Relax and unwind with this collection of meditations to invite us to be in this present moment, exhale, let go and experience a moment of stillness within.
By simply breathing in DEEEEEEPLY, messages are sent to the brain to RELAXXXXXXX and inhibits stress producing hormones e.g. cortisol and triggers a relaxation response in the body e.g. increasing endorphins (feel good hormones).
Feelings of stress, anxiety, fear and disarray can be in amplified when we are not in this present moment, not connected to our hearts and not tuning in with the truth of who we are. It’s natural to experience this – we are human! It’s just about how we navigate back to our hearts that truly matters.
This collection of Self-Love meditations invites us on a journey to CONNECT…connect to this moment of now, connect to our innate wisdom, truth and love within and connect to our heart centres. Letting go into the vastness of all that we are!
PS: Latest releases of Relaxation meditations will be featured at the top of the collection.
May these recordings embrace us in love!
With love, Astara
'Recalibration' Guided Meditation
Here is a 13 min guided meditation which is an invitation to catch our breath if we are feeling whisked away in the dance of the swell of life’s waters.
In this recording, we create space together to sit and BE in ‘what is’, feel the feels then bring awareness to the breath to return back home to the body and into the heart space.
There is a super beautiful neuro-vascular holding point that we explore also (kinesiology exercise) to ease the fight, flight and freeze response.
The intention behind this meditation is for it to be a ‘life raft’ when we may be experiencing overwhelm and need to come back to our bodies and have greater clarity about how to respond rather than react.
One step at a time…
One breath at a time…
We don’t have to do this alone…
We aren’t alone…
Everything we need is within us and within reach…
Let’s open our hearts to remembering…
And access the infinite portal of love within…
If you are moving through deeply overwhelming experiences, please reach out to someone for support whether that is to a friend who you trust, a mental health practitioner, seeing me for a session, calling a mental support life line number….
Having support during life’s ebb and flow isn’t only necessary, though it is our birthright and need/desire for greater flourishing…
This meditation was recorded by Pomona Mountain on Kabi Kabi / Gubbi Gubbi country on the east coast of Australia.
Annnnd a ‘shout out’ to my partner Jay who edits these recordings adding his love, care and passion to these offerings.
With love,
Astara
‘Recalibration’ Guided Meditation
'Recalibration' Guided Meditation
Here is 9 min guided meditation to invite us to step into the present moment to recalibrate, recentre and rejuvenate.
At times with the natural flow of our human experience, we can feel toppled over by life’s ebb and flow of the tide, the rising and falling of the swell or the crashing down of waves.
If we can welcome one conscious deep breath deep into the belly, we can start to tap into the golden present moment.
In this space we can feel more empowered to choose how to respond to life and it’s kaleidoscopic nature instead of being whisked away in reacting.
Annnnnd we will be whisked away at times…perhaps the journey is how to compassionately come back to our centre point and integrate the lessons and gifts from the ‘toppling over’ adventure.
More about that deep breath (welcome a deep breath in and out through the nose with me now…)
This deep breath activates more of the ‘rest and digest’ part of our nervous system.
We nudge the brain to ‘chill out’ on producing stress hormones of cortisol and adrenaline and increase the ‘feel good’ hormones of dopamine and serotonin.
That deep breath connects us to the interconnective symbiotic relationship of nature ~ that oxygen that we are breathing in is from plant life around us and the carbon dioxide we breathe out is the ‘breath in’ for the plant life.
A sweet reminder that we too are nature.
We then ‘catch a wave’ with the breath, check in with ourselves and loving bring awareness to what is truly going on for us deep down.
This meditation was recorded by Pomona Mountain on Kabi Kabi / Gubbi Gubbi country.
May this recording embrace our hearts in love,
Astara
‘Recalibration’ Guided Meditation
'Fill up your Cup' Guided Meditation
Here is an 8 minute guided meditation to call us into our heart centre and breathe into our sovereign energy.
Ahhhh yes…
This is a beautiful experience to have if you are feeling stretched or depleted and you are feeling to ‘fill up your cup’ and allow all parts of you to exhale and come back home to the heart.
With absolute love
Astara
‘Fill up your Cup’ Guided Meditation
'A Deep & Nourishing Breath' 4 min Guided Meditation
At anytime of day, we can ‘take the edge off’ and step into our hearts by…
Breathing in…
Breathing out…
Bringing awareness to the inhalation and the parts of us that expands…
Bringing awareness to the exhalation and the parts that relaxes…
Let’s together ‘take a breath’ into our hearts to create space to be in this moment of now…
Let’s release any tension with the out breath for it to be transmuted into love…
Coming back home to the heart…
Infinite peace, wisdom, love and compassion is within us always…
You are love
You are loved
We are love
We are loved
💕 May this recording embrace us in love…
Astara
‘A Deep & Nourishing Breath’ 4 min Guided Meditation
'Calming Moment' Guided Meditation
Breathe out…
Let’s give ourselves full permission to ‘pause’ the day and allow every part of our Being to relax…
This meditation invites us to land more into the present moment.
