By Gail Brenner on June 13, 2010
This guided audio is a companion to the last post entitled, “Caught by a Pesky Habit? Try Surfing!” Sometimes when we are trying to let go of habits that don’t serve us, the urges we feel can be quite strong. Psychologist Alan Marlatt suggests that we surf the urge and offers a process he calls SOBER.
- S: Stop
- O: Observe
- B: Breathe
- E: Expand
- R: Respond mindfully
We are adding another step and calling it SOBER-C, where the C means celebrate.
In this audio, we go through each step as you experience an urge that you struggle with. If you find this process helpful, play it as many times as you need to as a support in dropping your habit.
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By Gail Brenner on April 24, 2010
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This guided audio follows up on the last post about getting unstuck. In that post, we saw that bringing our attention right into the places that are stuck helps to release them. Sometimes those places feel undesirable or distasteful. This audio offers unconditional acceptance…of you…just as you are.
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By Gail Brenner on March 26, 2010
This is a guided audio that accompanies the posts on inner guidance and listening to the body. Here, I invite you to be open to what the body might be trying to communicate about a situation in your life that is unclear or confusing. Listening within can become second nature; we start by simply bringing our attention into the deepest part of our inner world. This is where the richest treasures can be found.
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By Gail Brenner on February 13, 2010
The links in the previous version of this post were incorrect. So sorry!
Sending love,
Gail
In previous posts, we discussed the purpose of meditation and how to do it. After an introduction, this audio leaves about five minutes for you to meditate in silence. Feel free to meditate longer, if you feel so moved.
Just five minutes of inner quietude each day can change everything. Any time is a good time to meditate. You might try sitting in silence right before you go to sleep at night or just when you wake up in the morning. Enjoy!
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By Gail Brenner on February 2, 2010
In recent posts, we have been examining The Most Intelligent Thing You Could Ever Do, which is to turn your attention away from the objects and stories of the world and directly into your inner experience. Happiness from the Inside Out offers some guidance for how to make this shift.
This audio is a guided process for turning your attention inside and opening to the truth of your experience. When we open rather than play out mental habits, we happily discover that freedom is possible.
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By Gail Brenner on January 11, 2010
This audio is a companion to the post entitled, Will These Memories Ever Go Away? It is a guided exploration to support you in letting go of challenging memories.
Play it as often as you need to as you investigate different memories that have been holding you back. You will be invited to bring your loving attention into your emotions. Every time you stop telling yourself the story of what happened and you experience the feelings directly, you are reclaiming your natural state of freedom and wholeness.
If audios aren’t your thing, stay tuned. More posts coming…
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By Gail Brenner on December 24, 2009
This audio accompanies the 5-part series of posts called, Freedom from the Prison of Your Habits. It guides you through the deep investigation of a habit. It doesn’t matter how many times you play this recording or precisely explore your habits that don’t serve you. Each time, you are here, alive to what is real. Awareness is the key to the prison door. Be as you are, and you are free.
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By Gail Brenner on November 17, 2009
Below are two audios for you that accompany the two-part series of posts, “The Warrior’s Way to Inner Peace.” Feel free to download them and listen as often as you like, as these are reminders we can all benefit from. You might even write down the warrior qualities – willingness, courage, perseverance, self-sacrifice, taking responsibility, and living in the unknown – and see how these can be cultivated in your own life.
The first one is a guided process that supports you in having the direct experience of bringing the warrior qualities to your own investigation of a trigger or habit. The second is an audio version of Part 2 of the series, “How to Be a Warrior.”
Guided Process
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How to Be a Warrior
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By Gail Brenner on November 8, 2009
This audio is a companion to the post entitled, “Is It Time to Forgive?” In it, I describe my own story of forgiveness to illustrate that it is possible. I am happy to hear your feedback, so please feel free to comment or send me an email.
Sending love to all of you,
Gail
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By Gail Brenner on November 4, 2009
This audio is a companion to the post, “The Wisdom of Restraining Yourself.” It is a process to guide you to directly experience what happens when you restrain yourself from enacting an automatic habit. Once you try it a few times, you will see firsthand the possibility of letting go of patterns that don’t serve you.
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