In this episode, host Kanika, a meditation teacher and self-transformation enthusiast, explores the theme of inner peace and alignment.  

Drawing from her personal experiences, she shares insights about the transformative power of meditation and offers practical tips to aid listeners in their journey towards self-discovery and alignment.  

The discussion includes various methods like mindful activities, engaging with oneself via self-talk, generating 'white space' to let emotions flow freely and journaling.  

One major point in her discussion revolves around reconnecting with childhood happiness as the definition of personal equilibrium.  

Kanika further introduces the audience to her grounding ebook and her Life Makeover Program, both of which offer tools and exercises for stress relief, trauma release, vibrational balance, and self-realization. 

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00:00 Introduction and Personal Journey with Meditation 

00:47 Finding Inner Peace and Alignment: The Concept 

01:10 Understanding Your Equilibrium and Center 

03:20 Recognizing Disalignment: Examples and Symptoms 

07:52 Practical Exercises for Alignment and Inner Peace 

11:35 Additional Resources: Grounding eBook and Life Makeover Program 

12:54 Conclusion and Invitation for Feedback 

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Welcome to another episode of the Art of Life podcast.

I am Kanika.

I'm a meditation teacher and the host for this podcast.

I have witnessed meditation change my own life.

I went from a life where I did not want to live anymore, no exaggerations,

to a life that I really love.

It's filled with meaning and it's filled with joy and now

I wouldn't give it up at all.

Meditations brought this transformation for me and I thought that if I

share that with the world maybe some of you could take those messages

or tips for yourself, and hopefully it impacts your life positively.

Alright, so today's topic is finding inner peace and alignment,

doing what is right for you.

How do I know what is right for me?

And how do I suggest that you look at what is right for you?

Well, before I answer that, let's go into another question.

Let's go into the question of who are you?

Let's define you.

What is your equilibrium?

I want you to consider how were you when you were a child?

Maybe you remember a lot of that or maybe you don't remember it.

That's okay, but look at the times when you've been happy, maybe the

earliest memories that you can have when you were two or three year

old, when you felt happy, right?

Look at maybe some activities that nourish your soul.

Maybe it's nature walks for you, maybe it's playing some music How

do you feel when you are centered?

How do you feel when you are at peace?

And notice I'm saying at peace, as opposed to happy, because happy

could be sometimes a buzzy thing.

I'm wanting to understand your center.

Who are you?

What's your alignment?

How do you normally feel when you are at peace?

How do you feel, right?

That's you, that is your vibration.

And of course the more you want to tap into that vibration of you, I would

suggest meditation, I'm a meditation teacher after all, but otherwise you

could do other mindful activities like doing some Tai Chi, going for a nature

walk, some sound baths, whatever process of the journey you are in, you could

do those and reconnect with that part with the equilibrium vibration of you.

This is the vibration where your soul's at.

This is your vibration where your center is at.

Now right or wrong then comes from this definition.

Anything that moves you away from the center, that's a

disalignment and that's wrong.

Anything that is aligning, that keeps you in your center, that's right.

Let's look at some examples, right?

Maybe there is a party that you get invited to and you don't

really want to go but you can't say no so you're going anyway.

You're getting a little anxious about it, even if it's not too much, but

there's something about it that's not making you feel super comfortable.

Something about it that's not in 100 percent alignment.

Now in the plainest sense, that is not 100 percent right for you because

you are not wanting to do that.

Checking in with yourself and then maybe finding ways that you

can help yourself be in alignment more and be in disalignment less.

Another symptom, a lot of times for people who are struggling,

would be staying busy, right?

Like making a lot of calls or even creating events where they have to be.

Often you'll find it with people who are coming out of a relationship.

They suddenly don't know what to do with their time.

So they pack their social agenda.

They'll immerse themselves at work.

And to some sense that can be therapeutic.

because yes, you're zoning your attention into something else.

But it's almost also like a bandage treatment.

But not in the fully holistic way.

If you haven't treated the wound, if you haven't disinfected that,

then if you're putting a bandage on top, the infection stays in.

And maybe sometimes the infection will grow and it might need

medical intervention afterwards.

If you're staying busy for the sake of busy because you cannot be with

yourself, that's likely a symptom of you not being in alignment with you.

Notice why are you doing that?

Are you being busy for the sake of being busy?

Are you attending meetings?

Are you overworking?

Are you calling people?

Are you doing all of the do's because you feel that you cannot be with yourself?

Then you're running away from something.

And in the end, after you've run and run and run for some time, you will

find that you need to come back and you still need to face yourself.

All you've done is you've put a bandage on a wound that hasn't yet been disinfected.

Right?

The first way would be to be in alignment a little bit more.

Whatever you would do to be in alignment, so that would be for example your

nature walks, that would be whatever helps you connect more with yourself,

it could even be massages, to help yourself feel better in the body.

