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In each breath practice, we do the Minor Yogi Exercise. With this breath exercise, we call forth our perfect blueprint of being. In this episode, we explore more deeply what that blueprint is and how it harmonizes and clarifies all layers of our being. Starting with our physical bodies, we use imagination as a tool to align with the blueprint, calling Light into all our cells of the body. We recognize the power of our emotional bodies, using the blueprint to clarify our emotions, aligning to higher flows. Our mental bodies also come into alignment, with higher thoughts flowing. We venture further into beauty and harmony, into no time and timelessness, calibrating to our own True North. 'Angels of Love' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

Welcome the Solar Light into your consciousness as a way to open to wonder and awe. We use the wonder of our breath and the gifts of practice to recognize how wonder fills us with inner nourishment. From that opening, we use the light and love of the Sun to infill our spine and create a surround of Light. Recognizing the nourishment of the sun to create and sustain all life on our Earth, we open our hearts of the experience of awe. Derived in part from Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life by Dacher, Keltner.www.amazon.com/Awe-Science-Everyday-Wonder-Transform'Strands of Light' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

Setting the Tone for a New Year: Welcome to Season Four of Miriam’s Meditations. I invite you to find a flow you want to follow for the coming year, such as Harmony, Abundance, Peace, Creativity, Purpose. Any quality you would like to have more of, imagine it as a flow of energy and wellness that you can connect to and amplify in your life. We will use our breath to expand this energy and allow the flow to move not only into our lives, but through us out into our family, community and the world. Hope you’ll join us!'Sacred Ceremony' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

Have you ever wondered if signs and symbols mean anything? In this episode, we hear about how we each have a personal symbolic dictionary that has meaning for us alone. When we look out onto the personality-level world, we encounter symbols that can be recognized as guidance from deeper levels of reality. Also in this journey, we do our breath practice, including the Sound that Heals the Heart. We recognize our own contribution to the unfolding of the evolving consciousness of all Creation, how we are bringing harmony and higher energy frequencies from deep within and expressing them as our essential nature. Through this practice, we engage, with countless others, in birthing a new way of being in the world.'Sea of Light' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Are you feeling confined by outdated thoughts, ideas and beliefs about who you are? We all feel the need to stretch and expand sometimes, but may feel trapped and not have a way forward. The 14th century Persian poet Hafez speaks to us across time with these lines:Dropping KeysThe small manBuilds cages for everyone he knowsWhile the sage,who has to duck his head when the moon is low,Keeps dropping keysall night longFor the BeautifulRowdyPrisoners.In this journey, we find ourselves with the key to our own expansion, placed lovingly in our hands by our own inner knowing. We open the lock on our own cage, which has already begun to dissolve, and step into freedom. We align with our purpose, our authenticity. Then we, too, can drop keys to all our loved ones, that they might be free as well. 'The Blessed One' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

I’m back from my Light Body seminar with great energies and insights to share. One is that we are all operating with certain frequencies running in the background, our Base Frequencies, that may or may not be creating our best self. These frequencies, or energies, might be things like guilt or shame, chronic anger, or “why-me-isms”. But what if we could learn to resonate with higher frequencies like Beauty Joy and Love? What if they became our fundamental resonance that we carry forward into all our interactions, our most private moments and our work or purpose? We explore these ideas in this episode. We also revisit the complete breath and rhythmic breathing.Does Breathing Affect Your Brain? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-does-breathing-affect-your-brain-180980950/'Sea of Light' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

This week is an encore episode of a popular meditation while I am away at a seminar. “The Perfect man/woman breathes through their heels, while the ordinary man/woman breathes through their throat.” Chauang-tzu (updated with modern pronouns)  In this episode we are breathing through our heels and practicing a gentle walking meditation. Through our connection to the Earth with our heels, we bless our earth and heal her, while also healing ourselves. We recognize our inner work of aligning with and amplifying frequencies of Harmony, Beauty, Joy, Peace, Abundance and Perfection. We breathe these frequencies into our entire being, that we may be a blessing to all as we walk our sacred ordinary lives.  ‘Lord of Harmony’ music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by Marc Ronick (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Have you ever sent out prayers or blessings to others in times of need? Has anyone sent blessings to you? Of course you have and others have too. But have you ever taken a few moments to recognize the great gift being sent you by opening to receive? In this journey we open to that light of loving energy and receive. An explanation is given on the difference between radiant energy and resonant energy. There is a difference and with our skill in the subtle energies, we can begin to notice how they are different. Becoming aware of the light of the radiance and the light of resonance we feel the love and support of others, our loved ones who are with us on the earth plane and those who are in the light of Spirit. 'Temple of Healing Love' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

