Media & Recordings

Here at The MAPS Institute, we love engaging in dynamic ways with other humans! In this section you'll find meditations, audio recordings, and interviews with humans we think are doing big and beautiful things! If you or your company would like to engage with us in co-creating something, or have us discuss something in your magazine, podcast, or platform, send an email to laura@themapsinstitute.com. We work well with others! ;)

By The MAPS Institute

July 9, 2021

Laura on Take the Stage Coaching

Laura joined Evan and Mariah for an episode of their podcast Take the Stage Coaching. She discusses MAPS, mindfulness, and the importance of purpose. Click here to listen to the podcast episode.

By Laura Araujo

May 26, 2021

How NSDR Combats Overstimulation and May Be the Key to Improving Your Cognitive Function

If you struggle with a constant barrage of feelings, thoughts, and sensations interrupting your life, you’re not alone. A little-known practice called NSDR can help and is something you can do daily that will improve your cognitive function, brain plasticity, sleep, and vagal tone. And above all, it will just make you feel better.

By Laura Araujo

March 31, 2021

Discover Walking Meditation: The Simple Way To Incorporate More Zen Into Your Life

Meditation doesn’t need to be as complicated as you might think. The Japanese, in fact, have a number of practices that can help you integrate so-called moving meditations into your day, and one of the least well-known is Kinhin (Kin’ Yin’), or the practice of walking meditation. It’s special because it’s integrated into something that all of us already do: walk!

By Laura Araujo

March 11, 2021

Why You — and Every Tea Lover You Know — Need to Reconnect with Chadō, The Ancient Japanese Way of Tea

We live in a world of tea lovers, but have you ever wondered about its history and why it’s so popular? More importantly, are you missing out on a special opportunity every time you make a cup?

By Laura Araujo

March 2, 2021

Navigating the Unknown: A Meditation on Change

Uncertainty is having limited knowledge about an event, person, occurrence, or topic, and its future. In our busy minds, that means it’s difficult to control things, plan things, or calculate what is to come – which if you’re the average control freak, is a bit nail-biting. This meditation can help.

By Laura Araujo

October 23, 2020

On the Air | OMM FOR ALL

Laura is busy New Yorker with BIG plans! As a sound therapist she, along with her husband, created the MAPS (Mindfulness, Activation, Purpose, and Surrender) Institute.

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