1299 Breathe in Joy
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2017
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Breathe in joy. Exhale light.
This is part 3 of a 7-Part Embrace Joy Journey, Episodes 1297-1303.
As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey.
Sample from a selection of resources including:
*a Free Private Facebook Group to connect with meditators from around the world
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.
***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission.
Resources:
The beach waves composed by Mike Koenig.
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.
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To be guided in a daily meditation where you learn a different meditation technique customized around a weekly theme head over to www.SipandOm.com to subscribe to Slow Down Nation daily meditations guided by Mary Meckley.
Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at https://www.SipandOm.com.
**All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy or clarity you may experience as you meditate!
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 1,299. |
| 0:03.7 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.5 | And I welcome you to our series we're exploring this week on joy. |
| 0:16.4 | As you're guided through different meditation techniques, |
| 0:22.4 | know that you can use these same techniques throughout your day. |
| 0:28.6 | You don't have to be sitting on your meditation cushion or in your chair meditating to receive benefits from meditation. You can do meditation |
| 0:41.0 | techniques right in the midst of the busiest part of |
| 0:46.0 | your day at any time with these techniques I share with you. |
| 0:51.7 | So today's technique is no exception to this. It is a breathing |
| 0:58.7 | technique. Breathing techniques are one of the fastest ways to instantly calm your mind and body. |
| 1:08.0 | And as you do the breathing technique today, see if you can think about any small moments of |
| 1:20.9 | joy you experienced throughout your day. |
| 1:25.0 | And if you're just starting your day as you listen to this episode, |
| 1:29.0 | think about what you think of the upcoming day and as you discovered in yesterday's episode these small moments or small slices of joy are what many of the |
| 1:51.4 | happiest people around do on a regular basis. |
| 1:56.6 | They notice these small slices or small moments of joy. |
| 2:04.0 | And this is backed by science. |
| 2:09.0 | There was a small study by psychologists from Loyola University that published an article in a journal called Aging and it showed that adults over the age of 55 who were |
| 2:32.4 | happier reported being happier, were more likely to relish small events, this was even if they were experiencing poor health. |
| 2:49.0 | So despite being ill or in pain or injured if they regularly focused on small moments of joy such as |
| 3:01.3 | their afternoon tea or coffee break or noticing the beautiful weather outside or receiving a message or a phone call from a loved one. These small |
| 3:19.6 | seemingly ordinary events in their life that they placed emphasis on as being happy |
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