In this session we are going to talk about different meditation techniques for you to try.
Session 3: Emotions and Meditation by Ned Burwell
In this session we are going to talk about our Emotions. Understanding our emotions and learning how to use them as a tool is an important part of learning how to meditate.
Session 2: The Mind and Meditation by Ned Burwell
Session 2: The mind In this session we give you some practical tools to start your meditation practice.
Session 1: Introduction to Meditation
Session 1: Introduction to Meditation
A Personal Story about Bullying and the Path to Healing, with Lisa Dumas
In this interview she share's with you her story about being bullied and how that experience caused her life to spiral downward. Feeling trapped with her growing anxiety and frequent panic attacks she decided that she was going to overcome her problems and claim her self-worth. She shares Three tools that helped her climb her way out of her panic and anxiety. These simple, yet powerful tools can be used by anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Jeremy Schulz
Jeremy is more than an inspirational guy, he is a man with a vision and a cause. In his early childhood he struggled with being bullied at school because of his turrets and stuttering problem. However, Jeremy found an outlet to help him grow beyond his situation, drumming became his therapy and solution to his situation.
Meditation Series
We are excited to announce that we will be adding a meditation section to Umatter. Over the next few months we will be recording a complete series to teach you how to begin a meditation practice or how to deepen your current practice of meditation.
Awakening Session 14
Session Fourteen - After the Awakening: At the end of the series we recap about what an awakening is and what life CAN be like. Work towards being love. Put love into your life and everything around it. Don’t live in torment by your past and be brave and accepting of your future. Life is a wonderful gift.
Awakening Session 13
Session Thirteen - Free Will vs Willingness: So by the end of this series you may begin to feel the gravity of this series and how your life can be changed. There really is only one thing left to understand and that is whether are willing to surrender the will of your mind and accept the will of your soul. You may feel like there is a new you after hearing these sessions in quick succession but guess what? The old you is standing directly beside you with enough momentum to take over the new you. You will have a lot of sideways movement, backward movement, and of course, forward movement on your trek to enlightenment and this session clarifies that this is okay and totally expected.
Awakening Session 12
Session Twelve - The Creative Side of the Soul: Both Ned and I feel that this is one of the more far-reaching and compelling episodes of the series. Ned discusses his concepts on creation and how it works according to what he believes. I would definitely try to maintain an open mind with this because chances are, your mind will have a difficult time trying to comprehend some of this. Whether you choose to believe what is said or not, it is incredibly interesting what Ned has to say here.
Awakening Session 11
Session Eleven - Meditation: Is it a practice or a study? How do we meditate? What are the benefits to it? Can anyone do it? Is it even real? These are all very valid questions that I know I had about meditation, mainly because I have heard so much about it and never spent much time with it. Ned has a great deal of experience with mediation and gives us some great tools to begin practicing meditation and he also dispels many things that are misunderstood with the practice.
Awakening Session 10
Session Ten - Unity: This is the longest episode in the series and the most story-filled from the life experiences of Ned Burwell. Some of the things we discuss are how people often look to see themselves in other people and this is one of the most common things that unifies us to others. We also look at how people should try to look closely at the qualities in others that they value, striking up conversations in person, and living more in the world rather than on social media. There are many interesting observations that we make about our society in this episode.
Awakening Session 9
Session Nine - Finding Our Purpose: Have you ever thought to yourself whether you are truly living a life that is purposefully yours? Are you using your heart to guide your decision making for what is right for you? Do you ever hold yourself to old standards in how you used to be rather than what you can become? Instead of saying “I can’t” say “I will” and watch your world begin to change.
Awakening Session 8
Session Eight - Letting Go: The baggage that you hold onto from your life experiences can be the very things that are holding you back from living a purposeful and love filled life. Why on earth would you be willing to carry the weight of your traumas on your back for miles and miles if they weren’t providing you with an opportunity to live a more peaceful life? This is a very heavy session, and personally one of my absolute favorites in this series. A lot of what is said in this session spoke to me on a very personal level and woke me up. I hope it does that for you too.
