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Take a Moment

Daily Meditations from Marnie Castor on KUT.Support for Take A Moment comes from Relationship Counseling Center of Austin, counseling to help couples, individuals, and families build and maintain healthy and happy relationships. 

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  1. 312

    Don't Just Do Something, Sit There

    Something to do with doing nothing.

  2. 311

    Leave It Alone

    Healing does not arrive at a breakneck speed. Recovery requires rest.

  3. 310

    Straw Breath

    Release tension with intention on the exhale.

  4. 309

    Sensing Anger

    Felt sensations tell us more about our emotions than our thoughts.

  5. 308

    Take A Different Way Home

    The wisdom of your internal compass will never lead you astray. Get lost to find out just how.

  6. 307

    Bees Breath

    Humming, speaking can stimulate the parasympathetic system. 

  7. 306

    Wrist Extension

    A stretch for your connective tissue.

  8. 305

    Soft Eyes

    Watch the windows to the soul bloom and thrive when engaged with intention to relax.

  9. 304

    Sharpen Your Axe

    Slow down to speed up, take breaks to allow the progress of energy to flow at a natural pace. 

  10. 303

    Holistic Approach

    Holistic healing leads with a positive outlook. Is there a holistic change you can make today?

  11. 302

    Show Up

    Making an effort to show up builds and binds love and trust.

  12. 301

    I Want Love

    What we seek and what we are is love. 

  13. 300

    Om Shanti

    A mantra for peace and inner calm. 

  14. 299

    Sit Up Tall

    A gentle, imagery-driven practice to reframe the value of sitting upright.

  15. 298

    Cucumber

    Look to the earth's bounty to keep your cool during the peak heat of summertime. 

  16. 297

    Pause on the Exhale

    Breath is a good place to start the process of letting go. 

  17. 296

    Patience and Faith

    Patience and gratitude for when things don't work out as hoped.

  18. 295

    Fist Gesture

    Release anger or frustration with this closed-hand mudra.

  19. 294

    Give Thy Thought No Tongue

    Chose silence to foster wisdom.   

  20. 293

    Interoception

    Interoception is the ability to feel and know what is going on inside our body. 

  21. 292

    Dose of Inspiration

    Where do you go to gather inspiration?

  22. 291

    Grounding Technique

    A technique for grounding you in the here and now.

  23. 290

    Witness Mind

    Can you watch your thoughts as if they were clouds in the sky?

  24. 289

    Big Breaths

    Practice taking a big, healthy breath.

  25. 288

    Opposite

    Contrary action requires self-awareness and humility.

  26. 287

    Micro Kindness

    Small acts of kindness bring us to a better state of existence.

  27. 286

    Breakups

    Fear holds us from spiritually surrendering. Let go of grasping.

  28. 285

    Head Cradle

    Use your hands in this guided realignment of the head and neck.

  29. 284

    The Emperor

    The heart is considered “The Emperor” the Pericardium, protects the heart physically but also emotionally

  30. 283

    Victory Garden

    Growing your own food is an act of rebellion.

  31. 282

    Food is My Love Language

    Sitting down and eating a home made meal with friends is a balm to the spirit.

  32. 281

    Cooling Breath

    A breathing exercise to calm your nervous system.

  33. 280

    AI Is Not A Substitute For Our Elders

    AI can do a lot of thinking for us, but it can’t make grandma’s mac and cheese.

  34. 279

    Spiritual Drive Through Texas

    A meditation inspired by the winding roads of the Texas Hill Country.

  35. 278

    Peripheral Vision

    The vision and functionality of our eyes can also serve to activate different parts of the brain.

  36. 277

    Sama Vritti

    A breathing ritual that invites balance to the mind and body

  37. 276

    Buffalo

    Look into the eye of the storm and run straight in. 

  38. 275

    Nasal Cycle

    Ancient wisdom suggests a correlation between the nasal cycle and the function of the nervous system.

  39. 274

    Your Beautiful Body

    Mind your body. Embody your mind. 

  40. 273

    Hissing Breath

    A cool breath practice. 

  41. 272

    Serenity Prayer

    A prayer for wisdom, serenity, and courage.

  42. 271

    Playtime

    Dance is the antidote to self pity. 

  43. 270

    Solvitur Ambulando

    It is solved by walking. 

  44. 269

    Friend Breakups

    A lost friendship can still be held in your heart with gratitude.

  45. 268

    Tension Headache

    To arrive at relief, bring attention and breath to points of tension in and around your skull.

  46. 267

    Soulmaxxing

    Don’t try this ritual unless you’re prepared for seriously positive results.

  47. 266

    The Stage Dive

    Relearning trust sometimes looks like falling. Sometimes it looks like catching.

  48. 265

    The Slower You Go

    Perfect timing is relative.

  49. 264

    Koto Dama

    Invoke the magic of words and spell bliss into your life. 

  50. 263

    How am I to die?

    Live life like you know you are going to die

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Daily Meditations from Marnie Castor on KUT.Support for Take A Moment comes from Relationship Counseling Center of Austin, counseling to help couples, individuals, and families build and maintain healthy and happy relationships.

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