Guided Meditations

Joanne’s guidance continues with us, giving us the opportunity to be led through meditations that she offered to practitioners throughout the Northeastern U.S. and Canada. Please enjoy, and feel free to incorporate them into your daily practice. They will be updated regularly.

Coming Back to the Body
Joanne Friday

When we find ourselves feeling anxious or fearful, we can find relief through coming back to our bodies and remembering that we are made of the Cosmos. (16 min)

Our Deepest Aspiration
Joanne Friday

Looking deeply at our greatest aspirations, and letting go of whatever may be hindering our ability to realize them. (14 min)

Invoking the Bodhisattvas
Joanne Friday

The Bodhisattvas are the embodiments of the highest human qualities, which we all possess. We cultivate them in order to be freer and happier, and to remember our true nature. (7 min)

Touchings of the Earth
Joanne Friday

Cultivating our strengths and remembering that we are made of the Cosmos. (20 min)

Total Relaxation
Joanne Friday

A progressive whole-body relaxation to allow our minds and bodies to rest and heal. (26 min)

Daffodil Meditation
Joanne Friday

An opportunity to meditate on our true nature, as important to the natural world as a Daffodil. (10 min)

Guided Meditation & Metta Sutta
Joanne Friday

A Guided Meditation that includes a beautiful recording of the Metta Sutta — the Discourse on Love, chanted by Sr. The Nghiem of Blue Cliff Monastery, from the recording "Oasis.” (23 min)

Focusing on the Breath
Joanne Friday

Focusing on our most vital tool for taking hold of our minds — our breath. (16 min)