{"id":271,"date":"2009-04-14T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/fresh-morning-a-shower-meditation.html"},"modified":"2009-04-14T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-a-shower-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/fresh-morning-a-shower-meditation.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: A Shower Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sun1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/sun1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span>Our friend Dr. Norris, author of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/\">Dr. Norris Chumley Satisfied Life<\/a> blog, offers a visualization to do in your morning shower to start your day with both a clean body and a pure spirit:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine that the stress from your fears, worries, and problems is<br \/>\nflowing away, out of your body: down, down, down the drain. Let the warm, pulsing beat of the stream untie your<br \/>\nphysical knots. Take deep cleansing breaths as your cares float away.<br \/>\nThe idea is to release the tension that results from emotional stress,<br \/>\nso that you can manage your concerns and problems more effectively&#8230;<br \/>\nunblocked and empowered, pure and clean.&#8221;<br \/><b><br \/><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/clean-body-pure-soul.html\">Click here<\/a> for Dr. Norris&#8217; full entry.<b> And tell us &#8211; do you meditate, pray, reflect, sing show tunes in the shower? How does it affect your day?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Dr. Norris, author of the Dr. Norris Chumley Satisfied Life blog, offers a visualization to do in your morning shower to start your day with both a clean body and a pure spirit: &#8220;Imagine that the stress from your fears, worries, and problems is flowing away, out of your body: down, down, down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[369,990,317],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-holly-lebowitz-rossi","category-fresh-morning","tag-dr-norris-chumley","tag-fresh-morning","tag-meditation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fresh Morning: A Shower Meditation - 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