A very personal journey into my own shifts and changes. Of late, life has been quite challenging with shifts that have been quite unexpected and life-changing. As I have worked on my own stuff, I came to a place where my Inner Child was feeling quite afraid and alone. I’ve also had some difficulty breathing as I’ve navigated this rough water. After working on this Inner Child issue, my breath has restored. Then this morning I witnessed the most beautiful sunrise I’ve ever seen. This sunrise, seemingly for my eyes only, was deeply restorative and nourishing. Recognizing the nourishing qualities of the essential Beauty of the world, I am lifted and filled with peace. I realize I am not alone. You are not alone. Here’s the piece I wrote about Beauty as Nourishment that I read in the beginning of the episode. Peace, MiriamBeauty as Nourishment10.6.22“Survival is not enough.” Station Eleven, Emily St John MandelEven/Especially in difficult times, we need more than survival, we need deep spiritual nourishment. Beauty is a current, a flow, an essential food that fills us within so we can come to the outer world with fuel to transform our lives, or to simply meet the challenges of the day. Inner spiritual nourishment connects us to that which we are in our essential nature, the greater portion of who we truly are. When we source our Reality from this inner realm, that which is expressed and created is of a higher octave of Light.  We now begin to untether from inherited or contrived belief patterns and habitual thoughts, to know our own essential Self and our part we play in the whole. We begin to understand the true Nature of Oneness and that boundaries are not truly divisions but fluid features of consciousness that come and go. Recognizing this fluid nature of boundaries allows an us essential Freedom. Freedom within the Flows. Noticing and Amplifying Beauty as an essential nourishing energy or frequency creates a field for your consciousness to Soar. From this elevated vista, this stance in the energies, we begin to feel the presence of Harmony, Abundance, Peace, Joy, Love and all the higher octave energies. Using this as our foundation, our focus of consciousness, we begin to shift the way we hold our focus—using these flows as the foundational matrix of our Being. 'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

We all know what Beauty is. We do not need it explained to us. We inherently recognize and embrace beauty. When we are in a difficult situation however, beauty can seem remote. Yet it is within us and available to us at all times. In this episode we explore the Doorway of Beauty that resides in the heart. Breathing in and out of the heart with our mind resting on beauty can bring a realigning of our awareness. This freshening of our awareness allows us to recognize more and more beauty all around us, even in a challenging of situation.  Using our focus on Beauty, we practice our sadhanna, imbuing our very cells with the Light of Beauty. Our path becomes one of the higher octave of beauty, our purpose imbued with beauty. We enter the More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible (Charles Eisenstein). Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohuehttps://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Invisible-Embrace-John-ODonohue/dp/0060957263/The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible: Sacred Activism by Charles Eisensteinhttps://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Hearts-Possible-Sacred-Activism/dp/1583947248/'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Part One of a three-episode exploration of Beauty in our world, this episode is filled with a joyful energy of Beauty. We recognize that Beauty is everywhere, penetrating from the smallest insects and grains of sand out into the vast cosmos. Beauty abides. We can amplify this beauty with our awareness, calling it forward and witnessing it makes more beauty in our world. We are visited by the Angel of Beauty, a shining luminescent being that gives each listener a gift of beauty, a shimmering example of how our inner activism connects to our outer world and enhances it. 'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

