This is episode 1,857 of the Daily Meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley, and I honor you for showing up for yourself today as you give yourself a little more peace, energy, and that all-important clarity.

I wish you a happy Fourth of July

if you live in the United States

we are celebrating Independence Day.

And I will mention that meditation

is a form of independence.

It allows you to be free from distractions, stresses, and overwhelm those modern day plagues.

And in today's episode, we continue with our series on stress relief on the go,

where you have discovered in each episode a meditation technique to help you manage stress

right in the midst of your busy day.

Maybe someone came up and said something offensive to you,

or you were watching the news, which is usually always offensive,

or you might be waking up in the morning in a bad mood and you don't want to start your day that

way and you can't seem to shake the feelings you have of anger and resentment about a

conversation with someone a day ago or even a month ago that's still lingering in your mind.

These are meditation techniques you can do in that moment. Of course, you can always do them

in your meditation space as well. In today's episode, we layer the techniques you've explored

all week long into a ritual you can do as you

meditate today or you can do this on the go. Keep in mind, you can layer these techniques as you are

on the go in the midst of your busy day and no one is likely even to notice you're doing them

except they may notice that you seem a little more at peace. You seem a little less stressed.

So as you layer the techniques today in your meditation, I want to mention the full

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