Minutes for Meditation." Today's video is dedicated to my mom and Tara Stiles, my yoga

teacher. It's all about getting out of your own way.

What does it mean to get in your own way? Well, it means that you're setting up road

blocks for yourself. It's not other people that are doing it. You're actually the one

that's messing up every single good situation. But, there's hope! There's light at the end

of the tunnel, because you can change it. You have that power.

First, I want you to start by getting in your easy seat. You can do this in bed. You can

do it in a chair or on a couch. I like to do it on the floor seated on a pillow to be

very comfortable. You can place one foot in front of the other, or you can sit in half

lotus position which is what I prefer. Or full lotus if you're there. Just get comfortable

wherever you are. Next, place your hands downturned on your

thighs, on your knees; or upturned to receive the beautiful energy that's coming in from

all around you. Get yourself sitting up nice and tall by breathing your shoulders up into

your ears...and then exhale your shoulder blades down your back. This will place your

shoulders right up over your hips. Your head should be reaching towards the sky and your

chin parallel to the floor. One more time for good measure.

Now we can begin. Close your eyes to remove all visual distractions.

Pay attention to your breath. Your breath as it is now represents the moment in which

we are living. It may be short and quick. It may be a little labored. Maybe you're feeling

a little stressed out. Maybe you're at ease and it's long and deep and feeling wonderful.

That's amazing. But wherever it is, don't try to change it.

Don't do anything that will affect it. Just pay attention to it. I think that you'll find

once you start paying attention to your breath, as with anything, it will change on its own.

Let's talk briefly about what it means to get in your own way. Usually that means that

we are placing some kind of judgment on a situation or an action. Maybe it's ourselves.

Maybe it's someone else. I want you to just accept for a moment that maybe that judgment

might be holding you back, and when you release that judgment, you're able to move forward.

And most times, judgments come innocently as little opinions. Think of all the opinion

words you use in a day to describe situations that you're not so pleased with: stressful,

overwhelmed, difficult, hard, impossible. These are all opinions.

So what I would like to offer you today is a mantra that you can say aloud with your

breath, allowing your inhales and exhales to follow the words; or silently in your head

internalizing it, sending it straight to your heart space so that you really believe it

and seal it in. Pick any words you like. Today I'm just going

to offer three. Inhale... "Overwhelmed...difficult...stressful are only

opinions. When I change my mind, I change my circumstances."

Inhale... "Overwhelmed...stressful...difficult...painful

are only opinions. When I change my mind, I change my circumstances."

Continue to repeat these words or words of your own. With every inhale, you bring in

all the positive energy around you and you exhale and get rid of all of those opinions.

Release judgment. Release worry. Allow yourself to move freely and forward. Allow yourself

to get out of your own way. One last time. Take a deep inhale with me,

filling up your belly with all that wonderful energy...and exhale, releasing every bit of

doubt, worry, or judgment that you have inside. Inhale to open your eyes. Ahhhh...

That was awesome! You have changed your mind just like that in four short minutes. I guarantee

that if you continue that practice, you will change everything around you, including your

environment and other people that you're dealing with throughout your day.

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