Shamash Alidina: A Meditation to Awaken the Joy of Feeling Small

Our guest this week is Shamash Alidina. He offers a guided practice to invite us to consider how feeling smaller can actually be a big relief. It's not that we diminish our value, but rather that we take a moment to feel that the world is bigger than our worries, and that we are held and surrounded by immense beauty, wonder, and support. In this meditation, you'll:

Connect with and ground in your body and your senses

Widen your perspective

Open yourself to the experience of awe

Shamash Alidina has been practising mindfulness since 1998 and runs his own successful training organisation. He is the author of Mindfulness For Dummies and the forthcoming Breathing Exercises for Dummies. He frequently pops up in newspapers, magazines and on radio shows. Based in London, he runs online trainings and speaks at conferences all over the world. He's been teaching mindfulness full-time since 2010.

The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week.

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Show Notes

Find more from Shamash Alidina here.

Go Deeper

Awe is a fundamental and essential human emotion, but it's one we get a lot less of these days. To intentionally reconnect with awe and experience the emotional, physical, and relational benefits, check out these resources from Mindful.org:

Why Do We Feel Awe?