meditation class topics
body-awareness
Guided meditations that focus on “body-awareness”guide you to notice different aspects of your body’s experience such as your breathing, physical sensations, and feelings towards your body. The purpose of these meditations is to help you develop improved presence and self-connection which can help reduce tension and stress.
emotional regulation
Guided meditations that focus on “emotional regulation” help by guiding you to notice your emotions as felt experiences in your body and then be with those experiences with your own acceptance and compassion, allowing your emotions to move through you at your own pace and readiness.
emotional awareness
Guided meditations that focus on “emotional awareness” help by guiding you to experience your emotions as felt experiences in your body rather than just ideas in your head. When we can feel our emotions in our body this can invite clearer choices about how we want to relate to our emotions as they show up.
self-acceptance & compassion
Guided meditations that focus on “self acceptance and compassion” help by guiding you to relate to yourself and your emotions with less judgment, avoidance, or rigidity, and more kindness, gentleness, and curiosity. When we can relate with ourselves with acceptance and compassion we can feel our emotions without getting so overwhelmed by them, as well as cultivate an internal ecosystem of safety.
grounding
Guided meditations that focus on grounding help by guiding you to develop a stronger connection with yourself, your body, and planet Earth. This occurs through guiding you to feel your connection with yourself and the planet both physically and energetically. Grounding can help improve emotional and energetic stability and is considered by Jake to be foundational for most internal work.
energy awareness
Guided meditations the focus on energy awareness help by guiding you to feel and connect more deeply with your body’s experience and the subtle flow of energy therein. This can help to deepen our connection with ourselves, giving us more information about who we are and what we need so we can make informed choices in our lives.
