Our Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety

For most of us, we operate with some level of “I am not ok; this moment needs to be FIXED” more often than not. We are continually editing the story of our lives, and we do it in a thick, red Sharpie. With slashes across the page, giant X’s through words/moments/experiences and lots of notes in the margins…

Now, imagine for a moment you simply chose to throw away your Sharpies. Truly, you click the cap back on and dump them (ALL of them) in the trash can. How would that feel? How would it be to simply decide you are ok in this moment and all the moments of your life?

This meditation is 8 minutes long and appropriate for all levels. For more information about my meditations, class schedule and upcoming events, visit merylarnett.com

Last night, I had the incredible privilege of attending Sacred Thread Yoga's One Year Anniversary celebration. The celebration was a night of sweetness: a free yoga class taught by the beautiful Deborah Quibell and then chai, sweets and community afterwards. As a teacher at Sacred Thread, Deborah asked all of us to record "an invitation" that we would like to share with yoga community during this class. She wove all of our invitations into the evening's playlist for one of the sweetest yoga classes I've ever attended. Every time I heard one of my fellow teachers' voices, my eyes filled with tears and my practice moved another layer deeper.

The request for an invitation caught me a bit off guard though, I was spending the weekend with a girlfriend and wasn't at home with my usual resources of yoga books, journals and saved quotes to inspire me. As I sat on my friend's couch reflecting over the weekend and wondering what I would share in class this week, my eyes fell on a beautiful piece of art created by another dear friend.

"Here's my thanks to the monster that didn't succeed in swallowing me alive." Created by Laura Martin

And as simple as that, I pulled out my phone and recorded an invitation for you:

An Invitation for You