Breathing Technique to Calm Your Mind and Body, Day 3 Living a Balanced Life Meditation

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Calm your mind and body with a soothing breathing technique.

Welcome to the "Living a Balanced Life" Meditation Series, a transformative journey dedicated to cultivating balance and well-being in every aspect of your life. In this series, we'll explore the art of harmonizing mind, body, and spirit to foster a sense of equilibrium and fulfillment.

Life often pulls us in different directions, and finding balance can be a challenge. Through these guided meditations, we aim to create a sanctuary where you can center yourself, tap into your inner wisdom, and discover the beauty of living in alignment with your truest self.

Each session will focus on specific aspects of life, offering mindfulness techniques, visualizations, and affirmations to promote balance. Whether you're seeking tranquility amid chaos, balance in your relationships, or harmony in your daily routine, this series is designed to be your companion on the journey to a more balanced and centered life.

Join us as we embark on this exploration of "Harmony Within," and may you find serenity, balance, and a renewed sense of purpose along the way.

This is part 3 of a 7-part meditation series titled Living the Balanced Life, 1942-1948.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE:

CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER QUEST

Focus on basic, everyday tasks—symbolized by chopping wood and carrying water—as a means to ground yourself so that external temptations that might compromise your integrity don't tempt you.

A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME:

You are guided with a different meditation technique every day that is customized for the week's theme. Weave the techniques into the most stressful times of your day to manage difficult emotions. The meditation techniques help to calm the "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.

FREE TOOLS:

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.

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***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission.

RESOURCES

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

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**All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information, or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy, or clarity you may experience as you meditate!

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 1,944.
0:06.0	Welcome to your daily guided meditation.
0:09.1	You may notice that there's a different voice in this episode.
0:12.0	It's a little huskier and a lot more masculine.
0:14.3	That's because Mary has a bad case of laryngitis and can't speak at all today.
0:18.8	I'm David, Mary's husband and Mary wrote this out so that she could share with you today.
0:26.4	I thought I'd like to share a little bit about myself.
0:28.9	I meditate, but I'm not real consistent at it.
0:31.6	Today is actually my birthday. I hope you don't mind my guidance.
0:37.4	Mary will hopefully be back tomorrow. She told me all about this week's theme, The Virtues. She told me that so far you've explored the virtues of chastity and temperance.
0:48.0	Today you'll be guided using a breathing technique to help you cultivate the virtue of charity.
0:55.4	I understand that you have a challenge this week.
0:58.0	Your challenge is to gift yourself each day according to the virtues you're focusing on for the day.
1:04.0	How are you doing with the challenge?
1:07.0	From here on, out throughout the rest of the episode,
1:10.0	I'll be Mary's voice on loan reading to you what she's prepared for you today.
1:15.0	As you think of your challenge today, think of what charity means to you in your life.
1:23.0	In what ways have you been charitable to others?
1:26.0	A definition of charity is relating to those in need.
1:30.0	What can you do to help those in need around you? Sometimes even the simplest
1:36.8	actions can make a big difference. When I travel somewhere new, especially to a
1:42.2	different country, I'm sometimes surprised that people
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