A Journey with Joy

A Journey with Joy

By Chiara MarassiReligion & SpiritualityEducationSelf-ImprovementSpirituality
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A Journey with Joy episodes

  • Happy and Healthy Habits
    A longer episode today all about habits that help keep us happy and healthy. I talk about quite a lot about circadian rhythms, and some more personal habits that have allowed happiness to flourish quite naturally in my daily life. Hope you enjoy!!
    34 min
  • open all the doors to happiness
    There are so many doors to happiness. But if we become obsessed with one particular notion of happiness, we are closing every door but one. It's time to open all the doors. It takes a lot courage to release what we believe will bring us happiness in the future – a relationship, a job, a lifestyle, anything. But we must have the courage and openness to open all the doors to happiness. Once we let go of believing there is only one door to joy, all the doors to happiness will be open. Everything is happiness. Your breakup is an opportunity to come deeper into love, losing your job is a sign to start fresh, missing someone is an opportunity to breath deep for the both of you and to celebrate the joy of the present moment. Freedom and happiness can be felt everywhere, when all the doors are open. Every moment becomes an opening to show you that happiness is here now 🦋 .Now, you can sing with the birds in the early morning before the sun rises, you can smile at anyone and see the goodness in their heart, you can dance with mother earth when showers rain down on you. You are more than enough as I see you now. You are beautiful, and you can open all the doors to happiness. All the doors to your heart. So here is my episode for you today <3.For any updates, instagram : @ajourneywithjoypodcast
    19 min
  • Meditation and the power of stillness
    It's such an honour to deliver you this episode on meditation. Breathing is such a natural experience, it was our first individual connection to the earth. The moment we were born was the first time we began surviving on our own, by depending on our own breath instead of our mothers. This is why such a still and simple practice is a beautiful opportunity to reconnect with who we truly are.On days when i'm deeply connected to the present, I can bask in the energy of my own sunlight with every inhale being an acknowledgement of my inner joy and every exhale being an expansive source of gratitude. Then there are days that anxiety or sadness may be strong. On days like this I require the discipline of connecting with my inner warrior, to take the hand of my inner child, showing her that we can we can let go of the suffering to become free. That there is no need to be afraid, and that we can come deeper into love together. I have so much to say and so many teachers to thank both from the past and present. Yet, I feel that the freedom I describe can more easily be reached by being aware that we are breathing, more so than any words I can communicate. I hope this might inspire you to embark on your own meditation practice as an opportunity to come home to ourselves and our true freedom, who we really are in the stillness of the present. 🌞 Enjoy this extra episode this week. For updates, the podcast Instagram is: @ajourneywithjoypodcast
    16 min
  • Taking care of a tired heart

    Taking care of a tired heart. It is something I previously struggled with by trying to resist the natural ways of life. But there is deep healing and transformation that can take place when we allow ourselves to exist at a slower pace. To allow our bodies and minds to recover with love and care. I wanted to share how I take care of myself when I feel i'm burnt out and existing at a lower energy. I hope you enjoy!

    For updates: Instagram -> @ajourneywithjoypodcast

    17 min
  • love

    Hello my friends. Okay... let’s acknowledge that I've delayed posting episodes for a few weeks now (lol). This February it felt as though I experienced some huge highs and lows. Through this vulnerable period I treasured coming to the core teachings of presence to break free from my cocoon of discomfort. Through some deep compassion I really feel as though I have undergone some expansive metamorphosis. So now here I am, ready to offer you an episode on love. Love has developed at the core of my life in all the simple moments of: cooking yummy meals, meditating, studying, going on walks, and even brushing my hair. It has become a prominent energy at the centre of my work, relationships, and inner journey in the most incredible way. I attended a lecture recently with Brother Phap Huu on "the four minds of true love". With the wisdom of his teachings, I talk about how these four minds of love can be naturally integrated into our daily life. I'm thankful you're here and excited for us to open our hearts just a little more today. 🦋

    For updates and ways to connect with me:

    Instagram: @ajourneywithjoypodcast

    23 min
  • How mindfulness transformed my educational journey: some powerful things I learned

    Hey friends! I'm so passionate about this topic on the power of enjoying our educational experience within our hearts and how this can inspire friends/ community around us to flourish and feel light in their education too. Education tends to put us in a vulnerable place at times, and this is the beauty of it. This is what can allow us to grow and flourish. In this episode I talk about what energy I bring to my educational spaces, how to intentionally show up as a light energy to inspire those in the same space, and how to partake in activities such as jobs and associations in a way that aligns with our heart. I think this talk will also be super applicable to those in the work environment as I talk about working with presence and showing up positively for your work community quite a lot. I hope you enjoy. Sending all the love! ❤️

    21 min
  • A conversation with my mum: mindfulness through movement and the power of compassion

    I'm so excited that my wonderful mum is joining me on this episode! Throughout my childhood my mum has been such a positive light with how she embraces joy and even finds peace in the face of adversity. She has been one of my biggest inspirations in discovering inner spaciousness and joy within myself. In this episode she discusses her journey with presence and specifically how the power of mindful movement allowed her to come into love within herself. I hope you enjoy.

    for updates, podcast instagram: @ajourneywithjoypodcast

    17 min
  • Loving-Kindness Meditation

    Compassion is consistently invited at the core of all of the mindful activities I practice : mindful meditations, mindful walking, yoga, and inner body awareness. Extending this compassion to myself and others during practice has allowed space for so much inner acceptance and growth to be present. Today, I walk you through a loving-kindness meditation to invite healing energy within you and within the lives of those around you. Please feel free to reach out to me @ajourneywithjoypodcast to share your experience if you feel this resonates! Or if you'd like reach out to me with any suggestions for how I can better comfort your needs in future meditations please feel open to do so. I love teaching meditation and always looking for ways to do better on my journey. Thank you so much for being you and remember that this practice can be here to support you at any time of the day. Sending so much love!!!

    For updates:

    instagram: @ajourneywithjoypodcast

    28 min
  • Feeling at Home

    Feeling at home has been a long but beautiful journey for me, and most definitely something I didn't feel in my early adolescence. I would always justify not belonging where I lived by believing narratives like: "I don't connect to anything here", "theres not enough nature", and my personal favourite at the time: "I just don't belong here". Through my journey I have discovered the beauty behind experiencing the life I am living in the moment. With that came letting go of inner resistance to embrace the world around me. I began to be surrounded by wonderfulness when I walked through the trees in a nearby park and my heart began to feel warm when I passed a stranger smiling at me. What a wonderful gift that because I feel at home within myself; everywhere is home. I hope you enjoy this short episode and maybe my journey to feeling home may help you feel home too. Wherever you are.:)

    the podcast instagram: @ajourneywithjoypodcast

    16 min

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Being in presence is something I invited into my life a couple of years ago when I was faced with anxiety. Ever since I started this journey of mindfulness my life has began to feel grounded,…