Guided Meditations from the MMRL (En/Fr)

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Focused Attention Meditation (10 min)

MMRl Graduate Student, Myriam Lesage, guides you through a meditation to slow down, steady your mind, and anchor attention on the breath.

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Detachment from Thought Mediation (10 min)

MMRL graduate student, Myriam Lesage, guides you through a meditation to help detach from thoughts. Without trying to change or fight thoughts, we will practice being with them and letting them pass.

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Loving Kindness Meditation (10 min)

MMRL Research Assistant, Joelle Moses, guides you through a meditation focused on cultivating feelings of kindness for yourself and for another person or animal that you care about.

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Guided Body Scan (10 mins)

MMRL Research Assistant, Keana Chacon-James, guides you through this body scan, which is designed to help release tension, reconnect with your body, and offer some gentleness.

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Meditation on Emotions (10 min)

MMRL Graduate Student, Kevin Prada, guides you through a medidation to explore emotions, physically locate them in the body, and learn to soothe what’s painful.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to MMRL Collaborator, Dr. Maria Lourdes Lira Gonzales (Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue), for translating and recording these meditation in French.