Marnie Castor

Take a Moment

Health EN ↓ 332 episodes

Daily Meditations from Marnie Castor on KUT.Support for Take A Moment comes from  Relationship Counseling Center of Austin , counseling to help couples, individuals, and families build and maintain healthy and happy relationships. 

Author

Marnie Castor

Category

Health

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Orient To Safety 26.08.2025

Using the eyes and head to consciously scan your environment can reset the nervous system. 

Rock Hugger 25.08.2025

Rocks filter the air through mineral carbonation. 

Reverse Breathing 22.08.2025

Reverse Breathing is a dysfunctional breathing pattern.  Learn to identify your breathing pattern. 

Meditation Blues 21.08.2025

Open Monitoring Meditation or Mindfulness Meditation is when you sit and observe your thoughts with detachment. 

The Second Arrow 20.08.2025

The Buddhist parable of the two arrows.  The second arrow is within our control. 

Nadi Shodhana 19.08.2025

Alternate nostril breathing has a calming effect because it balances the left and right hemispheres of the brain. 

The Four Directions 18.08.2025

In many indigenous cultures, the cardinal directions have a spiritual component. 

AI is Not a Substitute for our Elders (rerun) 15.08.2025

AI can do a lot of thinking for us, but it can’t make grandma’s mac and cheese

Take a Different Way Home (rerun) 14.08.2025

Getting lost is good for brain health

Squirrel (rerun) 13.08.2025

  The mind chases bright shiny objects, like a dog chases a squirrel  

Cooling Breath (rerun) 12.08.2025

A breathing exercise to calm your nervous system.

Resilience (rerun) 11.08.2025

Attributes to cultivate that build resilience 

Inertia 08.08.2025

Inertia

Diaphragmatic Breath 07.08.2025

Practice breathing from your diaphragm

Silence is Golden 06.08.2025

Turn the quiet up

Summer Months 05.08.2025

During summer months, we may find ourselves  easily agitated or quick to anger. Ayurveda is a holistic approach that brings the body into balance by applying opposites.

Contraction - Expansion 04.08.2025

Learning to deep breathe during episodes of pain helps us out of the feedback loop of tension and stress.   

Hakini Mudra 01.08.2025

This sacred hand gesture is good for mental clarity, focus and memory.  

React. Respond. 31.07.2025

Reacting to a situation is in the limbic system, it's emotional.  Responding is in the prefrontal cortex, it is reason and control. 

The End of a Beloved Pet's Life 30.07.2025

If you have ever waited too long to put an animal down, you would never do it again. 

Bellow's Breath 29.07.2025

Bellow's breath is said to increase lung capacity, bring vitality, help with focus and concentration, and relieve tension in the abdomen

You Spot It, You Got It 28.07.2025

Neuro projection is when we attibute our negative qualitites onto another person. 

Lila 25.07.2025

Lila is defined as "Divine Play" and the "Joyful Heart" 

Prana and Apana Vayu 24.07.2025

Our body is governed by energy.  Prana Vayu is everything we take in. Apana Vayu is everything that leaves the body. 

Setting An Intention 23.07.2025

When we set and intention we want to speak in clear present language.  

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