Choosing Positivity

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

"No matter how busy you are, do not forget occasionally to free your mind completely from worries and all duties. Remember, you were not made for them; they were made by you." ~Paramhansa Yogananda 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 1 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 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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0:00.0	This is episode 2,166 of The Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:07.0	I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to a brand new series we're exploring this week, and it's all about you awakening your true potential.
0:20.4	We will be following along with the words of wisdom from Pahmhansa Yogananda in his book called
0:30.0	How to Awaken Your True Potential. This is a lesser known book of his. You might be
0:36.9	familiar with the book that he wrote. It's a classic called autobiography of a
0:43.7	autobiography of a yogi.
0:44.4	Parmhansa Yogananda is popular,
0:49.0	especially in the world of yoga and meditation,
0:52.4	because he was one of the first
0:54.8	Yogis from India to come to the West to share these ancient traditions of yoga and meditation and he came to the West because
1:08.7	he felt that Westerners were primed to excel in yoga and meditation because of their energy.
1:18.0	It might surprise you to realize that yoga and meditation are not passive. It takes a lot of energy
1:30.0	and focus to sit down and meditate or when you do yoga
1:48.0	that peace and calm are going to somehow descend upon you.
1:54.6	You have to work for it a little bit.
1:57.2	You have to become dynamically engaged
2:01.6	to really experience true inner stillness, whether you're seated meditating or
2:10.9	engaged in your favorite yoga assana.
2:14.9	So Parmhansa Yogananda came to the United States in 1920, the roaring 20s,
2:29.6	and he was immensely popular, drawing thousands of people to his lectures on spirituality.
2:31.6	He died in 1952, but he left a legacy that continues to this day.
2:37.0	So as you get ready to begin your meditation today. I invite you to take a break from your worries.
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