Pause Breathe Reflect: Recent Episodes
Swarnali Nath
Hello everyone! I am Swarnali, a dreamer by heart and a seeker by soul. I believe words can heal. They bear the light within and I try to spread that light through my words. I love to discover blissful truths of life and contemplate my everyday thoughts. Now, I am bringing them to you along with some beautiful poems on hope, healing and happiness. Welcome to my podcast. Pause, breathe and reflect.
Sometimes, you need to take a pause and a momentary escape from the noise around, and be a mindful observer to explore your inner self. So that you can find some beautiful truths about yourself and make peace with that. While observing them mindfully, you will spend a good time being in nature. That will help you in finding peace of mind. So, today we will talk about exploring and having a small adventure.
When you walk, you release your stress and gradually you become calm. Walk like you are talking to the grass beneath your feet. It’s a beautiful way to converse with mother earth with love. It’s not necessary that you need to walk always on grass field. You can walk anytime, anywhere. So, today we will discuss how you can find peace while you are walking.
When you are able to make conscious choice and make peace with your choice, you will find inner calm. When you will believe in your choice, you will start respecting your values and ethics. That time, you will walk one step closer to finding inner peace.
Today’s goal is to understand yourself. In a little deeper way, with a little more love, empathy, and kindness. Give yourself a break. From everything. Today, do something as per your heart’s wish.
When your mind is wandering and is filled with a lots of thoughts, you need to be calm. That time, if you use your senses to tuning, your mind would be calmer and bring back to the present moment awareness. In this episode, we have talked about tuning in to your senses for peace of mind.
Life is too short to stop and stare, it's a journey of goals and dreams and destinations. But, how about taking a short break from the walk of life and slow down the pace, just to enjoy the little things and appreciate their hidden beauty? In today's episode, we will talk about slowing down your pace and going with the flow by mindfully affirming yourself.
In the hustle and bustle of life, often we forget to take proper rest. But taking rest doesn't only help your physical health but it's very necessary for taking care of your mental wellbeing. Today we will talk about how you can rest your mind with mindfulness and a quick meditation.
The word 'Peace' is very close to my heart. I don’t know when I became so inclined towards finding bliss in my life. Maybe, when I was suffering from depression and it became the worst. It was a chance encounter with peace, and it left me surprised when I found peace amidst the chaos. With some insightful thoughts on finding inner peace and calm, I bring to you the seventeenth episode of the series, More Peace, More Calm.
When you become quiet, and embrace the calmness around, you become a mindful observer and a patient listener. You observe more, and listen more. You become more aware of yourself, as you observe your inner self and listen to your inner voice. With this thought of becoming quiet and finding inner calm, I bring to you the sixteenth episode of the series, More Peace, More Calm. Here I will share a small exercise that will help you in quietening your mind and embracing inner calm.
I have embraced peace of mind while discovering the blissful truths of life. The ways of mindful living give me hope to explore my dreams, and thus, I find optimism for living a life with peace and purpose.
When we feel low, sad or stressed, we look for a place where we can get a momentary shelter of peace. We seek refuge from the daily life jobs and go there to spend some moments with our own selves. The same happens for the mind. And with this thought of spending time in the lap of nature, I bring to you our fourteenth episode of the series, More Peace, More Calm. Today we will discuss about being in nature in a mindful way and healing the mind, body, and soul with the blissful serenity of nature.
a beautiful mind finds a glimpse of beauty in everything, a blissful mind appreciates every creation on earth, and a peaceful mind guides you towards the glory of peace. In this episode, I have discussed about doodling yourself and bringing your inner thoughts to life using pen, paper, and colours!
There are lots of questions wandering in your mind. Now, and always. Questions about your own life, your existence, your identity, your purpose, your ambitions and goals and many more. But, do you know there are few questions that lead us towards finding inner peace and calm? Today, we will do an exercise where we will welcome peace and calm by asking ourselves a few questions. And consecutively, finding the answers of them.
