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30 - Practicing Self - Compassion And Loving Understanding

If you feel stressed under the weight of however you feel, or like you're not measuring up, take a moment to rest under compassion, loving presence and understanding. Through self-compassion we can heal and break free from the weights of whatever voices that burden us or call us pain exist in our lives. May you feel the grace, peace, and a little bit of lightness every time you practice this meditation and allow real love to break in and care for you.
Grace, Peace & Namaste.
Thanks so much for listening! If you'd like to learn more about self-compassion and how it strengthens us, look into the excellent research
and book by Kristen Neff https://self-compassion.org/ and Brene Brown's book The Gifts of Imperfection which I love https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Imperfection-Think-Supposed-Embrace/dp/159285849X
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Thank you again for taking this time for you. You matter. Your life matters. You are loved.

29 - Practicing Authenticity

We are fully whole. We are strong, lovable, wanted, free and made to live to the full. In this meditation we get to embody that. Little by little, practice by practice, our muscles through meditation rewire allowing us to bring our full, rested, loved, alive selves more fully into the world. This mediation is like a gift to the soul and so freeing and healing to the spirit. If you ever have anxiety or feel inadequate, this meditation can be a calming, healing gift you can give yourself to strengthen and cultivate and nourish your authenticity and spirit.
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Thank you for listening and being a part of what God is doing in and through you! Proud of your work and however you choose to make a difference in your own lives through practicing. Grateful for you.
Grace, Peace & Namaste

28 - You Are A Whole Person And Always Have Been

Especially at the beginning of the year, when new years resolutions are abundant, we can get caught in a cycle of needing to "fix" ourselves, improve ourselves, be different selves than we really are. Growth is beautiful and wonderful. Plants grow. Nature grows towards the light. But plants never need fixed. Growth is an outpouring of being nourished well.
So this year, meditation by meditation, pausing and being aware of our thoughts, breath by breath, may we let go of the voices we've picked up along the way that make us feel we must be different to be loved, we must change our bodies, our minds, our achievements, etc. May we all come back to our Truer selves. Ourselves that came into this world out of God's love for us. Ourselves that have always been whole and always been whole.
Grace, Peace & Namaste friends!
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27 - New Year Meditation - Letting Seasons Begin And End

Every new year reminds us of new beginnings, areas in our lives we want to move toward and others we want to allow to fall into our past. Let's pause and breathe and allow ourselves to unwind, notice and breathe towards our new beginnings and season endings. May we allow ourselves to step bravely toward that which gives us life while making space for it by surrendering other areas.
Grace, Peace & Namaste
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Thank you so much for listening. I hope and pray God uses this in your life and world to create a little more grace, peace, hope and love.

26 - Grounding Ourselves

When new seasons begin, we can often get caught up in all the plans and routines to come and forget we don't have to hold all of that at once. When anxiety arises for making life work out, or planning what's ahead, may we all stop, even for a moment, and recenter. May we realize all we need to hold is the present moment and may we see that God is right here and has been present this whole time.
I'm grateful for you taking the time to do this for your heart, mind and spirit. It does matter and make a difference in our wellbeing and can strengthen our ability to see God, by pausing and noticing where we have.
Grace, Peace & Namaste.
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25 - The Calm Of Being Present

We can only be right here. Bringing our minds right into the present moment has a gentle gift hidden within - simplicity, calm, letting go of all thoughts on the future or past. This moment is the one in which we live and love and have our being. God can be trusted with the rest. May we practice and learn how to be all here. Feeling our grounding and calm available to us as we let go of the rest in faith and awareness.
Thank you so much for listening.
Grace, Peace & Namaste
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24 - Practicing Trust

Sunshine and light boosts our mood and aids in healing our bodies and minds. No wonder God uses Light to describe his presence. In this practice we allow the Light of God to fill our bodies and minds, allowing us the space and moment to remember all that God's love with us and within us gives. May you practice, trust and forever be reminded of how much God loves and fills each of us with Love, power, and Life.
Grace, Peace & namaste friends.
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24 - Practicing Trust

Trust can be hard. Especially trusting that everything is ok, we are ok, God is on our side when life feels overwhelming, or our physical body is anxious and our minds racing. This practice I hope is one that helps your heart, mind, body and spirit learn to trust even in those moments. I hope it's one you can remember when the feelings and thoughts arise again and again. This can be done. Your heart and mind and spirit can grow to trust, to quiet and comfort all that arises, to allow the mind and body to be as it is and to breathe with new declarations that rewire you toward living from your deeper space.
Grace, Peace & Namaste.
Thanks so much for listening!
You matter. I hope this practice and all of the others continue to help in little and big ways through God's work.
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23 - You Are Loved. Breath Practice.

Today we get back to the basics - breathing with intention and truth. This allows our brains to rewire, integrating our minds, hearts and bodies as once. It gives space for anxiety to be released, shame to be let go of. In time, with practice, breathing in and out that we are loved has the potential to change our lives and experiences of them for the better. May you feel loved in this moment and trust your truth that you are worthy of love and belonging exactly as you are.
Grace, peace & Namaste.
If you'd like another great podcast from this week that inspired me to create this as this week's meditation, I recommend your listening to Mike Foster's Fun Therapy episode 8 on body and breath practice: https://relevantmagazine.com/podcast/s02-episode-08-body-beautiful-and-being-a-five/ That whole podcast is a favorite of mine.
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Thanks so much for listening. May you be well.

22 - Retraining Our Bodies & Minds To Find Peace In Every Pain

It can be hard to wade through life always caught in anxiety, pain, fear, and overwhelming circumstances or emotions. One of the gifts of meditation and mindfulness is it can rewire our brains out of habitual anxiety or distress and into new ways of being - remaining more grounded, more able to find ease while pain is even present or thoughts come that are hard to break. I truly hope and pray with practice, you can find more ease, hope, safety and compassionate courage to face every moment of your lives, exactly as they are.
Grace, Peace & Namaste.
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