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Daily Happiness Journal #53June 5th 2020meditate / red and white tulips
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thought for the day
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You can also lie down and breathe "in" to different parts of your body. One calm breath to your left foot, another to your left ankle, another to left leg... Breathe in, hold the breath for a few moments while you "listen" to how that part of your body feels like, and let your breath just fall out, don't push it. Just let your stomach relax. Wait for a few moments and only then breathe in again. (We use this at yin yoga which is a new version of yoga, developed in the 90s for relaxation to stressed people).
Ten minutes per day is enough. And concentration is the key. This helps push away the monkey chatter of the mind gently.
I've been meditating for... hmm. I think thirty years now. Nothing to do with any religious method. Listening to calming music or a meditation recording to relax. I've also done the breathing exercise a lot (especially if I wake up in the middle of the night, stressed).
From my own experience I can say meditation is really helpful in reducing stress and creating a more positive mindset.
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today's happiness
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Daily quote“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” |
QUOTE FROM CREATURE WARS 1: THE DEATH OF A VAMPIRE
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She sat in the coach, the tears streaming down her cheeks blurring her view of the pretty landscape she was passing through. Her beautiful white dress was the height of fashion. White, because her family was rich enough to pay for a dress one assumed she would only ever wear on this day. She had taken off her veil, and now she dried her eyes with her lace handkerchief. The horses had gained pace and were moving at a fast trot. In the distance, she saw the church she should have been in. Soon they would start to search for her. But she would not be there. She would never see them again. The golden chain around her right wrist felt heavy. She pressed the palm of her left hand on it to cover it as the coach turned onto the road leading to the shore where a ship would be waiting for her. She had made her choice. She had decided to break everyone’s hearts, her own included. How could she not? The task awaiting her was bigger than any individual’s hopes and dreams. And she was the only one who could do it. She had thought she was an ordinary young woman, but those delusions had been shattered. She felt the silken white fabric under her hand. She would never forget. She would wear white forever from now on to remember them, even long after they were all dead and gone, and she would still be writing. - Leena Maria / Creature Wars 1: The Death of a Vampire |
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