Calm Your Mind to Sleep Better

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

"I noticed that whenever I meditate before sleeping, I sleep easily and wake up refreshed." ~ Fellow Meditator, Saba from Tehran, Iran This week, I invite you to follow along with the wisdom from Paramhansa Yogananda who wrote the classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi." In this week's series, we'll be exploring another book he wrote called, "Awaken Your True Potential." You'll explore a different meditation technique in each episode to focus on positivity and to release negative thoughts. This is part 5 of a 7-part Awaken Your Full Potential meditation series, episodes 2166-2172. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Positivity Quest. Every day this week, notice negative thoughts and switch them around to focus on positivity. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Reverse Negative Thoughts Visualization Day 2: Affirmation "I am grateful for all I am." Day 3: Inhale + expand the abdomen, Exhale + allow it to sink downward Day 4: Vayu Mudra technique Day 5: Fourth Chakra Focus Day 6: Layer the week's techniques together Day 7: Weekly Reflection Meditation 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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Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 2,170 of The Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:07.0	I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to day five of our series we're exploring this week.
0:16.1	This week you are discovering
0:20.2	how to awaken your true potential following the readings from Parmhasa
0:27.8	yogananda from his book how to awaken your true potential.
0:33.0	And you've had a challenge this week.
0:35.0	Your challenge is to go on a positivity quest
0:39.0	where each day this week you are encouraged to focus on what's positive in your life
0:49.7	and to notice the negative thoughts you tend to think about.
0:55.0	Research shows that most of us, on a daily basis, walk around thinking about repetitive negative thoughts.
1:08.0	So catch those negative thoughts and begin to think about whether there's some real truth to
1:18.1	those thoughts or maybe it's simply judgment or misunderstanding or some other reason you might be running these
1:28.8	thoughts through your mind repetitively. You might be surprised what you discover when you really
1:35.3	analyze some of your negative thoughts. Focusing on the kind of thoughts you think on a regular basis is one of the most important ways to awaken your true potential.
1:54.0	In today's episode, you're going to be guided using a technique to help you sleep better.
2:02.2	Getting enough sleep is vital to your health and wellness. It's not an option.
2:10.5	It's an essential part of your well-being.
2:15.0	When you're well rested, you're better able to awaken your true potential.
2:22.6	Make sure you're subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss a single episode.
2:29.2	Consistency is the key to realizing the benefits of meditation.
2:33.0	Also, I would love to hear from you.
2:36.0	I would be honored if you would leave me
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