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Guided Meditation With Wade

37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade Recordings of group meditation sessions led by Wade Botkin, LMHC, MA. Learn more about Wade here: https://wbotkin.com/. Virtual live sessions are hosted every Thursday at 7:00pm. Would you like to participate in the live group session? Join our private FB group!

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Yoga Nidra With Jenny B

July 12, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 11.8 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Find the middle ground between sleep and consciousness with a guided yoga nidra session with Jenny B.  Lie down on the floor on a yoga mat or a blanket and get comfortable.  Yoga Nidra session is led for you much like a guided meditation would be.  In meditation, you let go of all your efforts, but when you practice yoga nidra, you use gentle attention and awareness to move through different parts of the body to mindfully ...

Relieve Stress and Anxiety With Mindfulness

June 29, 2021 03:00 - 42 minutes - 20.3 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ What is your stress / anxiety level on a scale of 1 to 10?  Begin by relaxing and watching your breath.  Slowly calm yourself by making your exhale longer than your inhale.  Start to scan your body and notice what you feel.   As you become more mindful of your body and it's sensations do so with: 1. Objective Awareness - Take the judgement out of the observation. 2. The Energy of Compassion - Observe with an attitude of ki...

A Meditation With Your Eyes Open

April 22, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutes - 16 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller.    A unique meditation by Wade Botkin ,LMHC, MA were you practice part of the meditation with your eyes open.  We usually think of meditation as a practice performed indoors in a quiet dimly lit room or at a peaceful spot in nature.  You are encouraged to try this mediation multiple times in a variety of places...

The Frequency Of Gratitude and Compassion

March 08, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 20.7 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ A guided meditation to help you choose the frequency you walk and live in.  Enjoy the breath of life and notice how good it feels.  Create a space for yourself where you can relax deeper and deeper.  Feel gratitude for the gift of life.  Become more conscious of the energy frequency you are transmitting.  What signals are you generating when you are with others? Generate an energy of love and gratitude, and share that. Re...

You Are The Energy Of Life Itself - A Healing Meditation

February 16, 2021 02:00 - 38 minutes - 16.7 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ This is a healing meditation and a whole lot more.  Start with the intention to connect to the highest and best healing energies that are needed.  Make an affirmation that you are willing to receive.  We are like a network of stars supporting each other.  Giving and receiving.    Your form will continue to change but what you really are will persist.  Connect with the life force you are. . . the essence of your being. Rec...

The Power To Bless - A Chakra Meditation

January 25, 2021 04:00 - 37 minutes - 16.7 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ You have the power to bless and the power to ask for anything you need.  Wade takes you on a relaxing journey that explores the seven chakras of your consciousness.   Turn all the challenges that come your way in 2021 into blessings.   Recorded during our live group meditation session on December 31, 2020 

Waves of Good Vibrations

January 18, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 14.3 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Buckle up and relax.  You are about to blast off on a cosmic journey of healing and renewal.  Let the energy of the stars all around you raise the vibration and frequency of your entire being.  Feel the miracle of light you are and let yourself shine for all to see.   Recorded during our live group meditation session on December 17, 2020 

A Meditation For Thankfulness And Gratitude For The Breath Of Life

December 31, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Get deeper into that sense of being and presence than you ever have before with this epic guided meditation.  Start with simple things you can be grateful for such as the breath of life.  Relax and enjoy breathing.  Feel the flow of opposite forces, the yin and yang of your breath.  Like your breath, life is a dance of yin and yang.  We need these opposite forces in our lives to maintain balance.  As much as we need to tak...

What Is Possible From Just Breathing?

December 31, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Get deeper into that sense of being and presence than you ever have before with this epic guided meditation.  Start with simple things you can be grateful for such as the breath of life.  Relax and enjoy breathing.  Feel the flow of opposite forces, the yin and yang of your breath.  Like your breath, life is a dance of yin and yang.  We need these opposite forces in our lives to maintain balance.  As much as we need to tak...

Short Meditation #8 - Cosmic Medicine Cabinet

November 30, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 4.28 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Here is Short Meditation #8 - Cosmic Medicine Cabinet.   This is a nice short 10 minute meditation that can be different every time you practice it.  Figure out what energy you need  in the moment and breathe it in! Recorded during our live group meditation session on November 19, 2020.   

Short Meditation #7 - Heart Space

November 29, 2020 03:00 - 12 minutes - 5.04 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ Here is Short Meditation #7 - Heart Space.   This is a terrific 12 minute meditation that combines visualization with a focused breathing exercise.   A technique that can be used anywhere even when you don't have Wade with you! Recorded during our live group meditation session on November 19, 2020.   

