Reader,
This week in Morning Mindfulness with Joe, I taught three powerful methods for cultivating mindful presence.
The first is a meditation method that connects you with your heart through expressions of unconditional love.
The second is a breathing technique that promotes harmony between your desire to get it done and your desire to enjoy the moment.
The third is a mindfulness technique that releases accumulated stress and tension, allowing you to let the past go and live more in the present.
See significant benefits in just 5 minutes of practice.
Follow my guidance and enjoy the results!
metta (loving kindness)
This meditation connects you with your heart and cultivates unconditional love within you.
This meditation works by inviting you to express love not only for people you like, but also for people you hate, for people you're indifferent toward, and for yourself.
It's easier to express love toward people we genuinely like.
By expressing love beyond our comfort zone, we open our hearts, and we reconnect with the bottomless goodness that's always emerging from deep within us.
Instructions begin at the 6:07 mark of the video.
alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodhana)
This breathing method generates balance and harmony.
Sometimes we find ourselves torn between two modes of being.
In one mode of being, we're active. This active mode is represented by the white side of the yin-yang symbol (white = yang), and by the left hemisphere of the brain. In this mode, we're focused on doing. Getting things done. Being in the mix. Engaging the details.
In another mode of being, we're passive. This passive mode is represented by the black side of the yin-yang symbol (black = yin), and by the right hemisphere of the brain. In this mode, we're focused on being. Lettings things happen. Observing what's occurring. Seeing the big picture.
To promote well-being and peace, our goal isn't to pick one mode over the other.
Rather, our goal is to promote balance and harmony between them.
That way, we can be flexible and adaptable to whatever life brings our way.
We can suit our approach to the situation, bringing whatever energy and attitude is right in the moment.
Instructions begin at the 5:12 mark of the video.
sequential softening
This mindfulness technique releases accumulated stress and tension.
We tend to carry stress and tension in our anus, our jaw, and our eyes.
We may hold this stress for hours, days, even years, without realizing it's there.
This accumulated stress and tension drains us and keeps us stuck in our minds.
By releasing that accumulated stress and tension, we let the past go and live more in the present moment. We feel more energized and in the flow of life.
Instructions begin at the 5:33 mark of the video.
I taught these three methods last week during Morning Mindfulness with Joe.
I host these free, 30-minute sessions over Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, from 6:00am to 6:30am Pacific time.
Here's the schedule for this week's sessions. Note: no Friday session this week.
To attend:
- set a reminder for Monday and Wednesday at 6:00am Pacific (no Friday session this week)
- shortly before 6:00am Pacific, hop onto your phone or computer
- click on this link to join the Zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87204495839
- I'll let you in from the waiting room
- From there, I'll guide you every step of the way
I hope to see you there!
Love,
Joe
PS: do you want a stronger heart connection? Do you want to live less from stress and habit, and more from passion and purpose? Sign up for sessions with me! My specialty is strengthening your heart connection. Connecting through the heart, you feel more like yourself, you make wiser choices, and you enjoy life more! See client success stories at my website: josephclarke-spiritualflourishing.com.
