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Daily Meditations

Welcome to the first episode of The Daily Meditation Podcast. The first week of this daily podcast will be all about laying the foundation of your meditation ritual. In this first episode I introduce you to myself, and tell you a little about what to expect in each episode. I also guide you through a mini-meditation to help you choose the ideal place to meditate. 

Be sure to head over to www.SipandOm.com for the Weekly Slow Down Guide with all the techniques that I share this week. You'll also find a Meditation Bundle waiting for you there that includes a Meditation Journal, A List of Affirmations that Work, and The Guide to Top Herbal Teas for Stress Relief. Settle yourself in for 15 minutes of peace, energy + clarity.

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com.


Episode 001 How to Meditate

Your breath is one of the most powerful ways to relax yourself instantly. You can't imagine what a powerful technique you have waiting for you with each breath you take. In fact, you have everything you need withinin you for more peace, energy and clarity. Be guided in a meditation using a breathing technique to instantly relax your body. This is part of a 7-Part Relax Meditation Series, Episodes 176-182.

Be sure to pick up your Weekly Slow Down Guide with all the meditation techniques used this week, and your free Meditation Bundle at www.SipandOm.com. Every week at The Daily Meditation Podcast we explore a theme to give you more peace, energy + clarity. Everyday you discover cutting edge meditation techniques you can use whether you're sitting down meditating or sitting in rush hour traffic. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com.


Episode 178 Relax Breathing Technique

Meditation for goal setting. I can't even imagine setting big goals without the clarity and focus of meditation. Without your heart energy and focus, a goal is simply a mechanical way to achieve something. Discover how to bring your passion into all the big things you want to accomplish in your life. As we put closure on this year, and launch into a brand new year you'll discover how to use meditation to clarify and initiate all the important things that mean most to you. 

As always, all the meditation techniques used in this Meditation Series can be found at www.SipandOm.com. There you'll find an entire library of meditations. While you're there be sure to pick up a free Meditation Bundle including an Energy Journal, an Affirmation Cheat Sheet, and a Guide to Herbal Teas to Manage Stress.

Episode 204 Goal Setting

Affirmations are one of the most powerful ways to focus your thoughts on your goals. Research reveals that 80% of our thoughts are negative. Imagine what you could do, and what you could become if you shifted the thoughts you repeat to yourself to supportive, empowering thoughts.In this episode you'll be guided using an affirmation to absorb into your consciousness on many levels. This is part of a 7-Part Goal Setting with Meditation Series, Episodes 201-207.

As always, all the meditation techniques used in this Meditation Series can be found at www.SipandOm.com. There you'll find an entire library of meditations. While you're there be sure to pick up a free Meditation Bundle including an Energy Journal, an Affirmation Cheat Sheet, and a Guide to Herbal Teas to Manage Stress.

Episode 205 Affirmation for Achieving Goals

Meditation for new beginnings. Be guided in a meditation combining many of this week's meditation techniques to support you as open yourself up to brand new possibilities.   Explore how rosemary helps to give you mental clarity as you focus on what's most important in your life.

As always, all the meditation techniques used in this Meditation Series can be found at www.SipandOm.com. There you'll find an entire library of meditations. While you're there be sure to join the free 100 Day Meditation Quest. Head over to pick up your Meditation Quest Play Book to get started. 

Episode 209 Meditation for New Beginnings

You may have fears you don't even realize you're hanging onto. In this guided walking meditation you will focus on becoming aware of your fears, and how to release your attachment to them. When you begin to withdraw your energy from your fears you allow  space for abundance to come into your life. This culminates a 7-Part Meditations to Overcome Fear, Episodes 344-350.

As always, all the meditation techniques used in this Meditation Series can be found at www.SipandOm.com. There you'll find an entire library of meditations. While you're there be sure to join the free 100 Day Meditation Quest. Head over to pick up your Meditation Quest Play Book to get started.

Music composed by Greg Keller. Find more of Greg's sounds on his SoundCloud page.

#350 Abundance Walking Meditation To Release Fear

Affirmation Meditation to Overcome Fear. As you launch into a brand new week we continue with this week's series to overcome fear. Experience a guided mediation using an affirmation to overcome fear. In this series you'll explore Philip McKernan's 5 powerful questions to ask yourself to get the results you want in your life. You'll discover the best way to manage fear, and how to have the courage to be more of who you are.

This is Part 2 of a 7-Part Meditation Series to Overcome Fear, Episodes 393-399.

As always, all the meditation techniques used in this Meditation Series can be found at www.SipandOm.com. There you'll find an entire library of meditations. While you're there be sure to join the free 100 Day Meditation Quest. Head over to pick up your Meditation Quest Play Book to get started.

