Day of the Dead meditation: a celebration of life
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🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
On the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, we allow ourselves space for our memories and our grief about those we’ve lost — as well as for joy, and even humor, around the continuity between life and death. While many cultures try to tiptoe around death, the rituals of Día de Muertos ask us to look clearly at it, recognize death’s place in our lives, and honor both its everyday-ness and its mystery.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Rohan. When I'm feeling my best, my loved one's notice, I'm able to be more patient, |
| 0:06.3 | more present, to participate energetically in everything around me, and the reverse is also true. |
| 0:13.2 | When I'm burned out, or my own well-being is suffering, the people around me can feel that shift too. |
| 0:19.6 | Yoga is one of my go-to's when I feel these patterns arise, by focusing on breathing and working |
| 0:25.4 | with poses to release tension in my muscles and joints. I'm able to bring a heightened sense of |
| 0:30.5 | awareness to both my body and my mind. It's actually really interesting, the way practices |
| 0:35.0 | like mindfulness and yoga play together, in tandem, both reinforce and strengthen our overall |
| 0:40.8 | well-being. To understand this intersection, and the ways in which our physical, mental, and |
| 0:46.3 | social well-being are all interconnected, we got in touch with Lulu Lemon. Through their center |
| 0:52.6 | for social impact, Lulu Lemon has supported over 750 non-profit partners in expanding access |
| 0:59.7 | to practices that support holistic well-being, and their programs are remarkable. For example, |
| 1:05.7 | in one of their partnerships with the United Nations Foundation, they've co-created a |
| 1:10.1 | Festive It's Kind program that brings mindfulness training to UN humanitarian and development workers. |
| 1:16.6 | And when I share more about this later in the episode, I think you'd understand just how far |
| 1:20.8 | reaching the applications of mindfulness can go. The potential of Lulu Lemon's programs and |
| 1:25.7 | partnerships here is so exciting. Today's episode, we have an extra special meditation practice, |
| 1:33.2 | dedicated to Day of the Dead, which will be celebrated in Mexico next week. |
| 1:41.2 | Just over a year ago, I met Pedro, a journalist and news anchor for Mexico City. |
| 1:46.4 | My wife and I hosted him at our home in Glasgow for a few days, and at the end of the trip, |
| 1:53.1 | he said, the very best time to come is for de-demu-etnos, for Day of the Dead. It's the time of the year |
| 2:01.1 | when we are most ourselves. I must confess that at the time, my only real understanding of Day of the Dead |
| 2:11.1 | was through watching the wonderful pics of our film Coco with my children. So, Pedro's comments |
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