{"id":1335,"date":"2022-07-02T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2022-07-02T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T14:28:42","slug":"simple-practices-to-connect-honor-and-find-harmony-with-our-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/2022\/07\/02\/simple-practices-to-connect-honor-and-find-harmony-with-our-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Practices to connect, honor, and find harmony with our planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1335\" class=\"elementor elementor-1335\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c99a8e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"c99a8e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78d9d64 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"78d9d64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38950d1 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38950d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Connecting and finding harmony with our planet is like finding it with anyone or anything else, it requires first the intention to do so. \u00a0Check out our last blog &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/2022\/06\/25\/live-with-intention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live with intention<\/a><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/2022\/06\/25\/live-with-intention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">to learn more<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Below we have listed a few simple practices you can do to help create that harmony within your own life.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">1. \u00a0The shower meditation:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Be grateful for the water that will purify you. When you take a shower, be conscious of the incredible power of water. It has the power to wash and free us from more than just the dirt we can see. Visualize any negative energy, stress, anxiety, anger, fear, regrets, addictions, etc.. being lathered up and washed away to disappear down the drain with the water. Focus on the sensations of cleanliness and freedom that the water creates on your skin. \u00a0Use affirmations: \u201cthe water washes my worries away\u201d, \u201cI flow in life like the water flows over my skin\u201d, \u201cthe water cleans me of yesterday and prepares me for today\u201d, \u201cmay I exhibit the flow and power of water in my actions today\u201d, etc. \u00a0The love and gratitude you have for the water will increase its own power. <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">2. \u00a0Food benediction before meals:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Whether a person is religious, spiritual, agnostic, or atheistic, a pre-meal practice of gratitude is powerful. \u00a0It provides the opportunity to appreciate the time, energy, and effort that was invested in bringing the food from farm to table. \u00a0Beginning your meals with a simple, grounding ritual of gratitude honors the precious gift\u2014the food on your plate\u2014that has been provided for you. \u00a0It honors the life-sustaining resources of Mother Earth and those who have done the work to make it available for you to eat. \u00a0Our very lives are dependent on the nutritious abundance of Mother Earth.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Be mindful in your eating. \u00a0Take time to smell the aromas and savor the flavor of what you are eating. \u00a0Send your gratitude to the farmers, the cooks, and transports that made this food available for you to eat. Enjoy your meals in loving companionship with friends and family. \u00a0Interestingly one NIH research project found that eating in a loving environment with your heart open is actually very good for your heart health.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">3. \u00a0Keeping things green<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Help our earth stay green by planting trees, taking care of the green spaces around us and by watering them regularly. Try to do the things that help to grow a luscious green space all around you. Take up gardening and start a vegetable garden or grow some fruit trees. Don\u2019t be fooled by the \u201cBig Green movement\u201d but think things through \u2013big corporations trying to sell you products and ideas that sound good for the planet but in truth are not all that. (For example: \u00a0electric car batteries require strip mining for raw materials and the batteries are not recyclable and wind turbines become landfill when they wear out after 20 years.) We are fans of gardening for both food and pleasure and find space around our home to do it. \u00a0For those who live in cities check out where your closest community garden is located and get involved.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Take care of your physical body with natural products that respect the planet and don\u2019t damage it. We are happy to have found Surfscripts products. <\/span><span class=\"15\" style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">Surfscripts is an outstanding, eco-friendly body care line created from sustainably sourced, organic materials.<\/span><b><span class=\"15\" style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Surfscripts understands the adverse effects of pollutants in our environment for everyone\u2019s health. They encourage conscious buying to reduce the chemicals and toxins that destroy our oceans and pollutes our land &amp; water systems.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;\">4. \u00a0Spend time with a pet<\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Lots of life lessons about living in harmony can be learned from our pets. \u00a0They teach us to love unconditionally, empathy, to stay excited about life, to accept what is, to take pleasure in the little things and the bond that we share is good for our health. \u00a0Studies have repeatedly shown that being around pets can lower your blood pressure, reduce stress and protect against heart disease. Your pet will love you unconditionally and you will have a best friend for life, which will help you be more in harmony with yourself. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.0000pt;\">Be sure to comment below with practices that you use so that we can all have practices that help us create harmony with our planet.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting and finding harmony with our planet is like finding it with anyone or anything else, it requires first the intention to do so. &nbsp;Check out our last blog &#8220;Live with intention&#8220;&nbsp;to learn more. &nbsp;Below we have listed a few simple practices you can do to help create that harmony within your own life. 1.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/2022\/07\/02\/simple-practices-to-connect-honor-and-find-harmony-with-our-planet\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simple Practices to connect, honor, and find harmony with our planet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"[\"title\",\"meta\",\"thumbnail\",\"content\",\"comments\",\"tags\",\"post-navigation\"]","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,6],"tags":[16,31,14,15,18,19,49,20,44,30,12,45,46,50,48,47,24,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2inharmony.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}