GEIST (former: Memorado) offers a leading brain training and mindfulness program with over 10 million members worldwide. Over the course of one year, I wrote weekly meditation exercises, audio stories and talks to help listeners all around the globe unwind and take a break from daily routines, improve their sleep, and live happier, healthier lives.
- Science-backed talks on meditation, mindfulness and sleep
- Guided meditations and meditation exercises
- Relaxing bedtime stories
I unreservedly recommend Mirthe to anyone looking for a skilled, responsive and reliable writer who goes the extra mile to deliver high quality work.
— Jana Intan Brincker, Neuroscientist and Product Manager at Geist
GEIST Sample: Meditation
Creativity meditation
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Welcome to today’s session!
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We all feel stuck in a rut and uninspired from time to time. When this happens, it’s usually an energy-related problem. We direct too much energy into unhelpful thought patterns or other things that aren’t worth it, and have none left for our channels of creativity.
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In this case, cultivating an open, non-judgmental mindset with this 10 minute meditation might help you out.
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Sometimes, the best way to find inspiration is to stop looking for it; that is the paradox of creativity. It’s the moments when we go “off track”, allowing our mind to freely roam and unravel, that we experience that stroke of brilliance we were hoping for and come up with a great idea.
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It’s when we let go that things come to us.
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So, please get yourself ready by finding a cozy spot in an environment where you feel at ease.
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It doesn’t have to be completely silent, as long as you can find some peace there.
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You can choose whatever position feels comfortable for you right now; just make sure you’re well-supported.
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Before you close your eyes, please take a moment to monitor your surroundings, especially noticing any blue objects in it…
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Good. Try to keep them in mind.
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Now take a few deep breaths, in through your nose, filling your lungs with air…
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…and out through the mouth, exhaling completely.
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Let’s do that two more times… Breathing in fresh oxygen…
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and out, letting go…
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And the last time, breathing in…
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And on your next breath out, gently close your eyes.
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Now try to picture the objects in your surroundings that were red.
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How are you supposed to remember any of the red objects if you were consciously looking for blue ones before? Well, that’s the point exactly.
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As soon as we’re putting our energy into looking for something, it might very well happen that we close our eyes to everything other than the thing we expect to find.
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This often results in our finding nothing; a creative idea or brilliant solution lies in the unexpected.
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We can set the optimal conditions for our creative practice, but “being creative” isn’t something we can control.
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More than anything, creativity is a mindset.
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It’s the art of being open to what is; observing, noticing, attending to our thoughts and surroundings without judgment, without analysis. It’s unrestricted, un-opinionated attention.
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Instead of a determined hunt for inspiration, it’s a joyful, flexible and relaxed kind of wandering of the mind.
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So let’s stop looking for anything in particular, and instead expand our thinking to all the available material. Let’s train the mind to be open.
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This meditation is about noticing: bodily sensations, mood, emotions, memories, thoughts… as well as sensory phenomena like sights, sounds, smells and touch.
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It’s also about letting go of restrictive thoughts, like how difficult it is to create or come up with a solution, or doubting your abilities.
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There’s no need to get it “right”… forget the concept of perfection! Don’t judge, don’t expect, forget what you know. Just be open and notice what’s there, allowing whatever naturally arises to arise.
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GEIST Sample: Story
The River Om
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Welcome! In this sleep session, you’ll board an old ferry that takes you over a broad river, whose ancient waters hold deep secrets.
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While crossing from one bank to the other, listening to the river’s sounds, you’ll be able to clear your mind and let the calm flow of crystalline water guide you into a pure and pleasant state of deep inner peace.
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Before we begin, please make sure your surroundings are free from distractions, so you can fully enjoy this moment of calm.
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Gently close your eyes… and allow yourself… to relax…
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Ease the tension from your muscles, and enjoy the weight of your body on the surface supporting you.
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It’s okay to let go of the past hours and days, and of past feelings and experiences now.
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The same goes for the future…
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Leave thoughts about bygone moments and thoughts about those yet to come for another time…
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Now is the time to simply… breathe…
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Now is the time to rest.
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(jungle sounds)
You’re in a lush jungle-like forest, where trees rise up high into the sky, and bird song fills the air.
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It’s late in the morning, the sun has only just risen, and between the trees, shrouds of mist hang like giant cobwebs.
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Different scents of fragrant flowers envelop you. It’s almost as if the thick, misty air has captured the forest’s sweetest scents, and is now offering them to you as a welcoming gift.
