“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”

- Walter Eliot

This is just a little extra as you continue your meditation practice. I find this a beautiful reminder of all that meditation is and can do. Enjoy!

"As technology and science progress, we discover more and more the inner-relatedness of all things. What before seemed unrelated, now is known to be related.) Our moods affect our breathing; and our breathing also affects our moods.

The chemicals in our brain and our DNA shape our thoughts, but it is also proven that our constant thought patterns can physically change the brain and our DNA. Our thinking and moods are also affected by the music we hear, movies we watch, books we read, and all other types of media, environment, food (here and here), and people.

So, it seems everything has an influence on our consciousness. Our mind is so volatile, our will power so fragile, our world so distracting. How can we then hope to remain steady in any path or goal?

Here is the magic of perseverance, a virtue extolled by many great man and women. Perseverance is an unshakable commitment to a path, a goal, an activity, or an ideal. It is firm and uncompromising. It doesn't ask how are you feeling today, or what you feel like doing now. It says: "No matter what, I will ______". It is positive stubbornness in honoring ourselves, our word, and our vision. This vision and effort, then, will also affect everything else." - Giovanni Dienstmann

CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations on your progress building your own sustainable meditation practice! Now that you have been through this 12 week course, you can begin to select meditations that work best for you in specific situations as well as build your meditation practice. Feel free to come back here often to use whatever meditations you feel most connected with and download them for offline use. At some point, you might even go through the course again to help develop your practice and see what comes up for you on another journey through the practices.

But before you go, I just wanted to share some extra resources with you that you can take advantage of right now to continue your learning. You can find more meditations at each of these links.

The Yoga Ranger Studio on YouTube - http://bit.ly/TheYogaRangerStudio
Yoga Ranger Member Site - https://theyogaranger.vhx.tv
The Yoga Ranger Website for more courses and opportunities to study with me - https://www.theyogaranger.com
I wish you the VERY best on your meditation journey and THANK YOU for joining me.

Peace & Namaste,

Aprille