The Aligned Actor

What are you putting up with in your life?

😒 The burned out light bulb in the kitchen.

🤪 All the clutter on the dining room table.

😩 The sink that never drains.

How much better would you feel if those things were no longer present in your life?

You will be amazed at the amount of renewed energy and relief you will get by getting “that thing” taken care of.

Give it a try!

Video Transcript

I just started my walk. There's something in my shoe.

So I'm going to stop my walk and I'm going to get that thing out of my shoe.

[30 seconds later]

So much better!

Now, I probably could have just powered through that.

It wasn't that annoying and I could kind of like feel that it would move to places in my shoe where it like wasn't as annoying and it wasn't bothering me as much.

But there were a couple of times where I would step and I'd be like, “Oooo! Ugh!” and that kept happening.

And then I kept anticipating it and thinking it was going to happen again.

And that was kind of a buzzkill for my nice walk here.

So as slightly annoying as it was to have to sit down for a second, take off my shoe, find the tiny little pebble that was in my shoe and get rid of it it was totally worth it.

Because, yeah, as humans we're pretty adaptable.

We can put up with a lot. We can adjust how we live our lives to tolerate a lot of things. We did it for like three or four years in a global pandemic, right?

We're still kind of doing it, which is a really good skill to have.

AND it can get us into trouble when we're continuing to tolerate things that we could just very easily take care of.

So my question to you is, What's your pebble in your shoe?

What's the thing that you're tolerating that it would be slightly annoying to have to sit down on the curb and get it out of your shoe, but it would so be worth it to get it out of your shoe what's the thing in your shoe?

Go take care of it.

It's worth it.

You're worth it. 💖

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

When we practice mindfulness meditation we choose to place our attention and focus on our breath.

Other things may be present in the moment around us and within us (thoughts, sensations, sounds, etc), but we choose to keep our focus on our breath.

We don’t have to fight with those “distractions.”

We can just allow them, notice them, witness them.

And then choose to bring our focus back to our breath.

How might selective focus help you in other areas of your life?

Join me for weekly mindfulness!

In addition to these Mindful Moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the same day, so even if you can’t make it live, you can still enjoy some guided mindfulness.

Audio Transcript

Welcome to your mindful moment.

Go ahead and find a comfortable position for your body, and start to focus on the sensations that you experience as you breathe in and as you breathe out.

And as you start to focus on your breath and whatever that experience is like for you today, go ahead and allow your body to relax further and further, more and more with each breath.

And as you witness each inhale and each exhale, see if you can notice what it feels like in your body when you breathe.

So notice how your body moves as you take an inhale.

And notice how your body moves as you release an exhale.

Just noticing your unique breath cycle and the impact that it has on your unique body.

And as you notice the sensations that you experience as you breathe, also start to notice the overall general effect of breathing on your body.

Because maybe you're starting to feel more relaxed.

Maybe you're starting to feel just a little bit more calm in body and mind.

And it's nice to notice what your breath is capable of doing for your body.

And of course, as you witness your breath and focus on that experience, there may be other things present in your present moment.

There may be sounds.

There may be thoughts or moods happening in your mind.

And you don't need to fight with any of those.

You can just notice them, and gently choose to bring your focus back to your breath.

Anything that you notice within you and around you is just part of your present moment experience.

And it's good to notice what's happening in the present moment.

That's mindfulness.

And the practice of mindfulness that we're doing here today is just about noticing any distracting thoughts or sounds around you, and then choosing to just let those be there while you bring your attention and your focus back to your breath.

Right now, you're choosing where to place your focus.

You're practicing selective focus.

And that practice is going to serve you in the rest of your life.

You're going to be able to notice and witness and become aware of thoughts in your mind, distracting things around you maybe, and then choose whether you want to stay engaged with those things or if you want to lovingly and gently shift your focus to something that serves you better.

That's the practice of mindfulness.

Just noticing and witnessing and practicing your awareness and your focus.

And now I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close, but as always, please feel free to remain in mindful meditation for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

Today I wanted to share something I’ve really been enjoying in my life recently.

A quiet, mindful walk.

But I don’t want to just tell you about it, but really share it with you by guiding you through the experience of a mindful walk for yourself.

And if you enjoy this mindful walk experience, you should really check out my weekly mindfulness group, Mindful Creators. I guide two mindfulness practices for the group, and then email out the recordings of those practices if you can’t make it live.

It’s all free! Truly a great deal if you want to experience more mindfulness in your life.

