You've got this!

Two more days and you've completed your first week of meditation and breathwork!

Let me know how you're doing, you can leave a voice message on my page here or a comment on my Facebook page. 

Congratulations! You've made it to day four (4) of meditation.

 I hope you are enjoying this so far and are finding the benefits of meditation and breathwork. 

In this episode,  I add a weekly journaling prompt.

Before Sunday, find yourself a journal you will enjoy working in. Grab your favorite pen and beverage.

I usually enjoy a nice cup of tea while I work on my journal. You can sketch, doodle, or write in your journal.

This week's prompts are

How do you feel about setting up the time to spend with yourself?

How do you feel after your first week of meditation? 

Do you notice anything different about yourself?

There are no wrong or right answers. Your journal is just for you to see, so you may answer in any way you like, however you like. You may even choose to not journal at all if you aren't ready for this step yet.

You can answer these questions daily if you like or you can think about them during the week and journal about them after you have completed your 7th day of meditation.

The nice thing about journaling is as you progress in your daily practice, you can look back and see how far you have come.

If you want to learn more about the positive benefits of journaling, you can find them in this article from PositivePsychology.com 

Welcome to Tanbo meditation, I am your host, Dawn.

In this episode, I will talk about my new format, why I changed it, and some of the benefits of meditation.

Did you know meditation can help reduce the decline of cognitive functioning and is linked to larger amounts of gray matter in the frontal areas of the brain? It is also a good way to help manage your ADHD symptoms.

More than a third of adults with ADHD use mindfulness meditation practice, and about 40% give it high ratings, according to a 2017 survey by ADDitude magazine. According to Web MD.

I am also going to talk about the book “Change Your Schedule, Change  Your Life”, which teaches you how to reset your circadian rhythm by using Ayurveda techniques to reset your sleep schedule and how it’s working for me. I will have a link for this also in the description below.

I have decided to change the format of my podcast. In order to better assist with setting up a daily meditation practice, I am going to be doing the same meditation for one (1) week intervals.

I hope you enjoyed today's meditation, see you tomorrow!

Boston University Link

Link for Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life book

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B06ZZW2QBF&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_W8D37DED6FQ8H5HB740X

I apologize for the delay in new content. 

I will be returning on Monday, March, 21 with new a new format to help people who are new to meditation start a daily practice. 

You can find my previous meditations here 

Thank you for following and I will see you on Monday!

 If you have been feeling like you lack focus, are fearful or anxious, have digestive issues, or are feeling overwhelmed, it could be that your root chakra is out of balance.

The root chakra is the 1st chakra, it is located at the base of the spine, near the tailbone. It is usually depicted as a red lotus flower with 4 petals and is associated with the Earth element, grounding, and the planet Mercury.

Some ways you can help balance your root chakra are connecting with the natural world, taking a walk outdoors, touch massage, or physical activity, such as Hatha Yoga

If you would like to listen to music while doing your meditations some suggestions are Christopher of the Wolves,

Eclipse, Into the Blue, Rising Sun, or Surrender.

You may find a comfortable seated position with your feet on the floor, or lay down in Shavasana (SHAAA VASANA) (dead man’s pose), or chose to stand.

I am going to close today’s meditation with the Sanskrit mantra, Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Which translates into Om, Peace, Peace, Peace

Today’s meditation will be a chanting meditation we will say Lam, (Lum) repeatedly for 2 minutes to help balance our root chakra.

If you would like to journal after today’s meditation today’s prompts are

I hope you enjoyed today’s meditation and join me next time for the Sacral Chakra Meditation                                                                                                                                     

Stop back and see what you missed here TanBo Meditation

Today’s Meditation will have us meeting our higher self, one of our past life incarnations, and traveling to a beach to help us remove any blocks we have that may be holding us back.

We will be looking for answers to any questions we may have that our higher selves or intuition may have the answers to.

Today’s meditation is a little longer than usual and will have some longer pauses within it.

If you would like to add journaling to your meditation today, suggestions are to journal about the places you visited and what you experienced there.

What questions did you ask?

What answers did you rec?

If you do not rec answers during this meditation directly, stay aware, they may arrive through a dream or other means throughout the day or week.

Thank you for joining me today. There will be no meditation on Wednesday but I will be back on Thursday.

Are you new to meditation?

Does the thought of sitting still give you anxiety?

Do you sit and think of all of the other things you should be doing?

Join me for today’s meditation where we will practice with just being still and giving ourselves permission to do so.

When I first started meditation a few years ago, I used to get anxiety, complete with my skin feeling like it was crawling and itchy.  I was able to practice using short moments of stillness and giving myself permission to just be still and do nothing.

I scheduled time for myself to sit and do nothing but breathe for a few minutes each day and then worked myself up to longer times from there.

I hope today’s meditation on Being Still, will help you start your journey of meditation.

Today’s journal prompts are

How did it feel to be still?

How did it feel to give yourself a few moments to sit, be still, and do nothing?

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