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Great Minds

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Mindfulness, meditation, living in the present... these are all buzz terms you’ve probably heard. Maybe even tried. But if you haven’t yet found your fit, get a taste of various meditation styles from across the world. Learn about Vipassana, Metta or loving kindness meditation, Japanese forest bathing, sound meditation, Hawaiian ho'oponopono and more. Whether you’ve been meditating for years, or this is your first time, these short meditations led by experienced teachers will fit neatly into your day. Versions of the series are also available Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi, Mandarin and Punjabi.

  • 10 minutes 14 seconds
    Bonus interview: Shanti Gowans
    Vipassana is a meditation practice which originated in India. The word 'Vipassana' can be translated from Sanskrit as insight. Shanti Gowans has been sharing Vipassana for decades in her work as a yoga and meditation teacher. In this conversation with Sarah Malik, Shanti shares her knowledge of Vipassana, how you can get started with meditation, and how a meditation practice has changed her life.
    2 November 2023, 10:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 6 seconds
    Vipassana meditation 3: Calming the mind
    Vipassana requires mindful awareness - observing your body, breath, feelings, thoughts and emotions. In this Vipassana meditation, teacher Shanti Gowans has you focus on calming the mind. Let your mind accept whatever catches your attention without becoming emotionally involved with it, and tune into the greater whole.
    30 October 2023, 10:03 pm
  • 16 minutes 39 seconds
    Vipassana meditation 2: Breath like the wind
    Vipassana is a mindfulness meditation practice that works through self-observation, one of India's oldest meditation practices. In this episode of Great Minds, teacher Shanti Gowans takes you through a meditation on your breath.
    30 October 2023, 10:01 pm
  • 18 minutes 3 seconds
    Vipassana meditation 1: Body like a mountain
    Join in a Vipassana meditation in this episode of Great Minds. Vipassana can be translated as 'insight'. It's a mindfulness meditation practice that works through self-observation. Your guide is teacher Shanti Gowans from Shanti Yoga. Take a seat for a relaxing and energising body scan focused on posture.
    30 October 2023, 10:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 53 seconds
    Bonus interview: Wallace Lee
    Sarah Malik chats with Wallace Lee who has been your guide for the three Tonglen meditations in this season of Great Minds. Wallace is an instructor with Rigpa Australia, a network of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation centres around Australia. He speaks about what the practice of Tonglen involves, and how a challenging time in his life led Wallace to meditation.
    26 October 2023, 10:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 35 seconds
    Tonglen meditation 3: Sending compassion to others
    This Tonglen meditation is a visualisation focused on expressing compassion towards another person. When practicing Tonglen towards others, you are encouraged to take on others' sufferings, and give out happiness and wellbeing - reversing our habitual way of responding to discomfort. This sending and receiving is aligned with the breath.
    23 October 2023, 10:02 pm
  • 15 minutes 26 seconds
    Tonglen meditation 2: Self-compassion
    This episode is a guided practice of self-compassion. Instructor Wallace Lee shares teachings from the Tibetan meditation practice of Tonglen, which is based in the concept of giving and receiving, or sending and taking. Breathing in negative feelings and discomfort, and breathing out health, happiness, and wellbeing.
    23 October 2023, 10:01 pm
  • 16 minutes 1 second
    Tonglen meditation 1: "Unsealing the spring"
    In this guided meditation, Wallace Lee introduces you to a Tibetan meditation practice called Tonglen, which is based in the concept of giving and receiving compassion. This episode explores the theme of reconnecting to the love within us, unsealing the spring of love and compassion that is inherent and limitless in all of us.
    23 October 2023, 10:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 38 seconds
    Bonus interview: Natalie Grace
    If you've listened to any of our three sound bath meditations, get to know your guide Natalie Grace in this conversation with Sarah Malik. Learn about Natalie's work, and the benefits of music therapy and sound meditation.
    19 October 2023, 10:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 38 seconds
    Sound bath meditation 3: Harmonising
    In this episode of Great Minds, sound therapist and energy healer Natalie Grace leads you through a body scan and meditative sound bath using chimes, crystal singing bowls, gentle drumming, rain sticks and gong. The theme of this sound journey is harmonising and developing self compassion.
    16 October 2023, 10:02 pm
  • 15 minutes 7 seconds
    Sound bath meditation 2: Release
    In this episode of Great Minds, sound therapist and energy healer Natalie Grace leads you through a sound bath meditation using gongs, drums and Tibetan singing bowls. The theme of this sound journey is release. Great ready to let go.
    16 October 2023, 10:01 pm
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