Peace Within | Guided Meditations

religion, spirituality, buddhism, health, fitness, mental · EN

Welcome to the Peace Within podcast channel. My name is Michael Young and you’ll find the podcasts at a variety of locations online including Youtube Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and several others. This collection of guided meditations offers a complete arc through core Buddhist practice, opening and closing with anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) so the series feels bookended and whole. Between those pillars, the scripts move through several natural clusters. The foundational contemplative practices include the body scan through the four elements, walking meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, and sound meditation — practices that anchor attention in direct sensory experience. A strong heart-centered thread runs through loving-kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita), equanimity, self-compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness, together forming a near-complete rendering of the traditional Brahmaviharas. A third cluster addre