Everything You Need to Know)
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Our breath is one of if not the most important part of our meditation practice. How we breathe is how we gain control of and influence our well-being. In this episode of Into Stillness I provide you with everything you need to know about the breath as it relates to meditation in just 10 minutes. I hope this proves a helpful resource for anyone list…
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A Meditation for Mental Clarity
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This is a meditation for mental clarity. Our meditation practice is not about controlling the mind, it is about understanding the tendencies of the mind. Through this practice we also come to understand the connection between our physical body, our energetic body, our mind and our breath. An imbalance in one creates a disturbance in another. When w…
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Gratitude Meditation With Mindfuldave
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On this special episode of Into Stillness I have a guest meditation by my German brother David (@mindfuldave). David and I met on a yoga teacher training a couple years ago in Bali and have finally gotten around to collaborating on a meditation together. This is a wonderful gratitude meditation paired with some breath work and one very smooth Germa…
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Japa Meditation ”Om Sri Ramaya Namaha”
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Happy new year everyone! Starting this new year strong on the Into Stillness podcast with my personal favourite japa practice. For this episode of the podcast we are working with the mantra “Om Sri Ramaya Namaha” for a japa style meditation. Om Sri Ramaya Namaha is a mantra that is used to honour Lord Rama, a god and incarnation of Vishnu. Lord Ram…
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For this episode of the podcast I have created a 5 minute SOS or emergency meditation. This meditation is for a time when you feel overwhelmed, for when everything just feels like too much and you need a moment to forget it all and just relax. It can also be used as a reminder of the tools you have readily available to you in difficult times. You h…
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Sticking with the recent theme of nature styled meditations I have been creating. This episode features a sound based meditation focusing on the sounds of nature. It’s been proven that playing 'natural sounds' affects the bodily systems that control the flight-or-fright and rest-digest autonomic nervous systems, with associated effects in the resti…
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I have always wanted to try out a guided meditation that leans more towards fantasy, my all time favourite genre when it comes to books. I came across the word “moonglade” a while back when scrolling the internet for inspiration, and it sparked an idea. I am very excited to have finally brought that idea to fruition and hope it comes across how I p…
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This is a very special guided imagery meditation. I wanted to recreate the type of feeling I receive from being in the wilderness, inside a guided meditation. This feeling is part of the main intention behind the podcast itself and I hope I am able to share even a small part of that with you. Please support me by leaving a review online if you happ…
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This a companion episode to the last episode, “The Sunrise Meditation”. I would love you to try doing each one with the sunrise and the sunset (in a single day if possible). Both meditations follow a similar format but touch on different ideas relating to the particular aspects each phase of the suns daily journey relates to (in my mind). Please co…
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Finally back from a couple month break! The podcast will be back to its regular schedule or at least every 2 weeks. This meditation was inspired by an early morning adventure to watch the sunrise. I recommend trying it with a sunrise yourself or at least in a sunlit place. This meditation is a combination of breath awareness and guided imagery. I t…
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On this episode of the podcast I have a body scan rooted in gratitude for all that it provides and allows us to experience. The miracle of the human body is often overlooked as we move through life and my aim with guided meditation is to illuminate that miracle. I personally find body scans to be one of the most relaxing and grounding forms of mind…
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This week on the podcast is a short meditation aimed at finding a small moment in the day to pause and check in with yourself, the breath and the body. A moment for when you are feeling overwhelmed, too busy, maybe anxious or just want to take a few minutes to break up the day and collect your thoughts. During this guided practice you will move thr…
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This week on the podcast is a meditation all about transition and the spring season. It’s with this time of year, that everything enters a state of renewal and this can directly speak to our mentality. Especially in tough times, a tangible experience of a new start can be tremendously helpful. Nothing in nature is ever really final, for it begins a…
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On this episode of the podcast we turn our focus to a specific element and that is fire, or heat. We move through three different ways in which you can utilize this element for a meditation practice. Those being the breath, with the use of props and through visualization. The element of fire is also known as one of cleansing and so in this guided m…
