Welcome back to bootability, a weekly interview series about the amazing ability we all have to change our lives and the world if we're brave enough to tap into it.

I'm your host, Ji Jhi Jali.

We're back today with our Tips and Insights mini episode series.

Over the last two years of bootability, we've heard so many incredible

insights from Buddhist practitioners all over the country, which are based on key Buddhist concepts.

In order for those who are newer to the practice to learn a bit more about them, these mini

episodes introduce one such concept at a time and how it can be applied

to your life. Today's is all about how to win in the morning and why it's so important to do so

according to Buddhism. We've touched on this idea on past episodes, from our New Year's

Tips and Insights episode on the

present moment, to a number of interviews with people who have mastered their morning.

But why is winning in the morning so important? And if you're not currently feeling great about

how your days begin, where can you start to change things? Let's start by hearing what some of you

shared with us about how you incorporate chanting Nammyohorengue kyo into your morning routine.

Here are a few voice notes we received from listeners. So yes, I wake up and I do my chanting.

And after that, I have moringa powder in warm water.

Post that I leave for my yoga once I'm back from yoga, I have a glass of coconut water with dry fruits and then I just get ready and come to work and breakfast is usually at work.

So this is what my morning routine looks like every day.

I incorporate chanting into my morning routine by having a whole hour to wake up,

do some yoga, journal, have a really nourishing breakfast,

practice gratitude, and then I chant. And that whole routine just sets me up for an amazing day,

honestly, dance through the rest of the day because I'm just so

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