
Nature-Inspired Meditations
Feeling overwhelmed despite your best self-care practices?
You’re not alone. Anxiety, stress, and mental health struggles are at an all-time high — even for those of us in healing professions.
After teaching and practicing meditation for 15+ years, host Meryl Arnett shares the secret to deep, restorative and helpful meditation practices - nature-inspired meditation.
Meryl’s soothing guidance and high-quality nature soundscapes will help you to:
Cultivate a meditation practice that relieves stress and quiets the mind
Strengthen your resilience and compassion through mindful connection
Relax and reconnect deeply with immersive, nature-infused meditations
Tune in every Monday and Thursday for nature-inspired meditations designed to calm an overwhelmed mind, ease anxiety, and deepen your connection to yourself and the world around you.
Now, let’s grab a cup of tea, a comfy seat and settle in for today’s practice.
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Nurtured by Nature: Meditation for Anxiety
Just The Meditation ✨
In our fast-paced world filled with uncertainty, finding stability can seem impossible. But what if you could stand strong like a mountain through life's storms?
In this meditation, you'll experience a peaceful meditation practice focused on equanimity—that steady, balanced quality that helps you remain centered when everything around you is changing.
How to Use Meditation as a Tool for Navigating Anxiety and Stress
Feeling overwhelmed by the constant changes in life? Struggling to find stability in the chaos? This meditation explores the power of equanimity—your ability to stay steady like a mountain amidst life’s storms.
In a world where personal stress, anxiety and global turmoil seem never-ending, how do we stay grounded? Through meditation, we can develop a sense of inner steadiness that allows us to navigate uncertainty with more ease. This episode provides a reflective practice to help you cultivate resilience and balance.
Take a deep breath and press play—immerse yourself in this guided meditation to find your steady center amidst life’s changing winds.
Honoring Our National Parks: A Meditation for Connection and Gratitude
How can we honor and protect the sacred lands that sustain us? Join this special meditation practice dedicated to the Earth, where we deepen our connection and commitment to its well-being.
With national parks and natural spaces under increasing threat from policy rollbacks, climate change, and resource exploitation, it’s easy to feel powerless. But through mindful reflection and meditation, we can cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth—one that moves beyond gratitude into active reciprocity.
Press play now and join this transformative meditation to honor, support, and deepen your relationship with the Earth. 🌍
Nature-Inspired Sleep Meditation: Let Go of Stress & Drift Off Naturally
Do you ever find yourself tangled in anxious thoughts at night, struggling to ease into restful sleep?
This episode offers a deeply soothing sleep meditation set beside a natural hot spring on a snowy, star-filled night. If stress, anger, or racing thoughts keep you awake, this practice will guide you into a state of relaxation through mindful breathwork and gentle visualization.
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let this meditation lead you into a peaceful, restorative night’s sleep. Press play now.
Let Go of the Day: Guided Evening Meditation
Just The Meditation
Do you ever find yourself lying in bed, unable to turn off your mind—still thinking about the stress of the day or worrying about tomorrow?
In this episode, you will consciously release the day's tensions and reconnect with yourself before sleep with a beautiful visualization practice where each moment of your day becomes a bubble, released back to the universe with every exhale.
Take a deep breath, let it all go, and press play to experience this powerful end-of-day meditation!
Evening Meditation: A Mindful Practice for Letting Go of Daily Stress
The evening hours often arrive with an unwelcome companion—a mind still buzzing with the day's events, shoulders tight with tension, and thoughts already drifting to tomorrow's challenges.
But what if you could learn to consciously release the day's tensions and reconnect with yourself before sleep? In this third episode of our meditation series, we explore a gentle yet powerful evening practice designed to help you let go of the day's stress and prepare for restful sleep.
Overwhelmed by Noon? Try This Quick Lunch Break Meditation for Stress Relief
Overwhelmed? Stressed? Anxious? Try this quick 10-minute, lunch break meditation that is designed to reset the nervous system and quiet the mind.
No chatter; no distractions - this episode is JUST THE MEDITATION.
Pop-in your headphones, settle into a comfy spot and let's meditate on our lunch break.
Midday Reset: A 10-Minute Lunch Break Meditation for Stress Relief
Do you ever start your day with the best of intentions—only to find yourself overwhelmed by midday, rushing through lunch, and feeling completely drained?
Midday stress can quickly derail even the best-planned day, leaving you exhausted and disconnected from yourself. But what if just 5-10 minutes of mindfulness could reset your nervous system and bring you back to center? In this episode, I’m sharing a simple yet powerful lunchtime meditation to help you feel grounded, refreshed, and ready to take on the rest of your day.
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