If you struggle with mindfulness and meditation and wonder how can meditation be easier, then it’s you’re lucky day!
I had the honor and privilege of interviewing one of The Shift Network’s Gifted Teachers, Founder of Open Hearted Awareness Institute, Loch Kelly.
Today we’re supporting Loch Kelly’s upcoming Shift Network Event (May 2019): How to Take the “Mind” Out of Mindfulness”
YOU CAN REGISTER HERE thru May 2019 (It’s FREE!)
I, as one who cares about being mindful, present and conscious of myself have always struggled with sitting for any period of time in meditation. I felt there has got to be an easier way to meditate and be mindful without getting so focused on my thoughts and the mind!
Today my (our) prayers have been answered …(when the student is ready the teacher appears).
Listen in as Loch Kelly provides a little insight into the heart-mind connection and how to bring the focus of meditation into the heart and why that is significantly worthwhile.
Do you find meditation a task you struggle with and inevitably judge yourself for? If so, please share your comments below and lets start a discussion. Here are more meditation tips.
If you’d like to connect with Loch further or order his book (there’s a swell prize he’d like to offer you!) go here for the book and FREE gifts: “The Way of Effortless Mindfulness” and/or get the support and direction you need with one of Loch’s “effortless” mindfulness and meditation courses, go here: LochKelly.org
For Mindfulness Certification Training for Yoga Instructors, Coaches and Individuals. CLICK HERE
About Our Guest Presenter Loch Kelly
Loch Kelly, MDiv, LCSW, is an author, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the nonprofit Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Loch teaches in a non-sectarian human being lineage using an adult education style based in the earliest non-dual wisdom traditions, modern science, and psychotherapy.
Loch is grateful to all his teachers and shares from his own experiences, which have given him great joy, freedom, and love. Loch’s mission is to help people access awakening as the next natural stage of human development. He offers in-person retreats, workshops, and online video and audio courses. He served on the New York Insight Teachers Council, studied extensively with Mingyur Rinpoche, and was invited to teach direct realization by Adyashanti.
Loch has collaborated with neuroscientists at Yale, UPenn, and NYU in the study of how awareness training can enhance compassion and wellbeing. As a licensed psychotherapist, Loch has been teaching seminars, supervising clinicians, and practicing awareness psychotherapy in NYC for 30 years. Loch is a graduate of Columbia University and Union Theological.
This High Vibe Tribe Expert Interview with Special Guest Loch Kelly is presented by TheMindBodySpiritNetwork.com and Hosted by Liz Gracia. If you’d like to see all of our High Vibe Tribe Interviews. CLICK HERE!
See What Others Have to Say About Loch and His Work
“Practicing under Loch Kelly’s guidance is mind-blowing.”
Practicing under Loch Kelly’s guidance is mind-blowing. You shift out of your chattering mind, and awareness emerges — clear, fearless, unconditionally accepting.
— Amy Gross, meditation teacher and former editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine
“There are very few who can guide with such mastery.”
Loch Kelly offers a rich array of unique mindful glimpses that reveal our naturally awake, open-hearted awareness. His guidance is clear, precise, and arises from a wise, caring heart. There are very few who can guide with such mastery.
— Tara Brach, PhD, Author of Radical Acceptance
“[Loch’s] effortless mindfulness practices are directly in line with the beneficial qualities of effortless awareness…”
Loch has a deep understanding of meditation and manifests the wisdom and compassion that comes from this. His effortless mindfulness practices are directly in line with the beneficial qualities of effortless awareness that my neuroscience lab has studied. I wholeheartedly recommend these practices to my students, and to you.”
— Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, Director of Research at Brown University Mindfulness Center and author of The Craving MindClick edit button to change this text.
Suggested Reading & Resources
FREE Resources:
- Craig Hamilton’s FREE E-book: The 5 Meditation Mistakes We Are All Making
- Craig Hamilton’s FREE Webinar: How to Meditate 2.0: The Meditation Game Change
- Introduction to Insight Meditation: Discover the Path to Sustained Inner Peace with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein
- Join Jon Kabbat Zinn in: “Why Mindfulness Matters—and Why It Might Matter to You!”
- Discover the Art of Living Joyfully. Join world-renowned spiritual leaders His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu for a FREE three-part teaching series
- A Mindful and Kind Approach to Quieting Your Mind: Bring Awareness and Self-Compassion to Your Inner Dialog. This free series includes four videos from the much-beloved and deeply regarded teachers of the newly enhanced Power of Awareness course: Devin Berry, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Konda Mason. Each video will bring you closer to recognizing your trained thought patterns as often counterproductive and teach you how to rise above them.
- Discover a Super Yummy Guided Meditation
- Power of the Mind: A Dangerous Place or a Great Gift? with NY Times Bestselling Author Michael Singer
Suggested Reading:
- Become a Master of Mindfulness
- Unveiling the Transformative Power of Centering Prayer: Book Review of ‘Intimacy with God’”
- Discover Copper Healing Pyramids for Meditation
- Introduction to Insight Meditation (aka Vipassana Meditation)
- Discover Mindfulness Meditation Certification Online
- How to Become a Meditation Teacher
- Do You Struggle with Meditation? What If It Could Be Easier? Interview with Kelly Locke
- 8 Powerful Mindfulness Exercises to Reduce Stress
Retreat-Related Resources:
- Mindfulness Meditation Retreats: How to Choose Your Next Mindful Escape
- How to Choose a Yoga Retreat: Mindful Travel Guidance
- Mindful Travel Guidance: Discover the Benefits of Travel as a Spiritual Practice
- Explore Top 10 International Yoga Retreat Destinations to Nurture Your Inner Yogi
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