Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast.

This is Mary Meckley and I'm a meditation teacher who shares a different meditation technique.

Every single day here on the podcast and each technique is customized around a weekly theme.

And our theme for this week, and this is episode 634, our theme is how you can manage your gene expression with meditation.

So there's a lot of research out there on how you can do this, on how your gene expression is not determined solely by your genetics.

It's more having to do with epigenetics, with the kind of lifestyle that you live, the kind of thoughts you think, your food that you intake, and the kind of exercise you do.

All the different things that make up who you are and influence your life and your joy all contribute to how your genes express.

Themselves, and of course, you want to promote healthy gene expression, and that may be why you are here meditating.

And if so, you are doing one of the best things you could possibly do to enhance all areas of your life.

There aren't too many things you can do that will give you the benefits meditation provides you.

The moment you sit down to meditate, you're already promoting healthy gene expression. It's that instantaneous.

So imagine if you made choices like this, just small moves in the right direction that are going to support a healthy gene expression.

Imagine how this could change your life, and not only your gene expression, but generations after you, they're discovering this.

So it's pretty fascinating research, and in today's meditation, which is for a Tuesday and every Tuesday I share a breathing technique, I have a breathing technique for you that I've shared before.

And this is a fantastic breathing technique that you can do. It's very simple.

Many people like to do this breathing technique when they have trouble sleeping.

It works like a charm. I just received even a couple email messages this week. I receive email messages every day about this one single breathing technique that I'll be sharing with you.

But first, before we begin, a little bit about how you'll be promoting healthy gene expression as you do this meditation today.

And remember that all the meditation techniques can be found on my website at sipandome.com.

Just take a look at the managing your gene expression meditation series, and you're also invited to join a private Facebook group that goes along with this podcast.

It's absolutely free. You can join in with other meditators around the world who listen to the meditations just like you do.

Well, now let me explain something to you that I found fascinating, and I think that you will appreciate just what your meditations can do for you when you discover this.

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