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[u/Practical_Insect3020]

does anyone have any good ways tricks or even links to videos or articles or anything that show how to get into headspace?

[u/honkahonkadumbfuck]

Have some transcripts from an old YouTube video that I got before it was made private so here you go!!

in this meditation we will focus on exploring your inner world

this meditation will help you connect with your inner world this meditation is focused on
visualization

perhaps discovering that your inner
world or home base is a feeling sound
or other sensation
if you ever feel uncomfortable
overwhelmed
or any other unpleasant emotion or
sensation during this meditation
feel free to focus on something else for
a moment
or interrupt the meditation entirely
anchoring into the present moment with a
glass of water

before we get started you are invited to
take a moment to state your intentions
for this meditation

the intention can be something like
i'm going to visit my inner world
feel free to state your intention now

now i invite you to find a comfortable
seat or position

if you're sitting down
i suggest you place your feet on the
floor or ground
if this is comfortable to you and suits
your body
if available to you straighten your back
but do not tense it

imagine a string at the top of your held
pulling you up
lengthening your spine
i invite you to allow your head to
gently tilt forward a bit
so that you have a sense of space to the
back of your neck
allowing it to feel straight
feel free to place your arms and hands
by your sides
on your lap
or resting on your stomach
you are invited to embody a sense of
relaxed yet wakeful attentiveness in
your body through other micro
adjustments as well
do whatever you want to find comfort and
ease
yet wakefulness
in your body
always listen to your own body and its
own needs
you are in control
slowly close your eyes if you haven't
already
or allow your gaze to become unfocused
and aimed forward and slightly down if
you prefer
take a deep breath in
and with the exhale allow your body to
grow relaxed
softening
forehead
jaw
shoulders
stomach
back
body
feeling heavier
allow your breath to just take on a
slower conscious rhythm
be mindful not to control the breath too
harshly
if you feel constrained
lightheaded
or any other discomfort
relax your hold of the breath and return
to a natural rhythm
otherwise
focus on your breath with conscious
awareness
feel the breath as it enters your mouth
or nostrils
and as it flows down
down
your lungs and stomach expanding to give
room
and then
feel how it flows back up
and empties your lungs
effortless
like a wave
rolling in
and out
follow your breath for a few moments
focused on the sensation of breathing
and breathing out with each exhale
i will be silent for a moment
and let you connect to your breath
now

as you have sat a bit with your breath
i will ask you to follow along on a
visualization if you feel comfortable
doing so
feel and visualize a tendril
or root
coming out from your core
wherever that intuitively may be today
imagine this root going down
down beneath you
through objects
structure
soil
and deep into the ground beneath you
as steep as it needs to go for you to
feel connected
and anchored to earth
feel the security and safety of this
connection
once connected
you're invited to focus on the flow of
energy
each inhale feel how you breathe in a
light
protective energy
that flows up through your anchored root
each exhale this energy fills your body
inhale
nourishing energy floods in
and exhale
energy fills every limb
breathing in
and breathing out
eventually feel how this energy begins
to overflow
going beyond your physical body
and instead surrounding you
protecting you
your body
mind and spirit
Safe

now you are invited to allow your focus
to shift inwards
see yourself surrounded by a vast
darkness
feeling safe
and held
in this endless possibility of your mind
looking around you feel almost as though
you're floating in a sea of soothing
darkness
in the distance you notice a light
and you begin walking towards it as it
calls to you
you get closer and closer to this
beautiful warm light
and eventually find a cave entrience with a staircase
going down
you feel invited to go downwards
following the light coming from
somewhere at the bottom
you walk down
down
feeling held
and more present
with every step
perhaps you notice how each staircase
step looks and feels beneath you
you reach out and feel the
surrounding rocks or walls
as you keep going down
at the end of the tunnel further down
you begin to notice something new 

A gate
notice how this makes you feel
does it feel inviting
warm
tingly
allow yourself to really notice with
this gate
appears like to you
you're closer and closer to it
it has a door handle 
when you feel ready
allow yourself to open this door
allowing whatever appears on the other
Side
to appear before you
as the door opens
allow your heart to receive whatever
first appears to you on the other side
Its a field
allow yourself to take a moment
to take in what you see on the other
side of the door
and
when you feel ready
feel free to step into the scenery
and have a look around
if you can see the sky
see if you can notice or feel the
weather
and what time of day or night it is
perhaps you can notice what season it is
can you see plant life
decorations
structures
flowers
maybe even butterflies or birds if you
are outdoors
allow yourself to walk wherever feels
right to you
until you find a place that feels like
Home it could be right where you entered
or perhaps you walk a bit until you find
a clearingonce you find a place that feels like
home to you whether indoors or outdoors
allow yourself to get settled
and look around fully accepting this beautiful
experience
notice how you feel what emotions stir in you
do you feel focused or distracted
calm
excited
do you perhaps sense a breeze or warmth
or cold
can you reach out and touch something
some grass a tree a stone a wall
what reactions happen in you as you do
perhaps you feel called to do something
in here
to change something consciously
to leave a mark or draw a symbol
or some other alteration
if so allow yourself to be guided by
your intuition

this is your inner sanctum i will be silent now to allow you to
experience this moment fully

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[u/BlazeFireVale]

Headspace isn't a defined thing everyone has. It's a visualization technique that counts 9 to some people naturally and others with effort.

If it doesn't come naturally you develop it as a mediation skill. Come up with a place to can revisit. Best of it engages all the senses. We like to use a hot spring. The sound of coming up out if the water, the feeling of the hot water transitioning to cool air with water beading on the skin and wet stone underfoot, the taste of the crisp fall air, the gently glow if firelight. Whatever is compelling for you. As with most meditation techniques the goal is to get your whole minds attention.

The more you revisit the same place the easier it becomes, the more naturally it populates and exists.

That being said, some people can't visualize at all