Awakening Session 7
Session Seven - Relationships: Without question, this two-part section of the series will change your outlook on how to operate within the relationship you have with others, but more importantly how you look at the relationship that you have with yourself. You cannot possibly love another until you love yourself, and so with that being said the first part to this session deals more with having a loving relationship with yourself. The second part of this session is about how you then move onto having a loving relationship with another.
Awakening Session 6
Session Six - Relationships: Without question, this two-part section of the series will change your outlook on how to operate within the relationship you have with others, but more importantly how you look at the relationship that you have with yourself. You cannot possibly love another until you love yourself, and so with that being said the first part to this session deals more with having a loving relationship with yourself. The second part of this session is about how you then move onto having a loving relationship with another.
Awakening Session 5
Session Five - Awakening To The Moment: If we spend more time in our minds being distracted from the moment we are in, how much of life are you actually experiencing? It is absolutely essential that we live in the moment that we are in. This is the only way that we have the opportunity to experience life the way it was meant to unfold.
Awakening Session 4
Session Four - I Am Love: This is a fundamental chapter in this series. Sometimes it can feel nearly impossible to choose love when we are put in a challenging position. But what would happen if you chose love more than not? You may be surprised how choosing love will radiate the earth around you. This is a particularly powerful session that will leave you feeling energized.
Awakening Series Session 3
Session Three - I Am Strong: How do we walk through our vulnerabilities? What lies beyond our fears? What happens when we pour devotion into our life? How do we become empowered? These are some questions that are answered in this session. This particular session contains some incredible wisdom to help us live beyond our fears and find ourselves in a far more empowered state.
Awakening Podcast Session 2
Session Two - Beyond The Mind’s Desire: Do your desires serve your soul or do they serve your ego? It can be easy to become swooped up by the temptations that life present us. With all of the luxuries in the world that are being thrown in our face, it can be easy to fall victim to desires. We can also believe that happiness exists in the things we want, but sadly it is only a matter of time before our minds come up with the next thing to chase. If we have peace within, we no longer require temporary relief through the acquisition of thing after thing after thing.
Awakening Podcast Session 1
Session One - The Mind: Did you know that you experience up to 100,000 thoughts per day? Most of us wouldn’t either believe this statistic or realize that our minds are constantly being bombarded with thoughts to that degree. To add to this, a majority of them are negative. In this session, we explore the mind’s tendencies, how to better manage and use our minds, and why it is so important to just be cognizant of the realities of what is going on with our mind day to day.
Awakening Podcast Intro
Introduction: We introduce listeners to Ned Burwell through a riveting story about his struggles with depression which lead him to a suicidal state of mind but not before the words of a Doctor he had recently met poured into his mind which would be his salvation to his awakening. We also discuss briefly why simply being happy isn’t realistic and why being purposeful is the answer.
Stress
Talking about Stress: What is it, and how do we change our relationship with it? with Nadine Lulu, M.ED., CCC., R.P. Clinical Director / Registered Psychotherapist Founder and Director of CHATT (Community Health Assessment and Therapy Team) Therapist for Adolescents, Adults and Couples Special interest in trauma, mood disorders, couples' counselling and conflict resolution https://youtu.be/YZJK92sNepA … Continue reading Stress
Aaron Allen
Check out this great interview by Aaron Allen. This interview has some really great moments that inspire you to be fearless and go for your dreams. Thanks Aaron!
Understanding Grief, with Catherine Cannon
In this lesson we talk about Grief with our guest Catherine Cannon. She shares some techniques to help you if your struggling with grief.
Are you happy?
How do we become happy? Can we even be happy? In this lesson, we talk about the keys to discovering happiness and how to stop the endless treadmill of striving for it.
Overcoming a Diagnosis
In spite of having post traumatic stress and borderline personality disorder, Brittany has a story of inspiration and hope to share with you.
Keiran Jeffery
A personal story about his journey of self discovery and empowerment and being transgender.
