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
22 Breathe into Your Emotional Core [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Use this guided meditation to contact the layer of basic, innocent sensitivity with which we receive all the echoes and reverberations of emotion in our body. The post 22 Breathe into Your Emotional Core appeared first o…
21 Mindfulness of Thoughts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:54
Wandering thoughts can be part of the meditation. Then there is no such thing as distraction! Just as important, with this noting thoughts mindfulness practice we can get increasingly clear on understanding the nature of…
20 Breathing into Your Presence guided meditation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:27
Another favorite back again in a new form– whole body breathing. And here breath meditation and the recognition of simple presence are combined in this guided audio that is a great initiation into simply being. The post…
Talk 3: One Technique or Many? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:27
Fresh perspectives are great for practice. Variety can be a spice of Meditation! This talk explores the meaning of “meditation techniques” and shows how a variety of ways of attending to our experience is immensely helpf…
18 Exploring Sensations of Change in the Body [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:31
This guided meditation teaches a valuable tool for seeing the motion and change in body sensations, and is worth practicing often as a way to enter into a more comfortable relationship with sensation as well as explore a…
17 Mindfulness Games [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:12
Playing with meditation is a natural way to stay engaged, and in these exercises you can play along with Alan at knowing and noticing thought and recognizing our awareness itself. Rather than trying to figure it out, bet…
16 Letting the Breath Go guided meditation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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There are not only two kinds of breath: deliberate and automatic. There is a whole spectrum between and in fact our understanding of intention is much better felt, sensed, and experienced than defined in words. This brea…
Talk 2: Face the Suffering or Turn to Joy? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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The idea can reach a meditator that we must stare straight into suffering without flinching, and also not be attached to pleasure. This is usually not a skillful idea and is not good for mindfulness practice. In this tal…
14 Awareness of our Inner Mental Attitude [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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This lesson and guided meditation practices the art of checking our inner mental attitude. It is a good lesson to go through at least once to investigate our awareness of something intimate and powerful, that colors our…
13 Feel What You Feel guided meditation ISBM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Delve into the intimate and subtle feelings of the heart region, use the breath to explore and bring to light what it is that we are feeling. A simple and fundamental pointing to what meditation can be: actually feel wha…