Bringing you the gentle roll of the Sussex waves, plus chimes and guided meditation. This is a quick and easy reset body scan, bringing you back to your breath, sound and clearing the body, through powerful visualisation. Water is a powerful tool, helping us feel held, clear, inspired and creative. Some days we can feel blocked, bogged down, a little irritated, and that's ok, but giving yourself just 5 minutes to sit and connect can be so good for the soul.

Water is also our sensuality, creativity, power, flexibility, and adaptability. We can always learn from Mother Nature, she shows us the way again and again.

Enjoy this weeks episode and let me know how you get on! Josephine x

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This week we paused for a moment to think of Earth Day. Every day is Earth Day, every day we give thanks to Mother Nature, for her wonder, beauty, life force, teachings, seasons and wonder. Now, possibly more than ever, we must not forget her. She is the beating heart of us, in my mind, she is the real 'God', the real divine.

In this episode, you are guided to a space of peace. With the crystal bowls to soothe, and wild recordings of bird song taken from Devon and Greece, a magical meeting of sounds, you'll find your heart calm, mind still and happiness close by.

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Focus. Release scattered thoughts and find rest. Focus might feel like a strong, restricted word, but with focus comes peace. Through meditation, yoga and sound, we practice focusing on one thing, we focus on a point, a breath, a feeling, a sensation. During certain times in the calendar or even our lives, our focus can be scattered. A hundred thoughts spring from the well of our minds, some nice, some challenging and some completely ridiculous. The mind is a muscle, we put such pressure on ourselves to 'switch off' but it is a practice, we must practice, through meditation and focus-based exercises to gain clarity, peace, calm and yes presence.

This Yoga Nidra is a simple guided practice, using the traditional practice of placing stars on the body and encouraging deep rest. You can do this first thing in the morning before work, as a mid-day reset or before bed.

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This week is a little different. A sung mantra for you to connect to the light, the earth and the divine. I hope it brings you some peace, love and calm.

Gayatri Manyra, with C4 crystal singing bowl and voice only.

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha

Tat Savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Diimahi

Diyoyonah Prachodayatt.

Om, or Aum, is regarded as the primal sound of the Universe and points to the Oneness of all.

Bhur – embodiment of vital spiritual energy, earth

Bhuvah – destroyer of suffering

Suvaha (svaha) – embodiment of happiness

Tat – that, in this way

Savitur – Savitri, spiritual sun, the One Light, all pervading Consciousness

Varenyam – worthy of worship, venerable, adorable, worthy of being sought

Bhargo – radiance. Effulgence, splendour, light which bestows understanding, destroyer of sins

Devasya – Divine, of the Deity

Dimahi – we meditate upon; or, may we meditate on, reflect on, be devoted to; or, may imbibe

Dhiyo – prayer, intellect, noble thoughts, intuition, understanding of Reality (buddhis)

Yo – who; he who; the one who

Nah – our; of us

Prachodayaat – may he energize, direct, inspire, guide, unfold; or, he who energizes, directs, inspires, guides unfolds

Putting all of this together, there are still many translations and interpretations.

Here is a literal translation by Christopher Wallis:

Om. Earth. Atmosphere. Heaven.

May we focus our Awareness

on the alluring radiance of the rising (or setting) sun

the Vivifier; may it inspire our thoughts and meditations.

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Join Josephine for EPISODE 6 of the Deep Rest series of the podcast.

This week is a special episode, unplanned it just happened, it fell from my heart and mind in one swoop.

It's a journey into the magic, using sound, birdsong and guided visual meditation. You'll find your body deeply relaxed and your mind arriving in magical natural landscapes filled with incredible birdsong recorded this year in Greece, from our retreat home.

Give yourself this time. I promise you, these few minutes of bliss will fill up your tank.

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Bringing you something different. A yoga Nidra Soundbath to help you SLEEP! We approach this session with compassion, kindness, and acceptance. This is an earthy, rooted meditation, which will call for you to ungrip, be held and settle.

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Listen to the heart, find space, safety and softening in this beautiful practice.

In such dark and unknown times, fear can grip us, anxiety is on the rise and we are left stuck in fight/flight. It can be so hard to make the right decisions, to love fully or to know where to turn when the heart is cut off. The heart is quiet, the fear-mind strong and loud. In this blissful session, be guided by Josephine through a full meditation and crystal bowl soundbath.

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I found myself this week, lying in blissful presence in a soundbath, and I felt the left side of my physical and emotional body come back online. I had been living in the masculine, the logical, practical, action, strength, holding, control. These aren't bad things, but I had left the softness behind, the wonder, the hope, the fluid space of self-enquiry and bliss. I draw from my own experience and from what I'm seeing in my clients, so I hope that In this weeks podcast, you are through an immersive, rhythmical and vibrationally wonderous soundbath. To help you find the Yin, the presence, softness of the feminine.

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