The much oriented practice that brings us closer to personal development and strengthens your inner stability is letting go. I have struggled hard in my life to let go of my past and moving on in life. Meanwhile, I experienced my inner transformation and discovered some truths about the art of letting go. With them all, I bring you today's episode on letting go.
Journaling is an effective way to be mindful and be aware of the present moment. Journaling is a good practice to track your inner shift. When you will experience a shift in your awareness, writing a journal will help you to express your inner self crafted on a paper. Journaling is a meditative process; with this beautiful realization of mine, I bring to you today's episode where we will discuss about the usefulness of keeping a journal and how mindful journaling helps you to give wings to your deeper thoughts.
Breathing. From the very first moment of our life, we have been breathing. We breathe the air and thus we live. So, what’s new in breathing? You may ask. But the secret is, there is an immense power in breathing and this is related to mindfulness. With some beautiful truths that I have discovered about the power of mindful breathing, I bring to you the ninth episode of the series More peace more calm.
Happiness is something that you always search in life. You deserve to be happy, you deserve to smile. The truth is we all seek happiness in life but very few can find it. Because happiness is all about being happy from within. Today, we will learn how to be happy at least for some moments in a day when you’re free of all worries and give yourself a treat of happiness.
Gratitude is the word that is the key to happiness within. Being grateful not only shows the brighter side of life to you, but also helps you to calm your stress and anxiety. When you begin a day with a beautiful note of gratitude, the days reflects all the beautiful gifts to you in return. Today, we will do a little act of gratitude so that we can walk one step closer to embracing peace of mind.
We all know that meditation helps us to increase the power of concentration. When you sit at a specific place daily or regularly, at a certain hour of the day, and try to meditate, after some days, your power of concentration will gradually increase. Mindfulness helps you to be more focusses on the goal of life. When you sit for the meditation with the purpose of increasing focus, it also helps you to reduce stress. This kind of meditation style allows you to focus your attention on an object, sound, or sensation.
While having your food, You might skip observing the foods on your plate and keep surfing the mobile or TV while having a bite of your burger or a sip at your cup of coffee. This way, you become a mindless eater who only feeds his/her body with no connection between food and soul. But, mindful eating is a technique where you can spend some meaningful time paying attention to the foods you’re eating. This way, you will give yourself a treat of calm amidst the hustle and bustle of life. Especially, with the art of mindful eating, you can bring your body and mind back together and feel the beautiful connection between these two.
When we are talking about being more peaceful in daily life and finding ways to peace of mind, it’s important to know how we can keep ourselves away from the chaos around us. This helps in maintaining peace of mind and heals our body, mind, and soul. Decluttering your mind helps you to restore mental peace and also gather motivation to become more productive. Let’s see how you can free up non-essential space from your mind to welcome peace.
Sometimes, showing your concern and care for others, don’t help at all, for they need something else than being just a friend to them. That time, we need to ‘feel’ the pain and suffering of them. We need to feel the situation they’re going through at that time. We need to feel their silence, their unspoken emotions. When you become one with their grieving souls, only then, you will be the true friend who really cares for these people in distress.
But, before going to show compassion for others, at first, you need to be compassionate to yourself. Here are some ways how you can cultivate love and kindness in your heart and become a lovable soul for everyone else, too.
Every day is a new beginning of life, you must have heard this before. Every day is a new hope to live life to the fullest, a new opportunity for a fresh start and a gift of new twenty four hours for you.
So, how about dedicating the first hour of your day to finding inner peace and calm? When it comes to beginning mindful living, you need to begin the day with mindfulness. And how could you do that?
With a mindful morning. So here I have talked about how you can start your day with love, gratitude and peace. Listen to the episode to know more about the process.
Try to accept things in the same way they appear to you. Maybe they are not in the desired situation the way you wanted to see, but, don’t be hard on them. Just let them come, stay, and then go. Slowly, taking time for each step.
You don’t need to rush or run. You don’t need to catch them fast. Let them be at their own pace.
