This is Episode 1050. Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I honor you for giving yourself this time to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are.

In today's episode, you're going to explore a meditation technique for forgiveness.

To forgive yourself. And this is part six of our seven part series on self-love and self-care.

And so it's been a whole week's worth of meditation techniques to help you improve how you care for yourself, how you love yourself.

And when you do this, you will notice, as an added benefit, you are better able to honor and love those people in your life.

In fact, they'll notice it as well. And I am also going to share with you an herbal tea that you might want to try out.

And this is a tea that will help you cultivate a little extra self-care for yourself.

I'm Mary Mechley and I share a different meditation technique in every single episode here on the podcast.

And each technique is customized around a theme we explore throughout an entire week. So you can really master a particular quality in your life.

So this week we're into self-care. And I want to start off sharing the herb with you.

Herbs can benefit you in a similar way as meditation techniques. So the herb for today is passion flower.

Now, here is what passion flower can do for you.

Although as always, you want to check with your health care provider before you take any kind of herbs, even herbs that seem mild.

If you're taking medication or you're breastfeeding or you're pregnant, or really just any time, herbs are powerful.

So they are very effective, but at the same time, don't be afraid of the herbs. Just make sure that it's going to be an herb that doesn't harm you in any way.

So here is a little about passion flower. This is an herb that can help reduce hot flashes if you're going through minipause or depression.

It's an herb that can help lower your blood pressure. It is very good to help you sleep better.

It helps to reduce anxiety. And one of the main reasons why I selected passion flower for this week's theme of self-love

is because it helps to reduce inflammation. And inflammation is a leading contributor to major diseases, including heart disease, which is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States where I live.

But it also, it's a leading killer in many other countries as well. And so passion flower can be a beneficial herb for you to help your heart health.

And it's ability to help reduce inflammation in your body goes along with the meditation technique for forgiveness.

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