Let’s allow the breath to connect all parts of ourselves and return back home into the heart centre.
May this recording embrace us in love…
‘Calming Moment’ Guided Meditation
'Just Breathe' Guided Meditation
Here is a 6 minute meditation experience to invite us to bring awareness to each phase of the breath.
This experience is for those moments where we need to take a breath, calm the nervous system and ease tension.
Let’s together…
anchor into this present moment of now….
ground into the heart space…
inhale nourishment and rejuvenation…
and exhale any tension to transmute into love.
With absolute love and gratitude 💕 Astara
‘Just Breathe’ Guided Meditation
'Attitude of Gratitude' Guided Meditation
Here is a beautiful 11 min guided meditation to invite us to step into the present moment and reflect upon the beauty, gifts, magic and blessings in our lives…even if at times this may seem invisible to us.
“Having gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we gave into enough, and more.” Melody Beattie
May this recording embrace our hearts in love!
With love, Astara
‘Attitude of Gratitude’ Guided Meditation
'The 4 minute Pause' Guided Meditation
Here is a swift guided meditation to pause, be, catch our breath and bring our focus to the present moment.
When we can create space in our day for even brief moments of being present and bringing our attention within, this creates ripples throughout our day and changes the pace of our lives.
SLOWING DOWN can create even more space in the day ‘to get things done’ and our day tends to flow with greater ease and alignment with our hearts more open in joy. We can ‘achieve more’ by sometimes doing less….
By simply breathing in DEEEEEEPLY, messages are sent to the brain to RELAXXXXXXX and inhibits stress producing hormones e.g. cortisol and triggers a relaxation response in the body e.g. increasing endorphins (feel good hormones) .
May this recording embrace our hearts in love!
With love, Astara
‘The 4 minute Pause’ Guided Meditation
'Drift off to Sleep' Guided Meditation
This week’s 11 minute meditation is a calming and relaxing experience to support us in drifting off to a deep and rejuvenating sleep.
YES!
Let go….
Relax…
Let BE…
May this recording embrace our hearts in love!
‘Drift off to Sleep’ Guided Meditation
'Relaxing Breath Awareness' Guided Meditation
This calming 6 minute guided meditation recording invites us to be with the breath……
What a miraculous part of our existence that we can bring awareness to at any moment.
With this awareness, we can ‘drop in’ to this present moment.
We feel our hearts more.
We relax our grip from our current reality.
Our nervous system relaxes, our physical chemical composition alters, our organs recharge…
We feel that intimate union with nature around us and within us as we symbiotically breathe with the trees.
YES…the breath is a gift for each of us to tune into something more than we can see with our eyes…
May this recording embrace our hearts in love!
‘Relaxing Breath Awareness’ Guided Meditation
'Calm and Centred' Guided Meditation
Here is a relaxing 4 minute meditation to invite us to connect within, find our centre point and breathhhhhheeeeeee…
These times can feel like there is a storm moving around us…
“The goal of meditation is not to get rid of thoughts or emotions.
The goal is to become more aware of your thoughts and emotions and learn how to move through them without getting stuck.” Dr. P. Goldin
May this recording embrace our hearts in love!
‘Calm and Centred’ Guided Meditation
'Full Body Relaxation' Guided Meditation
Here is a relaxing 14 minute inner journey meditation recording to bring awareness to the present moment through breath and body awareness….
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!……(*exhaling*…. not screaming hehehe!)
This is an invitation for us to MELT and LET GO…
Being in this moment of NOW…
Breathing…BEING…
Activating the healer within…
Feeling safe in the body…
Feeling WHOLE…
Coming back to our centre point…
Coming back HOME into the heart portal…
This meditation was recorded in the transformative forest of the Watagan Mountains (East coast, NSW Australia) – Awabakal Country.
‘Full Body Relaxation’ Guided Meditation
'A Simple 2 Minute Guided Meditation'
Here is a simple 2 minute to invite us to observe…to observe our breath, our thoughts and this moment of now….
I love sharing recordings of deep inner journeys into the heart centre though for this week’s offering I felt to share something simple that is more easily slipped into the day.
May this gentle invitation to observe the breath, thoughts and this moment of now, embrace our hearts in love!
‘A Simple 2 Minute Guided Meditation’