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For this episode of the podcast I am returning to one of my favourite styles and that is sound. This is the third instalment in my series of sound based guided meditations. The focus for these being the music and using it as your point of concentration for the duration of the practice. There is a small amount of speaking and guided practice in the …
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On this episode of the podcast I have for you a new repetition style meditation revolving around the idea of a single word. This one word could represent something that you wish to be, a feeling you wish to embody, something you want to obtain, anything of that nature but the goal of this guided meditation is to manifest something from this word. W…
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A Slow Breath Meditation
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For this episode of the podcast I wanted to do something simple and shorter than the past few months, while also approaching the breath meditation in a new way. I listened to a podcast recently with zen master Roshi Norma Wong where she spoke about her meditation practice. She focuses on slowing down the breath to under two breaths per minute durin…
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Breath of the Wind Meditation
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This weeks episode is about finding connections between the human experience and the natural world. In yoga there are five winds of the body. They govern different areas and different physical and subtle activities. The natural phenomenon of the wind is associated with a whole host of different things. In this guided meditation I aim to tie the two…
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Japa Meditation "Om Tat Sat"
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Not only do I have a brand new japa style meditation for everyone today but it’s also the one year anniversary of Into Stillness! 54 episodes to date and over 5000 downloads in 65+ countries. I wasn’t sure how this was going to turn out when I started it —during a pandemic mind you— but its turned into my favourite creation. Recently I expanded the…
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This week I have for you another venture into the world of guided imagery I love so much. I will always be amazed by the power of the imagination from just a few words, intention and some great music. I have had this one on my brainstorm list since the very beginning I believe and couldn’t be more excited to see it finally come to fruition. I reall…
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A Meditation for Self Forgiveness
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This weeks episode is a meditation for self forgiveness. As Alexander Pope said, “to err is human, to forgive, divine”. Forgiveness is often a difficult journey to embrace but know that forgiveness is not a weakness. Forgiveness in positive psychology is most often viewed as a character strength and a virtue worth pursuing for everyone who desires …
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Back with a new guided meditation this week. One I have wanted to do for a while but wasn’t able to get the concept and script down for until recently. I love the sound of rain and have always believed that nature provides us with an abundance of things that can be used to find moments of peace among that which brings us unease. You need only remem…
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On this milestone 50th episode of 'Into Stillness' I am very excited to announce I am beginning weekly live meditations on Sundays at 9am EST and teaching an 'Into Stillness' workshop in February! I look forward to connecting with you through these live offerings. The weekly live meditations will begin this Sunday, Feb 7th. Beginning with a Breath …
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My Meditation Journey (So Far)
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This episode is a something I have not done before on the podcast but hope to do more of in the future. I wanted to do an episode that gives you more of an insight into who I am and how I began my meditation practice. So for this episode I take you through the three phases of my meditation journey so far and shine a light on what it has been like f…
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This episode of the podcast is a journey into sound and your self. The power of sound can be truly healing. It has been used for thousands of years in some of the most ancient and time honoured spirituality practices. Everything in existence vibrates and through our human physiology we receive and perceive acoustic waves of sound which can be exper…
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The Surrounding Energy Meditation
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For this episode we aim to connect with and experience the energy of this world. All day, every day, you can feel this energy through the act of breathing. You can see this energy too, although it’s not often perceived as such. I hope this meditation helps you to recognize that which surrounds us all day but is not always clear or easy to feel and …
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The Intention Meditation
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The first podcast episode of the new year is a meditation is about intention and how we want to embrace the concept moving into the future. For intention is the seed that creates our future. Hsing Yun said, “Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colours and moves everything”. Each day we continue to consciously connect wi…
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For the last episode of the year we turn to Reflection. Reflection isn’t something I have utilized to its full extent in the past. Often it’s a quick journaling thing I check off a list to satisfy something within myself. This allows me to skip past it quickly and not actually spend enough time seriously considering what served me this past year an…
