Wisdom Sticks is my new animation channel to deliver timeless truths for modern life in a fun and easy way. There's also a blog that expands on certain ideas which you can access further down this page...
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If you'd like to slow down or speed up this meditation video for the breathing guide, just use the cog-shaped button in the bottom right of the video...
Breathe fully, as if you are breathing from the floor up...
I hope this meditation video for beginners shed some light on how to meditate. Let me know if it was useful in the comments, or if you have any questions, feel free to ask...
Usually we are trained to use our mind as reactive tools, constantly reacting to and resisting what we don’t like in the world. We can feel hemmed in by circumstances and what is going on around us, not realising that our thoughts and resistance are what makes us feel so trapped inside something we might not want...
Our minds are always being creative. They might be stuck in loops, re-creating what they’ve already produced, or creating things that we don’t particularly like, but they are always being creative in some way. This article aims to show you how to use your mind to bring fresh things into the world...
Once we see that anxiety is a defence mechanism, attempting to keep us away from a perceived danger, then it is easier to have compassion for it.
Anxiety is no longer an enemy when we see that it is trying to keep us safe, and that it has noble intentions...
We are often trained in approval.
Get the approval, get the good report card, have people think highly of you, be seen as valuable in the eyes of others.
Why?
Probably because there is safety in being valued or approved of. Perhaps it’s part of our evolutionary minds, where being approved of meant that we were more likely to survive and be supported in communities or tribes...
I have started a new animation channel on YouTube, sharing similar themes and messages that you will find on this site. It's called "Wisdom Sticks", and the first video of many is about how to calm your mind...
Merry Christmas from Wisdom Sticks!