695 Slow Down Meditation
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2016
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Be guided in a meditation to slow down. In this episode you'll be guided in a visualization meditation to stop your mind from wandering 24/7. This is the first episode that launches an entire Slow Down Series. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Slow Down Meditation Series, Episodes 695-702. 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 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join *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. Resources: Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review.. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at www.SipandOm.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I'm a meditation teacher who |
| 0:07.7 | shares a different meditation technique every day on the podcast and each technique is |
| 0:14.1 | customized around a weekly theme. And in today's episode, which is episode 695, you're going to be guided as we launch into a brand new meditation series. |
| 0:30.6 | Each series is seven parts, one for each day of the week, customized around the theme. And the theme for |
| 0:40.4 | this week is slowing down. It's a slow down theme. How to stop your mind from running 24-7. |
| 0:50.3 | So in each episode, you're going to be guided in a meditation to help you slow down, especially |
| 0:58.5 | to slow down your thoughts and to stop your mind from running ahead of you. |
| 1:08.0 | This is such a big challenge for people when they meditate, whether you're a beginning |
| 1:13.8 | meditator or a long time meditator. In fact, it's one of the biggest challenges people |
| 1:21.2 | experience when they meditate. And so you'll be learning meditation techniques, a new one each day, to help you slow down |
| 1:31.2 | and to allow your thoughts to settle so you can focus on what's most important to you and just enjoy |
| 1:43.4 | your day to day life. |
| 1:47.0 | So I'm going to guide you now in a meditation to help you slow down. |
| 1:52.0 | Go ahead and get nice and settled in your meditation space. |
| 1:57.0 | Sit up straight, straighten your spine. |
| 2:01.6 | Relax your body in areas where you're likely to hold tension. |
| 2:08.6 | And you might want to prop up a few pillows under your legs, |
| 2:12.6 | and especially if you're seated on the floor. |
| 2:16.6 | This will help to cushion the pressure points |
| 2:19.0 | in your body. |
| 2:20.4 | If you're seated in a chair or on the end of your bed, then make sure your feet are |
| 2:28.1 | flat on the floor. |
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