Daily Affirmations for Mindful Meditation
The Quiet Conversation We’d Been Ignoring It started, as these things often do, with a small ache we’d been walking around with for days — maybe weeks. A tightness just below the left shoulder blade, a jaw clenched so habitually we’d forgotten it could be soft. We sat down this morning not because we felt…
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The Knee That Had Something to Say It started, as it often does, with something small. We sat down this morning — some of us on cushions, some in desk chairs, one of us reportedly on the edge of a bathtub — and before we’d even closed our eyes, there it was: a dull ache…
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The Invitation We Almost Missed It started, as these things often do, with something small. A tightness behind the left shoulder blade that had been whispering for days — maybe weeks — before any of us thought to actually listen. We sat down this morning not because we felt particularly inspired or spiritually ambitious, but…
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The Morning Check-In We Almost Skipped We almost didn’t sit down this morning. The coffee was already lukewarm, the to-do list had grown a second column overnight, and there was that familiar tightness behind the left shoulder blade — the one that shows up like a neighbor who never knocks. But something slowed us down….
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We Live Above the Neck We spend most of our lives as floating heads. Thinking, planning, narrating, worrying — the whole enterprise of modern consciousness seems to happen from the jaw upward, as though the body were merely a vehicle for transporting the brain from one meeting to the next. We forget there is a…
Read moreIt’s time to listen to the wisdom of our bodies. Even if life gets busy and we become disconnected from ourselves, our body still knows what it needs in order to stay healthy, balanced and energized. To be connected with your body means taking a step back to observe where we are holding tension or…
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The power of self-love and acceptance cannot be overstated in its ability to lead us to a life of peace, joy, and contentment. For me personally, this journey began with learning how to make peace with my body and mind – both internally as well as externally. Accepting my body meant being able to recognize…
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Today I took the time to appreciate my body and all of its quirks and features. At first, it was a hard task since society has taught us to view bodies through a critical eye – comparing them, judging them, and even hating on our own figures. But I decided that today would be different;…
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