1884: 6 Life Lessons from a Balinese Offering by Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise on Mindfulness Practice

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🗓️ 6 February 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise shares 6 life lessons from a Balinese offering. Episode 1884: 6 Life Lessons from a Balinese Offering by Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise on Mindfulness Practice Rachel Shanken is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Yoga Instructor, and now a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner. Her philosophy is simple: what you seek is already within you. In the busy lives we lead, it's sometimes difficult to stop, listen and access the knowledge that resides deep inside of ourselves. Using a whole-body, client-centered approach, her passion is to: support you with listening to your own internal wisdom, assist you with connecting to what you really want and help to empower you in taking steps toward achieving your goals. The original post is located here: https://mindbodywise.com/blog/6-life-lessons-from-a-balinese-offering/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1884,
0:03.3	six life lessons from Abolane's offering by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com
0:09.1	and I'm Justin Mollick. Happy Saturday and welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where
0:13.5	blogs are narrated to you for free. That's with permission from the authors. If you enjoy it,
0:18.8	sharing it with anyone would be greatly appreciated. And I'll keep this short for the Saturday
0:23.3	episode, so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:31.2	Six Life Lessons from Abolane's offering by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com
0:38.3	I just returned from a yoga vacation in Bali. It was an amazing, magical and beautiful trip
0:44.4	on so many levels. One of the most striking aspects of Bali is its people. They are kind and they
0:51.2	smile often. They are generous and warm. They take time and care and all they do. They don't rush.
0:58.2	They work hard. They do even the most mundane tasks with pride, dedication and authentic
1:04.3	connection with themselves, with others and with something beyond humanity. Whether you go to the
1:10.1	jungles and rice paddies of Tabanan to the city of Ubud or to the beaches of Candidasa,
1:15.9	you will see and at some point accidentally step on Bolognese offerings. These offerings
1:22.6	called Chanang Sadi, Chanang roughly translated as basket of flowers and sorry meaning essence,
1:28.0	are hand-sized or gummy-like, carefully constructed open boxes made of palm or banana leaves
1:35.3	and most commonly filled with bright fresh flowers. Each flower is selected for its color,
1:40.8	and each color has a specific significance. Occasionally money, a small bit of food or a
1:46.9	burning incense stick is placed on top of the offering. In almost all Hindu homes and temples,
1:52.4	new offerings are set out every day. These Chanang Sadi offerings are truly everywhere. The sidewalks,
1:59.3	streets, stairwells, bleches and temples are patterned with them no matter where you go.
2:04.8	There's so much devotion and beauty on this island, it's inspiring. Why so many offerings?
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