Audio Transcript

Hello there and welcome.

I just wanted to let you know right up top that this is a different kind of podcast-y audio experience.

It's going to be half podcast-y type stuff, me talking about a recent experience and how it's benefiting me. And then I'm actually going to guide you in experiencing the same thing for yourself.

And the thing is a mindful walk.

So if you would like to take the full experience of what I'm offering today, I suggest listening to this while you're out on a walk or or getting ready for a walk, and then making sure that you're on a walk or something, we'll get into that a little bit later, that you can adjust this to fit your needs, you know, when we get to that actual part, I'm going to guide you in that experience.

So, you know, you should be out doing that. But obviously, you know, make this work for you. But that's just my suggestion. If you want the full experience, go ahead and start preparing yourself for that now.

So as I just said, so lately I've been enjoying quiet, mindful walks around my neighborhood.

And I actually did a video about this recently where I talked about taking a dog walk.

Walk around your neighborhood with or without your dog and experience your neighborhood, experience your walk like a dog does.

Because the dog doesn't listen to any doggy podcasts or doggy playlists.

The doggy just sniffs the world, and looks at the world, and barks at the world, and all of that kind of stuff, and just experiences the world and totally loves it.

It's a very sensory experience for the dog. He's enjoying everything, my dog is at least.

Why not do that for ourselves as humans?

When I'm on these quiet walks, I'm not listening to music. I'm not listening to a podcast. I'm just listening to and experiencing my neighborhood.

I listen to the birds and the bees and the dogs and construction that's going on in my neighborhood and cars going to and fro.

And it's really nice.

And it actually becomes a full sensory experience, much like a dog experiences.

I also smell my neighborhood, not in the same way I'd say as my dog where I'm like actively sniffing everything, but I certainly notice and observe the general smells as I walk. If I see a particularly interesting flower or plant, I smell that.

I also obviously look at stuff in my neighborhood, observing things and taking in things through my eyes.

And I can feel the air. I can feel my clothes on my body. I can feel the sunlight when it's present. Sometimes I can feel the texture of a plant or a rock or something like that.

And I usually have my coffee beverage with me, so I'm usually tasting something delicious as well as I walk.

So it really does become a full sensory experience.

It's a way to do a mindful walk, but it's not necessarily mindfulness of walking per se, because I'm not intentionally holding my awareness and attention on my feet and the experience and movement of walking, but I'm staying present to what's around me on my walk and present to the thoughts that come up as I walk.

And just staying present to my present experience.

And that, in and of itself, is mindfulness.

And sometimes I get really great creative ideas while I'm walking, which is also nice.

But mostly, it's just a peaceful, quiet experience. And the world honestly feels slower, certainly slower than it ever does online or on TV.

I just see people walking their dogs.

I see people going to work.

I see people working.

It feels like an easy, calm pace.

The world feels slower.

And I find that very, very calming.

Especially when so much of our world and our experience of the world right now feels so chaotic.

So because I've been enjoying this way of walking and being mindfully in the world so much and finding it so calming, I decided to share a guided experience of that with you.

That's what we're going to be doing for the rest of this podcast-y audio experience.

I'm going to start guiding you on a quiet, mindful walk and then when the audio ends, you can keep practicing on your own.

If you want to experience this mindful walk in all of its glory, this is the time to lace up your walking shoes and head out the door.

And honestly when I say “walk” you can make that work for you.

So you could also just go sit outside, you could sit inside and do this. You can use a wheelchair to do this. You could be on a bike or a scooter. You can take a run. Good for you.

You could probably even be driving. Because I'm just going to be guiding you to be fully present to your experience, but use your best judgment on that one, so take care of you, but basically at the end of the day, make this work for you feel free to adjust it to suit your needs. Even if my words reference examples of things that are not part of your present moment experience, you're smart. You can make this fit your needs.

If you need a moment to get ready just go ahead and pause this recording and start it back up again when you're ready.

Okay, so I'm assuming now that you're ready.

And to start off your mindful experience, I just want you to find your breath and just tune into that sensation.

So just see what your breath is doing right now in this present moment.

What does it feel like to breathe in?

What does it feel like to breathe out?

Just experience breathing right now.

And as you continue to experience your breath, I now invite you to tune in to the experience of your body.

And even though you may be moving, I want you to make your body as relaxed and as comfortable as possible.

So just go ahead and set the intention of relaxation and let that settle into your body in whatever way it does for you.

