Stress Relief Body Scan (Visualization Meditation)
This visualization meditation is designed to release tension throughout the body while on a dog walk, or sitting with a dog next to you. This guided body scan will slowly, from head to toe, recognize where you may be holding stress and imagine releasing tightness with each exhale. By allowing the body to decompress mindfully, you will be left feeling grounded and centered. When we are calm and stress-free, our dogs tend to reflect back a similar demeanor.
Finding Forgiveness (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra meditation is designed to help guide your mind towards the act of letting go. Letting go of anger, letting go of resentments, letting go of grudges. The goal is to focus instead on moving forward with forgiveness. This can open your heart to be open to more love, instead of harboring these negative feelings and thoughts. Letting go allows you to go ahead with your life and live for the now and the possibilities of what’s to come.
Pure Love (Visualization Meditation)
This visualization meditation is designed to bring you closer to the natural world that surrounds you, wherever you are. This practice will also help you to connect and reflect on your relationship with your dog in a deeply spiritual way. Afterward, you may feel the pure love from your mutual bond and immense gratitude for having a dog in your life.
Loving Confidence (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra meditation is designed to free your mind from the many distractions and dilemmas of everyday life. Instead, the goal is to shift your focus on your dog and the immense love that they bring you.
Embrace Joy (Walking Meditation)
This walking meditation is designed to help gain a stronger appreciation for your dog and the natural world on your walks together – allowing you to be more present with others in daily routines and bringing an increased sense of gratitude and fullness to life.
Walk in Beauty (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra meditation is inspired by the powerful Navajo concept of experiencing nature in harmony with all things in our world. It’s a spiritual journey where you feel very strong connection to your dog running off-leash in the woods.
Sharing This Moment (Walking Meditation)
This walking meditation is designed to focus on breathing and to ease your mind, relax your body, and bring attention to your dog. The reward will be a calming feeling that deepens your connection together.
Off-Leash Dog Walks (Advisory)
This advisory message provides insight and guidance on what to keep in mind if you want to take your dog on an off-leash walk, such as in an area of nature where it is permitted. Guided by Annette McGivney.
Season 2 Introduction (Show Trailer)
This provides an introduction to Season 2 of Dog Walk Meditation, hosted by Annette McGivney.
Total Body Relaxation (Visualization Meditation)
This visualization meditation goes through a full body scan, which will relax you – and, by extension, your dog – to further empower your connection together. The goal is to ease tension from head to toe, exhaling as you go.
Peace and Unity (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra is designed to help form more harmonious and untroubled relationships with ourselves, our animals, our fellow humans, and the natural world. It’s about projecting a peaceful presence to feel a more special bond with all around us, so that we can all connect together in a positive, intentional way.
Feeling Gratitude (Walking Meditation)
This walking meditation is a way to feel a deeper and more present sense of appreciation for your dog, your life, and recognizing what you have – not what you don’t. You can practice this meditation in the comfort of your home, while walking your dog, sitting in the dog park, or any place or activity of your choosing that provides you the space to be aware and think mindfully.
Leaving Negativity (Walking Meditation)
This walking meditation is designed to help us release the negativity in our lives, to open up to a wider spectrum of compassion and forgiveness. While humans may have a hard time letting go of grudges or negative thoughts, we can take a lesson from our dogs to more assuredly move forward. Dogs don’t linger on the past, they live in the moment and keep going. If we’re able to free our minds of unnecessary burden and instead let go, we can live a better daily life as a result.
Power of Empathy (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra prompts you to more fully and consciously appreciate the important beings in your life, including your dogs. To think of their bond to you, and wish positive thoughts about their well-being. These repeated words can help strengthen your time thinking about others. Enjoy this mantra meditation while walking your dog, sitting in the dog park, relaxing at home, or any place or activity of your choice that provides you the space to be aware and think mindfully.
Past Dog Tribute (Visualization Meditation)
This visualization meditation is a way to remember previous dogs, embracing and celebrating the journey you shared together and remembering them in a loving and positive way. You can practice this meditation in the comfort of your home, while walking your dog, sitting in the dog park, or any place or activity of your choosing that provides you the space to be aware and think mindfully.
Be Kind (Mantra Meditation)
This mantra provides a personal affirmation for us to be kind and to spread that spirit to others, and to our animals, through our actions and words. These repeated words will leave you with a positive mindset. Enjoy this mantra meditation while walking your dog, sitting in the dog park, relaxing at home, or any place or activity of your choice that provides you the space to be aware and think mindfully.
Calming Connection (Walking Meditation)
This walking mediation is meant to help us slow down from the rush of everyday life, the pressures that we feel around the clock. To step away from our anxieties of the past or of the future, and just focus on the here and now. To truly be in the moment in the same way our dogs live each day. This meditation is meant for while walking your dog, sitting in the dog park, relaxing at home or any place or activity of your choosing that provides you the space to be aware and think mindfully.
Season 1 Introduction (Show Trailer)
Introducing Season 1 the new Dog Walk Meditation podcast, guided by John Bartlett, which will include short meditations that are specifically designed to strengthen the bond we share with our dogs.