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DAY 1 : BUSTING THE #1 MEDITATION MYTH
Why there’s more to meditating than shutting up your monkey mind.

[Read more…] about Day 1 – Busting the #1 Meditation Myth & The 3 Keys To Successful Meditation

Hi %%FIRST_NAME%%,
Thank you so much for joining us. I’m really excited to have you on board!

Your email with a link to your ‘Getting Started’ pack should be with you in the next half hour.

In the meantime, here are two really useful things you could do:

1. Add hello@clarejosa.com to your email system’s address book / contact file / approved sender list / whitelist
   Email systems have this weird way of randomly letting some emails through, but not others, even when it has previously worked.
   It’s the #1 query my team gets from people taking my online courses – “Where did today’s email go?”
   We have found that the best solution is to do this step, giving your email provider the clear signal that you want to receive these messages and that it’s ok to send them through. Thank you!
2. Pop by and say hi over at the forum
   You get your own exclusive members-only area in my online community, Soul-Sized Living.
   This is only for people who are joining in with How To Meditate – Made Easy.
   So while you wait for your first email to arrive, how about popping over to the forum and introducing yourself – perhaps telling us why you’re joining in with this programme? What attracted you to it?
   Here’s the forum link:
   www.clarejosa.com/soulsizedliving/forumdisplay.php?5-How-To-Meditate-Made-Easy
   Your username is your email address. Your password is %%PASSWORD%%
   See you there!

Thank you for sharing this journey with me.
I hope it takes you to where you have been dreaming of – or better!

Namaste,

P.S. If you have any techy questions at any stage, please reply to any of your daily emails and a member of my team will be in touch to help.

P.P.S. Just in case one of your emails doesn’t arrive, all of the messages are available to read online. You’ll find a list of them in your Members-Only area. You can also find them by going to:
www.HowToMeditateMadeEasy.com/Day-01 and changing the final two digits to be the day you are on.
Note: the course is designed so that you work through it, bit by bit, so you won’t be able to read more than a week ahead!
[Read more…] about Welcome

Are you hungry to make changes in your life?
Is it time to dive in and just do it?
Would you be prepared to dedicate the month of August to making the shifts your soul has been dreaming of this year?

Is it time for you to take the next steps towards Soul-Sized Living?

Then our August 2013 Soul-Sized Living Inner Circle might be for you.

I’m prepared to make a commitment to you – a massive commitment.
I’m offering to give you my time, my support and my shortcuts – to share the insider secrets that have taken me decades to discover, to help you make significant shifts in your life this August.
With love,

Just imagine the difference a month could make in your life.

• Imagine the shifts you have been dreaming of, becoming your new reality, by the end of August this year.
• Imagine feeling fully supported, throughout that month, as you make those shifts.
• Imagine having just the tools you need, right there, when you need them.
• Imagine the shifts you’re making becoming the new baseline for your experience of life?
• Imagine living your life feeling more fulfilled, less stressed and more in alignment with your heart’s dreams – your soul’s purpose. living with authenticity.

Does it feel big and scary and exciting? Great! That’s perfect? It means you’re dreaming big enough! This Inner Circle will help you make those shifts.
Doesn’t feel scary and exciting? Then this Group Mentoring Programme probably isn’t where you’re at yet. And that’s ok.

If all of this is calling to your heart, here’s what you need to know:

	We’ll ‘meet’ via a Skype conference call each morning at 06:45 (UK time) for a 15 minute guided meditation or mindfulness exercise. This is a key part of this Group Mentoring Programme. It sets the energy for your day and helps you to open up for the shifts you have been dreaming of. Calls are recorded, so you can listen again at any time. If you’re not excited enough about shifting your life to get up at show up at 6:45, that’s ok. But then this programme isn’t for you. 🙂
	Each week we’ll have an evening Skype conference call, where I share and teach some unique life-changing techniques. These insider secrets will help you to fast-track your way towards living Soul-Sized. These are some of the most transformational techniques I have developed and honed over the past decades, to help you make deep-acting change in your life. You’ll get a weekly ‘project’ at the end of the call, to help you keep your focus each week and to make sure your shifts work as deeply as possible. Just imagine the impact this could have. This is the stuff I only usually share with one-to-one personal mentoring clients, and even then I only share some of it. The calls are recorded, so you can still catch up if you miss one – and you can listen again, to make sure you get the most from the sessions.
	Each week we’ll have an optional (though highly-recommended) Q&A Coaching Session. This is your chance to ask questions, get answers and support others in the group, as you work your way through the month’s projects. It’s a live mentoring session and it’s often where we make the biggest shifts.
	You’ll have total support via the exclusive Inner Circle area of our private online community. This is so important. It will help you to melt away any blocks or barriers that come up for you – and it gives you somewhere to celebrate your successes, in a way that those you live with every day might not understand.
	You’ll have the support of email coaching with me. If ‘stuff’ comes up or you have questions about what we’re doing, you can drop me an email and I’ll do my utmost to get back to you within 24 hours (weekdays). To be honest, you’ll probably not need this, but it’s there, to give you extra moral support, if you do.
	Each week you’ll get an exclusive guided visualisation deep relaxation MP3, to listen to (optional) as you fall asleep. This helps you to melt away those barriers, to release those limiting beliefs and to take things to the next level – effortlessly!

