Some people are afraid of the word Mantra. I remember I wrote it on the board in a church lesson once and someone gasped. I had to chuckle a bit. We all have mantras, whether we are aware of it or not. Here is a good definition of a mantra. “A statement or slogan repeated […]
I have enjoyed the free 21 day meditation challenges that Oprah and Deepak have done. Every few months they come out with a new one. It is set up with an interesting format. Oprah talks about a subject, then Depak speaks and sets up a meditation. Then there is a period of silence while you
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I love listening to guided meditations at night before I fall asleep. It gets me in this deeply relaxed state. I usually end up falling asleep during the meditation. Some may worry, “Oh no! It won’t ‘work’ if I fall asleep.” I think “Oh Yay, ultimate multi-tasking AND I sleep better!” When I taught Hypnobabies
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Your mind and body need to communicate with each other. Our mind needs to respect what our body is saying. Our body needs to hear and respect our mind. Our mind and body need to hear and respect our spirit. When you are in a relaxed and restorative state, it is easier to “hear” and
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Guess what you are a pro at Phase 2 of meditating! Great job. You didn’t even know you were learning phase 2, but you were! Now I am going to go backwards and teach you a great Phase 1. You have learned about grounding and shielding the last week. Grounding and Shielding is such an
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After I had been doing the 10 second meditations for a few months, I wanted to meditate longer, but wasn’t sure how. I decided to download this app. It is very simple and had some guided meditations to help increase my length of meditation. This is different than the guided meditations I have shared, in
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Why do we need to practice relaxing and restoring? We know that meditation helps us to relax our body, mind and spirit. This will help refresh and restore ourselves. In our modern lives there is little space for relaxing and restoring. Many people try to relax and restore by watching TV at night or surfing
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It is very helpful in life to have appropriate boundaries. One type of boundary that we usually don’t think about is energetic boundaries. What I have found is that if you have good energetic boundaries, it actually helps all your other boundaries be healthier. Rainbow Boundaries is one of my favorite tools to teach. It
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The more you practice the more your skills get better. Isn’t that why we are here on earth? To learn and grow our skills. This takes practice and kindness to ourselves. Like a baby learning to walk, do we chastise him when he falls? Or just laugh and help them up to try again? If
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When your spirit is in charge (rather than your mind or body) then things go more smoothly. If your body or mind are in charge, then you are living in your natural man. Your mind and body are just trying to survive, so it is easy for our mind and body to go to fear.