Walking Meditation For The Senses | LAYC48

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Hello fellow travelers in the universe,

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welcome back to Lift As You Climb.

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Today I'm inviting you to join on a very personal and intimate part of my day.

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My days that begin with a walk just before sunrise, so that I can reach

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a certain part of my trip, and watch the sun come up over the water.

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Just fill my whole being with a sense of gratitude, for what is possible,

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every single day when we get up, have faith, take action, and believe

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that what we think about, what we purposefully do, we can achieve.

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My morning walks begin calculated so that I'll get to that point just

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before the sun is above the horizon.

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I prepare myself for that experience, by thinking about

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what I want to get out of it...

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How I will be fully present, and feel all of my senses, and to be present and

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aware of the glorious abundance around me, and the experience that I am having.

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It's also a time that I repeat an affirmation that I wrote many

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years ago, and I continue to use to keep me moving forward...

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Lifting me up, so that I can always be better me today than I was yesterday.

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So come along and I'll share with you the process that I use.

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I encourage you to take that and customize it, and make it

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uniquely your own experience.

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Get out there in the world, appreciate everything in nature and abundance

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around you, and keep moving...

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Because that's the secret to staying vibrant and vital in life.

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As I begin my walk, I think about how I am grateful for all of my

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senses, and how they contribute to my experience of the day.

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I think about sight, as one of the 6 senses.

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That I have the power to expand my own vision for...

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What I see...

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What's in front of me on the screen in the moment that I'm in and in the future

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that I desire to recognize, to actually see the abundance and the possibilities

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that are right there for me to access.

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I try to be conscious of sound.

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Sounds of nature...

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Even the traffic and humanity around me.

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It's all relevant to anchoring me to my place in time in this universe.

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I hear nature sounds around me.

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I hear the call of my future.

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But I am conscious, that I can hear and I am grateful for that.

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Smell.

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Oh, again, so important to anchor me into where I am and who I am.

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And inhale, the fragrances around me.

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Nature, humanity...

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All of it...

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It's real.

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I'm blessed to live in a beautiful environment surrounded by trees and

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leaves and lakes, and autumn smells, and moisture, and muskiness...

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And even the tang of the lake water that's in the air.

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I am grateful that I can smell.

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Taste is that most tactile, often a forgotten sense because the tastes and the

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textures of our life anchor our memories.

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Think back to a time with your grandmother, or a celebration, or one

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of the most joyful times of your life.

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There's always a taste memory that will come back with that, if you allow it.

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If you cultivate that sense.

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For me I can taste the air, and I can taste again, everything

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that has been good in my life.

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The fifth of the recognized senses is touch, and for me, I'm

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touching consciously, feeling my feet touch the pavement, touch

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the grass, touch the ground.

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Anchoring me into the present, on my walk.

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Anchoring me into feeling connected to the universe, and safe with

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each step as I move forward.

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Very grateful again that I have this physical ability to move, and

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continue to work to do that every day.

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I've another way to celebrate touch...

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And that is I love to touch trees.

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I feel the energy palpable when I put my arms around a tree or I lean my forehead

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against the tree and just thank it for its beauty, it's strength, it's resilience,

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and it's reminder to me to be grounded in all of my activities during the day.

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Now, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a sixth sense that I always count onto

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accompany me on my walking meditation, my sunrise walk, and that is, The sense

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of intuition and imagination, because that's when my mind is really working and

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creating and setting aside any doubts, or limiting beliefs or negative self-talk.

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Being present with that sixth sense of allowing for possibilities, makes

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for an extraordinarily uplifting walk.

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I would like to share with you, my walking meditation...

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My walking affirmation.

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I will put it in the show notes and make it available to you.

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I encourage you to take it and customize it, and make it uniquely your own.

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This is my own abundance affirmation, walking meditation.

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And I begin.

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I am open and ready to receive and master a mindset of abundance,

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opportunity, and action.

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I am one with the universe, a divine spirit, and unlimited positive energy.

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I thank my Guides, Guardians and Angels, for their protection,

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direction and wisdom.

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I choose to step into my power fully, to embrace that my dreams and desires

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exist, because I am meant to fulfill them.

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I mindfully practice self-love, self-care, and self-compassion, so

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that I am healthy and resilient,

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I nurture, celebrate, and use my strengths and gifts to change lives for

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the better, starting today with mine.

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I am worthy.

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I am valued.

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I am love.

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I hope you enjoyed this walk with me and I wish you a beautiful, abundant day.