You are listening to the daily meditation podcast episode 56.

Meditation isn't supposed to disrupt your day. It's supposed to be a part of it.

The Daily Meditation Podcast features techniques for you to use throughout your day to be calmer and more effective.

Please welcome your host, Mary Meckley and I want to congratulate you for giving

yourself 15 minutes to spend meditating. The time you spend meditating could just be the best 15 minutes you spend all day.

This week at the Daily Meditation Podcast, our theme has been,

reduce stress with meditation. So every single day this week, beginning

with episodes 50 and ending with today's episode 56. We have explored different meditation techniques to help you manage stress.

And these are meditation techniques that you can do whether you're sitting down, meditating, or whether you're sitting

in rush hour traffic or standing in line at the grocery store.

And in today's meditation, you're going to be guided on a nature walk and you do not

have to actually go out for a walk to benefit from this meditation, but I encourage you to open a window or a door to

let nature in wherever you are as you do this meditation.

So every single episode this week in a reduced stress

meditation series I've also shared a top tip to help you reduce stress and in today episode, I'm going to be sharing with you,

something that you may not have realized.

So research has shown that if you spend two consecutive days taking a walk that lasts for

just 20 minutes each day, that you reduce your stress hormone levels, your pulse rate goes down,

and your blood pressure drops.

So taking a walk for just 20 minutes a day for two days in a row can

be an important way to help you reduce stress. Now just imagine if you took a daily walk or even if you took a

walk every other day for just 20 minutes, imagine how much you would reduce your stress simply by walking and if you combined

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