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A Cozy Winter Meditation
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This last episode of the podcast before Christmas & the holidays is just a fun idea I had. A guided imagery meditation centred around sitting in front of a fire on Christmas Day. Using that warm and cozy feeling it brings as a stepping point to find that feeling within you wherever you may be. Please consider leaving a review online if you happen t…
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The Slow Down Meditation
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Moving into the holidays I wanted to create and share a meditation that invites us to slow everything down, hoping that it will instill within you a desire to do so more frequently. Often slowing down is difficult. Slowing down can feel like you’re not doing something you should be and it is common to feel undeserving of it. A constant fast pace, k…
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It’s a common misconception in meditation that we are to simply shut off the mind, still all thoughts. Thoughts are not the enemy. The minds sole purpose is to think and it will continue to do so. We aim to focus that thinking in a single direction. Some days that will be easier than others. That is a commonality for all of us in meditation. Whethe…
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A recent epic snowfall in my area sparked the idea for this weeks episode of the podcast. I’m back with another guided imagery style meditation but this time its winter themed. I went to a park near me and filmed a video to go along with the meditation also which can be seen with the YouTube version. Let me know if you enjoy this style of podcast a…
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The Last 4 of the 8 Limbs
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I am back after a couple weeks break while I moved and got settled into a new location. On this episode I have decided to share some information and explanation on the last 4 limbs of the 8 limbs of yoga. If you have a consistent or even semi-consistent yoga and/or meditation practice, it is likely you have at least heard of the “8 Limbs of Yoga” p…
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On last weeks episode I shared an educational intro into Japa Meditation. So this week I thought I should provide what can be called the non-traditional form of Japa, that being Repetition Meditation. This meditation style revolves around repeating a positive word or affirmation that aligns with how you feel or a feeling you are trying to evoke in …
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My personal meditation practice consists almost solely of Japa meditation. So on this weeks podcast episode I take you through a complete rundown of the practice: what it is, how to practice it and an introduction to the world of mantras. It is such a wonderful practice that I have connected with very deeply since first being introduced to it over …
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Present Moment Meditation
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Present moment or mindfulness meditation is the style of meditation we explore this week. The focus of this style of meditation is to completely immerse yourself in the present moment and try not to be pulled into the past or the future by the fluctuations of the mind. Notice the sounds around you, feelings in the body, observe thoughts as they ari…
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This episode is a quick guided meditation that is easeful and accessible for all levels of practitioner. It is a perfect practice for when you are short on time or don't feel sitting for a longer meditation. I hope this practice finds you well and thank you for allowing me to share it with you. Namaste! I just released the most in-depth meditation …
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Daily Advanced Meditation
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On this episode I am sharing my current complete daily advanced meditation practice. It includes the chanting of mantras, the practice of kapalabhati & anuloma viloma (alternate nostril breathing), various awareness exercises and an option for japa or breath awareness meditation. It is recommended that you be familiar with the pranayama practices i…
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Lauren Eckstrom Interview
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This is the second interview in a 3 part series on the 'Into Stillness' podcast with my greatest mentors in life to celebrate the release of my new complete course ‘Meditation 101’. On this episode of the podcast I am truly blessed to have on Lauren Eckstrom! She is the very first yoga teacher in my life that really inspired me to dive deeper into …
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Basic Pranayama Sequence
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In this episode we move through a basic pranayama sequence consisting of kalapabhati & anuloma viloma (alternate nostril breathing). It is recommended you understand the basics of each breathing exercise for this practice but other than that this is a beginner pranayama practice that is accessible for all levels of practitioner. This is the perfect…
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Daniel Rama & Shakti Interview
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This is the first interview in a 3 part series with my greatest mentors in the practice of meditation to coincide with the release of my new course. On this episode of the podcast I am truly blessed to have on Daniel Rama & Shakti! Two of my greatest teachers and true friends. We discuss their journey into the practice of meditation, what it’s like…
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