Meditate
Welcome to the garden, Dear Heart. There are many paths: either you select one, or let the garden choose for you.
No meditation experience required. Instead, relax, gently detach from needing an immediate result, surrender to the journey, and let yourself experience.
You’ve already made it home.
Now all you need do is breathe, allow…and witness.
not sure what you need?
let the garden choose
What is the purpose of meditation?
In Mandy’s world, we meditate to build a relationship with our true identity, which is The Witness, the Light of Awareness that gives us life. Sounds wild now, I know, but give it a few in-good-faith sessions, and you’ll be glimpsing that greater force.
What if nothing special happens during meditation?
That is TOTALLY normal. That’s why meditation is a regular practice, not a one-time psychedelic experience (although…😏).
Nothing special should happen, at least not during the meditation experience itself. Instead, you may be distracted, frustrated, activated, or itching for a hit of dopamine from elsewhere.
All in good time, young Padawan, all in good time. The special stuff happens as the sessions begin to accumulate.
What if I can’t quiet my mind?
Great news - you’re not supposed to!
Instead of trying to “quiet your mind,” use your mind to pay as much attention to the meditation session itself as possible. Watch your body. Watch your breath. Listen to the sound of my voice, if you're listening to a guided session. Watch your mind be compulsive and habitual, and watch where it runs off to (because it will, especially when it thinks you've relaxed).
You’re not trying to quiet your mind, ever. You’re trying to observe it.
How do I choose?
Think of an intention you’ve set in your life lately, or an experience or energy that you’re craving, and then select the best-aligned choice from the garden.
For example, if you’ve been wanting to transform your life, you may wander through the mushroom patch of Activations and see if there's a new idea, frequency, or sensation you can introduce to start shaking up your life. If, on the other hand, your life is shaking enough, you may cruise over to the lotus of Stillness and experiment with discovering a place within you that doesn't move at all.
If you have no particular intention, let the greater forces choose for you by using the Magic Orb (below), and trust that whatever is suggested is perfect for you today.
What if I fall asleep?
Technically, that’s wonderful, especially if you selected a Sleep meditation for the purposes of drifting off to a peaceful and delicious sleep!
If, however, your intention is to meditate, then when you wake up, repeat the session. If you fall asleep every time you meditate, your body is letting you know that meditation isn’t the first order of care you need right now…sleep is!
Throat Chakra Activation for Truth, Boundaries & Expression
This throat chakra practice begins by witnessing the body, mind, and emotional world before guiding awareness into the energetic center associated with truth, expression, communication, and boundaries. If you know what you feel internally but struggle to let that truth move outward clearly, this meditation helps you experience the throat as a living channel between your inner world and the way you show up in the world around you. Witness without judgment, connect heart and voice, and practice making it safe for your truth to move.
Listen →Opening to Hope, Receiving & the Possibility of Yes
This heart-centered practice explores what happens when you imagine that the things you need and desire are already moving toward you, and notice whether your body opens to that possibility or resists it. If hope feels vulnerable, receiving feels unfamiliar, or part of you braces against the idea that life could genuinely say yes, this meditation helps you meet that response gently rather than forcing yourself into positivity. Rest with the word yes, let the heart practice receiving possibility, and expand your capacity to believe that good things can arrive without another test to pass.
Listen →Planting the Feeling You Want to Grow
This heart-centered visualization invites you to choose an emotion you want to experience more often and plant it like a seed in the fertile ground of your inner world. If you find yourself fixating on the circumstances you think must happen before you can feel belonging, joy, peace, love, confidence, or another desired state, this meditation helps you work directly with the feeling itself. Plant the seed, watch it root and bloom, and let your next chapter begin from the emotional experience you want to grow.
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