Welcome to episode 1,813 of the Daily Meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley, and I honor you for giving yourself permission to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are.

In today's episode, we continue with our theme to improve relationships,

creating simplicity in those relationships that mean the most to you.

It could even be a relationship you'd like to initiate with someone

or a relationship you'd like to heal.

In this week's series, you are discovering a different meditation technique in each episode.

You can do, whether you are seated meditating or in the midst of your busy day.

These techniques will help you to honor, to listen to, and to really hear the person you're focusing on this week.

I challenged you at the beginning of this series.

We are now midweek.

I challenged you to choose one person to focus on and allow yourself to listen to this person and to hear what they have to

say and who they are. You can often tell non-verbally who a person is, even if they might be concealing a part of

themselves. I'm going to share with you a unique technique today, and that has to do with a little color therapy.

You'll be visualizing a color which can support you as you meditate.

And also, color therapy can help you feel safe and protected.

And sometimes we feel our most vulnerable when we are in a relationship with someone.

And so the color I'll be sharing with you today as you meditate is blue.

It's not just any color of blue. It's a deep indigo blue. And this is the color of your fifth

chakra. If you're not sure what a chakra is, you could think of chakras as areas in your body where you harbor your emotions

and your experiences. Your memories of past events and your feelings are harbored somewhere

within you. And so when you consider particular chakras, most people agree there are seven chakras,

although some people claim there are fewer or more, but I'll be focusing on what is considered to be your fifth chakra today,

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