{"id":3777,"date":"2021-07-22T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/?page_id=3777"},"modified":"2021-07-22T17:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:58:27","slug":"mindfulness-and-relaxation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/mindfulness-and-relaxation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness and Relaxation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>You may want to start with our podcast series on mindfulness<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The first episode is about the first aspect of mindfulness, <em>arousal management<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/webplayer.whooshkaa.com\/episode\/735836?theme=light&amp;enable-volume=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"190\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>The second episode was about the second aspect of mindfulness, <em>living in the present moment<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Another way to stay in the present moment is through achieving flow. Watch this video about flow and how you can access a state of flow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/video\/what-is-flow-state-and-how-can-it-be-accessed\/\">What is a flow state and how can it be accessed?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are looking for some strategies for arousal management, please feel free to check out our free relaxation tracks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/relaxation-tracks\/\">Free relaxation tracks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the best tools for arousal management is called Bi-lateral stimulation. It involves stimulating alternate sides of the brain with sound, touch, or visual cues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/video\/bilateral-stimulation\/\">Watch a video on bi-lateral stimulation and how you can use it for yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/tag\/mindfulness\/\"><strong>Click here for more mindfulness resources<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may want to start with our podcast series on mindfulness The first episode is about the first aspect of mindfulness, arousal management \ufeff\ufeff The second episode was about the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/mindfulness-and-relaxation\/\" title=\"Read Mindfulness and Relaxation\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mindfulness and Relaxation | Free Resources | Chris Mackey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismackey.com.au\/mindfulness-and-relaxation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mindfulness and Relaxation | Free Resources | Chris Mackey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You may want to start with our podcast series on mindfulness The first episode is about the first aspect of mindfulness, arousal management \ufeff\ufeff The second episode was about the... 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