And now as you're walking comfortably and experiencing your breath in this present moment, start to notice the world around you.

Go ahead and take in whatever you see, observing it with curiosity, and maybe even observing it with wonder.

Go ahead and let your world delight you.

And now as you're taking in the world around you, what do you hear?

How many different sounds can you notice as you continue to walk and breathe in this present moment?

And now go ahead and take a whiff of the air and see what smells you notice in your world.

And if a plant or flower has caught your eye, you could go ahead and smell that.

Just go ahead and experience whatever the world has to offer you in the way of smells in this present moment.

And now can you feel the air around you?

What does that feel like? Or even can you feel the clothes on your body as you move and breathe in this moment?

Maybe there's even an interesting plant or other textured surface that you want to experience.

Just walking and breathing in this present moment, mindfully experiencing the world around you with all your senses.

Look and listen.

Smell and feel and taste, as works best for you.

Again, just mindfully experiencing yourself and the world around you as you move through it.

I'm going to sign off for now, but I encourage you to continue your quiet, mindful walk on your own and just see what you experience as the present moment continues to unfold around you today.

Enjoy!

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

The only way to get better at anything is to practice.

Practice.

Practice.

Practice.

That’s what we do in these mindful moments.

We practice.

We practice focusing.

We practice noticing.

And practicing here makes it easier and easier for us to focus and notice in the rest of our lives.

And speaking of practicing…

In addition to these Mindful Moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the same day, so even if you can’t make it live, you can still enjoy some guided mindfulness.

Audio Transcription

Welcome to this mindful moment.

Go ahead and find a comfortable position for your body.

Allow your body to relax into whatever surface is supporting you today.

As you allow your body to relax, start to bring your attention and your focus to the experience of your breath.

Just noticing your inhales and your exhales.

Just seeing what it feels like to breathe, right here in this present moment.

And as you focus on your breath, noticing that experience, being really curious about that experience, of course, other things may come up in your present moment.

There may be thoughts that try to steal your attention.

There may be sounds around you that want your focus.

And you can just acknowledge those, witness them as part of your present moment, and then mindfully choose to bring your attention and your focus back to the experience of your breath.

As we practice mindful meditation, we're in control and we get to choose where our attention goes.

And the more we practice mindful meditation and choosing to keep our attention and our focus on our breath, and let everything else, all the other distractions be there, but choosing not to engage with them in the same way we might ordinarily, the easier and easier it becomes to be selective about our focus and be mindful about different distractions and things that come up in the rest of our life.

Mindfulness is a wonderful calming practice of self-care and it also gives us a chance to practice our focus and practice noticing the things around us.

The thoughts in our mind.

Noticing whatever we want to witness.

But noticing it with curiosity, and not just reacting to it in impulse.

But noticing it mindfully, witnessing it, acknowledging it.

And then, right now, in meditation, choosing to let it be there while we bring our attention back to our breath.

This is just a practice.

It's something that we do over and over and over again.

And as we continue to practice, it becomes easier and easier to notice things but not engage with them in the same way we used to.

To instead engage with them mindfully, and know when it is that we want to take our attention off of them and put our attention and focus elsewhere.

So just staying with our breath, noticing whatever we notice in our mind, our body, or around us, and then choosing to gently bring our attention back to our breath.

I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close today, but please feel free to remain in mindful meditation for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

Mindful meditation is a beautiful cycle.

Focus on your breath.

Notice whatever you notice (without attaching to it).

If you notice that your mind has wandered away from your breath and is focused on something else, gently guide your focus back to your breath.

The full cycle is mindfulness, not just the part where you’re focused on your breath.

You’re not “getting it right” when you’re focused on your breath and “getting it wrong” when your mind wanders.

You’re getting it right the whole time.

Yes. The WHOLE TIME.

Join me for weekly mindfulness!

If you want even more mindfulness, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the same day, so even if you can’t make it live, you can still enjoy some guided mindfulness.

Audio Transcript

Welcome to your mindful moment.

Go ahead and settle your body.

Find a comfortable position for yourself today.

And as you start to allow your body to relax into the surface that's supporting you, go ahead and find your breath.

Just starting to notice what it feels like to breathe in and breathe out in this moment, focusing on the experience of breathing.

Just noticing your inhales and your exhales.

Whatever your breath is doing right here right now, focus on that.

And then, of course, there are other things probably present in this moment with you.

Maybe there are thoughts or sounds around you.

