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The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

S6 EP18: Meditation - Keeping Your Mind In Shape

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Constantly Varied Gear

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

What do weightlifting and meditation have in common? You’re not supposed to feel immediately comfortable with either one of them. Meditation isn’t necessarily simple, and just because it doesn’t come easily to you doesn’t mean that you’re bad at it or won’t get anything out of it. It’s actually normal to experience intrusive thoughts while trying to meditate.

In today’s episode, we’ll be joined by guest Ariel June. We recognize that keeping your mind in good shape is part of an overall good physical fitness strategy, and Ariel is a meditation teacher who has a lot to say about the practice of meditation and its benefits for the mind. Listen to the episode to hear what Ariel has to say about why meditation is so important, why you’re supposed to feel uncomfortable during meditation, and what role meditation plays in self-healing.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

  • What can be achieved through meditation
  • Why Ariel believes meditation is so important
  • The misconception that you’re not supposed to be uncomfortable during meditation
  • First steps for someone who’s never tried meditation
  • Techniques for quieting your mind
  • The role of meditation in the self-healing journey
  • How to get out of the ruminating cycle
  • Asking better questions
  • Advice for listeners

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a personal lesson this last like six months that I've really been chewing on for myself and realizing like, wow, especially if you're doing the inner healing work, it's helpful and even necessary sometimes to think about what's going on.

0:13.5

To think about our experiences thoughtfully and how we can respond better and to comb back through our experiences for helpful data about how to do better in the future.

0:26.4

The big question is this. In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people

0:36.5

achieve their fitness goals? We are an army of hardworking women,

0:42.5

changing their lives through fitness and health. Wherever you are at on your journey,

0:48.4

we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life.

0:55.3

Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere.

0:59.2

Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast.

1:04.3

Hi guys and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast.

1:07.8

I'm Kelsey and I'm Rachel.

1:09.6

And this week we have a very special guest on to talk

1:13.3

about meditation. Ariel June has been a pioneer in her space with the healing journey on to talk

1:20.7

about meditation and just give us a dive into what that looks like for us on a daily basis. So welcome, Ariel.

1:29.0

Hi. Thank you so much for having me. Happy to be here.

1:32.0

We are really happy. Honestly, I feel like the mental game in general is just when we don't

1:37.4

talk about enough in health and fitness. I mean, we have a whole health and fitness podcast.

1:42.5

And we don't talk about the mental game enough.

1:45.3

So we're really excited to have you on.

1:47.3

Oh, I'm so happy to be here.

1:48.6

I couldn't agree more.

1:49.4

I think it's such a good topic to dive into.

1:51.8

So, yeah, happy to be here.

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