Mary and Richard Maddux http://www.meditationoasis.com Meditations to help you to relax deeply, be more present and flow more easily with life. We offer a variety of guided meditations with and without music, as well as talks about meditation. Visit us on meditationoasis.com, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. We wish you a peaceful mind and open heart. Meditations to help you to relax deeply, be more present and flow more easily with life. Meditations to help you to relax deeply, be more present and flow more easily with life. We offer a variety of guided meditations with and without music, as well as talks on meditation. For easy access to the podcast and special bonus audios, get our new Meditation Oasis Podcast App. We wish you a peaceful mind and open heart. en-us meditation@heartofhealing.net (Mary and Richard Maddux) meditation@heartofhealing.net (Mary and Richard Maddux) 2006-2009 Mary and Richard Maddux no Mary and Richard Maddux meditation@heartofhealing.net Religion & Spirituality meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/MO-podApp-wallpaper.jpg http://traffic.libsyn.com/meditationoasis/Show_Tips1.pdf MeditationOasis meditate@meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux http://www.meditationoasis.com Time = 7:57 This first episode is the Mini-Relaxation Break Guided Meditation with from our Pure Relaxation CD. Gently guides you to relax completely. Listen easily, just letting the words and music wash over you. Use this meditation to relax completely. This first episode is the Mini-Relaxation Break Guided Meditation with from our Pure Relaxation CD. Gently guides you to relax completely. Listen easily, just letting the words and music wash over you. Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT Religion & Spirituality no 00:07:57 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod1.pdf http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music1.MP3 Mary and Richard Maddux Helps you to be more in tune with your body, in the present moment and grounded. This Body Awareness Meditation was recorded live with Mary's guided meditation group. It helps you to be more in tune with your body, in the present moment and grounded. It strengthens the mind-body connection. Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:22:39 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod2.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enjoy this Breath Awareness Guided Meditation for its soothing, calming effect. Enjoy this Breath Awareness Guided Meditation for its soothing, calming effect. A good meditation for beginners -- once you become accustomed to the process, it's easy to do on your own anytime. Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:09:27 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod3.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux An advanced Breath Awareness meditation, this meditation will help you to experience silence and peace in life. This meditation will help you to experience silence and peace in life. It is an advanced variation on the Breath Awareness Meditation. If you have not already done meditations involving watching the breath, we recommend that you use the Breath Awareness Meditation for while before trying this. Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:12:02 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod4.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enjoy this meditation anytime you feel pressured, like you are struggling with something, or simply want to be "more in the moment". Enjoy this meditation anytime you feel pressured, like you are struggling with something, or simply want to be "more in the moment". Mary guides you into the meditation and gives you the option to continue longer on your own at the end. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:08:01 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod5.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enjoy this music from our Pure Relaxation CD while you meditate or as a background for yoga, massage, work or relaxation. Enjoy this music from our Pure Relaxation CD while you meditate or as a background for yoga, massage, work or relaxation. You can also use the music as a meditation by listening to it with your full attention. Sit or lie down, close your eyes, and bring your attention to the music. Whenever you find your attention has wandered, bring it easily back to the music. As always, don't strain or try to force your mind to follow the music, just be easy about it and "take it as it comes". Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:31:00 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod6.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation helps the emotions flow more freely, creating greater ease in life. This meditation helps the emotions flow more freely, creating greater ease in life. You can listen to it to it when you feel rough or upset or simply to experience greater ease in life. By allowing the emotions to be fully felt, without resistance and without mental involvement, they are able to resolve and move through, rather than becoming "stuck". Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:16:30 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod7.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This advanced meditation helps you discover the natural inward movement of the mind, and allow it to take you deep within. It's natural for the mind to go inward when we give it the opportunity. As soon as we close our eyes, awareness starts to settle down. This advanced meditation will help you to discover that natural movement of the mind and allow it to take you deep within. Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:10:00 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod8.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation helps you to take advantage of the natural process of healing that is going on all the time. This meditation helps you to take advantage of the natural process of healing that is going on all the time. Fri, 4 May 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:18:50 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod9.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation helps open the heart. A variation on the basic Breath Awareness Meditation, the Breath in the Heart Meditation helps open the heart. The focus on the heart can bring about some emotional release and have a healing effect. This meditation may be useful for those who are grieving. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:16:15 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod10.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This calming meditation brings your awareness into your body and anchors your energy into the earth. This body-centered meditation is especially helpful when you feel scattered or discombobulated. It is calming, brings your awareness into your body and anchors your energy into the earth. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:10:15 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod11.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation is designed to help you flow more easily with life. This meditation is designed to help you flow more easily with life. It involves letting go of resistance to what is naturally happening, as well as letting go of the attempt to manipulate what is happening. Letting go creates more ease in living. Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:15:15 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod12.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux True meditation is effortless... True meditation is effortless, and yet we can't become effortless through trying. This guided meditation is designed to help effortlessness happen. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:12:36 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod13.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Relieve the suffering which comes with pain. This meditation helps relieve the suffering which comes with pain. It brings about a state in which pain is transcended to reveal peace within. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:15:45 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod14.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enhance and balance the flow of energy in the body. Our attention is like a beam of energy. When we direct our awareness to any area of the body, it is enlivened by that energy. This very simple chakra meditation uses this principle to enhance and balance the flow of energy in the body. To learn about the chakras (energy centers of the body), visit: http://www.heartofhealing.net/about/HEF_chakras.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:18:51 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod15.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enjoy the fulfillment of simply being alive. This meditation is designed to enhance your experience of "aliveness" and help you enjoy the fulfillment of simply being alive. If you are new to our meditations, you might want to try some of our others before using this one. Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT 00:10:07 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod16.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Enjoy the benefit of time spent in nature wherever you are. Strengthening our connection with the earth and nature nourishes body, mind and spirit. This meditation brings much of the benefit of time spent in nature to us wherever we are. Visit meditationoasis.com for suggestions on how to meditate in nature. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:17:42 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod17.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation sets the stage for the experience of gratitude. Gratitude is the highest, most fulfilling emotion we can have. This meditation sets the stage for the experience of gratitude. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:12:03 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod18.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Discover the love that vibrates at the very core of our existence. When we drop our resistance to life and stop trying to manipulate our experience, what is discovered is love. It's the love that vibrates at the very core of our existence. If you are new to meditation, you might want to try Episode 1, 3 or 5 first (Deep Relaxation, the Breath Awareness Meditation, or Simply Being) first. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:15:03 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod19.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Mary talks about meditation and life. Mary talks about meditation and the Meditation Oasis podcast. Meditation Oasis is about you and your experience; meditations in daily activity; an expanded definition of meditation and more... Wed, 14 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:10:07 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod20.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation is designed to help develop trust in life and in oneself. This meditation is designed to help develop trust in life as it is unfolding moment to moment. It is not about trust in somebody or something -- it's about a basic trust in life and in oneself. Wed, 28 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:12:07 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod21.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Listen for insights on how to meditate and enhance your experience. Mary comments on a listener's email -- how to listen to listen to these meditations. Listen for insights on how to meditate and enhance your experience. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:17:07 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod22.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Use this meditation when you are having difficulty living with change. Use this meditation when you are having difficulty living with change. It's designed to help you move through it more easily -- to let go of resistance, relax into your reactions to change, and discover that which never changes. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:13:34 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod23.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Connect with and embrace your "inner child". Connect with and embrace your "inner child". Use this meditation to explore your inner life -- what you need, what needs healing and what wants to be felt and expressed. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:26:36 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod24.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux You can experience peace even during challenging times. You can experience peace even during challenging times. Listen to this meditation to discover peace within, especially when you are experiencing tension or conflict in life. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:17:45 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod25.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Time = 21:45 (last 8 min music only) This meditation is designed to help you feel supported in your grief. This meditation is designed to help you feel supported in your grief. This meditation is designed to help you feel supported in your grief. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT 00:21:45 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod26.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Especially useful when you are tired, this meditation will help you to gain a deep rest. Especially useful when you are tired, this meditation will help you to gain a deep rest. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:24:05 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod27.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Tap into your intuition for self-healing with this relaxing meditation. Tap into your intuition for self-healing with this relaxing meditation. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:18:59 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod28.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Use this guided meditation to get your creativity flowing. Use this guided meditation to get your creativity flowing. Good for artists, writers, musicians or anyone who wants to be more creative. Fri, 22 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:13:32 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod29.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux Mary gently guides to "let it be" and let yourself be... Use this meditation to relax into the flow of life and living. Mary gently guides to "let it be" and let yourself be... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:25:24 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod30.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation helps to dissolve stress at a deep level. This meditation does more than simply help you relax. It helps to dissolve stress at a deep level. It is particularly useful when you are feeling pressured. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:22:57 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod31.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com Mary and Richard Maddux This meditation allows you to drop into a deeper level of awareness. This meditation allows you to drop into a deeper level of awareness to experience the source of creativity, intelligence, healing. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:25:57 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod32.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music32.MP3 Mary and Richard Maddux Time = 19:07 (last 5 min music only) Meditation to focus and steady the mind. Meditation to focus and steady the mind. Use this meditation when you feel overwhelmed with the busyness and challenges of life. It helps to focus and steady the mind, making ideal as a morning meditation or for students. Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:19:07 meditation, guided meditation, maddux, relaxation, meditation music http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod33.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music33.MP3 Mary and Richard Maddux Time 19:34 (last 5 min music only) This meditation uses visualization to help you to wake up and energize your body for the day. Be playful and creative with the visualization process, doing what works for you. Tap into subtle energies to start your day. This meditation uses visualization to help you wake up and energize your body for the day. Be playful and creative with the visualization process, doing what works for you. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT 00:20:15 meditation, guided meditation, morning, energy http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod34.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music34.MP3 Mary and Richard Maddux (Time = 28:28) This meditation uses visualization to help you open your heart, relax into all the feelings it contains, find the vibration of love, radiate it and connect with those you love. Open your heart and connect with those you love. This meditation uses visualization to help you open your heart, relax into all the feelings it contains, find the vibration of love, radiate it and connect with those you love. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT 00:28:28 meditation, guided meditation, morning, energy http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod35.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music35.mp3 Mary and Richard Maddux This brief meditation helps you to relax deeply and let go of tension, even when you have just a few minutes to spare. An ideal break from work or studies! Take a short break any time to relax and release tension. This brief meditation helps you to relax deeply and let go of tension, even when you have just a few minutes to spare. An ideal break from work or studies! Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT 00:10:10 meditation, guided meditation, work, study http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/pod36.pdf http://www.meditationoasis.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/meditationoasis/music36.mp3