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"Joy is the antidote to fear." ~ Phillipians &nbsp; Quiet beauty is within and all around you. Sometimes the loud festivities of the holiday season can seem to drown out the often subtle beauty and peace at this time of the year. This week, you'll explore different meditation techniques to help you cultivate an abundance of beauty within and around you.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is part 4 of a 7-part Abundance Within meditation series, episodes 2180-2186. &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Quiet Abundance Quest. Every day this week, notice the quiet beauty within yourself and others. Notice the quiet beauty around you.&nbsp; &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: &nbsp; Day 1:&nbsp; Quiet Beauty Visualization Day 2:&nbsp; Affirmation "I am beautiful exactly as I am." Day 3:&nbsp; Inhale Peace, Exhale Calm Day 4:&nbsp; Dharmachakra Mudra technique Day 5:&nbsp; Fifth Chakra Focus Day 6:&nbsp; Layer the week's techniques together Day 7:&nbsp; Weekly Reflection Meditation &nbsp;  THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR &nbsp; Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health with virtual support from a professional therapist who is ready to support you within 24 hours of reaching out to BetterHelp.com. I invite you to get 10% off your first month by visiting Better /dailymeditation.&nbsp;   &nbsp; LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION&nbsp; RITUAL WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS?&nbsp; &nbsp; Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at  or direct message me on . We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!&nbsp;  SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at  and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey:  FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST  Each day's meditation techniques shared at:   sip.and.om Instagram   sip and om Facebook     JOIN OUR FREE FACEBOOK GROUP Connect with other meditators on the Daily Meditation Podcast private Facebook group!  SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP  Join Mary for deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 2-weeks free! Receive access to 2,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme.&nbsp;   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&amp;preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone   All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com. Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

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"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." ~ Robert Ludlum &nbsp; Quiet beauty is within and all around you. Sometimes the loud festivities of the holiday season can seem to drown out the often subtle beauty and peace at this time of the year. This week, you'll explore different meditation techniques to help you cultivate an abundance of beauty within and around you.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is part 5 of a 7-part Abundance Within meditation series, episodes 2180-2186. &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Quiet Abundance Quest. Every day this week, notice the quiet beauty within yourself and others. Notice the quiet beauty around you.&nbsp; &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: &nbsp; Day 1:&nbsp; Quiet Beauty Visualization Day 2:&nbsp; Affirmation "I am beautiful exactly as I am." Day 3:&nbsp; Inhale Peace, Exhale Calm Day 4:&nbsp; Dharmachakra Mudra technique Day 5:&nbsp; Fifth Chakra Focus Day 6:&nbsp; Layer the week's techniques together Day 7:&nbsp; Weekly Reflection Meditation &nbsp;  THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR &nbsp; Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health with virtual support from a professional therapist who is ready to support you within 24 hours of reaching out to BetterHelp.com. I invite you to get 10% off your first month by visiting Better /dailymeditation.&nbsp;   &nbsp; LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION&nbsp; RITUAL WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS?&nbsp; &nbsp; Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at  or direct message me on . We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!&nbsp;  SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at  and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey:  FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST  Each day's meditation techniques shared at:   sip.and.om Instagram   sip and om Facebook     JOIN OUR FREE FACEBOOK GROUP Connect with other meditators on the Daily Meditation Podcast private Facebook group!  SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP  Join Mary for deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 2-weeks free! Receive access to 2,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme.&nbsp;   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&amp;preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone   All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com. Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

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Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore, read by Xanthe Elbrick

