In order to have a peaceful holiday season, it might be necessary to create some boundaries. In today’s practice, you will contemplate the energy you want to align with this month, and what boundaries you need to set with yourself and loved ones. Tune in to begin.
Not all of the magic found during this time of year has to do with the holidays. For today’s gratitude, we are going to widen the scope of our practice. Look up and around. What is Mother Nature showing you about this season? What is unfolding outside of your door? This is a time for us to rest and restore - and nature is pointing the way. Tune in to find some gratitude for it.
As we set ourselves up for success before the holiday season, today we are going to focus on our traditions. What traditions do you have that warm your heart and bring you joy? And oppositely, what traditions do you have that cause you stress and fill you with dread? You will contemplate both sides of the spectrum as Rachel shares examples.
Whether you’re a Christmas lover or not, there are probably some things about the holiday season that stress you out. This week on The Daily Practice, we are going to shake things up. Can you consider a holiday season that would actually nourish you? Or say no to things that you’re not interested in? This episode may reshape how you think about Christmas.
It’s time to be of service! But as you begin this self-care practice today, ask yourself how you can level up your activism. How can you take it one step further than you normally do? Can you go out of your way to have deeper conversations? Can you spend a little bit more time researching? And can you keep your heart open every step of the way?
Spiritual bypassing is the tendency to avoid facing any hardships within the world or ourselves, and to use our spirituality as the excuse for it. Today’s deepening practice will really bring you to a new level. You will have to ask yourself a really hard question - are your spiritual practices compelling you to action or helping you remain passive?
Today’s meditation practice will take you deeper than your physical self. It will bring you into your emotional container, your heart space, and your innermost sense of compassion and love. With each breath, you will feel yourself getting closer to a deep knowing within you - that you are connected to all other living beings. We are all one.
Moments of gratitude in our lives make us recognize the power that we have to do good in the world. In today’s episode, you are going to reflect on a moment in your life - and how it can allow you to tap into service. How can you come closer to humanity? Where is your compassion needed most right now? Rachel shares a beautiful example from her own life, then it’s your turn.
It’s Thanksgiving week, so our intention will bring us deeper than just connecting with a superficial level of gratitude - we are going to go so deep that it compels us to act. Real gratitude makes us look up and around. It connects us to compassion and humanity. And we can use it as fuel to be of service. Rachel will share how to do it. Tune in to begin.
We can contemplate joy all we want - but today’s practice will get you out there to actually experience it. Reach for something that brings you a true, authentic, childlike sense of joy. There is nothing too big, too small, or too silly. Rachel will share some examples, then it’s time to rebel against your inner adult and just do the thing that’s fun.