Release Distracting Thoughts
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Layer three different meditation techniques to help release distracting thoughts as you meditate.
This is part 6 of a 7-part A Fresh Start meditation series, episodes 1676-1682.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 1,681. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Mary Meckley and I honor you for being here. |
| 0:12.0 | I know that sometimes it's hard to be consistent with any ritual you set up. |
| 0:20.7 | This may be a New Year's resolution for you and if you're still coming back for more, I really think you're going to be a great meditator. |
| 0:30.0 | If you're a long time meditator, this week our theme has been a fresh start and we are exploring some dynamic meditation techniques that you could include with your regular |
| 0:48.6 | ritual. |
| 0:50.1 | It's always good to keep your meditation fresh, not to let it grow stale, to be excited and invigorated |
| 0:59.4 | as you sit down to meditate. Many people think that meditation is passive. Well, it's actually very engaged. You |
| 1:11.7 | engage your mind, your focus, your body, you engage your will, your heart, and your |
| 1:21.4 | soul and whatever you're passionate about. |
| 1:24.0 | This helps you to create a vibrant meditation, |
| 1:28.0 | where you notice results. |
| 1:31.0 | When you sit down to meditate, you may think, okay I'm seated, I did yoga, I have my tea, I'm already, but nothing's really happening. |
| 1:43.2 | Well, the meditation happens within you, you create it, you are in charge. |
| 1:51.8 | It doesn't suddenly descend upon you. And so as you go through your fresh start this week, |
| 2:02.0 | when you sit down to meditate, if you could close your eyes and focus a moment |
| 2:11.2 | on what you want your meditation to be like, what kind of experience you want to give yourself. |
| 2:19.0 | That will be helpful and keep you focused as you meditate and you may sit down and think, well, aren't |
| 2:27.3 | I supposed to feel calm or more at peace? Well yes but there are variants of peace and calm. So if you want to meditate for clean energy just to feel really good and vibrant, |
| 2:49.8 | maybe you're starting your day, then as you meditate, really keep yourself uplifted. If you're meditating |
| 2:58.8 | in the evening, you also want to feel peaceful and calm. |
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