The Question Is…

Are you ready to invest in yourself and dive in, to do this work, to make the shifts you have been dreaming of?

Yes?

Here’s how to apply to join this Soul-Sized Living Inner Circle

This programme is only open to those who are prepared to make the commitment to themselves – and the others in the group – to show up and to use this stuff.

There’s no point in applying if you’re only going to be half-hearted about this.

The only person who can create change in your life is you.
 
My role in this is to make it as easy as possible for you! In fact, it’s what I specialise in. 🙂

If your heart is calling you to dive in and make those transformational shifts, fill in the application form below. Once I have reviewed it, I’ll let you know if you have a place on the programme within 48 hours (weekdays).

You’ll get an invoice to make your payment. Once your payment has arrived, your place is guaranteed and you’ll get all the details you need for the course, as well as some pre-course questions, to help you dive in and get ready to make the most of August this year!

I’d love to have you join us for this exciting Inner Circle.
Namaste,

Dear %%FIRST_NAME%%,
Welcome to week 3!
We’re moving on to a beautiful Gratitude Project today. But just in case you haven’t had a chance to share how you got on with last week’s gratitude exercise, here’s the week two discussion thread: Week Two Discussions.
Today we’re moving on to a mindfulness-based gratitude exercise that is a form of breathing meditation.

But before I take you there, I’d like to sort out one of the most common problems we create, when we’re making changes in our lives:

Are you trying too hard?

It’s the best way to make sure things don’t work for you!

The best way to let the Miracle Of Gratitude work for you is to go with the flow. Have a playful attidue, when you’re taking time out for your gratitude minutes or experimenting with the exercises.

The harder we try, the less likely we are to get the results we’re dreaming of.

Why?

Because ‘trying’ creates resistance, in your Monkey Mind, and even physical tension in your body. Our Monkey Mind reminds us of all the reasons why ‘this kind of stuff never worked before’ and tries to convince us that it won’t work this time. And, given that we tend to get what we focus on in life, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Also, it’s pretty hard to feel grateful for life, if we’re holding physical tension, clenching our teeth as we say our ‘thank yous’.

If you’re like me, running a ‘try, try, try again’ programme, you’ll find this week’s gratitude project helps you to shift from ‘trying’ to ‘being’. And that can bring a huge sense of relief.

Let go of trying to ‘do’ or ‘feel’ gratitude – and allow yourself to melt into ‘being’ gratitude.

You’ll be amazed by the shift.

A tip-off about this week’s project: let go of your expectations

Meditation takes us into a different state of mind from anything that we do in our ‘thinking time’ or activities. It helps us to connect with wisdom, Truth, inner stillness and more. By consciously choosing to feel gratitude whilst setting our intention to be in that meditative state, we can amplify the effects, taking the experience to the next level.

And the best thing about this is that the less hard you try, the more effective the results!

One of the things about breathing – and breathing meditations – is that we can fall into the trap of trying too hard.

We have these weird expectations that line up to knock our confidence when we hear the word ‘meditation’ or ‘mindfulness’. Either we’re supposed to wander around in tent-dresses and sandals, or shave our heads, or turn our legs into pretzels, or magically quieten that pesky Monkey Mind, or suddenly achieve zen-like states at the flick of a switch.

Yet for this mindful breathing Gratitude Project, all you need to do is ever-so-gently allow your awareness – your focus – to rest on your breathing. That’s it.

In a world where multi-tasking and thinking seventeen things at once is such a highly-prized skillset, why can it feel so hard to do just one thing?

Because we’re used to trying, trying, trying, instead of allowing ourselves a few moments to rest and ‘be’.

If you find you end up trying too hard with this week’s project, here’s an article that I originally wrote for the 28 Day Meditation Challenge book and course, which explains why we try too hard with meditation (or pretty much anything else we do!) and what you can do about it:

Are You Trying Too Hard To Meditate?

In fact, you can apply this to most of the experiences we have in life…

I really hope you’re enjoying your week six Gratitude Project. If you have a spare moment, how about popping by The Miracle Of Gratitude’s Facebook Page to let people know how you’re getting on and perhaps inspire a few others to follow your example and discover how gratitude can change your life?

Köszönöm!
Namaste,

Week 3 Gratitude Project & Useful Links

When you have had a chance to play with the week three Gratitude Project, please remember to pop by the forum and share your experiences: Week 3 Discussion Thread [Read more…] about Day 15