Now, think of yourself when you were a child, maybe when you were two years

old, three years old or if you don't want to look at yourself as a child,

look at some other kids and see how the youngest of kids are when they are

happy or in their own zone because they know a lot around owning their space.

When we were born, we were in complete alignment with our spirit.

It's when we grow up and as we are growing up, we have society programming.

We have a whole lot of judgment.

We have our own pictures and energies.

And so as we keep growing, a lot of times we might get into disalignment

because we get confused around what we were originally supposed to do.

But the younger kids, they're still more in alignment.

That's why take a kid away from a playground.

Take a kid away from whatever they want to do.

They will make a scene.

They know that this is what they want.

Sometimes even observing them can be really helpful in understanding

how we were when we were born.

That was your space and it really meant something for you.

Now, there can be a couple of exercises that you can do.

Let me do some of those quick examples let's say if you wanted

to choose if something was right for you or wrong for you.

Again, take the party example because that can be a simpler one.

Stand in front of the mirror and say, well, I'm going to this party

and I feel really happy about it.

Say that again.

Say that again.

And notice, can you do it?

There's something around being in front of the mirror, looking at yourself, you're

effectively looking at your own soul and then you're talking to your own soul.

Usually your own guidance will come through that.

Similarly, if you're confused about certain other things in your life,

maybe there's an important decision that you need to take, do the same

thing, stand in front of the mirror, say this is what I want to do, this

is what I want to do, this is what I want to do and talk whatever thoughts

are coming, talk through that.

Your own spirit will guide you back and tell you what is actually right for you.

Because if it is not right, saying that in front of the mirror

again and again will not work.

You will go like, well, no, this isn't right.

At a general sense, whenever we are doing something wrong, something

that's not in the broader alignment with us, our soul does give us a

nudge, somewhere we do know it.

If you're feeling a little confused about things, try the mirror exercise.

That's a really good tool to have.

The other exercise could be having white space in your daily life.

White space is when you're not engaging with the outside world.

White space is when you are doing nothing.

It's not watching TV.

It is giving yourself a brain break.

It is allowing yourself to sit with nothing.

Now, if you can meditate, that's an amazing thing.

But if you can't meditate, sit in the white space, observe your

thoughts, let them come and go.

Have that white space because the frequency of that white space will

tell you where you are vibrating at.

And if there are thoughts that are running in your head that are causing you

discomfort, then that gives you a signal that you need to do something about them.

It doesn't get more clear than that.

Having that white space and not running away from it.

Sit, observe.

Even if that white space means that while you are doing nothing, you sit

down and color, that would be a good example of letting your thoughts go.

And there's something very relaxing around coloring that helps you be

in that mindful state where you can let your emotions come and go.

Engaging in something that can help you notice your emotions a lot more, not

doing any chore, but maybe painting, it's more being really in touch with yourself.

Journaling could be a really good example that you sit down,

write your thoughts as they come.

Another example could be sitting and speaking to yourself, as if you're

talking to a present version of yourself.

it's a little bit similar to the mirror exercise but it is working in

a little bit different way because you're vocalizing in a different way.

Now I also offer a grounding ebook.

This is free for all.

Grounding is a powerful way of being able to connect with the earth to release

stress and anxiety, to feel centered.

Every single day, I'll still ground almost all the time.

It's my favorite, favorite tool.

If you are doing my life makeover program, you definitely know

how much I love grounding.

It's like an aha for everything major that can happen in your life.

It's such a big releasing tool.

It's a very simple exercise or very simple imagination based method of allowing

the earth to help you release your pain, your trauma, and get filled in with all

the beautiful vibrations that you want.

You can check my grounding ebook out at ArtofLifeCenter.com/grounding/.

I'll be in touch with you with some meditations as well.

You can try those for yourself.

The grounding ebook is absolutely free for you and it gives you those tools in a very

playful manner to be able to reconnect and to be able to realign with yourself.

Thank you for listening to the Art of Life podcast.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please share it or write a review.

I really hope you enjoyed it and it gave you some tips around

finding your own alignment.

Also around that confusing question we have sometimes whether

we should do something or not.

I am launching a program called Life Makeover Program.

As the name suggests, it is literally around making your life.

There are 10 powerful art therapy meditations that you do.

and they are guaranteed to change your life.

It's 10 hours of art therapy, literally, but there's a whole lot of thinking

and internal changes that you do with each of those meditation sessions.

It's absolutely life changing.

If you are keen, you can check it out at artoflifecenter.com/art/.

This podcast was inspired by one of the listeners who

questioned me on inner peace.

And I thought I might do a podcast on that.

If you have any questions, DM me or leave me a review and I will know that

that's what you want me to talk about.

Also, I definitely encourage you to share the podcast with your friends,

wherever you feel it can help anyone.

I will see you next week with another podcast.

Thank you so much for tuning in.

Have a lovely week.

See you next time.