Meditating with Dr. Chanequa
by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
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About this podcast
Guided meditations from Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, a psychologist, theologian, and 20-year meditation practitioner. These meditations include practices from secular mindfulness traditions as well as Christian contemplative traditions.
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Episodes
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- Coming into Self · 18 minThis grounding meditation invites you to gently come home to yourself through presence, curiosity, and self-compassion. Rooted in an awareness of the unique challenges of coming…
- Body Loving-Kindness · 28 minThis guided meditation combines loving-kindness practice with a body scan to invite you to reconnect with your body through gentleness, gratitude, and compassion. With slow…
- Advent Peace Meditation · 16 minInspired by the season of Advent, this guided meditation invites us to cultivate peacefulness in our bodies, hearts, and relationships. It’s appropriate at any time of year and…
- Taking Up Space · 14 minThis guided meditation is an invitation to honor your right to exist fully and unapologetically. Centered on the theme of taking up space, it uses affirmations to empower you to…
- Being With What Is · 20 minThe essence of mindfulness is the capacity to be present to what arises in our lives with compassion and without judgment. This guided meditation invites us to face what arises…
- You Are Not Meant to Be a Square Watermelon · 17 minThis is a departure from my normal guided meditation offering. It’s graduation season. And as I was thinking about what I should write for this week’s No Trifling Matter, I…
- Spring Renewal · 18 minThis guided practice invites you to embrace the renewal of spring with mindful awareness. Through deep breathing and intentional reflection, you’ll connect with the shifting…
- Natural Wisdom for Surviving Adversity · 18 minThis guided visualization invites you to connect with the steady strength of mountains, the flowing adaptability of water, and the rooted wisdom of trees. This practice…
- Surviving in a Season of Uncertainty · 17 minPolitical turmoil, environmental disasters, and personal crisis can make us feel like we are living under siege, triggering cycles of anger, fear, and grief. It is easy to feel…
- End of Year Guided Journaling Exercise · 26 minAs the calendar turns from one year to another, we are invited to reflect and take stock of our journey. This guided journaling practice leads you through a process of…
- Body Awareness Meditation · 46 minThis full body scan invites us to connect to our bodies with moment-by-moment awareness. I practice a body scan weekly as a way of checking in with my body. When done regularly…
- Focused Awareness Meditation · 20 minIn this practice, we direct attention to different areas of the body, such as the feet and the breath, in order to train our minds to be present. When our mind wanders, we gently…
- Affirmations for Healing and Transformation · 10 minThis guided affirmation practice supports emotional and spiritual healing from harm that has been inflicted upon us or that we carry in our bodies from our family lineages. It…
- Journaling for the End of Year · 26 minAs the calendar turns from one year to another, we are invited to reflect and take stock of our journey. This guided journaling practice leads you through a process of…
- Affirmations for Empowerment · 11 minThis guided affirmation practice supports empowerment, agency, and self-definition. This is a good practice to use if you are a perfectionist or people-pleaser who operates with…
- Embracing Change · 20 minThis practice invites you to embrace the ever-changing nature of life by visualizing it as a flowing river. Practice surrendering to the current, releasing attachments…
- Morning Prayer Ritual · 15 minStart your day with this morning prayer and meditation practice. This Christian meditation practice integrates silent meditation and visualization with prayer for ourselves and…
- Forgiveness Meditation · 22 minThis practice uses guided visualization to supports the process of forgiving people who have harmed us as well as forgiving ourselves for the ways that we have harmed others and…
- Loving-Kindness Meditation · 17 minThis loving-kindness meditation helps us to cultivate love toward ourselves, toward other people, and toward the world. This is a good practice to use when you find your heart…
- Lectio Divina: The Great Commandment · 15 minLectio divina is an ancient Christian monastic tradition of meditative reading that invites us to savor biblical scripture. In this meditation, we practice deep attention to Luke…
