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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
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What is Meditation?
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today, I'm going to share with you a story
about the seven wonders of the world.
So the story goes that a group
of school children were asked
to list what they thought were
the seven wonders of the world.
So the children shouted out all
the answers that they had, and the
teacher started to tally their votes.
So she wrote them down on the board.
Egypt's Great Pyramids, Great
Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Grand
Canyon, Empire State Building, St.
Peter's Basilica and the Edinburgh Castle.
This is how the votes came in.
But while she was gathering the votes,
the teacher did notice that there
was one student that had been really
dedicatedly writing things on a
piece of paper, but she hadn't shared
anything with the rest of the group.
So the teacher said, "Do you
want to tell us what you think
are the seven wonders of world?"
The girl looked a little bit shy.
Eventually she started to
hold her list up and read.
And what she read out was, "I think
the seven wonders of the world are
to see, to hear, to touch, to taste,
to feel, to laugh and to love."
The teacher fell quiet and smiled.
"Thank you," she replied.
I think in everyday life, we tend to
take for granted things that are truly
miraculous, like the fact that we can hear
a beautiful piece of music or the sound of
the birds, or that we can feel the warmth
of the sun on our skin or the touch of
a loved one, or that we can feel love.
So think about today's Daily Mindfulness
as kind of like a gentle reminder that
the most grand and precious things
in life are not those big structures
built out of wood or carved in stone.
The greatest wonders are often right
under our noses to be appreciated,
enjoyed, and absolutely marveled at.
As Jon Kabat-Zinn said, you know, "The
little things, the little moments, they
aren't little, they're your life.".
So as always, thank you for your practice.
Thanks for being here.
And now let's settle in
for today's meditation.
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