Meditate In Style
Self-Improvement
About
Not So Darlin Tonya, the insightful meditation guide on Insight Timer, presents a variety of meditations, talks, and journaling experiences through Meditate in Style. These sessions inspire and encourage individuals to embrace both the darlin parts of themselves and the not so darlin parts. So, let’s do it in style together!
Episodes
- 6 Minute Meditation for Stress Relief & Calm
Take six gentle minutes to slow down, quiet the noise, and return to yourself. This guided meditation is perfect for anxiety, overwhelm, stress relief, and nervous system reset. Reconnect with your breath, soften tension, and rest in the s…
- Keep Going (Even When It’s Hard) | Walking Meditation for Anxiety & Strength (8 Min)
Keep Going (Even When It’s Hard) | Walking Meditation for Anxiety & Strength (8 Min) Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or like everything is just a little too heavy? This 8-minute walking meditation is designed to help you move through those mom…
- Motherless on Mother’s Day | A Heartfelt Talk & Gentle Meditation
Mother’s Day can be beautiful for some… and deeply tender for others. If your mother is no longer here, this day can stir grief, love, memories, longing, gratitude, sadness, or emotions that are hard to name. This heartfelt guided talk wit…
- Guided By The Ocean: Sleep Meditation
Drift into deep, peaceful sleep with this guided ocean sleep meditation, followed by 8 hours of calming ocean waves for uninterrupted rest. Designed to help you fall asleep fast, ease anxiety at night, and release overthinking, this medita…
- Every Storm Runs Out of Rain | A Meditation for Difficult Times
When life feels heavy, loud, or deeply personal, this meditation gently reminds you that storms are temporary — even the ones that feel endless. Through breath, imagery, and grounding presence, you’ll be guided from overwhelm into steadine…
- Self-Love & Self-Compassion | IFS Parts Meditation
Self-Love & Self-Compassion | IFS Parts Meditation In this Internal Family Systems (IFS)-inspired meditation, you’ll gently explore the different “parts” of yourself with curiosity and compassion. We all carry inner parts — the strong one,…
- Morning Energy & Motivation | 5 Minute Guided Meditation
If you’ve already grabbed your phone but need the motivation to actually start your day, this quick meditation is for you. In just five minutes, you’ll wake up your energy, clear your mind, and set a positive tone for the day ahead. Think…
- A Midday Reset for Moms
When the house finally exhales… and the tiny footsteps stop… there is a quiet space waiting for you. This meditation is for the mothers who give their whole hearts all day long and rarely pause to receive the same care. Together we’ll soft…
- 8 Minute Morning Meditation Routine | Start Your Day Calm
Begin your day with calm, clarity, and intention. This 8-minute morning meditation routine is designed to gently wake your body, steady your breath, and help you choose how you want to feel before the day gets busy. Through mindful breathi…
- Deep Relaxation Meditation For Stress & Anxiety
This deep relaxation meditation is designed to help you release stress, calm anxiety, and fully relax your body and mind. Through gentle guidance and soothing pacing, you’ll be supported in slowing your breath, softening physical tension,…
- Fall Asleep & Drift | Guided Sleep Meditation
Having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? This guided sleep meditation is designed to help you relax your body, quiet your mind, and gently drift into deep rest before transitioning into 8 hours of calming sleep music. We begin with…
- Closet Cleanse Meditation: Let Go of Clothes That No Longer Serve You
This live guided meditation invites you to slow down and meditate in or near your closet as a gentle act of self-care and release. Our closets often hold more than clothes—they hold memories, expectations, past versions of ourselves, and p…
- Quiet Confidence: A 5-Minute Morning Motivation Meditation
Start your day feeling grounded, capable, and steady — not rushed or pressured. This short morning meditation gently wakes up your body, calms your nervous system, and helps you choose how you want to feel as you move through the day. Inst…
- Wake Softly: A 5-Minute Morning Meditation
Begin your day without rushing, fixing, or forcing. This 5-minute morning meditation is a gentle invitation to wake softly—allowing your breath, body, and mind to ease into the day at their own pace. This short, poetic practice helps calm…
- When the House Feels Quiet: A Meditation for Empty Nesters
This gentle guided meditation is for empty nesters navigating the quiet after children leave home—whether they’ve gone back to college, moved out, or started a new chapter. If you’re missing your child, adjusting to a quieter house, or fee…
- Throw Caution to the Wind: A 5-Minute Meditation for Release
