Start your day with intention and mindfulness with a meditation designed to bring peace and positivity into your life with an energizing breathing technique. You're guided into a profound state of relaxation and serenity. This meditation is crafted to help you release tension, quiet the mind, and effortlessly slip into a peaceful and rejuvenating sleep. Welcome to our brand new meditation series designed to help you sleep better starting tonight! In this week's series, you'll be guided with valuable insight to enhance your sleep, and a step-by-step process to help you sleep better. This week, we launch into a series designed to help you release the grip of your worst moods. Each day, you'll be guided with meditation techniques to allow you to let go of negative thoughts. This is part 3 of a 7-part meditation series titled How to Start Your Day, 2987-2993. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: This week, you're challenged to wake up earlier and take part in a ritual that helps you feel renewed as you start your day. You might start by waking up 15 minutes earlier, and work up to waking up an hour earlier to do something that nourishes you. A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME: You are guided with a different meditation technique every day that is customized for the week's theme. Weave the techniques into the most stressful times of your day to manage difficult emotions. The meditation techniques help to calm the "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. FREE TOOLS: For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Enjoy access to nearly 3,000 guided meditations without ads on the Sip and Om app. Try it for 7 days of free access to the full app! Listen on iTunes for 1-Week Free! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone   1-week Free Access to the Android app! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sipandom.sipandom   ***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission.   RESOURCES Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.   I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review on iTunes.   **All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information, or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy, or clarity you may experience as you meditate!