Feeling Calmer and More at Ease, Day 6 of Staying Positive in a Negative Situation Series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
"Meditation has helped me cope and live through all of these weird and unique pandemic times." --Luisa from Bogota, Colombia, your fellow meditator
Does negativity seem to consume you? When consumed by negative thoughts, It can be easy to lose sight of the ordinary miracles happening in life like the morning sunrise, the loyalty of your pet, or the blossom, and fragrance of a flower. This week, you are invited to refocus your thoughts on the positivity in the world.
This is day 6 of a 7-day Staying Positive in Negative Situations Meditation series, episodes 2236-2242. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in an Ordinary Miracles Quest. You are encouraged to focus on an aspect of the positivity happening in the world every day. In each episode, I'll share the day's specific positivity focus and you're encouraged to journal about it. Begin to focus on the miracle of life around you. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Visualization of Kindness Day 2: Affirmation, "I am a part of the miracle of life." Day 3: Breathing Technique Day 4: Mudra Technique Day 5: Chakra Technique Day 6: Layer Meditation Techniques Day 7: Reflection + Introspection SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY 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 better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 2,234 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm Mary Mechley, and I welcome you back to day 6 of our series on Stain Positive in |
| 0:16.3 | a negative situation. |
| 0:18.5 | How are you doing? |
| 0:20.1 | And I wonder how your challenge is coming along. |
| 0:23.8 | Your challenge this week is to focus on a particular aspect of positivity. |
| 0:32.3 | You are invited to look for the ordinary miracles in everyday life. |
| 0:39.4 | Those things that you might pass by and not really appreciate, such as a beautiful tree |
| 0:47.5 | or plant near your home, or even the beautiful smiles on the people that you see every |
| 0:56.0 | day. |
| 0:57.0 | It's easy to take these ordinary miracles in our everyday life for granted. |
| 1:04.0 | So I know many of you are journaling, and that is wonderful. |
| 1:08.5 | So your journal prompt, as well as your focus for today's meditation, is to focus on |
| 1:17.2 | the ordinary miracles that cause you to feel awe-inspired. |
| 1:25.1 | They cause a sense of awe. |
| 1:27.4 | You might find this in the full moon that is happening tonight, or whenever you are |
| 1:33.8 | listening to this, as I record this, we are getting ready for a full moon tonight. |
| 1:41.9 | I'm going to be watching it come up over Sarasota Bay where I live. |
| 1:50.8 | So as you get ready to meditate, know that I would love to hear how you're doing on |
| 1:57.8 | your meditation journey. |
| 1:59.5 | You can reach out to me at maryatsypendome.com, or you can also, the best way to reach out |
| 2:06.9 | to me is by going to my SIP and OM Instagram account, and send me a direct message there. |
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