This is episode 180.

Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley.

I want to congratulate you for being here out of the many things you would be doing right now.

You are showing up for yourself, Giving yourself a little more peace, energy, and

clarity is one of the most important things you could be doing for yourself during these times of

uncertainty. One thing is certain and that is each time you sit down and give yourself some inner stillness, whether it's

for just a few minutes or for 15 minutes to half an hour.

You create new neural pathways in your brain. And these pathways happen in meditation on the

prefrontal part of your brain. This is the point between your eyebrows and it's often referred to in yoga

and meditation as your spiritual eye. And I mentioned this part of your brain because it has so

much to do with how you feel about yourself, your level of confidence. This week's series is all

about learning how to create stress breakthroughs for yourself so that you have

some tools to adapt to all the different changes going on around you.

And in today's episode, you will discover a meditation technique to help you feel more grounded.

Many people tell me, and I have to agree because I experienced the same thing. When you begin to develop a consistent

meditation ritual, you may be surprised to find that one of the pleasant benefits is that you begin to feel more

confident. And this surprises many people because you expect to feel more peaceful,

to have a little more focus and clarity and a cleaner type of energy.

And you also expect to be able to manage stress much better and you definitely experience those

benefits but you also notice that you feel more in tune with yourself.

Because when you do an introspective type of ritual

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