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Completely Relaxed Meditation
A long-form practice to drop into deep stillness. Headphones recommended.
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The complete library of free guided meditations from the founders of Awakened Academy. Available on Insight Timer, free forever, no signup required to listen.
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From the Archive
The original recordings, preserved in full
The earliest Awakened Academy meditations, recorded by Michael between 2014 and 2015. Long-form, single-track, and free to listen here without leaving the site.
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Hand of Blessings
Receive and give blessings — an early Awakened Academy classic.
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Feel-Good and Smile Meditation
A gentle morning practice for lifting state and softening the day.
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Ease and Grace in Social Situations
Give and receive blessings — for the spaces that ask the most of you.
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Healing
Meditations for healing the heart, mind, and body
A 2021 batch of practices Michael recorded for healing emotional pain, physical tension, and inner overwhelm. Free to listen here.
Healing
Pain Relief Meditation
Gentle relief practice for physical pain.
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Healing
Healing a Broken Heart
Tender support for the heart that's hurting.
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Healing
Healing Heart and Mind
A whole-system practice for emotional and mental healing.
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Healing
Sacred Healing
Open to deep healing on every level.
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Healing
Sacred Release of Pain, Stress & Tension
Release stored pain, stress, and tension from the body.
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Healing
Spiritual Recharge
Refill your inner reserves when you're depleted.
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Healing
Relaxing Within Your Higher Self
Drop into the calm of who you really are.
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Healing
Blessed and Full of Light
Fill with light and bless what you touch.
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Healing
Advanced Law of Attraction Meditation
Align with what you want to call in.
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Healing
The Gratitude Meditation
Drop into the felt sense of gratitude.
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Healing
Short Sacred Peace
A 10-minute reset to peace.
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Crisis Reset
Practices for hard times
Recorded in March 2020 — meditations for finding inner peace when the world feels chaotic.
Crisis Reset
Peace in a Crazy World
How to hold inner peace when the world feels chaotic.
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Crisis Reset
Coronavirus Crisis — 10 Insights
10 insights to find the silver lining and hidden gifts in difficult times. Recorded March 2020.
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Practice Library
More guided journeys, free to listen here
Additional meditations from across the years — short and long-form practices for everyday inner work.
Practice
Self-Compassion and Worthiness
Soften the inner critic and remember you're enough.
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Practice
Free from Past Burdens and Mistakes
Let go of what's been weighing on you. Step forward lighter.
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Practice
My Personal Best Day Ever
Set the inner conditions for a day that flows well.
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Practice
Your Sacred Intentions
Set sacred intentions for what you want to create.
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Practice
7 Color Rays Balancing Meditation
Balance the seven energy centres with the seven color rays.
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Practice
The Light of the Spiritual Sun
A longer journey into the inner light.
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Practice
Spiritual Sun Meditation
Receive the warmth and clarity of the inner sun.
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Practice
Creating a Sanctuary
Turn the space you live in into a place of refuge and renewal.
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Practice
Remembrance
Remember who you really are, beneath the day's noise.
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Practice
The Pulse — Bonus Meditation
A short pulse-based practice to settle the nervous system.
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For Sleep
Sleep better, tonight
Two short teachings on getting deeper, more restorative rest — practical methods you can use the same evening.
Sleep
16 Ways to Get Better Sleep, Starting Tonight
A practical talk on the habits and shifts that improve your sleep from this evening forward.
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Sleep
Clearing Your Day for Better Sleep
A powerful method for clearing the residue of the day and waking up fresh.
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Spiritual teacher, success coach, and creator of Awakened Academy. Michael's meditations focus on awakening, the law of attraction, and inner mastery.
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Higher Self mentor, author of 3 Seconds to Being Your Higher Self, and globally regarded meditation teacher. Arielle's meditations explore presence, release, and connection to the One.
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