Discover your simple Lullaby of Peace

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Today We're connecting to the 

meditation, Lullaby of Peace.

Moving Forward from the heart,  # 42, page 105. 

Dona Anderson

Hi and thank You for your visit today. 

As the colder weather of winter is upon us it becomes that time of year when we settle into our homes and catch up on reading, TV shows, and enjoy those jams, pickles, pies and other freezer goodies we made to enjoy over the winter.

It's also a time for letting ourselves observe our day to day lives, our health, wellness and outlook on life.  

It may even be about what  we take out into the World and what we bring back -  is it what we need.

Things are uncertain still and changing for us and it will take time to process these last 2+ years ... what it all meant, what we lost, and what we'll take into the future.

Each one of us will have different things, different memories, feelings, stresses, loss  & more. 

Are you staying at home too much and not wanting to go out.

Are you still feeling the loss of income, friendships, activities, community or those  simple smiles and hello's when you go for a walk.

Are you still wondering if it will start all over again or get worse. 

To Help, I want to share with you today this short Meditation.

I hope it will soften your day, and spread good 

feelings throughout  your whole body & mind.

Lullaby of Peace 

"A musician brings music to life,

it starts from silence, to build, unfold,

reach and release when silence is returned again. 

You bring your breath to life ...

Each breath starts from a place of silence; it builds, unfolds, reaches, and releases when silence again returns.

Let this magical circle of breath go deeper to fill and hold even more ...imagine your organs, bones, skin and muscles all experiencing the different patterns of our breathing ... listen as these patterns become beautiful notes of music being played by your own orchestra.

As you begin to prepare for meditation, allow the music to fade and change slightly as you create soft inner waves of breathing... feel the rhythm of your inhalations and exhalations deepen to become the notes in a smooth, soft lullaby of peace ... 

Settle a bit more and surrender into feelings of being protected within the rhythm of you, your life, your knowing, your stillness and your breath ..."

Listen to these beautiful notes softly

playing your lullaby, your smooth,

soft, sweet notes of peace ..."

Moving Forward from the heart © 2015

PS. I hope you enjoyed these moments to relax, 

Take a few more minutes to be still and observe how your body feels, where your thoughts are.

Enjoy just being still for a few minutes to rest and notice your breaths as your body relaxes.

When you feel ready to restart your day wiggle your toes, stretch out your fingers,  and you may feel like you need a stretch or a big yawn.

Take a couple more breaths and slowly begin to return to your day. 💖

Lastly here's the ending to the meditation

"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear ~ Rumi

Namaste.

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Going back in time for this Story. 

Before I started Yoga I led a life full of routines - daily, weekly monthly and yearly. 

I took the bus to work and home and even though the ride home stopped at a grocery store, I never got off to pick up something.

I had to get home - to see if everything was OK, the kids, the dogs, the house and then get supper and the next days lunch started. 

Life seemed rushed, no spontaneity.

While our housework day changed as many times as there are days in the week, if something disrupted doing the chores on that certain day - you still had to do them and most days had something so that meant double up duties.

Only having about 4 hours or so when you got home went by very fast before bedtime and the start to the next day.  The weekends as you know were always busy too.

I used to go for lots of walks but I never really saw anything, missed little changes and even some big ones. 

My husband helped me get better at that but taking time to notice wasn't something I knew much about, learned or was taught when I grew up. 

Help is coming ... 

In this post I want to share with you the poem Lost and Found which I wrote after I finished writing Simply, One Breath At a Time. 

The book helped me grow and understand more about life, it guided me to make changes, be comfortable and the poem let me put it all together.

Through the practice of Yoga and my Writing about Breath, Body, Awareness, Connection, Gratitude and more I continued to learn about my needs, to feel and notice those parts of my life and health that were left behind, left unnoticed.

Luckily those valuable gifts of learning and growth continue throughout our life and in our later years we have the time to listen and respond.

Then as my second book came along it was time to share the poem in Moving forward from the Heart. 

An introduction and the poem are on pages 11 & 12. 

