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Inner Strength Meditations
Short practices for busy minds
Created by Inner Strength Education, this podcast brings the Inner Strength vibe to you with accessible mindfulness sessions whether you're navigating classes, work, friends, stress, feelings, boredom, or any of the other distractions we all feel from time to time. These practices are practical, fun, and easy to return to—whether you have two minutes on the move or you're winding down at night.
You don’t need to clear your mind...
Just press play, breathe, and make a little room inside.
New episodes added regularly.
Headphones optional. Relaxation & curiosity encouraged.
Designed especially for teens and young adults.
Episodes
60 episodes
Affirmation meditation: I love myself
This meditation helps you connect with self-love through gentle affirmations. Recognize your value to the world. A steadying practice for building self-compassion and inner strength.Why this helps? Self-love affirmations strengthen self-...
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Name Thoughts, Release Stress
When the same thought keeps repeating, this meditation helps you step back instead of spiraling. You’ll practice naming thoughts and gently returning to your breath. A simple, practical tool for stress, overthinking, and busy minds.Why t...
Easy like a summer afternoon
Send yourself through your imagination to a beautiful peaceful outdoor setting, with the dome of the transparent blue sky. Thoughts, like butterflies, pass by, fluttering this way and that, without disturbing your sense of openness A practice f...
Affirmation meditation: I am confident
This affirmation practice helps you feel present and capable. Help yourself feel grounded, confident, and able to reach your goals. A quick reset for test anxiety, big presentations, or whenever you need steadiness.Why this helps? Center...
Affirmation meditation: I am capable
This meditation uses affirmations to help you remember your strength. Feel more capable and like you belong in the world. A helpful practice for overwhelm, pressure, or moments when everything feels like too much.Why this helps? Affirmat...
Let thoughts float away
In this visualization, you’ll imagine placing thoughts in bubbles and letting them float away. Instead of fighting your thoughts, you practice quick release and return to the present moment. Helpful when your mind feels crowded or restless....
Change your mental patterns
This longer exploration helps you notice, tag, and release different types of thoughts as a method to change our mental patterns so our thoughts are kinder and more uplifting. You'll practice identifying helpful and unhelpful thinking patterns ...
Affirmation meditation: I am enough
Affirmations remind you of your worth. You can shift your mindset and replace negative self judgment with this supportive practice. A grounding practice for moments of self doubt.Why this helps? Affirmations counter negative self-talk an...
Quick release for busy minds
This meditation helps you practice releasing thoughts gently and without judgment. You’ll work with all kinds of thoughts—important, silly, stressful, or random—building the skill of letting go. Over time, this makes it easier to drop thoughts ...
Pause for gratitude
This gratitude meditation helps you notice the people, moments, and supports in your life, even if you're feeling like you don't have any of that in this moment. You’ll reflect on small kindnesses received and given. A grounding practice for ap...
Counter tension with a muscle hack
We can counter stress by intentionally clenching our muscles and then releasing. This tricks our body into letting go of stress, bringing more blood flow and oxygen throughout the body to counter nervousness, tension, and anxiousness. You'll wo...
Scan sensations, release tension
This guided body scan moves attention slowly through the muscles in your body, inviting areas of tightness to soften. You’ll practice noticing sensations without judgment. A grounding practice for relaxation and presence.Why this helps? ...
Fill yourself with healing light
This superpower meditation visualizes fillingyour body with golden light, nourishing, healing, and calming. This is a good visualization to do before events that might make you nervouse--tests, tournaments, interviews, or anytime you want to wa...
Activate the power of love
This superpower meditation guides you to imagine every atom in your body filled with love. You'll visualize connecting with the energy of care, security, and happiness at the deepest level. A practice for feeling supported and grounded in your ...
Fill your mind with clarity
This superpower meditation invites you to imagine filling your brain with clarity, curiosity, and brilliance. You'll breathe deeply and visualize your mind becoming sharper and more creative. A energizing practice for big tests, presentations, ...
Listening and refining your awareness
This listening practice guides you to notice sounds close by and then stretch your hearing to sounds far away. This practice cultivates mindfulness and creates an atmosphere of tranquility. A way to work with your sense of hearing and develop a...
Be like water, strong and flexible
"Be like water" is a well known martial arts phrase, strong and flexible. This practice invltes flow and flexibility. A grounding way to feel both at ease in your life.Why this helps? Learning to be adaptable helps you move through life ...
A seeing freshly practice you can do anywhere
This mindful drinking practice invites you to pay very close relaxed attention to the process and all the sensations around drinking water. A surprisingly relaxing practice for curiosity, presence, and fulfillment.Why this helps? Practic...
Seeing freshly
This guided mindful eating practice invites you to slow down and experience food with curiosity. You’ll explore taste, texture, smell, and sensation one step at a time. A reflective practice that deepens awareness and gratitude.Why this ...
Experience limitless space
This meditation helps you shift attention away from thoughts and into the mysterious vast open space between them. You'll put your attention on the natural pauses in your thought process and discover a sense of limitless awareness. A refreshing...
Getting to know your thoughts
This longer exploration helps you notice thoughts, sounds, and emotions with curiosity. You’ll practice tagging experiences and working with repetitive thoughts without getting caught in them. A powerful practice for self-understanding and inne...
Turn down the stress volume
When stress feels big and thoughts feel sticky, this meditation helps you refocus on simple physical sensations—your breath, the floor beneath you, warmth in your body. You'll practice finding space from mental overwhelm. A quick reset for busy...
Tune into who brings joy
This meditation guides you to recognizing positive signals that attract you to spend time with people who support your wellbeing. A grounding practice for self-awareness and growth.Why this helps? Tuning into positive signals helps you m...