This 5-minute meditation for letting go invites you to soften your grip, raise open hands, and release what you’ve been holding as you step into a new year. Inspired by the image of open palms lifted toward the sky, this practice blends br…
- Thank Your Body: A 5-Minute Post-Workout Meditation
This 5-minute post-workout meditation helps you transition from movement into gratitude, presence, and calm. Instead of rushing on to the next thing, this practice invites you to thank your body for showing up—just as it is. Designed for a…
- Breathe It In: A 5-Minute Fresh Air Meditation
This 5-minute breathing meditation invites you to step into fresh air—literally or imaginatively—and let your breath reset your body and mind. Whether you’re outside, near an open window, or simply imagining the feeling of clean air fillin…
- Morning Inner Knowing: A Gentle Start to Your Day
Begin your morning with clarity, softness, and connection to your inner wisdom. This meditation guides you to listen inward, awaken your intuitive voice, and choose the energy you want to carry into your day. Featuring a timeless quote fro…
- Morning Light: Awaken Your Inner Light
Start your morning with a soft, grounding visualization to awaken inner steadiness and inner strength. This meditation helps you breathe in the light of a new day, clear emotional clutter, and reconnect with the quiet power you carry. Rise…
- A Poetic Morning Prayer for Emotional Healing
Begin your morning with a soft, poetic prayer for emotional healing. This gentle 5-minute practice welcomes all forms of spirituality — God, the Universe, Source, Spirit, or simply the quiet light within. A soothing Not So Darlin’ experien…
- Loving Witness to Self-Judgment: A Gentle Practice in Self-Compassion
Self-judgment can arrive quickly — a harsh thought, a tight chest, a quiet ache of “I should’ve done better.” This gentle 5-minute meditation invites you to step back from the noise and meet yourself with tenderness. You’ll connect with yo…
- Midday Reset: Begin Again
If your morning was chaotic, heavy, or emotionally messy, this midday meditation helps you release tension and begin again. Reset your mind, calm your nervous system, and choose the energy you want to carry into the rest of your day. Come…
- A Gentle Pause for Positivity
This guided meditation for positivity is a gentle, grounding practice designed to help you soften stress, calm your nervous system, and reconnect with positive energy from within. Through mindful breathing, body awareness, and heart-center…
- Remember Your Worth: A Gentle Coming Home
This gentle, heart-centered meditation is an invitation to slow down, soften the body, and remember your worth. Through calming breathwork, grounding awareness, and a warm heart-light visualization, you’ll be guided back to the steady trut…
- Sunday Night Sanctuary: Deep Rest & Release
A cozy Sunday evening meditation to help you release the weight of the week and settle into deep rest. We’ll soften the shoulders, slow the breath, and unwind the mind. No pressure. No expectations. Just a gentle return to yourself. This p…
- Walking With Your Shadow: A Gentle Nervous System Reset
There are parts of us we learned to hide — the tender, reactive, emotional places inside. This meditation invites you to enter a darkened cave holding a warm lantern of golden light, allowing that light to gently reveal your shadow — not t…
- Come Back to Calm: A Gentle Reset for Anxious Moments
When your mind feels loud and your body feels tense, this meditation invites you to soften, breathe, and settle back into yourself. There is no need to fix or solve anything here — just space to be . In this quiet, grounding practice, we’l…
- Rest Is the Remedy: For the Mind That Won’t Slow Down
If your thoughts have been loud… if your mind has been busy… if you’ve been replaying, planning, managing, holding… This meditation is for you. Here, you’ll be guided to soften the pace of the mind and return to a slower, steadier rhythm i…
- November Rain: Release the Heavy Heart
A meditation for the days that feel heavy — when emotion sits in the chest, when life feels overwhelming, when the heart is soaked through. This practice is a gentle space to soften, to feel, and to release. We’ll let the rain be our guide…
- Ease Into the Day, Darlin’ — A Gentle Morning Yoga Nidra
Begin your morning with a little softness, darlin’. This 10-minute guided Yoga Nidra-inspired meditation helps you wake with ease, connect to your body, and ground into calm before the day begins. Through gentle awareness, breath, and inte…
- Proof That You Already Know What You Need
In this gentle Not So Darlin’ meditation, Tonya Phillips invites you to return to your natural rhythm — your breath. You’ll be guided to let go of the pressure to breathe perfectly or follow the rules, and instead, find peace in your body’…
- The Season Between Us: A Walking Meditation on Change, Motherhood & Letting Go
A mindful walk through the seasons of life — childhood, motherhood, and the tender stillness of midlife. This reflective fall walking meditation invites you to slow down, notice what’s around you, and release what’s no longer needed. As th…
