Lalitha's Morning Musings

Lesson learned: I am able to show up till Day 4 and record my slow chanting. I am choosing to work on embracing resistance and the need to get the perfect tune. I am giving myself permission to stay on track to learn. I am allowing "Reassurance" from my Higher Self to get better. Thank you God and thank you all for listening and encouraging. 

Good morning everyone! Thank you for listening to Pasuram 3 of Tiruppavai. Today I was blessed to watch the online Live telecast of Dhanur month morning rituals ( Chanting Venkateswara suprabhatham, Tiruvembavai and Tiruppavai) in Bridgewater temple, NJ YouTube channel and attend in person to watch the rituals at Shiva Vishnu Saidattapeetam temple, NJ Lessons Learned: Sometimes we think we want a...

Thank you all for your encouragement and praise. This helps me to keep going. Yesterday after publishing my Podcast Episode, I wanted to share my experience with writers and readers in Medium.com Here is the article for you to read  https://link.medium.com/SfvHXxRAPvb I invite you to listen to my slow chanting of Pasuram 2 here Lessons learned: I am not a trained singer and hence I don't know anyt...

Thiruppavai is chanted during Dhanur masam or month/margazhi month.  "Worship of Lord Vishnu during the morning hours in Dhanurmasam is considered highly auspicious. Vishnu Sahasranama is chanted during the period. Other important mantras chanted are those dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi." You can learn more here: https://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/12/importance-of-dhanurmasa-holiness-of.html I personal...

In this Episode Lalitha Describes her two small unexpected achievements. Then shares the following Life Lesson Learned: "If the simple act of conscious reading and writing can help me nurture my soul and live a meaningful life, why not keep the momentum going?" Thank you for reading and listening Link to the article  https://link.medium.com/J1zj0WDkHvb

In this short Episode Lalitha Describes her desire to publish for the first time in"The Shortform" publication that has strict requirements of under 150 words. She navigates through her narrative while writing and takes you through her journey to completion of the article. Thank you for listening and reading Link to the article  https://link.medium.com/ZXMggbEZDvb

In this Episode Lalitha Encourages her audience to find their top 5 Character Strengths by taking their free survey at https://www.viacharacter.org/ In this audio she explains how she used her following top and middle strengths when she was stuck with writer's Block Gratitude Self-regulation Curiosity Hope Enjoy! Thank you for reading and listening. Link to the article in medium https://link.mediu...

In this Episode Lalitha reveals the following key point this episode: "First I realized that I don’t have to be a painter or an artist to consider myself a creative person. I became conscious of the fact that creativity is flowing through me when I am choosing my emotional responses to my parents and their old patterns to my present job, my bank account, my relationships with friends, and my very...

In this Episode Lalitha Helps her audience understand "Individuality" from a different perspective. Using Louis Hay's affirmation, she summarizes with the following  Key Message: "I am motivated to serve with my Unique Brilliance by internalizing the message from the above book by Louise L Hay “My soul cannot be hurt or destroyed. It can only be enriched by whatever the life experiences are. There...

In this Episode Lalitha  Explains how by using affirmation as a tool, she was able to change her mindset and feel valuable. Here is the summary in her own words "I started considering my Higher Self as an employer, not the Employer in my W2 form. I felt more in synchronicity with myself as an employee with an employer or as a Self Employed Professional. Instead of viewing changes in work or fighti...

In this Episode Lalitha helps Empty-nesters By inviting them to read aloud an affirmation titled "Elder Years" from Louise L Hay's book "Meditations To Heal Your Life" Then she explains how she is impacted. Then expresses her desire to live a meaningful life described in following words of Louise Hay "As I move into my treasure years,  I allow myself to become an elder of excellence. I lead the wa...

In this Episode Lalitha talks about how  She took a strength assessment in viacharacter.org She used three of her Top 5 strengths namely gratitude, spiritually and honesty to improve one of her middle strengths "creativity". Then she read one of her articles titled "Do You Limit Your Good?" Published in medium.com Thank you for reading and listening Link to the article  https://link.medium.com/39g...

