Being Present Before Things End

Being Present Before Things End

Author: Meditation and mindfulness daily practice to remain interested in, and remember, being present in every day life and living December 21, 2016 Duration: 27:44

How can we feel present in our life, and stay that way? In this talk we explore what it means to be mindful beyond trying to remember to “pay attention.” Typically, we’ll “remember” to be present for something when it is just about to end, whether it’s a meditation or even at the end of […]

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Finding a consistent space for quiet reflection can be a challenge, but I Should Be Meditating with Alan Klima offers a direct and practical path back to the present moment. This isn't about achieving a perfect state of silence, but rather cultivating a daily practice of mindful curiosity. Alan provides guided mindfulness meditations that feel like conversations with a knowledgeable friend, blending direct instruction with thoughtful discussion. You'll encounter fresh perspectives on foundational techniques-breath awareness, body scans, and loving-kindness-along with subtle tweaks and surprising approaches that can reinvigorate a routine practice. The podcast serves as a gentle, recurring nudge to remain interested in the texture of everyday life, whether you're new to meditation or have been sitting for years. Each session is designed to be a tool for personal investigation, helping to dissolve the distance between formal practice and simply living. Tune in for a blend of calm guidance and insightful talk that makes the intention to be present feel both accessible and deeply worthwhile.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 84

I Should Be Meditating with Alan Klima: Guided Mindfulness Meditation and Discussion
Podcast Episodes
Talk on Ekhart Tolle The Power of Now [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:00
Part one of a series, listeners submit questions and Alan takes up some of the top things that come to mind when reading this book. The talk delves into questions like what relation our past history has to who and what w…
Meditation on After Thought [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:00
In this mindfulness meditation session learn to notice thoughts and mental activity while developing your awareness for intentionally being present. Going from the tensions in the body and hectic mind activity to subtly…
Pleasant Body [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:00
Relax into this mindful body scan and start developing skills to make the experience of the body joyful and interesting to play with. We move our attention through every inch of our body kindly noticing and becoming awar…
Training with Two Kinds of Thoughts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:00
Have you ever wanted to quiet your thoughts? To be able to silence all distractions, negative thinking, or simply noise in your head? This talk on mindfulness meditation as well as a meditation practice helps you develop…
59: Release into the Abdominal Breath [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:00
Recognize the quality of attention, how experiencing the breath shifts and changes things so easily around. Release into the sensation of breath and allow thoughts, feelings, and tensions to be present while the breath b…
Talk 9: Two Great Skills in Meditation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:00
A talk and a meditation. A contemplation of life. Use this training to get acquainted with and understand in your bones two meditation skills that are most important to finding a natural way to practice meditation, not f…
Quickfire Meditation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:26
It’s great to train the attention to be fast and agile and play a kind of game to see how fast you can bring the attention home, or how fast you can hop off the train of the thought. It’s a great training skill with some…
58: Dwelling in Presence [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:00
What is it like to be present? In this guided meditation practice of looking inwardly, you return to that sense of presence to find another way of feeling, another way of being. Dwelling in presence, recognizing it, chec…
57: Guided Training in Two Meditation Skills [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:00
[Podcast] Life is constantly in flux, often presenting changing situations you need to adapt to. This guided meditation is a practice in two (or maybe three) techniques for training to become flexible, adaptable. Underst…
56: Awareness of both Thoughts and Presence [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:00
In this whole world that is your life there are thoughts and busyness, emotions and sensations, but there’s also something else here. Something that is always present. This guided meditation points towards that awareness…