Resources

Grounding/Calming Guided Visualizations:

Grounding Exercise  – from work by Cristina Pratt (read by Hope Goss):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e5ochuY-CAjcTL96mevnE3I5poVCP7uk/view?usp=sharing

Body Scan (Hope Goss):  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KmEagw2YsjyNl-o8rugt9AF3r6ceiHG3/view?usp=sharing

Connecting with Your Heart (and People and Things You Love) – from the work of Sandra Ingerman, MA (read by Hope Goss): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2lTu4sUTjmnAXKhCXKNJS-qxQYTNVk4/view?usp=sharing

Yoga Nidra – Meditation & Guided Relaxation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvldC6mzLvA

Yoga Nidra Meditation, by Lizzy Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0FKzeuVVs

 

Drumming Music for Concentration/Focus/to Stop Mind Chatter:

Shamanic Drumming, rhythmic drumming, has been found to create alpha, then theta waves in our brains, per Sandra Ingerman, MA.  Flow state also is found to be present when brainwaves are between alpha waves and theta waves, per an article by Steven Kotler in Psychology Today.

 

Trance Union by Layne Redmond.
https://www.amazon.com/Trance-Union-Layne-Redmond/dp/B01K8NSIC0/ref=sr_1_10?crid=TM65D1AH8P5R&keywords=layne+redmond&qid=1585797380&s=music&sprefix=layne+red%2Caps%2C229&sr=1-10

 

Some Shamanic Drumming Tracks on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K78eKXsYeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVyAHFYrUQ

 

Music Designed to Calm Your Brain and Allow You to Focus. Awakened Mind System 2.0 by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson..  No drumming.  No headphones required.

https://www.amazon.com/Awakened-Mind-System-JEFFREY-THOMPSON/dp/B0002A2VFK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=awakened+mind+system+dr+jeffrey+thompson&qid=1585965375&rnid=2941120011&s=music&sr=1-2

 

Yoga with Adriene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–jhKVdZOJM

 

Sleep Recommendations:

Delta Sleep System by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson – music designed to shift your brainwaves to the delta state, which can help you go to sleep.  No need for headphones or earbuds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdwwfVee88

Weightless, by Marconi Union, is the number one piece of music that people use to help sleep.  No need for headphones or earbuds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYnA9wWFHLI

Calming Biolateral Music- Needs to be listened to with headphones/earbuds:

Calming, Relaxing Music for EMDR therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBLUTSiB_h0

Best of Biolateral II – by David Grand:
https://brainspotting.com/catalog/

Mystic Mist by Joyce E. Smith.  Needs to be listened to with headphones/earbuds:  https://www.amazon.com/s?k=joyce+e+smith+mystic+mist&rh=n%3A163856011&dc&qid=1585799214&rnid=2941120011&ref=sr_nr_n_1

Biolateral Womb by Joyce E. Smith.  Needs to be listened to with headphones/earbuds:  https://www.amazon.com/Bilateral-Womb-Joyce-Smith/dp/B06XF6G8CH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=joyce+e+smith+bilateral+womb&qid=1585799306&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

 

Fear:

Staying Conscious in the Face of Adversity – Eckhart Tolle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpmXhGVMxI

How do I handle the Fear that I’m Facing – Eckhart Tolle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEU84nHEcY

 

Anger:

Dealing with Anger, Resistance, and Pessimism – Eckhart Tolle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqX5IFKYFWk

 

Shame:

Brene Brown – The Power of Vulnerability – TED Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en

 

Isolation

Please let me know of places you connect online.  Many churches and organizations have created online communities.

This is the website for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
https://www.uuclb.org/

Long Beach Meditation:  Live Online Meditation Classes
http://www.longbeachmeditation.org/

 

Parenting Corner:

This Parent Control App, used to limit device use by children (or yourself!), was discussed in the April 2020 addition of the Lakewood Community Newspaper. Parents sign up for a free account.  After pairing their child’s devices, they are able to manage them remotely through at-a-touch blocking or automated schedules.  OurPact.com

An excellent resource for parenting toddlers, ages 1-5:  https://biglittlefeelings.com/

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