Hello everyone! I am bringing a new series to you all. In this series, I will be talking about the beautiful and simple ways of finding inner peace in everyday life. My work process is very simple. Choosing a word of the day and working on that. I will pick a specific word for the day and then we will approach the ways of incorporating meaningful yet short exercises to bring peace of mind. Along with, I will share positive affirmations and journaling prompts for you. So, stay tuned for the first episode of my new series: More Peace, More Calm.
Fear. A word that is self-made in the mind and engulfs you to become worried about the future. Often you become afraid of what other people will think about you, your dress, your attitude, your speaking style and others. You think about the people around you what will think about yourself. And meanwhile, the fear becomes so huge that gradually you start being trapped in the web of self-doubt and negative thoughts engulf you.
But dear friend, I want to assure you about one thing. That fear is a trap of the mind. Fear is something that itself is trapped inside the web of mind. Fear is a word that loves to dwell in the future, always.
Hello everyone, welcome to my podcast Pause Breathe Reflect. I am Swarnali, a dreamer by heart, a seeker by soul. Today I am going to share my thoughts on how mindful living can help you in overcoming the fear of being judged and helps you in building self-esteem.
When you start living mindfully, you start being aware of this moment only. This moment, this present moment where you are living now. This present moment is beautiful as it has all the beauty hidden inside the token of now. And this moment, this present moment has nothing to be concerned about the past or the future. All it knows is you and everything that’s concerned about you.
You and this moment, there is nothing in between you two.
Only here and now.
On the note of overcoming the fear of being judged by others and building self-confidence, here are some ways to keep yourself away from being affected by the people and surroundings. Listen to the episode to know the ways I have discussed.
The new year is a great way to start a new lifestyle and embracing some good habits towards a positive transition in life. Here are some beautiful ways to start the new year with mindfulness. Listen to the episode to know about them.
On the last day of 2020, in this episode, I talk about my beautiful realizations of the year gone by to make a promise for the new. At the last hour of the bygone day, I am welcoming the first dawn of 2021 with the blissful glory of now.
Here I am sharing my realization about how to fight a storm with togetherness and overcome the situation with the power of now. Listen to the episode to know more.
Here are my own realization about life's most beautiful things that keep us bonded with a strong connection. Listen to the episode to know what are these three things I am talking about.
Here I am sharing some of my own thoughts on finding the peace within. Be mindful, be here, be now.
Do you know who are you? Are you the one you see in the mirror? Or, the one you always wanted to be? Or, should I call you, the puppet of destiny? Sometimes, I wonder who am I? Who am I wrapping myself with? Is there anyone, I am hiding beneath? A girl who believes in the power of resilience, a woman who lives her life of dreams? Or, the one I never seemed to be? Am I the one, adorned with the remnants of love, innocence and beauty?
Hello everyone! Welcome to my podcast, Pause, Breathe, Heal. Today I am going to share with you a poem written by me. The poem is titled 'Who am I'. It speaks about a girl finding her identity, breaking and making the path of her own, consistently. Come, let's hear her inner voice today.
Who am I
It was the hour before dawn. The world was sleeping, but I was awake. A sweet fragrance filled my heart, I heard a song of an unknown bird. A song of hope, or a song of love. Maybe, it was a song of longing. Or perhaps, it was the song of awakening. Coming from away, it felt so soothing. My soul became healed. Wrapping the shawl of serenity and solitude, I came to the balcony. And I realized, I am awaken, I am alive. I am a truth unveiled, Yet, a mist in disguise. A wandering miracle, Defying the trap of hatred and lies. From the ashes of broken stars, I am the dawn, waiting to arise. I am dream, I am hope. I am bliss, I am love, I am poem, I am song. I am light, I am tomorrow.
Have you ever asked yourself who are you? Today, take a pause from the rush of life and ask yourself, who am I. I know you will hear the voice within. See you in the next episode. Till then, keep singing the song of hope, healing and happiness. Stay tuned!