Meditation Monday. Let Things Be. A Favorite! With Ashley Turner.
Mar 3, 2025
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Join Ashley Turner, a meditation expert known for her calming guidance, as she explores the power of letting things be. She shares insights on embracing life's complexities and the importance of mindfulness in daily routines. Listeners can experience a guided meditation that promotes inner peace through mindful breathing and radical acceptance. Turner encourages letting go of control and simply surrendering to the present moment, emphasizing how to observe emotions without judgment while cultivating curiosity and compassion.
Meditation helps individuals cope with daily stress by fostering a greater understanding of their emotional state through mindful observation.
Radical acceptance encourages individuals to confront challenging emotions without judgment, promoting healing by letting life unfold naturally.
Deep dives
The Power of Meditation for Inner Calm
Meditation serves as a valuable tool for finding calm amidst life's chaos, helping individuals cope with daily stress and unexpected challenges. Engaging in this practice allows people to observe their physical sensations and mental patterns, fostering a greater understanding of their emotional state. Specifically, meditation promotes the concept of creating more space in the body, encouraging relaxation and easing tension, which in turn can lead to mental clarity. By focusing on the breath and positioning the body comfortably, individuals can reconnect with themselves and enhance their overall well-being.
Embracing Radical Acceptance
Radical acceptance is emphasized as a powerful practice for releasing the need to control circumstances and simply allowing life to unfold as it is. This approach encourages individuals to confront challenging emotions or situations by bringing them into awareness without judgment, creating an opportunity for healing and peace. As one practices extending the exhale longer than the inhale, they can cultivate a sense of spaciousness within themselves while letting go of attachment to change. Ultimately, radical acceptance involves honoring oneself and the present moment, fostering compassion and generosity towards one's own experiences.
Welcome to a special weekly edition of Untangle, Meditation Monday. We’re taking this time to share meditations from our sister app, Meditation Studio. We know that life gets messy and, when it does, Meditation is here to help us find a sense of calm and inner peace. Whether you’re facing daily work or relationships stress, unexpected challenges, or just want to improve focus, we hope meditation Mondays will be your go to for a weekly guided meditation treat. And if you’re craving more…which I always do…the Meditation Studio app offers over 800 expert-guided meditations from over 70 of the world’s top meditation experts.