Episode # 37: Cultivating Deeper Self Awareness through Stillness & Meditation with Meghan Leighton

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In this episode I sit down with Meghan Leighton a yoga instructor, retreat co-leader, meditation coach, and founder of Awake Minds: Yoga & Conscious Living in Newburyport, MA.  Meghan trained under the Live Love Teach yoga philosophy and along side a mediation teacher from Swami Satchidananda's lineage for eight years.   

Together we explore:

  • Meghan’s personal journey into yoga starting with meditation

  • Learning the connection between energy, movement and consciousness

  • Meghan’s desire for finding a guru

  • Clarity and discernment between ego and intuition

  • Uncovering external validation

  • Personal evolution as an example for others

  • Diligence and de-conditioning of the mind

  • The different ways to approach meditation

  • Breaking down concentration, meditation and mindfulness

  • Finding confidence and comfort in the voice

  • Sharing in collaboration and acceptance through co-facilitating retreats

  • Training of the mind

  • Ways to overcome resistance to meditation

  • Untapped power in meditation


Meghan’s mission for Awake minds is to support people, schools, and communities with tools that support resilience, regulation skills, and compassionate connections with others and nature - through the tools of yoga and meditation.  You can connect with Meghan @megleighton.awakeminds or www.awake-minds.com

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