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Inner Voice Shift - Wash Away Colourful Doubts

by Andrew Johnson

Rated
4.8
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
752

This 3 minute meditation uses a visualisation technique where you take control of negative thoughts or inner criticism by mentally turning them black and white, out of focus, and shrinking them down. It’s a simple practice designed to diminish the impact of intrusive thoughts over time.

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Transcript

Taking some time now to sit down comfortably,

Feet on the floor,

Hands on your lap,

Taking a nice gentle deep breath in and out and closing the eyes,

Allowing the eyes to rest and relax as you now connect with the flow of your breath.

Many of us have intrusive thoughts,

An inner critic,

Sometimes it's a voice and sometimes it's a little movie,

Replaying something that we did,

Something that makes us feel uneasy.

It's time to take control of that little movie,

That inner criticism.

Perhaps you can bring one to mind at the moment,

Perhaps it's like watching a little movie screen.

Imagine you have a remote control in your hand and slowly and surely you can remove the colour from that little movie.

Imagine the colour draining until that movie is black and white.

Now what happens if you press another button and that movie goes out of focus?

Black and white and out of focus.

Let's take it one step further,

The next button on the remote control makes the picture smaller,

Do that now.

Black and white,

Out of focus and much smaller.

These simple techniques are giving instructions to your inner mind that that movie is no longer important.

And with some repetition you'll find that that movie,

That inner criticism gently melts away.

And bringing this wonderfully simple technique back with you,

You can have a gentle stretch,

A deeper breath in and out and opening your eyes,

Returning to the day.

Meet your Teacher

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Recent Reviews

Sil

May 27, 2025

Nice and useful, thank you!🙏

Erin

April 24, 2025

Never heard of this technique before! Very cool!! I’m happy to try practicing this! Many thanks 🤩

C.C

March 19, 2025

An unusual yet highly effective technique. I used it to blur and diminish something minor but I will keep practicing for those days when the inner critic has a loud voice.

d•i•

March 12, 2025

I have loved and deeply appreciated everything that Andrew has to offer — in addition to his huge generosity of heart and spirit, his clarity of observation, and his intuitive and innovative approaches to vexing phenomena. This is a prime example of all of those qualities.

Jen

March 10, 2025

Hi Andrew. Interesting visualization. Enjoyable medi, tho. Thank you. ✨️🙏🏻✨️

Cara

March 6, 2025

Cool. I liked that technique: fade to b&w, blur, get smaller. Tucking away for future use. As always, love your mellow voice.

Leanne

March 6, 2025

Love these short messages to try. Very interesting. Thank you!

Denise

March 5, 2025

Great tools! I will be using these daily. Thank you 🙏

Kate

March 5, 2025

This short meditation helped me put into perspective on my inner critic.

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