And as those come up, you can just notice them, acknowledge them, and then gently choose to bring your attention and your focus back to your breath.

Back to the experience of breathing.

Just noticing what it feels like to breathe today, and witnessing your unique experience of this present moment, acknowledging and noticing whatever comes up in your mind, sensations in the body, things you become aware of around you.

You can notice all of that.

That's all part of your present moment.

And then you can gently and lovingly guide yourself back to your breath.

Noticing once again the inhales and the exhales, practicing this cycle over and over and over again.

Focusing on your breath, noticing what comes up, gently guiding yourself back to your breath, focusing on that cycle with curiosity and non-judgment.

That cycle is mindfulness.

You are practicing mindfulness right now and you're doing a wonderful job just stay with your breath, focusing on that experience, and guiding yourself lovingly and gently back to that experience anytime your mind wanders off.

That's mindfulness.

And now I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close, but please feel free to remain in mindful meditation for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

It’s so easy to get caught up in our thoughts and miss the present moment. The process of thinking is of course part of our present moment experience, but today, we’re going to open ourselves up to our whole experience.

And if you’re enjoying these weekly mindful moments, you should really check out my weekly mindfulness group, Mindful Creators. I guide two mindfulness practices for the group, and then email out the recordings of those practices if you can’t make it live.

And it’s all free! Truly a great deal if you want to experience more mindfulness in your life.

Audio Transcription

Welcome to your mindful moment.

Go ahead and settle your body somewhere comfortable.

Start to tune into your breath and just notice what it's doing right now in this moment.

Feeling the delicious inhales as they come.

Feeling the relieving exhales as those happen.

Just mindfully noticing the experience of the breath, however it exists in this present moment.

And now bringing mindful awareness to your body and the experience of your body in this moment.

And if you notice any areas of tension or dis-ease, go ahead and lovingly send your breath to those areas with the intention of allowing those areas to further release and relax.

And as you continue to breathe and experience your breath and experience your continually relaxing body, see what's present in your mind today.

Is your mind very active, full of thoughts? That's okay, and for now, you can choose to gently release those thoughts.

Let go of your awareness and focus intently on those thoughts. Let go of that.

And choose to bring your awareness and your focus fully to your breath and your experience of the present moment.

And truthfully, any activity in your mind is just part of your present moment experience.

But I think we tend to hold so much focus and awareness on our thoughts that we lose out on the rest of our present moment experience.

And so for now, let's just practice letting that mind stuff be with us, be a part of our experience, but not our whole experience.

Your breath is part of your present moment experience.

Your body is part of your present moment experience.

So just lovingly observe your present moment experience.

I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close, but feel free to remain in mindful meditation, focusing on your breath, enjoying your experience, observing your experience for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

Gratitude is a great practice to cultivate in life. The more we pause to appreciate the good things in life, the more good things we tend to find.

Let’s practice gratitude today in our mindful moment.

Join me for weekly mindfulness!

In addition to these mindful moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the same day, so even if you can’t make it live, you can still enjoy some guided mindfulness.

Audio Transcript

Welcome to your mindful moment.

For today's meditation, we're going to practice gratitude.

Practicing gratitude is a great way to focus your mind on the good things in life.

And the more we practice looking for and finding and acknowledging all the good things that we have and that we love in our life, the more good things, the more things to love, we tend to find in general.

So this is a chance for you to connect to your breath.

Find presence right here in this moment and connect to your life with gratitude.

So go ahead and get comfortable.

Start to focus on your breath, noticing how it feels to have air moving in and out of your body, noticing what it feels like to breathe today.

And to start our gratitude practice, can you feel grateful for your breath?

Can you find appreciation and enjoyment right here in this moment as you experience your body breathing?

And now as you continue to focus on your breath, go ahead and let your mind show you all the beautiful moments in your day-to-day life.

What's enjoyable in your day?

What do you love in your life?

If it helps, you can even think the phrase, “I love…” and then fill in the blank with all the things, all the creatures, all the people that you love, all the moments from lattes to laughing with friends.

What do you love?

What do you feel grateful for today?

Just let your mind play with that idea play and express gratitude in your mind in whatever way works for you best today.

Big things, small things, love up on all of it

And now I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close, but please feel free to remain in mindful meditation, practicing gratitude, expressing love and appreciation for anything and everything that you want for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

This one goes out to all my actor pals. 🎭

But even if you’re not an actor, this video still applies to you. 🤗

I read a Martha Graham quote that at its heart speaks to the unique self expression that we were each born into this world to fulfill.

