Morning Meditations: Simple Practices to Begin Your Day with Joy, Energy, and Intention

by Danielle North

This beautiful collection of morning rituals makes it easy to begin each day with inspiration, energy, and intention.

Greet each day with uplifting and energizing rituals such as rejuvenating mindfulness meditations, empowering affirmations, and breathing exercises to encourage energy and focus. Bonus sidebars offer simple remedies and rituals to start the morning feeling refreshed and inspired¬, including tea recipes, aromatherapy, and more.

Brimming with joyful, nature-inspired artwork and more than 20 enriching morning practices, this gorgeous package is a cheerful bedside companion for yoga and mindfulness enthusiasts, self-care seekers, and anyone who wants to begin each day with inspiration, positivity, and intention.

EASY TO Written with warmth and encouragement, the easy-to-follow practices are designed for a wide audience, from seasoned meditators to meditation newbies who want to start each day on the right note.

VALUABLE Mindfulness and meditation are scientifically proven to help people release stress and find peace. This book offers valuable practices in an accessible, low-investment format that features everything readers need to infuse their mornings with joy, intention, and calm to greet the day ahead.

BEAUTIFUL TO GIFT AND Bright, nature-inspired package filled with uplifting artwork, Morning Meditations is a lovely gift for wellness enthusiasts, meditators, and anyone who wants to incorporate mindfulness techniques into everyday life.

Perfect

• Yoga practitioners
• Meditators
• People who use the Calm and Headspace meditation apps
• Fans of Two Minute Mornings, Calm The Chaos, and Mindfulness Cards

Genres: Nonfiction, Meditation, Self Help

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2022

Reviews

[Liam Polkinghorne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Write down your dreams
See the sky before a screen. Take a few deep breaths. Be thankful. Set an intention for the day ahead. Morning ritual.
Tea ceremony - no distractions
Meditate. Focus on the breath. If at any time your mind gets busy or you drift off, simply come back to your breath. That’s it, you’re meditating!
Given the power of words and language, have you ever considered what you say to yourself? Be kind. Positive affirmations.
Positive thinking - power of thoughts. Set intentions.
Nowhere to go, nowhere to be, other than in this moment, right here, right now.
Rinse mouth, brush teeth, scrape tongue

[Riley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book wasn't my favorite.
The meditations were interesting; some of them I skipped because I didn't like them, but I did 90% of all the meditations in this book.

The illustrations are beautiful, and the way I did each meditation practice was by recording my voice and listening to it. So I definitely got practice in with my meditation voice.

There was one meditation that annoyed me because it perpetuates heteronormativity.
On page 132 in a meditation called, Sands of Time it says:

"Begin to visualize your family line, your parents, starting first with your mother and then your father. As you see your parents, you ask your spirit guide, "What wisdom do my parents have for me?" You receive the wisdom with gratitude." - Page 132

Whether you agree or disagree with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, there are same-sex marriages out there (that's a fact, whether you like it or not) and people who don't fit into a box (under the Non-Binary Umbrella) and are married.
So by assume that everyone reading this book has a mother and father is perpetuating heteronormativity.
Why couldn't you just leave it at "parents" instead of going into starting with your mother first and then father?
Because now you're not making these meditations inclusive for others, and that annoys me.
Shouldn't meditation be for everyone?
As someone who leads meditations, the author, Danielle North, should be more mindful of their language.

[Carlota · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was recommended to me, since I'm a fan of some mindfulness and meditation techniques. I was not expecting these meditations, although they're useful it's not really my style. Some of them are pretty interesting and the non-meditation parts too. And yeah, it's great to put our phones away for a while.
I think I have to let this book sink in...with time...maybe I'll come back to it and actually practise them (not just with my mind's eye).
However, I loved the artwork, it was amazing and I hope this book remind us of how much we should take care of ourselves. Anyway, I have to say that I enjoyed the encounter with the whale and the fox hehe

[Maleah · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounding up.

This is not my preferred meditation style, but I was able to pull from some of them to adapt/create my own versions. I was excited for section in the back dedicated to seasons, but felt like the meditations were missing some fundamental pieces that connect internal and external worlds. Many of them are lovely visuals, but lack direction to connect to body/emotions.

[Abi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely meditations to read during Yoga class.

[emiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

the actual meditations part are not really my sort of meditations but it was a quick read so I don't mind and I liked the non-meditation stuff.

[Lizi Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would be better as an audiobook

Beautiful drawings and meditations though

[Brianna Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the illustrations most of all!

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short and lovely book,helping to guide and teach different meditation techniques and breathing exercises to calm the mind and find peace in a chaotic world.

[Alice LikesReading · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gentle read with lovely ideas for waking up in the morning. Ideally it would have an audio component for the meditations.