Mindfulness Meditation to Surrender, Day 4 Surrender What You Can't Control Meditations
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Practice a brief mindfulness meditation and reflect on how it feels to fully surrender to the present moment. What thoughts and emotions arise when you let go of the past and future?
Welcome to our brand new meditation series designed to help you release control over events beyond your control. You're guided with daily insight and guided meditations using techniques to release fear and doubt when you think of events beyond your control. You might fear losing a loved one, a pet, your job, your home, or anything else dear to you. Learn to surrender your fears.
This week, we launch into a series designed to help you release the grip of your worst moods. Each day, you'll be guided with meditation techniques to allow you to let go of negative thoughts.
This is part 4 of a 7-part meditation series titled Surrender What You Can't Control, 2980-2986.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE:
This week, take part in a daily "Surrender Quest." At the end of each day, surrender 3 cares and worries, gently releasing them as you drift off to sleep.
A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME:
You are guided with a different meditation technique every day that is customized for the week's theme. Weave the techniques into the most stressful times of your day to manage difficult emotions. The meditation techniques help to calm the "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
FREE TOOLS:
For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey.
Enjoy access to nearly 3,000 guided meditations without ads on the Sip and Om app. Try it for 7 days of free access to the full app!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 2983 of your daily meditation podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Mary Mechley and I welcome you to day four of our series. |
| 0:15.0 | We are midweek as you explore the theme of surrendering to what you cannot change about your life. |
| 0:25.0 | And this is in request from a fellow meditator, Kristen, who is heartbroken about her pets decline in health. |
| 0:40.0 | And she's wondering how to get through these kinds of events regardless of what you're experiencing. |
| 0:51.0 | So how do you get through situations where you don't have any control and that happens to us ongoing throughout our life. |
| 1:02.0 | So it is so important to have a way to manage it. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm going to share with you some insight as I always do and then you're going to be guided in a meditation. |
| 1:14.0 | Now remember you can get the full guided meditations absolutely free for an entire week access to nearly 3000 guided meditations. |
| 1:26.0 | And each series you could get this week series completely free. |
| 1:32.0 | The series each have a journal with a daily reflection question and a slow down guide with an herbal tea, a yoga posture. |
| 1:43.0 | All the different techniques I share with you each day, a book recommendation and so much more on this slow down guide. |
| 1:52.0 | So this is where you can go a little more deeply into any meditation series. |
| 1:59.0 | Well, I want to share this insight with you and it has to do with the neuroscience of mindfulness research using neuro imaging techniques such as what is called an F MRI explores the neural mechanisms associated with mindfulness and acceptance. |
| 2:28.0 | So there is a direct correlation the more mindful you become the more you're able to accept whatever you're experiencing. |
| 2:38.0 | So what is mindfulness mindfulness based meditation is when you're meditating you're tuning into the present moment. |
| 2:51.0 | So you're not thinking about the past or the future you are immersing yourself in the moment. |
| 3:01.0 | You're noticing how you feel, you're noticing your posture, you're noticing your breath, you're noticing how you're feeling and you're always encouraged to name your emotional state. |
| 3:15.0 | And you're accepting yourself exactly as you are so you're not trying to push away your emotional state. |
| 3:24.0 | You're embracing it, you're noticing, okay, I'm feeling a little anxious and then you're considering why you ask yourself several layers of why questions. |
| 3:37.0 | And you could think about, well, I woke up late and I was really in a rush and I wasn't able to prepare for my day as I normally do. |
| 3:47.0 | And then you would ask yourself, well, why is that? Why were you not able to start your day on time? |
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