This is episode 1645. Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Mechley and you are doing a good thing for yourself as you get ready to meditate.

Maybe you are seated, getting ready to do the technique you discover in today's episode as you do your own meditation or maybe you are going about your day and you're looking for a way to slow down and find a little more peace, energy and clarity.

Meditation is a journey. We all start somewhere. So however you're listening to this episode, it's all good.

In today's episode, we continue with our series this week to experience peace by going on a worry fast, releasing a worry one each day.

And if you could symbolically allow that worry to dissipate or disappear by using the elements of the earth. This meditation technique may become very powerful for you.

So as you sit down and get ready to meditate, relaxing your mind and your body, becoming aware of your cares and your worries.

Feeling yourself grounded, whatever's going on in your life right now is your time.

Visualize your care or your worry and think about how you'd like to release it using the elements of the earth.

You may want to bury your care.

In a little fire or simply burn a candle as you write down your cares.

You may want to cleanse yourself, purifying yourself with water.

Beautiful. Allow yourself to sink a little deeper into this stillness as you mentally, symbolically release your worries and your cares.

With the healing powers of nature, you are so worth slowing down for.

Thank you.