Meditate in movement & creativity
Experiment with movement, doodling, singing and other arts as ways to meditate–to connect and get into flow with life.
Walking Meditation
Walking or Simple Movement
Instructions
(Jaya Ashmore, 2022, 6 minutes)
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In this video Jaya gives some simple instructions for bringing meditation into walking or simple movement.
Walking Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2024, 10 minutes)
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A guided audio recording you can use to explore walking meditation, recorded on the first day of an in-person retreat.
Walking Meditation In-Depth Instructions
(Jaya Ashmore)
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In this short text Jaya shares some in-depth instructions for walking meditation.
Jin Shin Jyutsu
Meditating naturally with the help of hand positions from the Japanese healing art of Jin Shin Jyutsu.​
Jin Shin Jyutsu Orientation
(Jaya Ashmore)
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In this text, Jaya shares an overview of the practice of Jin Shin Jyutsu and shares links to further resources in this area.
Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation Transcript and Summary
(Jaya Ashmore)
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This written summary from a live online Jin Shin Jyutsu meditation gives ways to begin practicing Jin Shin Jyutsu, by making simple contact and exploring the first ‘safety energy lock’.
Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation
(Jaya Ashmore, 2025, 55 minutes)
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From a live online session, this recording offers a way to begin exploring Jin Shin Jyutsu with deep rest meditation, and in particular ‘seventh depth’. You can also listen to the accompanying ‘B note playlist’ that Jaya mentions in the recording.
Creative Notebooking
Creative Notebooking Instructions for Getting Started
Jaya Ashmore, 2025, 10 minutes
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In this recording from an in-person retreat, Jaya gives some suggestions and prompts to get started with notebooking and creativity.
Creative Notebooking Session 2
Jaya Ashmore, 2025, 10 minutes
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In this recording, Jaya shares more prompts and space for notebooking, including an invitation to doodle or write as a way to get closer to a deepest wish.
Creative Notebooking Session 3
Jaya Ashmore, 2025, 10 minutes
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In this recording, Jaya invites notebooking to happen from the present moment, as a movement-contact-listening practice, and invites a love letter to the earth.
Meditative Movement
Meditative Movement Instructions
Jaya Ashmore
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In this text, Jaya offers practices for embodied anatomy (inspired by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen) and natural awareness.
Meditative Movement: Embodying Wrists, Ankles & Hips
Jaya Ashmore, 2022, 55 minutes
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In this guided meditative movement practice from a live online session, Jaya guides the embodiment of the wrists, ankles, hips, connective tissue and the spaces of the joints. A good way to practice receiving the knowing of the body, with elements of Jin Shin Jyutsu.
Movement Mandala with Sacrum, Throat & Voice
Jaya Ashmore, 2022, 55 minutes
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In this guided meditative movement practice from a live online session, Jaya guides the embodiment of the sacrum, throat and voice. Jaya maps out a movement mandala, where different areas of your space correspond to different elements, and also brings in the Liver flow from Jin Shin Jyutsu.
Music
Deep Rest Meditation with Live Cello
(Jaya Ashmore and Francis Bartlett on cello, 2025, 12 minutes)
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This meditation combines specific musical notes and guidance to help harmonize anxiety, worry, and compulsive thinking.