{"id":2081,"date":"2015-12-11T21:59:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T03:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2016-01-19T22:16:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T04:16:51","slug":"guided-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/guided-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"My Introductory Guided Meditation: Buddhist Concentration and Awareness Meditation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This summer one of my meditation teachers empowered me to start leading guided meditations.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the first one I lead and recorded with my dear friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maricarmen.sierra\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=678610143&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Mari Sierra<\/a> at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the meditation is focused on Concentration, the second part is focused on Awareness, in the third part we do a little advanced Generation style practice and then close with some Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZF_g2W4vWI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Testimonial:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-19-20.03.18.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2082 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-19-20.03.18-300x164.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2016-01-19 20.03.18\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-19-20.03.18-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-19-20.03.18-573x313.png 573w, https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-19-20.03.18.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer one of my meditation teachers empowered me to start leading guided meditations. 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