Upgrade #1 - Visualization Meditation
Welcome to The Flight Shrink newsletter. This is Dr. Kevin Heacock.
Today’s post is a bit different. I’m calling it an Upgrade post. Upgrade posts are intended to be a bit of a bonus compared to the straight forward Flight posts about mental health. It’s kind of like, if you’re a pilot doing some upgrade training, or a passenger getting an upgrade to first class, Upgrade posts are that extra training or comfort you’ve been looking for.
This post’s voiceover and the podcast feed version is a 20 minute visualization meditation I wrote, performed, and produced about 10 years ago. Here are some tips of how to use it:
If you usually listen at faster than 1X speed, reset the speed to 1X. You don’t want to speed through this.
The beginning says to sit on the floor with your legs crossed and hands clasped on your lap, but you can sit, or even lie down, however and wherever you want.
If you don’t have access to a quiet place, listen to it with headphones. Even in a quite place, headphones are a good choice.
Follow along and really try to visualize (see in your mind) what is being described.
If you’ve never done anything like this before and you don’t get much out of it the first time, it may be worth trying again in a few days.
This was the track I used when I first started meditating 10 years ago. It’s not the typical type of meditation I do now that focuses on being mindful of my thoughts as they come and consciously looking for a self that does not exist. But it is a great way to get started practicing mindfulness. Like a kid hitting the ball off the tee for the first time at the beginning of their path to the major leagues.
I hope you enjoy this visualization meditation and find value and peace in it.
I’d really appreciate some feedback in the comments or with likes. If this is something people really like, I plan to share more mindfulness exercises.
Until next time…
I’m Dr. Kevin Heacock, The Flight Shrink… Keep on flyin’!