A Chinese Lord of the Rings and one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said "is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people"--now in a thrilling new one-volume translation A Penguin Classics Hardcover A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he amasses dazzling weapons and skills on his journey to immortality: a gold-hooped staff that can grow as tall as the sky and shrink to the size of a needle; the ability to travel 108,000 miles in a single somersault. A master of subterfuge, he can transform himself into whomever or whatever he chooses and turn each of his body's 84,000 hairs into an army of clones. But his penchant for mischief repeatedly gets him into trouble, and when he raids Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches and gorges himself on the elixirs of the gods, the Buddha pins him beneath a mountain, freeing him only five hundred years later for a chance to redeem himself: He is to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras that will bring enlightenment to the Chinese empire. Joined by two other fallen immortals--Pigsy, a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears, and Sandy, a depressive man-eating river-sand monster--Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with Red Boy, Princess Jade-Face, the Monstress Dowager, and all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and femmes fatales, navigating the perils of Fire-Cloud Cave, the River of Flowing Sand, the Water-Crystal Palace, and Casserole Mountain, and being serially captured, lacquered, saut&eacute;ed, steamed, and liquefied, but always hatching an ingenious plan to get himself and his fellow pilgrims out of their latest jam. Monkey King: Journey to the West is at once a rollicking adventure, a comic satire of Chinese bureaucracy, and a spring of spiritual insight. With this new translation, the irrepressible rogue hero of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature has the potential to vault, with his signature cloud-somersault and unerring sense for fun, into the hearts of millions of Americans. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D8JKCZP?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon</a><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9781101600979">Barnes & Noble</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8373827-10747236?SID=PRHD39095A662--9781101600979&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781101600979">Books A Million</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2186/9780143107187?prhc=PRHD39095A662">Bookshop.org</a><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780143107187?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143107187&utm_campaign=9780143107187">Hudson Booksellers</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143107187?aff=penguinrandom">IndieBound</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9780143107187?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143107187">Powell's</a><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9780143107187&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9780143107187">Target</a><a href="https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=9780143107187">Walmart</a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1524210885?at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9781101600979">Apple Books</a><a href="https://google.prf.hn/click/camref:1011ld4r/pubref:PRHD39095A662--9781101600979/destination:https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9781101600979&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9781101600979}&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fsearch%3FQuery%3D9781101600979">Kobo</a>

Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en, read by Robert Wu

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."  ~  Martin Luther King Jr. &nbsp; There's a lot going on in the world today that is cause for stress. In fact, you may wonder if you'll ever feel at peace in the world again. In this week's series, you'll discover ways to feel at peace in the world regardless of what's going on around you. As the end of the year approaches and with Christmas celebrated this week, tensions can run high as we maneuver around cherished traditions that now require social distancing from loved ones.&nbsp; This week is also a week to discover how not to take things so personally and how to roll with the punches a little more. &nbsp; This is part 3 of a 7-part Peace On Earth meditation series, episodes 2187-2193. &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Peace Quest. Every day this week, focus on not taking things so personally. To do this, try not to focus on "I" statements. If you are stressed about the insensitive way someone spoke to you, for example, instead of thinking, "I can't believe she said that! Instead, try reframing your thoughts to a more objective stance such as, "She must be stressed. She probably didn't mean to say that to me." You'll be surprised by how much peace on earth de-personalizing things can bring to you! &nbsp; THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: &nbsp; Day 1:&nbsp; &nbsp;Peace Visualization Day 2:&nbsp; Affirmation "Peace is all around me." Day 3:&nbsp; Inhale Visualizing Peace, Exhale Sending Out Peace Day 4:&nbsp; Dyan Mudra technique Day 5:&nbsp; Fourth Chakra Focus Day 6:&nbsp; Layer the week's techniques together Day 7:&nbsp; Weekly Reflection Meditation  &nbsp; LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION&nbsp; RITUAL WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS?&nbsp; &nbsp; Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at  or better yet -- direct message me on . We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!&nbsp;  SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at  and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey:  FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST  Each day's meditation techniques shared at:   sip.and.om Instagram   sip and om Facebook     JOIN OUR FREE FACEBOOK GROUP Connect with other meditators on the Daily Meditation Podcast private Facebook group!  SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP  Join Mary for deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 2-weeks free! Receive access to 2,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme.&nbsp;   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&amp;preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone   All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com. Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

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