Week 22 – How’s Your Journey Going?

You can listen here – 5:15 mins

CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE

Over the decades I have heard many ways to describe meditation and one of my favorites is that meditation is mental hygiene. You brush your teeth daily (I hope) and groom and prepare yourself for the day. So if I brush my teeth, wash up, pick out the clothes I’m wearing and all the other things to start my day, why wouldn’t I prepare my mind? I mean, I will be using this beautiful mind ALL DAY LONG.

Meditation is deliberately increasing your capacity to focus and concentrate. Where you place your ATTENTION and set your INTENTION is where your energy goes. Think about the last time you really focused on something, what was the outcome? Meditation is a PRACTICE – a procedure or way of doing something, like breathing, moving or visualizing. So I have practice times daily where I might focus on my breathing or just sit out in nature and observe my breath and body. This practice time helps cultivate my awareness of how my body feels and responds in different situations. By the way, my body LOVES being near water, hearing the birds and feeling the sun.

As your Meditation Ambassador I wanted to offer opportunities for you to try different styles of meditation practices. Over the past 29 days I have posted a daily practice in support of National Meditation Month and Mental Health Awareness Month and two more are scheduled to complete the month. I shared breathing techniques, mindfulness meditations, qigong, forgiveness, and sound meditation.

Were you able to check out any of the practices? If you were, I’d love to know which ones you resonated with most. If not, the playlist will be there for you and you can start any time. The practices/meditations are usually less than 10 minutes long. You’ve got 600 seconds to dedicate to YOU, right?

You can check out Day 29 right here. I’d love for you to leave a comment on YouTube and share and subscribe if you haven’t already.

This week on Wednesday at noon I will be on the Insight Timer App. The sessions are FREE or donation. I encourage you to check out this app, it is the #1 APP for free meditations for sleep, anxiety and stress, and I have over 40 meditations, book excerpts, and my courses (for premium members) and more out there. The link is InsightTimer.com.

Relax, Listen, and Trust Your Inner Guidance.

The card I pulled for us today is the 

#4 TRUST – I am LOVING. I am LOVED. I am LOVABLE. 

YES, YOU ARE!

That’s it for this week. I hope you can take your 600 seconds to connect with your breath and your body today by checking out one of my videos on the playlist.

I’d love to know about your experience with meditation. Are you new, or would you like to learn? If you prefer having a teacher for instruction, I offer one on one sessions as well as group sessions (min of 3 people). If you know any groups or organizations who want to offer a session, perhaps a lunch and meditate, or a program I love referrals and would be happy to speak with them.

Feel free to reach out to me on my website barbarafaison.com/contact-Barbara pick the option that works best for scheduling a quick conversation. Or you can message me @barbarafaison on social media, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook are best.

All of the links are on my linktr.ee/barbarafaison.

If you need a quick breath break you can take one right here.

Thank you for your support and being on this journey with me.

Feel free to share your thoughts or ask a question – via email at barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com.

Keep breathing…
Barbara J. Faison
your mindfulness & meditation ambassador
barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com