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This guided meditation is designed for my "Cultivating Compassion through Travel" course offered online by the Charter for Compassion.

WHEN THE COURSE IS OFFERED IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

For course participants, be sure to compete the previous activity in the Course so that you will be prepared for the meditation.

Please spend some time thinking about your intentions for travel with regard to cultivating compassion.

During this meditation, I will ask you to reflect on your overall intention regarding travel, travel and compassion, that is cultivating compassion through travel.

I will also ask you what your short term intention is for today's guided meditation that supports you in fulfilling your over all intention.

Relax and enjoy.

IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED FOR THIS COURSE, this exercise can be useful to you if you choose to cultivate compassion through travel.

Please contact me via email at [email protected] for more information about this Course.

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Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we're doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what's going on around us.

This meditation is designed to experience, embrace, and practice mindfulness.

When we are mindful, our mind is fully attending to what is happening, to what we are doing.

The benefits of mindfulness include:

• Higher brain functioning
• A sense of well-being.
• Increased immune function
• Lowered blood pressure
• Lowered heart rate
• Increased awareness
• Increased clarity in thinking and perception
• Lowered anxiety levels
• Experience of being calm and internally still
• Experience of feeling connected
• Self Compassion

As with meditation, mindfulness is in our control. Take a few minutes to in take part in this meditation which is actually an activity for my Chart for Compassion course, entitled "Cultivating Compassion through Travel."

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This podcast is one in a series of podcasts designed especially for my "Cultivating Compassion through Travel" online course, which will be offered by the Charter for Compassion.

This is a simple guided meditation for Giving and Receiving Compassion. It is designed to allow for relaxation and absorption of self-compassion and compassion for others, such as friends, person(s) you know who may be struggling, and/or to more than one person.

Compassion is so important in our lives. It enables the infinite capacity of human kindness and creativity to relieve suffering, connect us to ourselves and to each other, create justice, heal our planet, and protect the natural world with all its inhabitants.

Here is a brief introduction to "Cultivating Compassion through Travel":

"Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind." — Anthony Bourdain

Travel, it is well known, is transformative in a variety of ways. However, for significant, meaningful transformation, the traveler must have an open heart. That is, a heart receptive to tolerance, empathy, appreciation and, ultimately, compassion for others and the cultures in which they live. Without this, travel is mere sight seeing...a missed opportunity to embrace our complicated, challenging world and to learn to love one another.

This course will take participants through processes that bring awareness to any personal biases regarding practices and ideals of other countries, work through those thoughts to break through fears and/or negative views and see, more clearly, that people and cultures from all over the world, often are very much the same. They want to be happy, healthy and safe. All people want to take good care of their children so they also can lead happy lives, now and in the future.

"Cultivating Compassion through Travel" will be offered in the fall of 2019. Fee: $25

For information, please email me at [email protected]

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This episode provides a glimpse of my challenges having faced 4 eye surgeries, which reduced my perfect vision of 20/20 to 80 percent loss of vision. And, my vision deterioration was not over and stress and worry consumed me to the point that my blood pressure skyrocketed into the danger zone.

I HAD to address my brain-screaming fear. I HAD to get control back before my blood pressure problems seeped over and created havoc in other parts of my body.

Of course, the thought of THAT only caused my blood pressure sore even higher.

Meditation was an answer, but I had never, every been successful.

I found an answer.

Here is the link I used to acquire meditation success. There are others, of course.

I suggest to listen to a previous episode entitled, "The Anatomy of My Eye" to get an understanding of the series of surgeries that I had face.

So many people I know are having eye problems. Are you? Tell me about it at [email protected]

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The Mediterranean coastline is known as the Italian Riviera, includes Cinque Terre and Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure, as well as Sanremo. And then, there is Genoa, birthplace of Christopher Columbus, and gateway to the sea.

Twenty-five miles north of Genoa, deep into the Liguria Alps is a small village of a mere 2000 residents: Rossiglione.

I arrived in Rossiglione by bus from Genoa and settled in my Airbnb B&B, housed in a narrow 5 story building, originally built in 1700 in the commercial/industrial area of the village and ultimately abandoned and left vacant for years.

In this episode, I talk about this tiny village, my Airbnb hosts, and a typical lost in translation confusion.

Enjoy!

(For more pictures of this lovely community, click here.)

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Thank you for listening! And, happy new year!

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This episode is an excerpt from my book, "The Essential Guide to a Life of Travel: the ABC's of International Travel." While this reading is about my experiences in this lovely Italian city, it is also about compassion.

I meet Bernard at a Puccini concert. His small, but kind gesture of compassion began our friendship. We remain friends today.

"Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer." Rachael Joy Scott

You may want to read a related blog, capturing our excursion to Barga, Italy.

Go HERE for a copy of "The Essential Guide to a Life of Travel: the ABC's of International Travel."

Thank you so much for listening.

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Listen to this informative podcast about Quito, Ecuador. I share some confessions and discuss Quito facts, as well as fun personal stories, especially about meeting Lea (above) and her family.

For a pictoral view, access DiannAbroad.com Contact me at [email protected].

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This episode is a RErelease of my second episode that I recorded in Quito, Ecuador in Februay of 2017. But, still useful to travelers everywhere. I discuss nine items I use every single day when I travel. I can't do without them. People are always asking me all sorts of questions about my adventures, including what do I use for this, what do I use for that, etc. My podcast show is an effort to respond to all of those questions.

Take a listen to hear some answers. And, please comment and tell me what YOU would like to hear.

And, I would appreciate it if you would subscribe, comments, share and/or forward.

Want more information? Access my website DiannAbroad and click here to sign up for my newsletter, chockful of information about my adventures, links to my podcasts and blog, as well as excerpt from my soon-to-be-released novel, "Just a Girl."

I look forward to hearing from you. Contact me at [email protected].

Thanks so much! Diann

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Diann reads from her women's-literature-genre book, "Just A Girl: A coming-of-age novel about innocence, isolation, love, heartbreak, and discernment. Chapter 22 marks the middle of the story about Paula. This chapter tells of the story of Paula's father when he is suddenly taken ill.

"Just A Girl" was ranked 6th best coming-of-age fiction by Amazon in 2017.

You can purchase on Amazon, both in paperback and ebook formats.

"Just A Girl" is also available at these fine independent bookstores:

• Story and Song, Amelia Island, FL
• Phoenix and Dragon, Altanta, GA

Diann also discusses her photo ebook that has some of her favorite photos taken as she traveled in 40 countries and 5 continents. To get your copy, simply email her at [email protected] and type "FREE Ebook" in the subject line.

Please subscribe to her "In the KNOW!" podcast show. Also, please comment and send to your friends. I hope you enjoyed this episode. Thank you so much for listening.

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Do you know about myopia?

Do you know it can affect more than just the quality of your eye sight?

Do you know it can affect the health of the retina?

Do you know a frequent error that occurs during cataract surgery?

Do you know that frequent error can serverely affect the health of the retina?

I learned from my eye doctor in Prishtina, Kosovo, what my eye doctor in Amelia Island, Florida, failed to tell me about myopia, cataract surgery, and potential retina complications....complications that can cause loss of sight.

This informative and dramatic podcast details my experiences from Madrid to Kosovo and...how many times I came close to losing my sight.

And, note, unfortunately, the story continues after this podcast, first released in early 2018.

Watch for a follow up podcast on this channel.

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