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and Greg Keller.

#394 Release Fear Powerful Affirmation Meditation

Meditation to focus your mind on what matters most in your life. You'll discover a breathing technique to reduce an addiction to distraction and to break your addiction to busyness. Do you rush around all day being busy but not getting much done? Or do you get a lot of little things done but those big goals that would move you forward in life seem to elude you? If you can relate to either of those scenarios then you may be addicted to busyness. This week's meditation series "Addicted to Busyness" is customized from "Are You Addicted To Doing?" by the authors Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter from the October 2015 issue of Mindful Magazine. One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it gives you more clarity to help you become more productive in your life. Each episode in this week's meditation series will help you break the cycle of busyness that may be holding you back from achieving your true goals. This is part 3 of a 7-Part Meditation Series on Addicted To Busyness, Episodes 450-456. Every single episode will offer you a different meditation technique to become more productive in your life. As always, you don't have to do the meditation technique -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#452 Focus Your Mind Breathing Technique

Meditation for focus and confidence. You'll discover a simple mudra technique to give you unwavering focus and confidence when you approach big goals. Do you rush around all day being busy but not getting much done? Or do you get a lot of little things done but those big goals that would move you forward in life seem to elude you? If you can relate to either of those scenarios then you may be addicted to busyness. This week's meditation series "Addicted to Busyness" is customized from "Are You Addicted To Doing?" by the authors Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter from the October 2015 issue of Mindful Magazine. One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it gives you more clarity to help you become more productive in your life. Each episode in this week's meditation series will help you break the cycle of busyness that may be holding you back from achieving your true goals. This is part 4 of a 7-Part Meditation Series on Addicted To Busyness, Episodes 450-456. Every single episode will offer you a different meditation technique to become more productive in your life. As always, you don't have to do the meditation technique -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#453 Confidence + Focus Meditation With The Kubera Mudra

Meditation to believe in yourself. You'll be guided in a meditation using a chakra technique to help you focus on your potential.  This week's meditation series "Addicted to Busyness" is customized from "Are You Addicted To Doing?" by the authors Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter from the October 2015 issue of Mindful Magazine. One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it gives you more clarity to help you become more productive in your life. Each episode in this week's meditation series will help you break the cycle of busyness that may be holding you back from achieving your true goals. This is part 5 of a 7-Part Meditation Series on Addicted To Busyness, Episodes 450-456. Every single episode will offer you a different meditation technique to become more productive in your life. As always, you don't have to do the meditation technique -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#454 Believe In Yourself Meditation With Your Third Chakra

"Staying Focused In A Hyper World" is the recent book by internationally acclaimed relationship expert, Dr. John Gray. You are in for a treat today because Dr. Gray joins us for an interview all about how to focus your mind. Dr. Gray discusses how focus is pivotal to all areas of your life, including your health, your relationships, and your overall joy in life. Every day this week you'll explore a meditation technique to focus your mind customized on one of the core principles Dr. Gray shares in his book, "Staying Focused In A Hyper World." One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it helps you focus your thoughts so you can live your life more fully. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditation Series For Focus, Episodes 457-463. You can find out more about Dr. John Gray and his book, as well as all the meditation techniques shared in this week's series at www.SipandOm.com. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#457 Staying Focused In A Hyper World Interview With Dr. John Gray  + Focus Meditation

Meditation to stay focused in a hyper world based on the best selling book, "Staying Focused in a Hyper World," by internationally acclaimed relationship expert, Dr. John Gray. You are guided in a meditation using a powerful affirmation to focus your thoughts, "I am Safe. I am Calm. All Good Things Come To Me." This is an affirmation from Swami Kriyananda. You'll also discover Dr. Gray's findings on how reducing oxidative stress helps your brain work better. You'll learn why oxidative stress may be contributing to brain health issues such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Every day this week you'll explore a meditation technique to focus your mind customized on one of the core principles Dr. Gray shares in his book, "Staying Focused In A Hyper World." One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it helps you focus your thoughts so you can live your life more fully. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditation Series For Focus, Episodes 457-463. You can find out more about Dr. John Gray and his book, as well as all the meditation techniques shared in this week's series at www.SipandOm.com. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#458 Affirmation Meditation for Focus

Be guided in a meditation to release fear. Fear, anger, anxiety, and self doubt can keep you trapped in a vicious cycle of stress and overwhelm. In this series you'll explore a different meditation technique each day of the week to help you release negative emotions. This is part 2 of a 7-Part Meditation Series to Release Negative Emotions, 470-476. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#471 Release Fear Affirmation

