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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The Underland Journey Part 2: A Nature Meditation for Self-Discovery and Inner Wisdom
Welcome to Part 2 of our Underland meditation series. Last week we explored the underground as a place to dispose of what is harmful — trauma, secrets, and pain. This week, we venture deeper to discover the treasure, wisdom, and insight waiting for us in those shadowed spaces.
Underland Meditation Practice: 10-Minute Guided Meditation with Amazon Rainforest Sounds
Sometimes the most powerful meditation practice is simply staying present — even when it's uncomfortable. This 10-minute guided meditation invites you to lie down, soften, and surrender to what is, accompanied by the immersive sounds of the Amazon Rainforest.
Entering The Underland: Nature Meditation for Processing Fear and Underground Healing {part 1}
Not all meditation asks us to find the light; sometimes we need to explore the darkness. In this first episode of the October Underland series, meditation teacher Meryl Arnett invites you to stop running from your fears and instead turn around to face them. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane's book Underland, this episode and meditation practice explores what happens when we acknowledge the darkness, both within ourselves and in the world around us, rather than trying to escape it.
Join Meryl throughout October as we explore the underland: what we've disposed of (harmful thoughts and buried trauma), what we can yield (minerals and metaphors), and what we shelter (precious matter and memories).
Full Harvest Moon Meditation | Supermoon Guided Practice for Deep Relaxation and Sleep
Experience the ancient practice of moon bathing with this 10-minute guided meditation under the Full Harvest Supermoon.
In this episode, you'll be guided through a gentle moon bathing practice that can be done anywhere you feel safe under the night sky — your back porch, yard, campsite, park bench, or even by a window.
Safe Meditation Practices for Trauma Survivors: Expert Tips from David Treleaven
Not all meditation experiences are peaceful — and that's something we need to talk about.
In this conversation, meditation teacher Meryl Arnett sits down with mindfulness trainer and trauma expert David Treleaven, PhD, author of The Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Workbook, to explore how trauma impacts meditation and vice versa.
Advanced Meditation Technique: From Linear Time to Timeless Presence
Just the Meditation -
Join host Meryl Arnett for a profound 15-minute guided meditation that uses advanced breathing techniques to move you from linear thinking into expansive, timeless awareness. This practice progresses from structured spine breathing to flowing circular breath, ultimately releasing into pure presence.
Let Go Like Falling Leaves: 10-Minute Fall Meditation with Nature Soundscape
A meditation perfect for fall -
Host Meryl Arnett shares a deeply moving story of witnessing three ancient ginkgo trees releasing all their golden leaves at once—a moment so magical that families stopped their cars to stand beneath the "snow" of falling leaves. This beautiful memory becomes the foundation for a 10-minute guided meditation on the art of letting go.
Fall Equinox Forest Bathing Experience: Guided Nature Meditation Practice
The Fall Equinox is a time of balance, and today's episode is a practice devoted to cultivating this balance for the colder, darker months ahead.
Join guest host Eve Payor from Singing Pines as she guides you through an authentic forest bathing experience rooted in the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. This isn't about hiking or exercising—it's about mindfully receiving nature's healing gifts through all your senses.
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