This is episode

2086 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley and I congratulate you

for giving yourself permission to slow down.

As you explore this week's theme of inner stillness, I hope you are enjoying your challenge. Your challenge is to

stop at some

inner stillness.

You can think of this as a mindfulness moment for yourself.

As a mindfulness moment for yourself. So as you close your eyes and just stop right this

moment, experience where you may feel the most tension.

Notice where you're feeling this in your body

and begin to let go of that tension.

You could use your breath, the breathing technique

I shared with you yesterday where you inhale through your nose, hold it, and exhale through your nose, lengthening the exhale.

Go ahead again and take a nice deep inhale through your nose.

Cleansing your mind and body and as you exhale release tension.

Doesn't it feel good just to do this? If you sat and just did this and noticed your

breath during the day when you're feeling the most anxiety, the most stress,

imagine how refreshed you would emerge. Many people think that when you meditate that you are more passive

and more laid back. Maybe you're not quite on your game because you're so zoned out.

That couldn't be further from the truth because meditation actually gives you

energy.

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