Self-Care Breathing Technique

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

You've likely been stressed out, overwhelmed, distracted, and feeling like life is uncertain these days of pandemic and disruption. It's time to give yourself permission to slow down for some gentle self-care. In this week's series, you're going to be nourishing your mind, body, and soul. In each episode, you're going to be guided with a different meditation technique each day especially customized for the kind of gentle self-care you've likely been putting off. Get ready to feel less depleted and more nourished! THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Do one thing each day to give yourself some gentle self-care. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Affirmation - "I nourish myself." Breathing - Inhale your needs, exhale attachments Mudra - Lotus - open up to something new in your life Chakra - 1st - feel more grounded Herb - Passionflower - release tension Yoga Asana - Padahastasana - Standing Forward Bend

This is part 3 of a 7-part Gentle Self-Care, episodes 1045-1051.

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Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 1047 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Mickley and I welcome you back to our series we're exploring this week. It's all about gentle self-care. You've likely been distracted, overwhelmed
0:22.4	and a little stressed during these days of experiencing a lot of
0:28.0	disruption especially in how we live our life and wondering what's going on in the world and how long
0:38.9	we'll have to live with the coronavirus pandemic. So this is a week for you to take a pause and to begin to
0:51.0	care for yourself to do those things that make you feel good and that is your challenge.
1:00.0	Each day this week you are challenged to give yourself some gentle self-care.
1:10.0	So if you are feeling depleted, this is the week to nourish your mind, your body, and your soul.
1:21.2	I encourage you to take walks in nature if it's possible and to do some nice yoga stretches. You can find all kinds of yoga video channels on YouTube.
1:40.0	In fact, I'm in the process of sharing yoga on a YouTube channel myself.
1:46.5	In the meantime, you can find what you're looking for.
1:50.0	There are so many options.
1:52.1	Just Google some relaxing exercises. I found some great resources
1:58.3	for doing Chikong and I'm enjoying doing that in the mornings.
2:04.0	Do something that rejuvenates you, that leaves you feeling refreshed and restored.
2:12.0	Several of you have reached out to me. refreshed and restored.
2:12.8	Several of you have reached out to me,
2:15.2	and I really appreciate your email messages
2:18.4	and leaving me messages on Instagram
2:21.6	where I now am where I share daily tips and techniques for you.
2:28.6	There's a seven calming breathing techniques guide that I created that I hope you will
2:37.3	access when you feel you need to calm your mind and body instantly. There's a technique for fear for
2:46.7	emotional upset to help you sleep better, to help you focus, to have more energy
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