This week, we have a soothing, peaceful practice of simply breathing, noticing our breath and practicing Calm Abiding. Also known as Shamatha in Buddhist practice, Calm Abiding is breathing and letting the mind calm, a cloudy lake that settles the mud to the bottom. We breathe, we notice. Our mind calms. From this still, quiet place we might engage with Insight meditation (Vipashana), receiving wisdom and insight from our deepest being. We also open to releasing anything that is no longer serving us. We let go with ease, allowing this energy to flow out and away to its next level of evolution. We return refreshed and lighter, open to all the blessings that our day can bring. Reflections on a Mountain Lake by Ani Tenzin Palmohttps://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Mountain-Lake-Teachings-Practical/dp/1559391758/'Sea of Light' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Open your breathing space, tone your diaphragm and abdominal muscles and clear your mind and emotions with this week's return to our sadhanna breath practice. A luminous cascade of light helps us clear our field, rising in Light to higher energies. We then bear witness to our own Harvest—what beauty comes to you as you engage in changing from within? How does your inner being flow into your life on a daily basis? Clarity and stillness are the fruits of our practice. A short quote from Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. The violinist Katrina takes instruction from her teacher: “Also, I notice as that you tend to rush. When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace. So let’s try this at half speed. If that is too fast, we will slow it down some more. Understood?”-P. 184https://www.amazon.com/Light-Uncommon-Stars-Ryka-Aoki-ebook/dp/B08QGJDSCK/'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

A spacious, clarifying breath and meditation practice. We begin at the beginning, with our Beginner’s Mind. Using the powerful Orbit Breath, we come into awareness of our spinal column. We share light of breath with all the systems of the body and begin an exploration of the Breath Within the of the breath. From this clear point, we lift upward to the sky, noticing any clouds that the mind is creating are beginning to clear. What is left is Blue Sky Mind.Purpose of meditation quote from: Reflections on a Mountain Lake by Ani Tenzin Palmo, page 68.Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism'Guardian Angels' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

A word from a listener: “I knew the cooling breath would be awesome. I was brought to ice cubes, snow cones and icebergs!  I almost had brain freeze!  Haha. Thanks for the new season!”   In these waning days of summer, we can become weary of the heat. Our bodies and minds are in need of cooling energy. This episode brings you an easy cooling breath that you can do anywhere anytime. Using the energy of a soothing color, we calm and cool the brain and mind of heated energies. Then we move to a dipping of our toes in the water at the seashore, allowing the delicious energy of the water to restore us. The light of the Essence of Water clears and cleanses us throughout all layers of our being. This episode is the beginning of Season Four of Miriam’s Meditations. We are using pranayama breaths that we learned in earlier seasons. So if you are new to Breath Practice, please visit Season One to learn the breaths. Namaste!'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

A gentle, soothing, nourishing meditation on all the abundance we have flowing to us from the higher realms. These Soul Values are available always, filling our cup to overflowing. This is the Daily Bread Master Jesus shared with his disciples and which we can partake of at any moment. Breathe in Peace, Love, Worth,Wholeness, Blessing, Kindness, Compassion, Abundance, Enough, Open, Harmony, Joy, Love, Love, Love.'Angels of Beauty' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

A repeat of a useful episode, which has all the breaths we've studied in Season Two. It is a short practice for those times when you want to practice but have limited time available. There is no instruction given for the breaths or the sounds. That information is contained in the previous episodes of this Season Two. The presentation of only the breaths and sounds allows the practitioner to flow along in their own practice, developing skill and receiving sustenance.'Songs of the One' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Our most popular episode ever! Join us for a re-broadcast of a fan favorite episode. We're visited by a special guest--St Germaine. He guides us in the use of the Sacred Violet Flame. This episode will leave you in a clear, peaceful space. This is a re-post of a previous episode.'The Blessed One' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Are you feeling confined by outdated thoughts, ideas and beliefs about who you are? We all feel the need to stretch and expand sometimes, but may feel trapped and not have a way forward. The 14th century Persian poet Hafez speaks to us across time with these lines:Dropping KeysThe small manBuilds cages for everyone he knowsWhile the sage,who has to duck his head when the moon is low,Keeps dropping keysall night longFor the BeautifulRowdyPrisoners.In this journey, we find ourselves with the key to our own expansion, placed lovingly in our hands by our own inner knowing. We open the lock on our own cage, which has already begun to dissolve, and step into freedom. We align with our purpose, our authenticity. Then we, too, can drop keys to all our loved ones, that they might be free as well. 'The Blessed One' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.

Gather your breath and yourself into the light of Stillness. We start with a gentle practice of breath awareness, opening space in the upper body. Grounding into the earth, we venture into the stillness of a quiet lake. We breathe with the trees. We flow in a small canoe, creating gentle ripples on the surface. From there we reach up into the pure Light of Being. Expanding on the flow, we offer the Light to a person or situation in our world. We complete the practice by bringing the Light into the realm of the personality self. Breathe with us!'Illumination' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com) Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.