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Two Meditations for the Summer
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Two Meditations for the Summer

Julia E. Wahl
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Julia E. Wahl:
is a psychologist and mindfulness trainer.

Remember to approach these exercises gently. If you feel that imagining something seems too big of a challenge for you at any point, simply focus on your breathing. The point of these exercises is not to get rid of anything, but to see what it’s like when we look at our lives from a different perspective. 

A state of transition, a state of travel

Imagine that you are going on a long journey to some specific place. Take a moment to focus on where you want to go and for what purpose. At

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Julia E. Wahl:
is a psychologist and mindfulness trainer.
Translation: Daniel J. Sax
Publish date: 17.07.2018

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“Mantra? But really, what’s the difference between that and my patients who keep repeating shit, shit, shit over and over again?” was the question a certain outstanding and esteemed clinical psychologist from Harvard University asked when a young Daniel Goleman presented his idea for a PhD thesis to a group of professors. The title was “The Effect of Meditation on the Mind”. This also included meditation based on a mantra, or a technique involving the constant repetition of a word or phrase.

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