You are listening to the Daily Meditation Podcast, episode 181.

Welcome to the Daily Meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley, and I want to congratulate you

for giving yourself permission to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are.

The 15 minutes or so that you spend meditating may just be the most important thing you do all day,

because there aren't many things you can give yourself or do for yourself

that benefit you as much as meditation does.

And in this episode, you're going to be guided in a relaxation meditation.

And in this meditation, you'll be combining many of the different meditation

techniques that we've explored in this week's Relax Meditation theme. Every week at the Daily

Meditation podcast, we explore a different theme, and we explore it deeply so that you discover a different meditation

technique so a different relaxation technique to help you in some area of your life.

And how I select the themes is often from many of the email messages I receive from

you. If you're following this meditation and sequence, it's a Friday and you have been exploring

techniques all week, helping you to relax. And I always share a herbal tea on Friday. So it's called

Sip and Om Day. Sip and Om is the name of my website. And I eventually will be selling tea.

So I have the own part up, but the sip part is soon coming. But I do share how herbal teas can benefit you, like many of the meditation techniques

can benefit you.

So we'll be exploring how skull cap tea can help you, especially if you've been undergoing stress for a prolonged amount of time,

can really take a toll on your body, can cause inflammation.

So go ahead and get ready to meditate.

Wherever you are, relax your body as you settle yourself into your meditation space.

And I'll help you transition to a place of peace.

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