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Grateful, you take a deep breath in… (breathe in audibly with listener for 2 secs then resume speech) …inviting the lovely fragrance of the blossoms into your nostrils, your throat, your lungs, chest, and belly…
(breathe out with listener for 2 secs then resume speech) …and out…
Again, you inhale the sweet scents… (breathe in audibly with listener for 4 secs)
And exhale… (breathe out with listener for 4 secs then resume speech) …thanking the forest as you do.
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You start walking at a slow pace…
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…following smells of vanilla, but with an added citrusy note…
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Then the scent of lilies, delicate, yet with a greater intensity than you’ve ever smelled them before.
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Now and again, you catch the scent of wood, and the sweet smell of raindrops…
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…of ripe fruits that some of the trees are laden with…
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and now, a hint of jasmine…
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and a peppery kind of lavender…
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You’re walking in no particular direction, simply following your senses and letting the forest’s exquisite perfumes act as your guide…
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Every now and then, you halt to listen to a bird’s song, or to touch the velvety leaves of a flower…
(fade melodious calls of a bird in and out)
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…and slowly, you wind your way along the rainforest’s natural pathways.
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After a long time of walking, you begin to notice that the light is changing.
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Through the thick canopy of leaves, thin rays of sun draw bright stripes in the humid air between the trees, and specks of light dance around your feet on the forest floor.
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Low-hanging leaves covered in dewdrops glisten in the afternoon sun, and the forest begins to sparkle all around you. It’s a truly magnificent sight.
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You come to a halt, so that you can fully savor the enchanting scene: looking around and up, you watch the moving flecks of sunlight…
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….the soft beams that filter through the canopy of leaves…
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…the different shades of green under the shimmering dew…
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Then you close your eyes and smell, once more and even more intensely, the fresh and flowery forest scents surrounding you…
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…and the fragrance of fruits, a smell so sweet that you can almost taste them…
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You focus on your sense of touch, and feel how the thick humid air coats your skin, and how an almost unnoticeably soft sigh of wind draws warm air past your cheeks…
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And you feel how the forest floor steadily presses against the soles of your feet, while you let yourself be carried away by these sensations…
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Then, you listen…
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You listen to the sounds of birds and other animals…
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…to the soft creaking of the trees…
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…to the rustling of leaves high above, and dewdrops slipping from one leaf, and falling on another underneath…
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and then you notice a different kind of sound, almost inaudibly mingling with that of leaves in the wind…
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(add very soft, distant sound of flowing water to jungle sounds)
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GEIST Sample: Talk
The proven benefits of meditation
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Hi there! You’ve probably heard this before: meditation is good for you. It’s been proven to reduce stress and improve sleep, boost day-to-day performance and mood, and empower us to live healthier, happier lives.
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If you’d like to learn more about the astounding scientifically-proven benefits of meditation, then keep listening—especially if you could do with some extra motivation to begin or keep up your meditation practice.
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In this session, I’ll talk about 7 major topics: the way meditation reduces stress and improves sleep, how it boosts your performance, its effects on mood and happiness, how it promotes lifelong health as well as fulfilling relationships, and how it makes you not just smarter, but wiser too. I’ll even share with you the secret of staying young while living longer!
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So let’s get into the details. What is meditation good for?
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Less stress.
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In today’s busy and fast-paced society, a lot of people experience stress. It’s actually one of the most common reasons people try meditation.
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Stress isn’t just unpleasant: it’s bad for our mental and physical health, and a life full of stress is mostly a shorter life too.
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The good news is that a huge body of research has demonstrated immediate and long-term positive effects of meditation on our stress levels. It’s almost like an antidote to the stress of modern life—so it’s really no wonder that meditation has become so popular these days.
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One of the pleasant effects of meditation is that it helps us relax. Already in the 1970s, Dr. Herbert Benson, a Harvard physician, described what he called the “relaxation response” after studying people who meditate.
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“Mirthe is excellent to work with – she created meditation and sleep audio sessions over the course of a year for our app, Memorado. Not only was her research into these topics consistently thorough and meticulous, she also delivered well-rounded and polished English texts on time, sometimes at a pace that many writers would have found challenging. Communication with her (in English and German, which she speaks equally fluently) was very easy, and we were quickly on the same page (as it were) about the tone and feel of the desired texts. I unreservedly recommend her to anyone looking for a skilled, responsive and reliable writer who goes the extra mile to deliver high quality work.”
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