Today's episode is an interview with Dr. Andrew Hill, a leading neurologist in the field of nootropics, supplements for brain health. In this interview you'll learn how the meditations you do each day are one of the best ways to protect yourself from the major degenerative diseases that impact your brain's health, especially as you age. Brain health is an exciting field of research with many new recent findings that you'll want to know about. There is no meditation is this episode but I think it's incredibly important to keep up with research on how meditation benefits you on all levels so please enjoy this interview. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Brain Health Meditation Series, Episodes 492-498. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

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#492 Brain Health Interview Dr. Andrew Hill

Be guided in a mediation to overcome negative people. You'll discover a mindset to help you experience compassion for those who harm you. My challenge to you is to be more of yourself this week. Show up stronger in who you are. The tendency is to retreat and feel small when others harm you. Pick one quality that stands out about you and commit to sharing it this week. Commit to starting your day each morning visualizing yourself improving this area of your life. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditations to Overcome Negative People, Episodes 520-526. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review..

Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group.

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at www.SipandOm.com

Join me daily on Periscope. Follow me on Twitter to get updates to join me live for daily meditation tips to go along with the daily meditations released on the podcast.

Head over to www.SIpandOm.com for 3 Easy Steps to Get Set Up On Periscope.

#520 Overcome Negative People

Be guided in a mediation repeating an affirmation to overcome negative people. You'll discover a mindset to help you focus on being positive when you are with those who harm you. My challenge to you is to be more of yourself this week. Show up stronger in who you are. The tendency is to retreat and feel small when others harm you. Pick one quality that stands out about you and commit to sharing it this week. Commit to starting your day each morning visualizing yourself improving this area of your life. This is part 2 of a 7-Part Meditations to Overcome Negative People, Episodes 520-526. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review..

Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group.

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at www.SipandOm.com

Join me daily on Periscope. Follow me on Twitter to get updates to join me live for daily meditation tips to go along with the daily meditations released on the podcast.

Head over to www.SIpandOm.com for 3 Easy Steps to Get Set Up On Periscope.

#521 Affirmation To Manage Negative People

A Valentine's Day special topic! What is love, really? This psychoanalyst of the Frankfurt school thinks that real love is not something one ""falls"" into, but is an art, an activity, and doing it well requires a disciplined openness and psychological health. Love is the answer to the deep human need to rid ourselves of isolation, but a mere sexual union won't provide real intimacy. To connect the center of your being with the center of another's being, you need to really know yourself and know the other, and this knowing requires an overall openness that amounts to a love of humanity, a feeling of oneness with nature, and an overall orientation toward the good, which is what he considers a mature take on ""love of God,"" which doesn't imply, e.g., a belief in a judging deity, which would be a mature imposition into nature of insecurities about the conditional love of one's father.

So yes, this is replete with psychoanalytic weirdness (and without any clinical basis presented), and very much reflects its time (prurient, sexist, homophobic), but Fromm also puts forward a Marxist social commentary that's very much in line with our New Work and Hannah Arendt episodes, i.e., we need to remake society into the kind of place where loving can be the rule and not the exception, as our current society steers us to treat others and ourselves like commodities to be used, and romantic love as likewise trying to score the best deal, find the best love object and make yourself the most desirable (attractive, successful), none of which adds up to intimacy. Oh, and also, stop watching so much TV!

This recording features the core four: Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan.

Recommended prerequisites: Ep. 26 on Freud's Civilization and its Discontents, Ep. 100 on Plato's Symposium. We've also discussed this issue of others' recognition of you on many episodes starting with Ep. 36 on Hegel, but perhaps the clearest statement, most relevant to this episode is Ep. 71 on Martin Buber.

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Erich Fromm on Love as an Art (Part One)

Guided meditations 7-days a week to sleep better, reduce stress and anxiety, and to be your most productive. Join a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest at www.SipandOm.com, where you're also invited to join a Free Private Daily Meditation Facebook Group to connect with listeners from around the world who follow the weekly meditation series along with you. Learn how to meditate in just 15-minutes as we explore a different weekly meditation theme together. Additionally you'll discover a brand new meditation technique every single day. The meditation techniques help you Manage Stress (Episodes 323-329)during your day, whether you're Managing Anger (Episodes 106-112), Self Doubt (Episodes 225-231), Fear (Episodes 344-350), Addiction (Episodes 386-392), Anxiety (Episodes 176-182), Depression (Episodes 443-449)or need a little extra Confidence (Episodes 190-196). 

Mary Meckley is your certified Meditation Coach.