Miriam's Meditations

Have you ever seen videos of people surfing waves that are 40-50 feet high? They glide down the face of the huge vertical plane of water, which could and sometimes does sweep them away? These times may sometimes seem like we are being followed by a huge wave that threatens to knock us off our feet and sweep us away like broken sticks upon the ocean. What you may not see or realize when you watch those videos is that the surfers are surrounded by helpers! People on jet skis and in boats, ready to snatch them out of the jaws of crashing white foam when then are done with their ride, or get wiped out.
We too have helpers all around us. Some seen, some invisible. Assisting us at all times, when we open and release to receive. Also, we are preparing to meet that giant wave, working on our skills from the inside out. So when life does bear down upon us with events and situations that are out of our control, we are able to ride with confidence. Also, learn to swim.
This episode takes us to a still place, using the Orbit Breath and Rhythmic Breathing. These two sophisticated energy practices bring us to a place where the light we encounter clear and cleanses us on all levels: physical, emotional, mental and etheric. We emerge rested and cleansed.
'Consciousness at Rest' 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.

Aloha everyone. This episode is a special sharing of spiritual Light for the island of Maui, her people and all those affected by the fires of August 8, 2023. The guides have called this episode Circles of Light. In Hawaii, there is a word for family and it is Ohana. OHana can be pictured as a circle of light. You can have an ohana that is your family, your neighborhood can be your ohana, or your work friends. Ohana is flexible and inclusive.
In this powerful meditation, we start with our breath, breathing as one. We engage with the spiritual light of our own practice, calling forward our connection to the spiritual realms and breathing that light into our being. Harmony, compassion, beauty, love. Recognizing our light, we reach out to for a pattern of lighted spiritual nourishment with all those participating in our meditation. Recognizing the ancient banyan tree that is the symbol of Hope in Lahaina, we offer our pattern of light that it might help clear the ash, cleanse the wounds, salve the hearts, and uplift all into the light of love.
Hope is a radical act of braving the future and daring to imagine the highest and best coming into being. We offer this light of hope that it may become food and sustenance and a future that is filled with love and blessing. Thank you for participating and being part of this journey.
-Miriam
Here are some resources to which you can give funds. I know all these personally and can vouch that they are real people doing real work. From the deepest place in my heart, Mahalo.

• Maui United Way https://mauiunitedway.org/
• University of Hawaii Foundation https://www.uhfoundation.org/give/giving-opportunity/help-maui
• Hawaii Community Foundation https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
• Maui Humane Society https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/donate-olx/
• Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

'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.

Climate changes are on our minds and hearts in this time. Addressing “climate anxiety” that we may feel when noticing changes or hearing difficult news, we offer our practice and meditation as a form of inner activism, contributing to the mass reality harmony, beauty, higher frequencies and support. Working in the background as a yin complement to yang outward activity, we create flows of energy that support the wellness of our planetary home.

A quote from Seth, channeled by Jane Roberts reminds us of how we all contribute to mass events: “There is no event upon the face of the earth in which each of you has not played some part, however minute, because of the nature of your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations. There is no public act in which you are not in that same manner involved. You are intimately connected with all of the historic events of your time.

“You can become involved now in a new exploration, one in which man's civilizations and organizations change their course, reflecting his good intents AND his ideals. You can do this by seeing to it that each step you personally take is ‘ideally suited’ to the ends you hope to achieve.

“If you do this, your life will automatically be provided with excitement, natural zest and creativity, and those characteristics will be reflected outward into the social, political, economic, and scientific worlds. This is a challenge more than worth the effort. It is a challenge that I hope each reader will accept. The practical idealist (pause) . . . When all is said and done, there is no other kind. I bid each of you success in that endeavor.”

The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 873

Also check out Future Crunch for optimistic news about the world and our place in it. https://futurecrun.ch

‘Angels of Beauty’ 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.

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. 184
https://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.

Listen in to a new conversation with Amanda Strojny on her Untapped Power podcast. Amanda talks with thought leaders on topics centering around money and worthiness, your untapped power to be who you truly are. https://amandastrojny.com/podcast
We had a wonderful, deep conversation about how breath practice and regular meditation can bring your focus into a higher alignment with your true nature and express that into your life with greater ease and flow.
Also, I read an article this week about breath practice and reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s in HuffPost. A recent unique study showed that a simple 5:5 breath pattern practiced 20 minutes a day, twice a day for 4 weeks increased heart rate variability, which tends to drop as we age and is an important factor in overall fitness, and decreased amyloid-beta peptides in there blood stream. These peptides are connected to Alzheimer’s and may be the main cause of the disease. https://apple.news/A0JWYDBCtRt60ULqcfeBi6g The Breathing Technique that could reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s.
We practice this 5:5 breath pattern in this episode along with our usual breath practice. We also do some practice on finding things as energy, using the natural world as our canvas. We use our imagination as a sense to find a single flower, which we study deeply with our mind’s eye. We see if we can discern an interior geometry to the flower, an inner patterning that is the flower’s vast, deep beingness. We extend that sensing to the natural world around us, noticing connections between trees, plants, any animals in our vicinity. We recognize the natural world as the ground of our being. We send gratitude for our lives that are supported so freely by the earth herself.
'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.