Meditation to Release Anxiety + Sleep Better

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"I found that when I start to go to sleep my mind starts thinking a lot more and that opens up to more anxious thoughts causing restless sleep." ~ Fellow Meditator, 13-year old Mattie from North Carolina Quiet beauty is within and all around you. Sometimes the loud festivities of the holiday season can seem to drown out the often subtle beauty and peace at this time of the year. This week, you'll explore different meditation techniques to help you cultivate an abundance of beauty within and around you. This is part 5 of a 7-part Abundance Within meditation series, episodes 2180-2186. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Quiet Abundance Quest. Every day this week, notice the quiet beauty within yourself and others. Notice the quiet beauty around you. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Quiet Beauty Visualization Day 2: Affirmation "I am beautiful exactly as I am." Day 3: Inhale Peace, Exhale Calm Day 4: Dharmachakra Mudra technique Day 5: Fifth Chakra Focus Day 6: Layer the week's techniques together Day 7: Weekly Reflection Meditation LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION RITUAL 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 direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!

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Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 2,186 of your daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and you are here getting
0:10.9	ready to give yourself a little more peace, energy, and clarity.
0:17.0	In today's episode, you are going to be guided as you lay to rest the week. In fact, this is an episode where you will do a weekly and I'll also show you how to do a daily review and this will help you to sleep better.
0:38.4	This is the final episode of our series. We've been exploring all week long on inner abundance.
0:47.5	You have had a challenge this week.
0:51.1	Every week you are issued a weekly challenge. This is a way for you to attune
0:56.0	yourself to the week's theme. We explore the theme every single day for a week experimenting with different meditation
1:05.8	techniques so you can get to know what works well for you.
1:10.2	So you'll have a full repertoire of tools to help you calm your mind and body.
1:18.8	And that is especially more and more important these days as we experience a pandemic and also we are
1:28.5	celebrating many holidays and getting ready to ring in a brand new year.
1:37.0	So I wonder how your challenge went.
1:39.2	You were challenged to reflect on your inner beauty, your unique gifts.
1:48.6	You are also challenged to reflect on others inner beauty and gifts and in the quiet beauty that you see all
1:59.6	around you. So I hope you will continue with this challenge as you go through the holiday season and the end of the new year.
2:10.0	Many of you I know are celebrating Hanukkah so happy Hanukkah to you.
2:15.0	So today's meditation technique that you'll be guided through
2:20.0	is in honor of your fellow meditator.
2:24.0	Someone who is listening to these meditations
2:27.0	right along with you.
2:29.0	Remember, you are not alone.
2:32.0	Meditation is becoming more and more. You are not alone.
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