Short Meditation #6 - A Sacred Space For Yourself

November 25, 2020 02:00 - 15 minutes - 6.88 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ The Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge is back.  Instead of 5 days in a row let's step it up to 8!  Here is Short Meditation #6 - A Sacred Space For Yourself.  Notice whatever is there without judgement.  This is a very good one to do again and again running at about 15 minutes.  We hope these exercises help develop a noble practice that will benefit you and others! Recorded during our live group meditation session on ...

Spaciousness, Presence and Compassion

November 11, 2020 01:00 - 28 minutes - 13.8 MB

Join our FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ A meditation in not trying to fix anything.  Rather it is about creating a sacred space for you to observe and honor the feelings you are having.   Gradually slide into a state of deep relaxation.   Your mind is alert and aware while your body is relaxing.  This meditation gives you tools and practices that you can use anytime and anywhere.   Practice being more present, aware and compassionate towards yourself and othe...

De-Stress, Reenergize, and Heal

October 31, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Join our FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ An excellent meditation if you have had a particularly stressful day or week.  In other words, this is a 2020 special!  Visualize nurturing energy coming from mother earth, up through your feet and flowing through all the systems of your body.  Let go of the things that no longer serve your journey.  Is there any part of you that is not willing to let go?  Don't try to fix it.  Just notice it.  Welcome to the judgement ...

Dealing With The Energy Of Anger

October 26, 2020 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Join our Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationWithWade/ We all experience anger.  Some experts believe we experience anger an average of 17 times per day.  This includes irritability and situations where things just don't seem to be going our way such as traffic jams, being on hold too long, or a disagreement with a coworker.  Resisting these feelings don't make them go way.  Rather they just go into the shadows, end up in the subconscious mind and create outbursts at inopportu...

Walk In Beauty

September 28, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

This meditation was inspired by a traditional prayer from the Navajo people.  Begin with some deep breathing and relax into the center of your own being.  Don't try to still the mind.  Rather allow thoughts to come and go without trying to control or quiet your mind.  Become grounded in the earth below and bask in the energy coming from above.  Open yourself to all the beauty that is around you.  Recognize this beauty as often as you can! "In beauty I walk, With beauty before me I walk, Wit...

Receive All The Support That Nature And The Universe Has For Us

September 26, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

Let Wade take you on an epic journey of discovery. Begin by getting deeply grounded into the earth like a big beautiful oak tree.  Release the things that no longer serve the path that best path for you.  Be willing to let go and have a transformation. From there focus on the light that is shining upon and within each of us.  Feel and accept the many blessings this light has for you.  Share those blessings with the rest of the world. WARNING! - This meditation never ends.  The benefits to yo...

Be Willing To Not know

September 20, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

We all get wrapped up in stories, concepts and opinions of ourselves and others.  Breathe and relax from a space of not knowing.  For in that space, discovery and possibility happen.  Get outside the box of what your mind thinks is possible.  Become aware, present and alive without locking into a story about.  Bring this new sense of awareness back with you into your reality.  Let go of your ideas about other people and learn to just BE with other people.  Here is your homework:  Are you not...

Short Meditation With Wade #5

September 14, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 6.98 MB

Congratulations, you made it to day 5 of the 5-day Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge!  Do at least one five minute meditation per day for 5-days in a row.  But, what are you going to do tomorrow?  There's only 5 Short Meditations on the Podcast!  You gotta keep it going!  Make this a daily practice like brushing your teeth.  You can listen again to any of the 5 short meditations.  Or listen to any of the Season 1 sessions.  In season 1, Episodes 1 and 3 are less than 10 minutes.  Episode...

Short Meditation With Wade #4

September 13, 2020 17:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MB

Day 4 of the 5-day Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge.  Do at least one five minute meditation per day for 5-days in a row.  Are you noticing any interesting and wonderful things happening in your daily life?  Enjoy Day 4.  See you tomorrow! Recorded during our live interactive session on September 10, 2020

Short Meditation With Wade #3

September 12, 2020 16:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MB

You've made it to hump day, Day 3 of the 5-day Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge. Do at least one five minute meditation per day for 5-days in a row.   Get over the hump and the rest is cream cheese.   Recorded during our live interactive session on September 10, 2020

Short Meditation With Wade #2

September 11, 2020 22:00 - 6 minutes - 4.48 MB

Congratulations you made it to Day 2 of the 5-day Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge. Do at least one five minute meditation per day for 5-days in a row. By now you are singling "On My Way" by Rusted Root. Here is short meditation #2. Recorded during our live interactive session on September 10, 2020

Short Meditaton #1 Magic Mastered

September 11, 2020 02:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MB

Does this sound better than Short Meditation #1.  Is the Magic Mastering a big improvement?