Now it's time to share the poem with You.

Go slowly and see what presents itself to you today and then ...

Pick one to sit with and see what you find.

  Lost and Found

    

"Lost myself – 

found out what’s important and brings me joy

Lost track of time – 

found the now in the present moment 

Lost imagination – 

found treasures, gifts, paradise, nature 

                  

         Lost comfort – 

         found softness from letting go, and smiling

Lost paying attention –

found myself choosing to be aware

Lost appreciation – 

found feelings of fullness from gratitude

Lost awareness – 

found time to see, hear, feel and connect

Lost my breath – 

found a nourishing breath flowing within me

Lost a quiet mind –

found that I can slow down thoughts and rest 

Lost peace – 

found a safe place for me to open up my heart"

© 2015 Dona Anderson
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This post is sharing parts of the relaxation titled Mother Earth on pages 36-37 from  my book,

Simply, One Breath At a Time.

It's time to share a bit of it now.

It starts off with getting you to relax and to choose to be in this moment by helping your breath to breathe you ... help your breath to calm your mind and body.

As you settle imagine the weight of your whole body sinking into the earth ... feel the sense of grounding, of being fully supported by the earth so you can let go with intention and awareness. 

I love this next part.

Feel the strength and compassion in which you are being held ... become aware of how you are held without judgment or any gratuities ... that being held is just that, wanting nothing in return ... Mother Earth holds you because that is what she does, she holds us all, and she is accepting of whatever she finds ...

The relaxation then guides you to your breath, letting go, surrendering, releasing and replenishing towards feeling awoken, revived and present.

It ends by returning you to noticing the stillness of this moment.

This moment is Perfect exactly as it is ...

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"Say the word calm as you breathe in... can you feel calm as you breathe out ... breathe in calmness and feel calm as you let go..."

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I wanted to help us connect to Earth Day which for us here in Canada is in a couple of days, April 22.

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Sweet, Sweet Smile ... 

Smiles are Gifts to others and yourself.

I'm in the pages of Simply, One Breath At Time today and thought I'd share with you some of this guided relaxation titled -

A Smile - on page 103.

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Have you ever thought about how your

breath changes from a smile to a frown.

Have you played around and gone back & forth from smiling to frowning and actually thought about how that felt.

You will in this Relaxation and I like to share it in Yoga for a reminder of how open we are when we smile and how tight closed we are with a frown.

try it a few times if you want

When you frown you're kind of closed off, can't even take a real deep breath and when you relax and smile space opens up through your body for both the inhale and the exhale.

Imagine how you'd feel being grumpy most of the time, how tight and closed off you'd be not getting those wonderful deep breaths down into our lower ribs and belly.

Smiles help reduce Stress and can even make You look younger - YES!

Here's some of what's written ... 

"You can smile at anything, a thought, a loved one, a picture, a stranger ...

Smiles are beautiful free gifts that light up your face ...

They're gifts to the world and you ...

Each smile is a conscious choice you've made to connect with the present moment ...

You can be both the giver and the receiver of that special moment ... 

Give yourself the gift of a smile - give the gift to others - see and feel what happens"

©Dona Anderson 2008 
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The gift of Breath for you today.

We're going to Simply, One Breath At a Time for another post in the True Treasures series.

So much to love 

And today I've got a shortened version of the ending from the relaxation titled Four Breaths on page 109. 

After you start to get relaxed we go to see what these four breaths offer us. 

I think you'll enjoy these ... only a few minutes of your time but they can provide you with comfort, presence, awareness and a smile. 

* With this breath I offer myself a smile ... a smile warms and uplifts my body ... 

* With this breath, say, I will get in touch with my inner self, and accept where I am at this moment ... 

* With this breath, I will find beauty and pleasure in simple everyday things ... 

* With this breath, I've learned that if I smile, bring my true  self and a new freshness to life, life will allow me to blossom, I will find joy in myself. 

💚 It ends with being invited to a place to smile, breathe, be present and to notice beauty in things - a place t find Joy.

