Resilience & Grace

In episode #60, Mary shares one of her favorite yoga nidra practices called "Restful Nurturance." You will move through the different stages of this practice drawing yourself deeper into a state of rest. 

Yoga nidra offers many benefits including time to rest and recharge, detach from negative emotions, move into transformation and expansion, and enhance sensitivity to prana or energy. You can read a short blog post about yoga nidra benefits. Read more. 

Next month I will share the importance of practicing Grace. Tune in on December 6th when I release episode #61.

Please join me on the cushion or yoga mat for additional opportunities to practice with me.  Check out the classes I teach online at studio.mary-mccarthy.com

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Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. Peace.

In episode #59, Mary shares her experience of how resilience has been a part of her journey, helping her continue to show up and persevere. She explains why cultivating resilience may be more beneficial than searching for happiness.

Resilience is your ability to withstand or recover quickly from setbacks or difficult conditions.

Resilience is a skill.

Benefits of Resilience:

• Increases your chances of success
• Gives a sense of independence, self-efficacy, and self-worth
• Positively correlates with physical health, morale, and life satisfaction
• Offers you a more positive outlook on life
• Makes you less prone to anxiety and depression
• Promotes successful aging

How can you cultivate Resilience?

1. Connect
2. Remember Your Why
3. Listen and Feel
4. Rebalance
5. Recharge

If you are interested in learning more about Cultivating Personal Resilience and would like to include this topic in your next training or add it to your next conference or convention lineup, please contact me. I speak and educate groups and individuals on the importance of resilience and how it helps combat stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue.

Learn more at www.mary-mccarthy.com

 In episode #58, Mary shares a meditation from Kristen Neff's book, Fierce Self-Compassion. The meditation is titled, Breathing Yin & Yang.

In Ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang is a concept of dualism, describing how opposite forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world.

Yin represents grounded Earth energy: It is receptive, cool, dark, and tied to the moon, the oceans, and the shade. It is usually associated with feminine energy.

Yang represents the sun: It is light, expansive, and usually associated with masculine energy.

When we balance the opposing but complementary forces of yin and yang in our modern lives, we can achieve more vibrant and sustainable health.

Connect with Mary and practice yoga or meditation online. You can also work with Mary one-on-one. Mary is a wellness coach inviting individuals to experience how clarity of purpose transforms and enhances your personal journey and creates a pathway to living the best version of your life possible. Schedule a complimentary discovery session and learn more about all of Mary's offerings on her website: www.mary-mccarthy.com

Yoga is a journey. It invites us to explore our heart's desire while connecting our mind, body, and spirit. It inspires us to be present with where we are in life right now. Your yoga practice can last a lifetime.

Mary shares the many benefits of yoga in this podcast episode. Listen to the variety of physical, mental, and spiritual benefits experienced once you roll out your yoga mat or sit down to meditate and breathe.

You can practice yoga online with Mary. She offers weekly mixed-level, gentle, and chair yoga classes. She also teaches a weekly yin class. You can take a look at all of her offerings on her online studio website: studio.mary-mccarthy.com

You can learn more about Mary on her website www.mary-mccarthy.com

Please subscribe and leave a review. The next episode is a meditation balancing the yin and yang energy within. 

There are many ways to meditate. Bringing your awareness to the center of the mind, also known as the 3rd eye center, can help bring stillness to the mind and break the distractions or thoughts racing through your consciousness.

Take a moment to pause and feel light radiate from the center of the mind. You will leave this meditation feeling a deeper sense of peace and ease.

To learn more about my offerings, please go to my website www.mary-mccarthy.com or follow me on social media @mmresilienceandgrace

Be sure to check out my updated website launching Wednesday, October 6, 2021. 

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti (peace)

Welcome to season #4! I am kicking off a new season at the start of a new season, fall. Fall brings the start of many shifting seasonal transitions. First, it is back to school, then comes weather changes and shorter daylight hours, and finally, we begin to move into the fall and winter holidays.

My business is also going through a transition. Over the past few months, I have been working with a team of professionals to help me create a new website and online studio. Running Robots will host my website and hey, Marvelous will host my online studio. My new website (same URL: www.mary-mccarthy.com) will look and feel different. I am so excited (and nervous) to share these changes with all of you! In addition to my online classes, I am now offering individual and group wellness coaching, online courses, and presentations on a variety of wellness topics. Make sure to check it out and follow me on Instagram and Facebook for special sneak peeks before the big reveal.

In this episode, I share seven tips on how you can successfully navigate transitions with resilience and grace. Whatever it is that you need, offer the gift of self-compassion and loving-kindness to yourself and take time to listen to the subtle, intuitive messages from your everyday life guiding you along the way.

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A term known as "languishing" has been coined by a sociologist named Corey Keyes. Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It is the neglected middle child of mental health. An antidote to this "meh" attitude is a concept called, "flow." We can move from languishing to flourishing when we give ourselves blocks of uninterrupted time inviting ourselves to be present in the moment. A regular yoga and meditation practice can give us opportunities to practice present-moment awareness.

Click here to read the New York Times article on Languishing.

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This episode wraps up season #3. Mary will begin season #4 later this summer after she has launched her updated website and online class platform with Namastream. 

This yoga nidra practice is based on the ancient technique called, Shitali Karana. You will be moving awareness on the effortless flow of your breath. 

The benefits of this yoga nidra practice provide an energetic rest, enhancing sensitivity to prana and the pranamaya kosha. A feeling of transformation and expansion can happen and detachment from negative emotions. 

You will deepen your relaxation and surrender to each breath. Emptying and letting go with each exhale and filling or renewing with each inhale. 

Many of our daily routines have been restricted or modified over the past year during the coronavirus pandemic. It can be difficult to find the motivation and the time to exercise. It is no longer just the "Freshman 15" but now many are experiencing the "Quarantine 15" which grew to the “COVID 19." Finding time to exercise or maintaining an exercise routine at home can seem more like a chore than something we want to do. However, exercise is one of the most powerful tools we have for staying physically and mentally healthy.

Mary shares tips on how to incorporate more movement into your daily routine.
April is Move More Month.

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The Manipura Chakra is located in the navel center. This special gem is our center for insight, intuition, and inner illumination. Hold your attention in the abdomen as you simply observe the belly expand and contract increasing energy and life force to the navel center.