Short Meditation With Wade #1

September 11, 2020 02:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MB

Take the 5-day Guided Meditation With Wade Challenge.  Do at least one five minute meditation per day for 5-days in a row.  See what positive benefits you receive.  For your convenience we are uploading five short meditation audios to the Podcast.  Starting with short meditation #1. Recorded during our live interactive session on September 10, 2020

Yoga Nidra With Jenny

September 01, 2020 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

We had a guest star this week with Jenny B.  Jenny introduces us to Yoga Nidra which is a guided practice like guided meditation.  Yoga Nidra is practiced in the savasana pose, with a goal of deep relaxation and finding the middle ground between sleep and consciousness.  Yoga Nidra slows the wavelengths in your mind as you enter a sleep-like stage. There is evidence that yoga nidra helps relieve stress. Recorded on Thursday, August 27, 2020.

Unlock The Energy Of Your Heart

August 29, 2020 02:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Buckle your five point seat belt because your going on a very vivid and visual journey that will help you find your personal power.   Start out with some balanced breathing and focusing on the energy of your heart. Allow it to penetrate every cell of your body.  Follow that with a mystical journey of your own creation and rinse away the heaviness and worry in a waterfall of light.  This experience can be anything you want it to be.  Read the previous sentence a few more times.  It's not just...

The Power of Pure Awareness

August 22, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

This is a great meditation for working on those "sore spots" in your physical and emotional body.  As human beings we are always driven to try to fix things or figure out what is wrong.  In this exercise we learn the power of allowing whatever is there to be there.  Be present with out trying.  Just be and let the power of pure awareness provide the healing. Recorded from our live group meditation session on August 13, 2020.

Whatever You've Been Waiting For Is Here Right Now

August 16, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

Embark on a relaxing journey and enter the ever-present reality of now.  Break free of the limitations holding you back.  With each inhalation absorb the energy you need to reinvigorate your body, mind and spirit.  Only you can give yourself the permission you need to feel good right now!  There does not need to be a reason.  Cultivate a feeling of profound well-being and optimism.  Project that feeling into the future.  Enjoy the benefits now and far into your bright future! Recorded Durin...

Get In Touch With Your Infinite Self

July 17, 2020 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB

This session will connect you with your higher self; AKA Infinite Universe.  Bring that feeling of unlimited potential and well being back with you to access at anytime.   Recorded during our July 16, 2020 live meditation session.

Relax, Heal and Energize

July 17, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB

You will be jumping down the rabbit whole on this journey!  This meditation will get you insanely relaxed!  That's just the beginning.  Wade guides you through a powerful process where you experience healing energy for your body and soul.  That would be plenty but there is still more.  Let go of old limiting beliefs, thoughts and feelings.   Let it all go like cleaning out the closet and feeling great afterwards! Recorded during our live virtual session on July 9, 2020.

Traditional Mindfulness Meditation

July 02, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Recorded during our live virtual session on July 1, 2020.  It was so good we just needed to upload the recording right away for those who couldn't join us.   Follow your breath and the sensations it brings throughout your entire body.  A very engaging visualization exercise that keeps you mindful and in the present. 

Find The Place That Can Help Heal Mind, Body and Being

July 01, 2020 22:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

Bring healing to your body and overall being. This a longer session running about 26 minutes.  On a day you can budget the time give this one a try.  It will be worth it.  Recorded during our virtual group meeting on June 11, 2020.

Wholeness and Completeness

June 27, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

A terrific meditation to utilize over and over again.  A great way to relax and get in touch with a feeling of wholeness and completeness.   Episode 3 and 4 were practiced by the group and recorded on June 4, 2020.  Both are very powerful to listen to on their own and also back to back if you have the time!

What We Resist Will Persist

June 21, 2020 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.31 MB

Frequently we hear that the goal of meditation is quiet the mind and try to eliminate thought.  If during a meditation session we feel we are "thinking too much", we tend to make a judgement that we had a poor session.  There is no such thing!  In this exercise Wade guides us on a short but powerful meditation that helps you to remove judgement from the process.  Just observe.  Are you thinking a lot?  That's perfectly fine.  Just work on being aware of what's happening and relax.   Episode...

Guided Mediation With Wade

May 31, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.64 MB

Wade takes us through a powerful and invigorating 8 minute visualization.  Recorded during our first guided meditation with Wade on May 20, 2020

Discover Your True Self

May 31, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

Wade leads us on a 30 minute journey of self discovery.  Connect with the REAL YOU!  Recorded during our live group session on May 27, 2020.  

Guided Mediation With Wade - May 20, 2020

May 31, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.64 MB

Wade takes us through a powerful and invigorating 8 minute visualization.