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.
Being completely in your body, grounded to the earth and connected to Heaven is powerful. It helps you to be present and aware and helps your spirit to be in charge. (You will need to click through to the blog to see the video and listen to the guided meditation) Here is a video which
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I have done Self Hypnosis by listening to CDs since I was a teenager. Ok, they were cassette tapes back then. This was a form of guided meditations. It was a great way to quiet my mind and fall asleep – with an intent to do work on something specific, like stop biting my nails.
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Apps are a fun way to meditate. There are lots of meditation apps to choose from. I have tried a lot and will share a few good ones with you. The great thing is that you already have a routine to meditate, so if you have extra time you can open an app and add
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Timers are amazing. I use them for so many things, my friends make fun of me. They say I am a “prolific user of timers” I use them for phone calls when I know I have limited time. I use them to help get me motivated to clean. I use them to motivate my kids
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“Once there were 3 bricklayers. Each one of them was asked what they were doing. The first man answered gruffly, ‘I’m laying bricks.’ The second man replied, ‘I’m putting up a wall.’ But the third man said enthusiastically and with pride, ‘I’m building a cathedral.’” –Author Unknown Why do you want to meditate? There is not
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