Walking the Land
Walking the land is a phrase used to describe life’s journey or your movement through a life situation.
Compassion and Kindness
Compassion is surrendering your beliefs to see from another’s perspective, while maintaining a position of love.
Guilt
An Interview About Guilt
What is it and how can we let it go?
Empower yourself to be free of Stress By Ned Burwell
Stress is not created by your perception of the events occurring in your life, it’s created by your emotional response to the events.
I’m Really ANGRY! (click here to read this lesson) By Laurie Padington & Ned Burwell
When we look at the topic of anger, our first instinct is that it is bad and that we need to push it away. Is anger all that bad and can we use anger in a productive way? In this lesson, we will explore these questions and share with you some tips on how you can use anger to create positive outcomes in your life.
I Can’t Stop Thinking!!! (click here to read this lesson)
Getting out of our minds is one of our greatest challenges we face today. All our lives we have been taught and praised to think. We have been told what to think, how to think and to keep thinking. Our mind constantly interrupts the moment, to add its commentary on everything. The only way to calm and pacify the mind, is to do the unthinkable… Read this lesson to find out how.
Two Free Guided Meditations by Chad Foreman (click here to open)
Guided by Mindfulness and Meditation Coach Chad Foreman 1) Guided Meditation for Relaxation and Acceptance The Way of Meditation helps to overcome a scattered and agitated mind and develop concentration and relaxation at the same time. By learning to let go of thoughts and watch the breath, you can develop a stable mind that can … Continue reading Two Free Guided Meditations by Chad Foreman (click here to open)
The Positive Psychology Of Meditation Training by Chad Foreman (click here to read this article)
Unlike traditional psychological models where the focus is on eliminating neurosis or abnormalities in a person, positive psychology takes a new approach and works on promoting the positive attributes in a person to encourage the flourishing of the whole human being. It comes under a broader category of the science of happiness.
Self Esteem (Click this link to read this lesson) By Laurie Padington
Self Esteem is a manifestation of your relationship with yourself, which is based on your own personal assessment from within. When our self esteem is high we tend to treat ourselves with love and kindness. We still can love ourselves when our self esteem is low, however we may question; Am I good enough? Or am I worthy? We can all be our own worst critic at times.
Growing Strong (click here to do this lesson)
This lesson is about resilience. Resilience is our ability to let things roll off us and the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. In this lesson we will give you some basic tools for you to learn how to thicken your shell to withstand life’s falls.
Something has to Change (click here to read this article)
For a good portion of my life I felt stuck and not happy with where I was at. I had this constant feeling that there was more for me in this life. I wanted more in life, I needed more in life because the life I was living just didn’t seem to fit. If I was ever going to experience more in life, something needed to change. I wanted off the wheel I was running and to find a deeper peace. How was I going to turn this around?
Jeff Roberts’ Story (click here to read this article)
Plagued by depression and suicide attempts, alone in my head and hiding from my feelings and emotions I truly was a lost soul. I say to myself throughout the day… "Why bother" "I hate myself" "I hate my life" "I am a loser" and the list goes on.
Letting Go (click here is do this lesson)
In concept, letting go is the easiest thing to do, but in practice it can be one of the hardest things to master. How do we let go? What holds us back from letting go? Not letting go keeps us trapped in limiting mindsets, it keeps us in relationships with people that are not healthy for us and most of all, not letting go allows our past to keep a firm grip on us.
Stepping out of Sadness (click here to do this lesson)
Sadness and depression can sneak up on you at any time. A series of events in your life can wear you down, little by little and the next thing you know, you’re in a dark space not knowing how you got there or how to get out. This lesson is designed to throw you a rope, to pull yourself out of the hole you may be in.
Loving Self (Click here so do this lesson)
Love is a vital need for us to live a healthy and purposeful life. If in every moment you said to yourself “I choose love”, your life would be radically different! This simple, yet profound statement can change your life. If you desire a life of peace and love, you must first become that in your own mind and body.