Manifesting Grace through Gratitude – Week 3

I made the switch to meditating in the morning. No more falling asleep mid meditation, although I did lie in bed for my morning meditation :) I know it’s not ideal but I’m all about making small changes and making it work for me. The mornings are too cold to get out of bed so I made the choice to continue to lie in bed after my alarm goes off and listen to the daily meditation. I think it really worked for me because I could treat myself with a little lie-in in bed whilst still listening to the guided meditation.

I have really enjoyed this 21 Day Experience and I am sad that it has come to an end. I love listening to the soft dulcet tones of Oprah and Deepak Chopra’s voices. I could just listen to them all day! I love listening to them set the intention for the meditation. I like knowing there’s a purpose. I guess that’s part of why I’ve struggled with meditation in the past. Just sitting there trying to focus on my breath and repeating a mantra to still my mind isn’t enough, even though it should be lol!

I don’t know if it’s practicing meditation in general or the focus of this meditation experience but I do know that I am not the same person I was 3 weeks ago. I feel more at peace and more centered. I feel like I am on the right path to discover and share my life’s purpose. I feel lighter. I feel joy. I feel good.
Is this what grace feels like?

Manifesting Grace through Gratitude – Week 2

I thought I had only missed a day or two of the daily meditations until I received an email in my inbox on Thursday asking where I had been. I woke up the next morning and it was too cold to wake up and workout so I decided to lie in my warm and comfy bed and start catching up on my meditation.

I know lying in bed isn’t the best way to meditate but I figured if it was the only way I was going to do it then that was good enough for me. And it was only then that I discovered I hadn’t even meditated once this week! I was shocked. I truly thought I had made some time for daily meditation during the week. It had been a busier week than usual but that was no excuse.

I was still playing catch up by Sunday and wasn’t feeling well after working out at the gym. I drew myself a hot bath and decided to listen to the Day 12 & 13 meditations. This was such a lovely experience. I was relaxing and restoring my mind and body at the same time. It had a very calming effect over me and I felt I really took in the centering thoughts.

Later that day I was telling some friends about my struggle to get into a routine with my fitness and my daily meditation. I felt like I got more out of them when I did them first thing in the morning but it’s hard enough waking up for one of these activities let alone waking up early enough for both! My friend’s suggested I alternate my workouts with my meditation in the morning. So I gave that a go this morning. With the time difference with the US it means I will be a day behind with my meditation because the daily meditation doesn’t get released until the afternoon (Perth time). I’m glad I did meditate this morning. I definitely have the Monday Blues but the centering thought for today is “When I have no judgment, I see everyone with kindness”. I keep reminding myself of this and I think it is helping my day get better :)

Manifesting True Success – Week 1

As a beginner I have been finding it hard to meditate and knew I needed some help. I was so glad to then find out about the Oprah and Deepak Chopra 21 Day Meditation Experience – Manifesting True Success. I signed up straight away and couldn’t wait to start on Monday 16th March. I received emails directing me to sign up to the website https://chopracentermeditation.com and also download the app for the guided audio meditation.

I had tried meditating in the morning but I wanted to switch to working out in the morning so I planned to try meditating before bed. I ended up falling sick so I didn’t work out this week but I still decided to meditate at night and I think that was a good decision. I found it relaxing doing it at this time because I wasn’t thinking about all the things I needed to get done in the day. But I still did find myself getting distracted by my thoughts. Which is ok, being a beginner I know that is to be expected.

The way the experience works is there is a message for each day. To go with this message there is also a centering thought and a mantra. The purpose of this is to awaken our consciousness so that we can manifest the kind of success that is true to who we are. Each meditation begins with Oprah talking about the message of the day. Deepak Chopra then discusses this further and introduces the centring thought and the mantra. He begins the meditation and then soft music plays until chimes announce the end of the meditation. I had never tried guided meditation before but I like this structure. And I especially like the different mantras and message of each day. I find having a ‘purpose’ of each meditation gives it more meaning rather than me just sitting there trying to silence my mind.