One memory that always stays with me from my travels to Uganda, the teens at St. Elizabeth\u2019s Girls Academy. They were so cheerful and grateful. They were blessed to have a roof over their heads. They no longer had to sleep on the streets, and were receiving vocational training so they never have to go back to the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I absolutely loved seeing the girls take daily prayer and moments of silent reflection. Besides founding Hope for Hearts, I opened Graceful Spaces<\/a> to help people with strategies to navigate their daily lives. I provide one-on-one plans of action for people who want to see a new side of themselves, just like our girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the areas I cover is meditation to creating space. It\u2019s a tool for growth. Meditation should be the top priority in your mental health routine. It quiets the busy highway called our mind. Meditation teaches us to detach from the mind and tap into the stillness that lies beneath all those busy thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday, May 21 is World Meditation Day<\/strong> and I challenge you to start a meditation practice or like our girls, quiet time to sit in silent reflection. I challenge you to 10 days so you can build a sustainable routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you new to meditation? Start with five minutes and gradually up the time by one minute each day. On day 11 you have a 15-minute practice goal to maintain. You might say \u201cOh, Cristen Lyn I don\u2019t even have 15 minutes in my schedule. YES, YOU DO!<\/strong> Those 15 minutes will come back threefold in your daily productivity (see bullet # 4 above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a hard time with quiet thought meditation, a great alternative is guided meditation. You will receive my guided meditation Healing Limiting Beliefs, Emotions and Programs for free when you sign up for my newsletter<\/a> (no spam only good stuff two times a month). If you already downloaded it once and would like another copy, email me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would love nothing more than to have you blaze a path to peace of mind. I will leave you with one final thought. You will improve your focus with time. The important thing is to become aware of when you have been distracted and train your mind to come back to the breath again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy meditating, P.S. If you would like to sponsor a girl for one year click here<\/a>. $20 a month provides her with the tools to learn a vocational trade and support herself when it’s time to leave the orphanage and blaze her own path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One memory that always stays with me from my travels to Uganda, the teens at St. Elizabeth\u2019s Girls Academy. They were so cheerful and grateful. They were blessed to have a roof over their heads. They no longer had to sleep on the streets, and were receiving vocational training so they never have to go … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/H4H-Blog-1200x800-Meditation.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hope4hearts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meditation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Do you prefer guided meditation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Meditation Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create a space.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Bring in comfort.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Time to check in with yourself.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Cristen Lyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n