Go further with deep rest meditation
Some favorite meditations and instructions to help you get into deep rest meditation and make it your own.
Resting & Energy
Orientation
Jaya Ashmore
What is deep rest? In this short text Jaya explains how resting and meditation can be interrelated, bringing a different, less pressured quality to meditation practice.
In rest we relax and let go, but we also feel energized—a good field for growing our meditation.
Lying down
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The atmosphere that comes with lying down to meditate is distinct. Instead of “me paying attention,” we notice that “there is awareness.” Instead of working to hold the mind still, we find freshness and quietude in the mind after resting. Even when the thinking mind is active or dreamy, we notice a deeper awakeness and wisdom.
Experienced sitters may miss what seemed like a clarity in sitting. But is clarity or control? If it is “me controlling my experience,” then where can our meditation go? Expert mind control can leave us untransformed...
Read the full text here.
Feet & Sound Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2020, 30 minutes)
A guided 30-minute deep rest meditation from a live online session, grounding into feet and sound.
Awareness Without Tension Dharma Talk
(Jaya Ashmore, 2012, 1 hour)
An hour-long Dharma talk (public sharing of teachings), from an in-person retreat.
Loving Stillness Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2018, 1 hour)
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An hour-long guided meditation from an in-person retreat, with questions from participants at the end.
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Link to meditation only.
Seeding the Intention Meditation
(Gemma Polo Pujol, 2020, 10 minutes)
Gemma guides a 10-minute deep rest meditation.
Finding Enoughness Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2018, 50 minutes)
A guided meditation from an in-person retreat with questions and responses after the meditation.
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Link to meditation only (30 minutes with no bell to signal the end).
Anata, Not-self, Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2018, 1hr 10)
Jaya guides a meditation and responds to questions from participants.
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Link to meditation only (45 minutes).
The Golden String of Your Soul Meditation
(Gemma Polo Pujol, 2020, 10 minutes)
Gemma guides a 10-minute deep rest meditation.