EP33: Why You Should Get Back on the Meditation Horse and Stay on It.
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Alexa Z Meditates - Your Life, But Better
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SUMMARY
This episode of The Alexa Z Show discusses her "list" that causes a whole range of negative emotions within her, and the analogy of riding a horse to go the direction that you want to go.
She talks about taking 5 minutes of calm to control your emotions and avoid negative thoughts from taking over. This short time, every single day, is all you need to overcome your own list of negativity.
QUOTES
05:45 "I want you to get away from all the emotions that are connected to that crappy list I just gave you. The emotions of fear and anxiety and grief and sorrow and, I'm getting all the bad ones, exhaustion, confusion, depression."
06:57 "I had that thought and then I had this feeling and then that reaction happened. Normal, that's the way we think it goes. It's the exact opposite. Your emotions arrive first and your thoughts come later."
08:00 "Do you want to be right or do you want to win?"
09:53 "Take 5 minutes for yourself and realize, scientifically, that you are using that mindful time to calm, make that nerve, make everything that's going up to your brain slow down."
11:23 "You want to guide that horse. You want to guide yourself in the direction that you want to go. You want to not be reactive. You want to build your own path"
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HIGHLIGHTS
02:59 Acknowledging your list of negativity
07:23 Control your feelings to control your thoughts
09:36 Using 5 minutes to calm your vagus nerve
Resources : www.alexazshow.com
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