Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. I congratulate you for giving yourself permission

to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are. 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 a weekly theme.

And you can do the meditation technique that I share with you in today's guided meditation,

or you can simply be guided through the meditation. The techniques are

simply an option to help keep your meditation ritual dynamic and to help you focus your mind.

And you can do the meditation techniques throughout your busy day when you're not seated

in your nice meditation space.

Well, in this week's series, we are exploring health and wellness, how to use meditation

for health and wellness. And we've been following a lot of the main principles of functional

medicine, which takes a preventative approach to your health, and

focuses on eating well, moving your body for fitness, meditating, reducing stress, and also being

social, connecting with others in your world.

Well, in today's guided meditation, you're going to be guided in a walking meditation

to connect to your environment.

So this is the final episode of this seven-part health and wellness meditation series. And I like to end every

meditation series with a walking meditation. Now, I know it's not always easy to get out there

and walk. So if you're not able to get out there and walk today, no worries. Go ahead and open a door or window near your meditation space and let the outdoors in.

It's great for you to connect with the world around you.

You can do this every single time you meditate, whether you're doing a walking meditation

or not. Now, if you are seated inside meditating today, just visualize yourself walking in

...