Meditation with Ashley Brown
Struggling to meditate? Not sure where to start - or how to stay consistent? Welcome to Meditation with Ashley Brown - A podcast to help you reconnect with presence, clarity, and your natural state of being. Each week you’ll find: ✨ Simple meditation insights to understand the mind ✨ Guided practices for calm, focus, and inner freedom ✨ Inspiring conversations with my favourite teachers & wisdom keepers Ash is a full-time Meditation & Yoga Teacher, Nutritionist, and former Australian National Soccer Player. A career-ending injury became a doorway into yoga and meditation, revealing their profound power for healing and transformation. Now, she shares this path - exploring the body, mind, and heart as gateways to wisdom and wholeness. Whether you’re brand new or seasoned in practice, this podcast will support you to: Reduce stress and anxiety Cultivate self-awareness & mindfulness Discover yogic philosophy and ancient wisdom Reconnect with joy, clarity, and purpose Thanks for being here, I hope you enjoy!
Episodes
Why does the mind feel clear and peaceful one day, restless and driven the next, and heavy or unmotivated another?
In this episode, we begin exploring one of the simplest and most powerful frameworks from ancient Indian philosophy for understanding our changing mental states: The Three Guṇas: Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
These three qualities are said to be woven through all of nature, influencing not only the movement of the min...
In this episode, I’m joined by one of Australia’s most loved yoga and meditation teachers, Ryan Mannix, for a deep conversation on Buddhist meditation, mindfulness, presence and the nature of the self.
Ryan was actually one of my very first mentors when I stepped into yoga and meditation more than 10 years ago, so this conversation felt particularly special.
Together, we explore how Buddhist teachings can help us unde...
In this episode, I’m joined by Mark Bunn, a former professional AFL footballer, Ayurvedic health practitioner, Transcendental Meditation teacher, three-time bestselling author of Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health, leading corporate wellbeing speaker, and former CEO of the David Lynch Foundation Australia.
Mark has spent decades exploring the relationship between meditation, Ayurveda, consciousness and the natural laws that go...
Here is a simple 5-minute timer to support your own self-guided meditation practice.
No guidance, no ads ... just a gentle structure to help you drop in and stay present.
One gong marks the beginning of your practice, followed by two gongs at each interval to gently orient you in time. Three gongs signal that your practice is complete.
Here is a simple 15-minute timer to support your own self-guided meditation practice.
No guidance, no ads... just a gentle structure to help you drop in and stay present.
One gong marks the beginning of your practice, followed by two gongs at each interval to gently orient you in time. Three gongs signal that your practice is complete.
Here is a simple 10-minute timer to support your own self-guided meditation practice.
No guidance, no ads ... just a gentle structure to help you drop in and stay present.
One gong marks the beginning of your practice, followed by two gongs at each interval to gently orient you in time. Three gongs signal that your practice is complete.
Here is a simple 5-minute timer to support your own self-guided meditation practice.
No guidance, no ads ... just a gentle structure to help you drop in and stay present.
One gong marks the beginning of your practice, followed by two gongs at each interval to gently orient you in time. Three gongs signal that your practice is complete.
There are many different ways to practise mantra, and each one works with the mind, sound and attention in a slightly different way.
In this third and final episode of our three-part series on Mantra Meditation, we move from philosophy into practice. We explore some of the most common forms of mantra, from the repetition of a mantra using mala beads, to seed sounds, devotional chanting, deity mantras and silent meditation.
Topics...
Mantra is one of the most ancient and widely practised tools in the world of meditation, but how does it work? What makes it so powerful?
In this second episode of our three-part series on Sanskrit and mantra, we explore the philosophy behind mantra, the nature of vibration, and how sound can influence not only the mind, but our entire internal experience.
Topics covered:
✨ What does the word mantra actually mean?
✨ M...
Before we can really understand mantra, we first need to understand the language it comes from: Sanskrit.
In this first episode of our three-part series on Mantra Meditation, we explore what makes Sanskrit so unique, where it comes from, and why sound and vibration are considered such an important part of this ancient language.
Rather than approaching Sanskrit purely as a language of words and meanings, we explore it as a h...
Join Ash for a gentle guided mantra meditation designed to help you return to your natural state through the rhythm of the breath.
In this meditation, you will be guided through the mantra So Hum, a Sahaja mantra, meaning natural, spontaneous, or that which arises by itself.
The essence of this practice is that the mantra is already embedded within the breath.
So is the subtle sound of the inhale.
Hum is the subtle so...
Join Ash for a gentle guided mantra meditation designed to help you return to your natural state through the rhythm of the breath.
In this meditation, you will be guided through the mantra So Hum, a Sahaja mantra, meaning natural, spontaneous, or that which arises by itself.
The essence of this practice is that the mantra is already embedded within the breath.
So is the subtle sound of the inhale.
Hum is the subtle so...
Mindfulness is one of the most commonly used words in the world of meditation, but what does it actually mean? And how does engaging with it transform our experience, both inner and outer?
Many people believe meditation is about emptying the mind, silencing thoughts, or somehow stopping the mind from doing what it naturally does. But what if the pathway to inner stillness isn't through force, control, or pushing thoughts away in s...
Join Ash for a gentle guided grounding meditation designed to help you return to the Here & Now through the gateway of awareness.
In this meditation, you will be guided through a simple yet powerful sensory awareness practice that uses touch, sound, sight, feeling, and awareness itself as anchors into the present moment.
This meditation is perfect for an...
Join Ash for a gentle guided grounding meditation designed to help you return to the Here & Now through the gateway of awareness.
In this meditation, you will be guided through a simple yet powerful sensory awareness practice that uses touch, sound, sight, feeling, and awareness itself as anchors into the present moment.
This meditation is perfect for an...
In this episode, I sit down with Krista Marie Star to explore meditation, mysticism, awakening, ritual, non duality, Kashmir Shaivism, and the deeper dimensions of the spiritual path.
Krista is a mystic, yogi, artist, ritualist, channel, and spiritual guide whose work beautifully bridges the worlds of ancient wisdom and modern life.
Topics Covered:
• What is spiritual awakening?
• 3 helpful things on the path to awakening
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In this episode, I sit down with Annie McCallum, a Menstrual Cycle Coach and Certified Fertility Yoga Teacher for a deeply important conversation around... meditation, hormones, nervous system regulation, and the wisdom of the menstrual cycle.
Together we explore how meditation and yoga practices can evolve to honour female biology rather than work against it. We explore the profound relationship between stress, hormones, fertility...
What is Vedic Meditation… & why has it transformed millions of lives around the world?
In this episode, Ash explores the roots, philosophy, and experience of Vedic Meditation, a powerful technique designed to take the mind beyond thought and into deep states of rest and awareness.
Originating from the ancient Vedic tradition of India, passed down by Brahmananda Saraswati and later brought into the modern world by Mahar...
Oscar has a rare ability to take profound, often abstract wisdom and express it in a way that feels simple, precise, and deeply experiential. There’s a clarity in the way he speaks that cuts through confusion and brings you closer to the essence of the practice.
In this conversation, we explore the Vedic worldview… the laws of nature… the mechanics of the mind… and the art of letting go. We dive into wha...
In this talk, recorded from a corporate wellness event, I explore the 5 types of rest and why they’re essential for well-being and avoiding burnout.
Topics covered:
Why rest is more than just sleep — and why good sleep isn’t always restorative
The difference between “working out” and “working in”
The concept of Vital Rest
The 5 archetypes of Rest
The effect of a dysfunctional r...
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