Detox From Restless Thoughts

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

"Victory over mind and its modifications can also be gained through complete surrender to God, the inner guide." ~Patanjali We are living in a time of excess and extremes politically, economically, and socially. We crave a sense of semblance as we seek out a voice of unity. Discover how to find true peace and happiness within yourself. This week, you'll be exploring Moderation, from Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras. This is part of a collection of meditation series focused on honoring the way you live your life. You'll focus on moderation to help cultivate a calmer, kinder approach to the problems in the world today. This is part 4 of a 7-part Moderation meditation series with the 4th Yama Brahmacharya, episodes 2117-2123. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Restraint Quest where every day this week you direct your thoughts, actions, and words in a positive way to support yourself, without relying on anything outside yourself to meet your needs. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Affirmation - "Peace and happiness are within me." Breathing - Inhale: "Peace and happiness ..." Exhale: "... are within me." Mudra - Detox Mudra Chakra - 1st - at tailbone/coccyx - feel grounded Herb - Dandelion - Humbleness Yoga Asana - Sukhasana - Simple Seated Pose

You'll find additional daily support and a weekly guide with the meditation techniques for each theme at sip.and.om Instagram and sip and om Facebook. You'll find deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. I invite you to try it for 2-weeks free! Receive access to 2,000+ fully guided meditations customized around a weekly theme. Select from 300+ series to fit your mood with a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each theme. Brand new themes are introduced each week. Connect with other meditators on the private Facebook group for app subscribers.

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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.

Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 2,120 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:08.0	I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to give yourself permission to slow down right now as you get ready to calm your mind and body to meditate. You might sit down and meditate on the floor or in a
0:30.4	chair or on your bed, it's all good.
0:35.0	Or you might simply take the technique I share with you today
0:40.4	and use it as you go throughout your day to calm your mind and body when you're experiencing stress.
0:48.0	The meditation techniques can help you on or off your meditation cushion or chair.
0:57.0	In today's episode, you're going to discover a meditation technique to help you detox from those restless thoughts that
1:10.4	cause you distraction. They may hold you back from an activity you're doing because
1:18.6	you can't focus or they may prevent you from living your life to the fullest.
1:26.4	In this week's series, we always focus on a theme
1:32.1	and you always have a challenge that I encourage you to do each
1:37.4	day to keep you attuned to this week's theme you your challenge is to go on a restraint quest.
1:50.0	This is where you consider cultivating happiness within yourself,
1:58.0	rather than relying on what's going on outside yourself, what's going on in the world, where you're not
2:06.4	relying on entertainment or answers to problems you might have.
2:15.4	You're not looking outside yourself.
2:18.8	You are seeking within yourself.
2:29.0	Your own. within yourself, your own answers, your own joy, your own peace. Our theme this week is following the fourth Yama from the Yoga Sutras, the famous classic work written by the ancient Indian sage Pantangale.
2:42.0	We've been exploring the yoga
2:44.4	sutras for an entire month. This is the fourth sutra. You can go back and
2:50.7	listen to the previous series.
2:54.4	If you'd like to explore the first Yama of nonviolence,
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