Podcast Series Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Being Grateful for Your Body As It Is

How are you in this exact moment? What is unfolding physically for you here and now? In today’s practice, you are going to offer some gratitude to your body for exactly the way it is right now. Whether you’re tired, in pain, or feeling strong and spacious, be grateful for it. The way that your body communicates with you is a blessing. Tune in to begin.

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A Meditation to Stand in Your Power

If you haven’t been feeling empowered or confident lately, sometimes all it takes to evoke a change is to physically alter your posture or your breath. In today’s meditation, Rachel will guide you through a practice to stand in your power. You are here, in your body, and there is nothing you can’t handle. Tune in to begin.

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What Form of Movement Connects You to Your Feelings?

When was the last time you moved your body to the point of crying? In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a contemplation that will inspire you to come back to your body and back to your emotions. There is a reason that the two are so deeply interwoven. You wear your heart on your sleeve and carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Tune in to begin.

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This Week, I Will Move My Body to Release Energy and Emotions

We should be moving our bodies each and every day in a way that makes us feel good. But let’s face it, sometimes movement feels like a chore or comes from a place of not feeling good enough. This week, we are setting the intention to move our bodies as a way to release stagnant energy. If you’ve been carrying heavy feelings lately, this is your chance to let them go.

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Vulnerability and Self-Care with a Friend

It’s time for a practice that embodies the work we’ve done this week. You are going to pick one of your resources, something that comforts and soothes you, and you’re going to do it with a friend. In this episode, Rachel shares why this extra layer to our self-care practices can allow us to tap into our vulnerability and hold ourselves accountable. Tune in to begin.

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Gratitude and a Sense of Safety

When you think of the word comfort, what immediately comes to mind? Is it your person? Your pet? Your bedroom? In today’s gratitude practice, we will give thanks to something that brings us a cellular level of safety. Something that reminds you that you belong. Rachel will guide you through a practice to visualize it and make that feeling a reality. Tune in to begin.

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A Meditation to Return to Yourself

We are dedicating this week to soothing and settling our nervous system. Of course, meditation is a beautiful resource for exactly this. In today’s practice, you will quiet the mind, focus on your breath, and allow your presence to be encapsulated by your physical self. Usually, when we feel really overwhelmed, we immediately lose our connection to our body.

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