Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I'm a meditation teacher who shares a different meditation technique every day on the podcast.

And each technique is customized around our weekly theme that we're exploring. And I always offer a challenge for the week.

Well, this week, and we are in episode 648, we're focusing on believing in yourself and, of course,

self-acceptance, accepting yourself exactly as you are.

And this is a very highly requested meditation series. And I've done similar series

like this in the past, but I received so many requests recently that I decided to do another

series. And so in today's meditation, as I mentioned every day I do a different technique.

Well, I do the same techniques each day.

So every Monday I do an affirmation meditation.

Tuesdays it's a breathing technique.

Wednesday it's a mudra.

Thursday a chakra.

Friday in herbal tea. And Saturday's always a walking meditation. It's a mudra, Thursday a chakra, Friday in herbal tea, and Saturday's always a walking meditation.

It's a way for you to reward yourself for all the hard work you do throughout the week as you meditate.

And then every Sunday I launch into a brand new theme.

I share a lot of mindset for you to keep in mind as you do the meditation series and I usually share visualization meditation.

So you get to explore a lot of different techniques that will help you to go throughout your days focusing on a particular theme.

Now, one of the reasons I love to share meditation techniques

is because you can do the techniques, whether you're meditating or not.

Meditation doesn't always come easily.

Now, the way I do meditation techniques when I meditate is I use them to transition

myself. They're not the actual meditation. I just use them to help transition me from whatever

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