And if you’re curious what the heck “Self Tape May” is, it is a free challenge created by Audrey Moore, host of the podcast Audrey Helps Actors. Each May, actors attempt to complete 16 mock self tape auditions as a way to practice their audition skills.

Video Transcript

Okay, so I'm not doing Self Tape May.

But I admire every actor that is doing Self Tape May. You are all awesome, and you are crushing it, and I'm so proud of you.

And also, I just admire and love actors in general because what we do is not easy.

The acting part isn't easy. There's a lot of skill that goes into that.

And then the dealing with the roller coaster of being an actor is really hard.

And so if you've chosen this crazy-making profession, you are brave and you are awesome and you are amazing. And what I would like to offer you is a Martha Graham quote.

This is my offering for Self Tape May and I love you.

I love you actors.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action.

And because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.

And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.

The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable, nor how it compares with other expressions.

It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly.

To keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.

You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you.

Keep the channel open.

No artist is pleased.

There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.

There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction.

A blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Happy Self Tape May!

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

When you distill mindfulness down to its most basic elements, it’s just breathing and noticing.

Noticing the breath, noticing the mind, noticing the body, noticing whatever is happening around you.

Noticing your present moment experience.

That’s what we’re doing in our mindful moment today. Enjoy!

Join me for weekly mindfulness!

In addition to these mindful moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the same day, so even if you can’t make it live, you can still enjoy some guided mindfulness.

Audio Transcript

Welcome to your mindful moment.

This is a chance for you to practice connecting to your breath, finding stillness in your body, bringing awareness to whatever is happening within you and around you.

Just practicing general mindful meditation.

So I invite you now to just find a comfortable position for your body.

Start to tune into the sensation of your breath.

Notice what it feels like to take air into your body and then to release air out of your body.

Just notice what breathing feels like for you right now in this present moment.

You may notice that your breath deepens as you focus on it.

You may notice that each breath is unique.

Some breaths are more shallow.

Some breaths are longer and deeper.

Each breath is like a snowflake.

And so you can bring your mindful curiosity to this act of breathing as you observe what it feels like to be in your body breathing.

And then as you focus on your breathing and notice each breath, there are other things present in this moment.

You may hear sounds.

You may notice activity in the mind.

There may be thoughts that are trying to get your attention.

And all of that is fine.

All of that is just part of your present moment experience.

And so to practice mindfulness, you can just notice those things.

You can notice the thoughts without pushing them away, without attaching to them and following them where they want to go.

You can just notice, “Ah, thinking. Lots of thinking is happening.

Or, “Hmm, sounds. Sounds are happening around me. I acknowledge those things as part of my present moment experience, and I choose to bring my attention and my focus back to the experience of breathing.”

So in mindful meditation, we're just observing our present moment experience and choosing as our anchor to keep our focus on our breath.

So maybe we can think to ourselves, “As I breathe in, I notice activity in my mind.”

“As I breathe, I notice the sounds of cars going by.”

Just noticing and breathing.

Breathing and noticing.

So now I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close, but as always, feel free to continue your mindful meditation, breathing and noticing for as long as you like.

Have a great day.

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedactor.substack.com

As you know, mindfulness is my jam. (I especially love it on toast! Ba dum bum. 🤣)

Anyway, this video presents a fun twist on a mindful walk. I’ve been walking like this a lot lately and I’m finding it very calming and relaxing.

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Video Transcript

Okay, I have an idea for you.

Take a dog walk.

And I don't mean put your dog on a leash and take it out for a walk while you listen to a podcast.

I mean you be the dog.

Now, maybe don't peer poop on anything, but interact with the world through your senses.

So dogs primarily are scent-driven. And humans, less so.

But still, smell things.

Look at things.

Listen to things.

But without these, get rid of these. [pointing to headphones]

Just interact with the world with wonder and curiosity.

Like a dog.

They don't need podcasts.

There are no doggy podcasts, that I know of.

And my dog is the happiest little clam when he knows we're going out on a walk. And it's not because he needs to pee or poop, really.

It's because he likes to be in the world and observe it and enjoy it.

Take yourself on a dog walk.

Just try it!

I’m Amy Schloerb, The Aligned Actor 👋

I’m a life coach and mindfulness practitioner helping people align with their true selves and take inspired action to create a life they love. With my background in acting, I bring presence, connection, and playfulness to transformation.

Let’s align, create, and make amazing things happen—together!

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