EPISODE 7 WITH MEDITATION COACH EMILY KESSLER
Guest: Learn to Integrate Meditation into Your Life with Emily Kessler
In this episode of Hey Close Friends I had the pleasure of speaking with my friend and meditation coach Emily Kessler. I learned this method of meditation from Emily and I want you to integrate this practice in your life as well! Trust me, it’s life changing! If you are anxious, overwhelmed with your thoughts and just don’t know how to sit with yourself and your thoughts, Emily will help you ease into meditation.
Emily explains how meditation is THE act of self-love. It’s hard to sit with yourself and let your emotions flow, be quiet with yourself and be there for yourself. I took Emily’s course, and wow, it just clicked! I love the way Emily teaches because anyone can do it, it’s a come as you are type of thing. The way she presents meditation is so welcoming. There is such a misconception around this practice… when people think of meditation they might think that you have to sit straight and shut off your thoughts, but it’s not really like that. In fact, when you are sitting there trying to meditate your thoughts might go even wilder, you can’t just shut them off. Her meditation style is not about shutting off your thoughts, but it’s more a place where you sit for a period of time with your thoughts and not judge yourself. The style she teaches is very simple; it’s a mantra based technique that gives you an anchor in the practice and anyone can do it.
There are so many benefits that come from this, and I can totally attest to that! I know that with our busy routines it can be hard to carve time for yet another thing on our checklist but this is for your own well being and it will be worth it! As Emily explains, having a solid morning meditation practice is the building block, the foundation upon which everything else can be successful. If you can carve just a little bit of time for some quiet time, some peace, some me-time before the day rushes in, you will soon realize that it will become a non-negotiable in your routine, no matter how busy you are.
I loved chatting with Emily, her course truly transformed me in so many ways and I hope you will learn so much from our chat and hopefully check out her courses because they are life changing.
HOMEWORK
Let’s start this meditation journey together! I teamed up with Emily and we cooked up some great tools for you to get you started on YOUR meditation journey.
We are going to offer a free guided self-love meditation. You can use this tool as something to work into your daily life and get you comfortable meditating.
In addition, we also came up with a Hey Close Friends Meditation Course. Emily was so kind to offer this at a 50% discounted rate. This is a 3 session course and normally it is $160, however, with the discount it’s only going to be $80. We want to get as many people as possible connected with the practice of meditation and our primary goal is to make meditation as accessible as we can. If you feel like $80 is out of reach, please reach out to Emily and she will work something out with you. You can join us May 9-11 from 5-6.30PM Pacific Time. This will be a live video, however, if you can’t make it we will have recordings available. Another amazing thing that comes with this course is that once you graduate from this 3 session course you can come to the free virtual meditation groups that Emily hosts once a month. This is a way to check-in on your meditation journey, meet new people and be part of a community.
