Welcome to the Daily Meditation podcast.

This is Mary Meckley and I honor you for being here, getting ready to meditate.

In today's guided meditation, you are going to be guided as you explore the theme of being true and authentic with yourself.

And you can do this meditation seated in a meditation spot or you can do this as a walking

meditation outside. So every single Saturday I leave a walking meditation.

Now all my meditations can be done without doing a particular meditation technique,

but I like to challenge you to try different meditation techniques and I leave a different

one every single day customized around the weekly theme.

And I do this because you can do these meditation techniques whether or not you're

meditating.

So they work very nicely as you move throughout your day. So when you're

stressed, when you're having a conversation with someone who just zaps your energy, you can do an affirmation

or a breathing technique or a mudra. Or maybe you've just had a hectic frantic

week where you can go out into a walking meditation so meditation is not just for your time

where you're seated there on your meditation cushion. Meditation is also a lifestyle.

It's not to interrupt your day where you have to sit down and take the time to meditate.

It should be a natural part of your day.

So use these meditation techniques that I share with you throughout your everyday life,

when you're in your busiest moments, your most hectic moments.

And of course, nothing beats sitting down, tapping into your still stillness which is your true authentic self

when you meditate so whether you're seated doing this meditation or you're getting ready to walk

we always start the meditation in the exact same way.

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