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Daily Gratitude 2023

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Ok here we go….. I do my gratitude practice since many years in different ways. Please read one of my old posts from 2016, I put the link below.

So I decided a few days ago, that in 2023 it’s time to take it up a notch, share a daily Gratitude in Instagram stories @mariaprema (also connected to Facebook HathaYogaIpswich).

This has some challenges for me in more than one way. I’m up to it and curious where it will lead me:

I don’t post on social media every day, let alone share stories. I like to set up some kind of template, this might change during the course of twelve months of course. Who knows I might even start to make reels. Setting and respecting my own boundaries, as I intend to post and share daily; turning the phone off when I’m done!

Making better use of my personal blog & website http://www.mariasteiner.com (As a start I write my intention about the daily Gratitude 2023 here). Even though the daily stories will mainly be on Instagram, I intend to write here a blog post every now and then about the progress of my #DailyGratitude2023.

Follow my stories and let’s have some fun.

Looking forward with curiosity, joy and breathing in the moment.

Please read through my blog post from January 2016.

Back in 2013 I started with a gratitude jar……..

Gratitude Jar

Equinox Balancing

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https://moon-rites.mn.co/share/qCxKhEk5LvWYw4Oy

Since the beginning of this year I join my friend Inarra Aryana Griffyn for moon rites and rituals, mainly on the full moon or new moon, and for many other important times of the lunar and solar cycles.

Inarra offers the rituals online. We are a world wide audience and participants.

As I was away I took a bit of a break. Now with Autumn Equinox I will be back on board.

Come and join, follow the link. Your first months is free to try.

You can join the events live, or later on your own time in the replay.

See you in the Moon Rites.

https://moon-rites.mn.co/share/qCxKhEk5LvWYw4Oy

Affirmations – Advent Calendar

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On the 1st of December I started with a 21 days meditation/manifestation challenge, initiated by a meditation group in Germany. Two weeks ago I suggested in a couple yoga classes (so not all of you in the classes know about this). Repeat a different positive affirmation or mantra every day as an Advent Calendar starting on the 1st of December until Christmas. If you were busy or didn’t know about it from me….. do it now or as a family game at Christmas or New Year’s Eve: everyone states a positive affirmation. You can come up with your own or there are many in the books by Louise Hay, Dr. Wayne Dyer, etc. for example.

If you like New Year’s resolutions start at the 1st of January.

You can start for yourself anytime…. and know that many around the world are doing the same. The gist is, when you practice or do something for a minimum of 21 days every day (if you miss one you start again at day one) it becomes a habit.

Here are some examples I created for you as a motivation and inspiration. When you repeat an affirmation often it becomes a Mantra.

Focus on breathing

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It’s been a while since I posted on this page.

Hatha Yoga Ipswich

How I recently experienced the power of proper breathing.

Healing on and by the water. Tallebudgera Creek, November 2018. Photo by Prema Maria

A couple weeks ago I had a root canal treatment. It wasn’t my first one ever. But for this one, I had to go to an Endodontist, a specialist for those kind of procedures. I spare you of the details.

The procedure took about two hours. I couldn’t do much, lying there with my mouth open, breathing through the nose. 

And that’s exactly what I’ve done. I had my hands on my belly, focusing on deep abdominal breathing, taking the attention and focus away from my face. While I visualised healing light all around me, specially on my tooth, as well as for the Endodontist and Assistant. They did the hard work, I was just lying there. 

Now in general I very seldom meditate for longer than 15…

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