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Focus Meditation 18: Guided #DoMagick
Meditation Title: More Guided Meditation Technique: Sometimes you don’t want to have to drag yourself through a meditation. Instead, you want someone else to take you on a journey. To just relax your mind and allow whoever (or whatever) is guiding you, to show you something. There are a lot of methods for this, but the most common is to…
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Focus Meditation 17: Chakra #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Chakra for Energy Technique: When it comes to chakra balancing, you should be able to focus on each particular chakra and its color in order to clear, activate, or use that chakra energy. In the video example below, it will give you a solid idea/visual on what to focus on. My Meditation: I am going to do 5…
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Focus Meditation 16: Guides #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Guided Meditation Technique: Sometimes you don’t want to have to drag yourself through a meditation. Instead, you want someone else to take you on a journey. To just relax your mind and allow whoever (or whatever) is guiding you, to show you something. There are a lot of methods for this, but the most common is to listed…
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Focus Meditation 15: Flame #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Flame Focus Technique: This is a focus meditation where you immerse yourself fully in the experience of observation. You can add to this some energy work, and see what happens. So first, get a candle and light it. Sit comfortably in front of the candle and draw in a deep breath. Exhale slowly. Focus on the flame of…
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Focus Meditation 14: Breath #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Bellows Breath Technique: Yes – MORE Pranayama! I know. I’m on a roll this week with the breathing meditations. Just one more though… This one is called Bellows Breath. It’s very similar to breath of fire, except you exhale through your nose! You also don’t do it as quickly. This is an energizing pranayama exercise. Sit tall, breathe…
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Focus Meditation 13: Breath #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Breath of Fire Technique: This is a cleansing pranyama practice. Before we start, just know that if you’re pregnant or have high blood pressure, you might want to skip this one and try a more gentle breathing exercise. This one will make you feel light headed if you don’t practice it regularly, and we don’t want anyone passing…
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Focus Meditation 12: Breath #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Lion’s Breath Technique: Pranayama is a practice of how one breathes. It’s part of a formal yoga practice for a lot of yogis. Different breathing techniques can actually do everything from promote relaxation to energy. Usually, this is done sitting on your heels. If this is too difficult for you, try it sitting cross-legged, or on all fours.…
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Focus Meditation 11: Tarot #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Tarot Meditation (or any oracle deck) Technique: You can use a tarot, Lenormand, or any oracle deck for this. There are two methods for doing this meditation. One is for learning tarot or a new oracle, the other is for divination. I’ll describe both. TO LEARN A NEW DECK: Sit in silence for about two minutes, focusing on…
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Focus Meditation 10: Freewriting #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Freewriting Technique: Ever since completing The Artists Way Workshop, I have found morning pages (basically a daily freewriting practice) to be an extra beneficial type of meditation that I’ve added to my daily practice. I usually spend thirty minutes on it. The idea behind it is you put pen to paper and just write streaming consciousness type thoughts.…
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Focus Meditation 9: Qigong #DoMagick
Meditation Title: Qigong Technique: Qigong is similar to Tai Chi, except, IMHO, it’s a LOT easier to learn. Tai Chi, to me, is like trying to learn to dance because, it seems, the sequences move incredibly fast and there’s a LOT of choreography. Qigong, however, puts more emphasis on the rhythmic breathing, energy movement, relaxation, calm mind, and being able…
