How much baggage - physical, emotional or metaphorical - is dragging you down? What judgements, worries and fears are dictating your life without being valid? Where are you losing precious time and energy every day? This week, we are setting the intention to release anything that is not serving us. We have come to a great precipice of life, and we can either remain stagnant or move forward. Tune in to take the leap - your life is waiting for you.

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Today’s Feel-Good Friday episode features a poem titled, “And the People Stayed Home” by Kitty O’Meara. This poem was written during this pandemic, and beautifully portrays how we can use this time as an opportunity to heal and change the world. On the days you begin to feel hopeless, come back to this poem again and again. It will remind you of the power of community, and that we are all healing in different ways - and the earth is healing with us.

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What did this pandemic bring you that you are immensely grateful for? Are you learning a new skill, such as gardening, that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise? Did you start a new routine or practice that you could never make time for before? Are you connecting with your family on a deeper level than your regular day-to-day life allowed? Although we are in a time of change and uncertainty, that is also where growth happens. Tune in to find your own silver lining.

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At any time of the day, you have the ability to place your hands on your heart, to close your eyes, and to find your way to the present moment. The purpose of our meditation practice is to simply allow ourselves to be - to be objective observers of our thoughts, emotions and sensations. Today’s practice will help you bear witness to what is unfolding in the here and now - a place where there are no judgments and no labels. Tune in to feel it all, and know that this too shall pass. 

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Take some time today to contemplate what is weighing heavy on your heart. Is there something unspoken inside of you that you need to get off your chest? Maybe you are navigating a tricky relationship and have to set a boundary. Maybe you’ve recently had a big realization about yourself and your actions are not yet in alignment with your soul. Maybe you feel passionate about a global issue and need to raise your voice for a cause. Whatever it may be, today is the day to work through it - but don’t forget to do it as lovingly as possible. Tune in to hear the first step.

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The past few weeks have been wild, erratic, and filled with emotions across the entire spectrum. Every feeling is being felt more deeply than usual - but how often are we feeling genuinely peaceful? This week, remind yourself of the importance of staying calm and grounded, and set the intention to make peace of mind a priority. What is keeping you up at night? What struggle are you facing? How can you make peace with it and put your mind at ease? Tune in as Rachel shares how to find peace of mind, and how to come back to it again and again in those moments that you need it most.

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This week brought with it a new moon in Taurus, an earth sign, reminding us of the importance of our connection to this planet. For our self-care practice today, we are going to commune with nature on a very deep level. If you are in isolation or lockdown, there are still ways to do that! Mother Earth is present even when you can’t go outside. Tune in as Rachel shares the importance of connecting with nature during this time, and exactly how to do it. If we surrender ourselves to this earth, we will come to realize that it has been carrying us through everything.

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We are all experiencing an overarching feeling of difficulty right now, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still facing everyday, ordinary challenges too. Struggles can find their way into our lives in many different ways - but so can gratitude. When we look back on our past struggles, there is usually a nugget of gold hidden within it. For today’s episode, we are contemplating and connecting to the challenges we face on an ordinary, day-to-day level, and searching for the silver linings within. There is always light in the dark, and by acknowledging the smaller moments of gratitude, we can deeply appreciate the bigger ones when they arrive.

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As you anchor into your meditation practice today, turn your awareness to your breath. More specifically, focus only on your exhales. Allow your inhales to be wide, open, empty spaces, directing your attention to the quality, the length, and the feeling of your breaths out. As Rachel guides you through this practice, you may realize that your breath is growing deeper, your shoulders are dropping, and your face is softening. You are being drawn into the present moment through the power of your breath. Tune in to begin.

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Do you feel unmotivated? Sluggish? Are you having a hard time getting yourself off the couch? What could be holding you back is a lack of connection to your body. Are you forcing yourself to do something you don’t actually need? In today’s episode, Rachel shares how to check in with yourself and become present enough to know exactly what your body is craving. Some days we need to rest and move slowly. Other days, we need to get off the couch - and we can only do that if it’s coming from the right place. What day are you having today? Tune in to let go of any guilt and connect to what is true for you.

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