In this Episode Lalitha demonstrates How she became curious to consciously pay attention and figure out for herself when she is  sculpting her arms and when she is nurturing her heart through Cardio exercises. Her Key Message: " Just as I juggled with different combinations of weights for different exercises and still ended up feeling better, confident, and stronger, I invite you to exercise and b...

In this Episode, Lalitha describes how by saying the affirmation on the word "Consciousness" consistently from Louise L Hay's Book "Meditations To Heal Your Life" , is benefiting her: When she is stuck by being lethargic due to fear and doubt. She Chooses to be conscious of the realm of infinite oneness, harmony, and wholeness. Have trust that the day will be great. Gets inspired and takes action...

In this Episode Lalitha shares how she Becomes aware of her thoughts, feelings and how she behaves when "A close friend or a relative comes and tells her, Hey you made me feel not loved." Then she shares how one of her morning rituals "Saying a specific affirmation " helps her change her way of thinking. Then how she uses the new way of thinking in the future.  This requires consistent practice. H...

In this Episode Lalitha Narrates how she chose "Growth Mindset" vs "Fixed Mindset" when as a long time Android user, she hit a roadblock using a brand new iPad to write and get her article published. Link to the article in medium.com https://link.medium.com/de7sxt5XBub Thank you for reading and listening.

Writing For Medium keeps me alive like breathing without even thinking about where the Oxygen will come from. In this Episode Lalitha describes seven sources from which she gets her Oxygen. Link to the article in medium https://link.medium.com/BCYVMs62sub. Thank you for reading and listening.

In this Episode Lalitha, explains how she uses affirmation to handle her pain. She uses the following summary of Louise L Hay"s affirmation to demonstrate that.: "If I have pain I start right away with my mental work. I often replace the word “pain’’ with the word “sensation." Thank you for reading and listening Link to the article in Medium https://link.medium.com/QhaEUQr1sub

In this Episode Lalitha shares her entire process of doing the following homework assignment : Homework assignment from the VIA Institute Of Character “Rethink A Bad Habit from Mindless to Mindful Exercise”. Are you wondering, hey Lalitha are you kidding? Why would you do homework assignments at this age? Absolutely! Why not? Listen till the end to learn how you too can benefit. As always, I thank...

In this Episode Lalitha describes how she integrated her following Inner parts during her pursuit to keeping up with consistent writing, Podcasting and Working out.  Discipline Part Responsible and Priority Conscious Part Compassionate Part Reassuring Part Link to the article  https://link.medium.com/TFilc4Hkhub Thank you for reading and listening 

In this Episode Lalitha Recommends taking Clifton strengths assessment. Summarizes her takeaway as under: "I am realizing that consciously doing that one workout per day and disciplining myself to write an article is helping me expand my awareness, write and publish more, become attentive, improve memory, beat boredom, and now open up to read about different domains in Personal Development and Sel...

In this Episode Lalitha Shares her intention to record this episode despite the fact that both her Body's internal ( not so great feeling about the throat) and external Environment ( gloomy and rainy weather) are not in her favor. Haha. 😂 She is helping her audience through her realization that by being consistent with exercising and writing, she is opening up to reading more about integrating di...

In this Episode Lalitha Describes her emotions for not being able to catch up with the writing part after completing the days Heather Robertson's Home Workout Program Created a new mindset to address the emotions and relative thoughts Using her BEMERI model and the new mindset she copes with the 'not so good emotions and thoughts" and describes that. She encourages her audience to try. Thank you f...

In this Episode Lalitha describes how She hit her Monotonous Part (MP) of recalling the names, writing about the lessons learned during her 12 Week Home Workout journey. Albert Einstein's following quote inspired her to beat monotony "The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the Creative life." She intentionally used her Creative Part (CP) to come up with One liner description of some...

In this Episode Lalitha describes How specifically her Body, Emotions and Mind reacted while exercising on Day 2 Week 6 of her 12 Week Home Workout Program. How she was able to unearth "Humility" (under the Temperance category ), a character Strength as taught and practiced by Viacharacter.org Link to the article in medium.com https://link.medium.com/Dl2sbPLRhtb