Sylvia's Mind Calming Podcast

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Relaxation and Mind Calming. First 120 episodes are from my Facebook Lives done in Lockdown.Warning: DO NOT listen whilst driving or operating any machinery!

  1. 8h ago

    Finding Joy — Increasing Dopamine as an Antidote to Stress, Depression and Anxiety - 7 minutes

    Send us Fan Mail Joy is a neurological state.  Research shows it is driven primarily by dopamine, our brain's reward and pleasure neurotransmitter, and crucially, dopamine can be activated by imagination, by anticipation, by the vivid internal experience of something wonderful. The brain responds to a joyful imagined experience in remarkably similar ways to a joyful real one. Which means joy is something you can access, cultivate and carry with you, independent of your circumstances. It is available to you right now, in this moment, in this body, in this extraordinary mind of yours. In this short guided meditation, I invite you to discover what unconditional joy feels like in your own body, in your own unique imagined landscape, and to carry that feeling back with you into your day. Finding joy can be a practice. This is where it begins. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's meditation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. Visit www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    8 min

  2. 1d ago

    Body Scan for Anxiety — 12 Minute Meditation for Anxiety and Stress

    Send us Fan Mail Anxiety is a physical experience that is felt in the body, often without us even realising it. The clenched jaw. The tight throat. The heaviness in the chest. The knot in the stomach. The shoulders that have been raised. Research shows that anxiety activates the body's stress response, flooding it with cortisol and adrenaline and keeping the nervous system in a state of high alert. Over time, this creates chronic physical tension that we stop noticing because it has simply become the way our body feels. A body scan meditation works by systematically bringing gentle, compassionate attention to each part of the body, allowing the nervous system to recognise that it is safe, and to begin to release what it has been holding. Studies have shown that regular body scan practice significantly reduces anxiety, stress and depression, improves sleep quality, and lowers cortisol levels over time. This 12 minute body scan is specifically designed for anxious minds and bodies. It moves through the places where anxiety most commonly lives, meeting each one with warmth and without judgement, and inviting a deep, progressive release from head to toe. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    12 min

  3. 2d ago

    The Blue Meditation - 5 Minute Calm Meditation for Anxiety, Depression, Stress and Overthinking

    Send us Fan Mail In this 5 minute colour meditation, you will work with the energy of blue and indigo. You will begin with a small glowing sphere of blue and indigo light floating in front of you. With each breath it grows, deepens and expands, until you can step inside it and feel yourself filled, from the inside out, with pure blue light and everything it carries. Different colours resonate differently with different people. If this is your colour, this meditation was made for you. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    6 min

  4. 2d ago

    The Green Meditation - 6 Minute Healing Meditation for Anxiety, Depression and Stress

    Send us Fan Mail In this 6 minute colour meditation, you will work with the energy of green  You will begin with a small glowing sphere of green light floating in front of you. With each breath it grows, deepens and expands, until you can step inside it and feel yourself filled, from the inside out, with pure green light and everything it carries. Different colours resonate differently with different people. If this is your colour, this meditation was made for you. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    7 min

  5. 2d ago

    The Pink and Purple Meditation - 6 Minute Love and Self Compassion Meditation for Anxiety, Depression and Stress

    Send us Fan Mail In this 6 minute colour meditation, you will work with the energy of pink and purple. You will begin with a small glowing sphere of pink and purple light floating in front of you. With each breath it grows, deepens and expands, until you can step inside it and feel yourself filled, from the inside out, with pure pink light and everything it carries. Different colours resonate differently with different people. If this is your colour, this meditation was made for you. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you,  a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    6 min

  6. 2d ago

    The Yellow and Orange Meditation - 6 Minute Energy Meditation for Anxiety, Depression, Stress and Low Mood

    Send us Fan Mail In this 6 minute colour meditation, you will work with the energy of yellow and orange.  You will begin with a small glowing sphere of yellow and orange light floating in front of you. With each breath it grows, deepens and expands, until you can step inside it and feel yourself filled, from the inside out, with pure yellow light and everything it carries. Different colours resonate differently with different people. If this is your colour, this meditation was made for you. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    6 min

  7. 2d ago

    The Gallery — Return to the Last Room - 6 min Deep Sleep Meditation for Stress, Anxiety and Overthinking

    Send us Fan Mail This episode is for those who have already listened to The Gallery several times. If you haven't, start there first. You already know the way. This 6 minute recording takes you straight back to the final room, the velvet chair, the cushions, the blanket and the painting, so your mind can find sleep faster, using the pathway it has already learned. Tonight there is a storm outside. Which makes the room even warmer… Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    6 min

  8. 3d ago

    Walk in the Sun — 14 Min Vitamin D Meditation for Anxiety, Low Mood, Depression and Stress

    Send us Fan Mail When we are exposed to sunlight, the brain's production of serotonin rises directly in response to the light, and low Vitamin D has been consistently linked to anxiety, depression, low mood and fatigue. Neuroscience has also shown us that when we vividly imagine an experience, our brains activate the same neural pathways as when we actually have it.  This 14 minute recording opens with a 2 minute explanation of the science, followed by a guided walk through a sunlit meadow, feeling the warmth of the sun move through your body part by part, melting tension and offering gentle relief from anxiety, stress, low mood and depression. The sun is always available to you. This is how you find it. Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: sylvia@sylviaingle.com And if today's visualisation has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further. You can visit my website at www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

    15 min
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Relaxation and Mind Calming. First 120 episodes are from my Facebook Lives done in Lockdown.Warning: DO NOT listen whilst driving or operating any machinery!

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  • Creator
    sylvia
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    107
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Sylvia's Mind Calming Podcast
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