Affirmation for Self-Care

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"I never thought I would crave meditation until I started doing a daily morning self-care ritual. Now I crave my time in silence. It's the best part of my day." ~ Fellow Meditator, Eric This week, I invite you to give yourself some gentle self-care. You'll explore a different meditation technique in each episode to give yourself the self-care you may so badly crave and need these days. This is part 2 of a 7-part Self-Care meditation series, episodes 2159-2165. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Self-Care Quest. Every day this week, do one thing to improve a part of your life that needs attention. As an added bonus, you're encouraged to take a break from news media while you do your Self-Care Quest. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Self-Care Visualization Day 2: Affirmation "I give to myself so I have more to give to others." Day 3: Inhale+ visualize a gift, Exhale and release tension Day 4: Mukula Mudra technique Day 5: Third Chakra Focus Day 6: Layer the week's techniques together Day 7: Weekly Reflection Meditation THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR AT BETTERHELP.COM I want you to know you're not alone if you need a little extra support during these extraordinary times. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month of convenient, online, secure, and professional therapy support by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/dailymeditation. Let me know how your first month goes! LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION RITUAL WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS? Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!

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0:00.0	This is episode 2,160 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:08.0	I'm Mary Meckley and welcome to day two of our series this week.
0:15.2	We are exploring the theme of self-care.
0:19.2	You are going to be guided in a meditation using an affirmation, which is a positive statement that helps you focus on an intention, and it will be all about self-care, honoring yourself.
0:37.4	If you're just joining us, you are in the right place.
0:41.6	If you already started listening to yesterday's episode, I welcome you back.
0:48.0	Each episode in a series is unique all by itself, so you don't necessarily have to go back and listen to a
0:56.2	complete series to feel caught up. Just know that you'll learn a different
1:01.4	meditation technique in each episode so for today
1:05.1	your technique is an affirmation you also have a weekly challenge where each day this week I encourage you to spend some time
1:18.7	giving yourself some self-care. In yesterday's episode, you were guided to reflect on a part of your life that may be crying out for some self-care and I encourage you to continue all week long
1:38.5	giving yourself some self-care in a unique way, not just randomly, such as, oh I think I'll light a candle because that
1:48.0	will be a nice way to give myself self-care.
1:51.6	Think about what part of your life you're focusing on. If you're focusing on
1:55.8	relationships, well maybe your self-care will involve making a nice meal with a loved one and spending uninterrupted time with that person.
2:07.0	Or if this is for your health, maybe it's for your mental health, You're refraining from the news. You're keeping a journal this week.
2:17.4	You're listening to inspiring books on audio or podcasts or reading inspiring literature.
2:27.0	Do this every day.
2:28.6	Go deeply with this theme of self-care.
2:32.1	It's so important when you care for yourself you have more to give others.
2:38.3	A fellow meditator reached out to say that she goes on a walk during her lunch hour and she listens to the
2:46.2	podcast at that time.
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