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THE MEDITATION, PEACE

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I know some days it's really hard to be patient and relax with all the to do's and thoughts racing around in our heads. 

So today I'm sharing a few lines from Simply, One Breath At a Time to give you some Wellness Moments to rest, breathe and take care of You.  

The photo below is of an excerpt on page 83, and you'll find the full meditation on pages 124-125 

It begins by offering us time to breathe, relax, connect to our self and answer a few of life's important questions and in the second last paragraph you'll find this ...

Enjoy.

"Celebrate your presence as you encourage the

breath to help you breathe freely...

accept this moment as a special place in time

to connect with yourself and the world ...

feel your life as an evolution ...

an ever changing masterpiece ..."

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**Here's how it ends

"Now stay in peace for a 
while longer and find a
place to breathe freely,
a place to be,
be you..."

Simply, One Breath At a Time © 2008 Dona Anderson

The title Peace came from using the first
letter of these words on page 125,
Presence Encouragement Acceptance
Connection & Evolution

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Explore      Experience      Embrace

From - Moving Forward from the Heart

Sweetness lies inside the spaces where you

free your body, mind and spirit 

to fully celebrate

Life!

Many things make their way in my head when I'm laying awake during the night and unfortunately I don't remember most of them when it's finally time to wake up, or just get out of bed.

Anyway, I'd like to tell you a bit more about my book, Moving Forward from the Heart. and I've shared a bit of the beginning and the ending of later in this post.  You'll love it.

When I finished my first book, Simply, One Breath At a Time I still had more of those thoughts during the night, pages of notes saved and over the next year couldn't stop seeing things that said to me OH that would be good and this goes with that and...on and on.  

Needless to say the letting go of one book didn't send me towards feelings of that's done - I can rest now - but rather it left me with still more on paper and in my head.

On the back cover of Simply, I started it off with Dona's first book of guided relaxations offers... I had to write something in a hurry to send off and we were traveling across country. 

It was 2008, far away from home at the time and internet connections were not everywhere we were. 

It didn't hit me until much later that I asked my self, why did I say that? 

Somehow the universe had a plan

More was to come

I just didn't know it at the time.

In 2010 I started looking at my leftover notes and made a word file titled book 2011, just a time off in the future.

Well it was mid year 2015 when I finally said I'm done, but I still didn't have the title. A few earlier ideas didn't work and it took awhile before I got it. 

73 new Meditations full of things for us to Explore, Experience and Embrace.

In this post I'm going to share a bit of the first Meditation and then the last, number 73.

In between there is so much to 

Explore, Experience and Embrace.

Here's just a sampling of what you'll find in these 73 unique Meditations 

- Explore the Chakras, Reiki principles, Life, who you are now & affirmations.

- Experience nature, being at the top of a tree, a visit to the ocean, visualizations, treasures, moving the breath and much more. 

- Embrace your family, friends, hugs & most of all yourself. 

Our Lives change, we change and through all the changes we may not realize who we are or want to be Now.

So this book offers you many unique and gentle meditations of Inspiration, Encouragement, Presence and Gratitude. 

Here is a sampling from the beginning of  #1 - So Much More to See

"Whether your meditation practice is just getting started or it is an ongoing regular practice, it is there for you to simply breathe, nourish and restore.

Meditation is a special time for you to soften and release stress, move out old thoughts that clutter your mind, and to then use the space that remains for mindful presence.

Meditation connects you to your body for healing, rejuvenation and to create balance.  It opens the mind up to learning and understanding, to listening and dreaming, to reducing and eliminating."

There's more but now I want to include the ending of the last meditation #73, You Became the Beauty.  

If you have some time, think about all the things that could be between #1 that would lead you to #73.

Here it is ... 

© 2015 Dona Anderson

"You became the breath,
the breath became you

You became the difference, 

the difference became you

You became the knowing,

the knowing became you

You became the wisdom,

the wisdom became you

You became the beauty,

the beauty became you

You became the very best,

 and

the very best

became YOU ..."

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