- Maybe Being Behind Is Right on Time
A guided meditation for anyone who feels behind — in life, in goals, or in healing. This practice invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and let go of the rush. Through mindful breathwork and heartfelt reflection, Tonya Phillips reminds…
- The Pause Within the Pause: A Meditation For Perimenopausal Women
Perimenopause isn’t the end of anything — it’s the evolution of everything. This guided meditation invites you to slow down, breathe into your changing body, and release the shame or pressure around how you move through this season. Whethe…
- Drift to Sleep, Darlin’: A Whispered Sleep Story with Cognitive Shuffling & Nidra Calm
A whispered sleep story to calm your body and quiet your mind. Drift into rest through gentle body release, soft storytelling, and cognitive shuffling — a soothing word practice to help you fall asleep fast. Come sit with me, darlin’ Join…
- Pause Before You Snap: A Real-Life Reset
We’ve all been there — that edge-of-exploding, snap-or-scream moment. This short, real-life reset gives you just enough space to breathe before reacting, shutting down, or saying something you might regret. In just a few grounded minutes,…
- Face to Face: A Meditation Ritual for Skin & Nervous System Calm
This meditation is for the ones who crave stillness — and a little glow. Face to Face is a calming skincare ritual paired with breathwork, gentle affirmations, and guided mirror work designed to support both your skin and nervous system. M…
- A Soft Place to Land: Guided Meditation for Grief, Loss & Healing
This guided grief meditation offers a soft, supportive space to feel your emotions, honor your loss, and gently reconnect with yourself. Whether your grief is fresh or something you’ve carried for years, this practice invites you to pause,…
- Begin Again, Darlin’: A 5-Minute Morning Meditation
Start your day with presence, not pressure. This 5-minute morning meditation is your gentle permission slip to pause, breathe, and begin again — even if you woke up overwhelmed or a little off. With a warm, grounded tone and no music, this…
- Soothe Your System, Darlin’: A Gentle Nervous System Reset
Feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or just plain tired of holding it all together? This gentle meditation offers a moment of grounded calm to soften your nervous system and reconnect with your breath. Through simple cues and a warm, comp…
- Morning Breath: A Meditation to Flow, Ground & Let Go
This isn’t your typical morning breath, darlin’ — it’s the Earth’s. This grounding meditation invites you to start your day by tuning in to something deeper: the breath of nature itself. As the wind moves around you, it becomes more than a…
- A Morning Prayer for Gratitude, Compassion & Love
Start your day with intention, gratitude, and compassion. This guided morning meditation and prayer invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with your heart before the noise of the day begins. Blending soulful reflection, sp…
- Ease in the Air: Meditation for Flying Anxiety
A gentle, breath-based meditation to help ease flying anxiety and reconnect you to your body, even while you’re soaring through the sky. This practice combines grounding breathwork, a calming body scan, and soothing affirmations — guiding…
- Beyond " I'm Fine" Meditation
We’ve all said it — “I’m fine.” Sometimes we mean it. Sometimes it’s just easier than telling the truth. In this 10–12 minute guided meditation for emotional honesty and self-compassion, you’ll move beyond the mask of fine and gently check…
- Today Is Still What I Needed
This guided meditation is a gentle reminder that even when life doesn’t go as planned, the day can still give you exactly what you need. Join Not So Darlin’ Tonya in this calming practice to release expectations, ease pressure, and find pe…
- Healing Hands: A Self-Soothing Meditation
This guided meditation invites you to reconnect with your own healing touch — whether you’re a massage therapist, caregiver, or simply in need of self-soothing. Inspired by the nurturing presence of hands-on healing, you’ll be guided throu…
- Monday Morning Grounding
Start your week with intention, not overwhelm. This calming Monday morning meditation helps you gently ease into your day with breath, presence, and clarity. Through guided grounding, breathwork, and soft affirmations, you’ll release tensi…
- Healing Meditation for Eating Disorder Recovery
This guided meditation is created for anyone healing from an eating disorder or seeking peace in recovery. Led by Tonya Phillips, a meditation guide who has personally walked this path, this practice provides a safe and compassionate space…
- Vibe + Flow: A Quick Movement Meditation
Feeling stuck in your body or buzzing in your mind? This playful 5–7 minute movement meditation helps you shake off stress, unclench tension, and reset your energy — no yoga mat or fancy moves required. You’ll roll, sway, shake, stomp, and…