Finding Your Balance + Inner Peace, Day 4 of Staying Positive in a Negative Situation Series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
"Meditation helps calm me down on tough afternoons. It helps me slide into sleep, too." --Swati from Mumbai, 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 4 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 2,239 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Mary Mechley and I welcome you back today for our series we're exploring this week. |
| 0:13.0 | This week our theme is how to stay positive in a negative situation. |
| 0:20.0 | It is a theme by popular request and I really honor you for wanting to stay positive in a negative situation |
| 0:32.0 | because it can be quite tempting to remain in negativity, to even feel justified, to feel negative about something happening in your life. |
| 0:46.0 | So the fact that you are here listening to a meditation podcast, getting ready to meditate and focusing on the theme of positivity this week, |
| 0:57.0 | that is really something to celebrate. |
| 1:00.0 | So thank you for showing up for yourself. |
| 1:04.0 | I want to share with you your special daily theme as you go through this week's quest. |
| 1:15.0 | Every single week as we explore a different theme topic, you have a meditation challenge and this is a way for you to daily tune yourself to whatever the theme's focus is. |
| 1:31.0 | This week your quest is to look for the ordinary miracles in everyday life. |
| 1:39.0 | You might wonder what is a miracle? A miracle is something that leaves you in awe. |
| 1:49.0 | It's something that uplifts you and restores your sense of faith in humanity and in the world. |
| 1:58.0 | You might especially find miracles in nature. We often don't understand how nature produces such unbelievable experiences for us. |
| 2:12.0 | So you might look for miracles in nature all week long or you might focus on miracles in the lives of people around you or in your life. |
| 2:25.0 | So this is your focus for today. It is peace. I know many of you are journaling and your focus to journal about and to focus on as you meditate is peace. |
| 2:42.0 | You're going to be guided in a peace meditation and I would love to hear about your experiences of managing negativity in your own life. |
| 2:53.0 | If you feel so inclined to share your meditation journey or experience, I would love to hear it. |
| 3:01.0 | I would love it if I could share it with others, your fellow meditators. |
| 3:07.0 | But I would just simply love to hear it for myself so I don't necessarily need to share it. |
| 3:14.0 | You can reach out to me at Mary at Sipinome.com by email. |
| 3:19.0 | But the best place is to reach me on this Sip and Om Instagram sending me a direct message there. |
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