Beyond Impulse, Day 1" The Art of Enough: Finding Peace in Moderation,
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to an introduction to Bramacharya, the fourth principle of the Yamas of Pantajali's Yoga Sutras, a foundational and timeless aspect of yoga and meditation on how to live your life. Simplify your thoughts, actions, and desires as you're guided on a weeklong journey to live with moderation.
THIS WEEK'S THEME: "The Art of Enough: Finding Peace in Moderation"
This 7-day meditation series explores the Yama of Brahmacharya, traditionally interpreted as continence, but more broadly understood as moderation and the responsible use of energy. This series aims to help you cultivate balance in all aspects of your life—physical, mental, and emotional. Each day builds upon the previous one, guiding you to integrate Brahmacharya into your daily experiences.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 21117 of the daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to a week-long journey |
| 0:14.0 | to feel that your life is enough, that you are enough, and you'll be guided as you adopt this philosophy |
| 0:28.2 | into the art of the fourth yama of Pontanjali, the ancient yoga master, who is considered to have written the yoga |
| 0:43.1 | sutras. |
| 0:45.0 | The yamas are the principles by which we live our life and adapt to living with influences from life all around us, the stress, those things |
| 1:00.7 | we cannot control, the anxiety, the times we feel we failed, all that exists outside you |
| 1:09.2 | and around you. |
| 1:16.0 | The yamas, and there are five of them are considered to be yogic philosophy to help you live your life and adapt to the outside world. So this is |
| 1:23.9 | what you have in store for you this week. |
| 1:32.1 | This is a replay series that I recorded a few years ago. |
| 1:35.2 | Some of you may have listened to it. |
| 1:38.8 | I know many of you have listened to every single series. |
| 1:41.6 | And I'm honored to have you here. |
| 1:43.5 | You might be brand new here. |
| 1:47.3 | And if you have already listened to this series, you likely don't remember everything about it because I share deep insight at the |
| 1:55.3 | beginning of every episode and then you're guided in a meditation using the days featured meditation technique. |
| 2:04.6 | It's always good to review, especially these foundational aspects of yoga and meditation. |
| 2:13.6 | So with that, I introduce you to a life of moderation as you explore the fourth yama on how to |
| 2:22.2 | live your life with the Yoga Sutras. |
| 2:26.3 | This week, you are in for a treat. |
| 2:30.5 | I'm replaying for you a popular series that is always highly requested and it has to do |
| 2:38.8 | with the yoga sutras from pantanjali, an ancient text from India. It's over 5,000 years old and it explores your yamas. |
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