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Over the past 20 months or so that I’ve been working for myself, things have been pretty hectic. A good hectic (newsletter readers might remember my recent “Mindset Insight” on busy-ness), but hectic all the same. And a couple of months ago, I looked up and noticed that I’d lost touch with some of my own grounding and centering time, connecting with Spirit time (Lady Universe, as I call her).

Like most of us, I’d like to slow down and reconnect, but what’s more, I’d like to use my brain better - specifically, to not be such a slave to the “monkey mind.” (Did you know that on average, we deliver over 50,000 messages to ourselves daily? Most of that self-talk isn’t good… but that’s another story.)

So a couple of months ago, I started a simple morning meditation practice. After taking a few minutes to slow down and get centered, take 9 deep breaths while keeping my mind clear.

That’s it, just 9 deep breaths.

Simple, perhaps, but not easy. In fact, it’s downright hard!

9 deep breaths of calm, 9 deep breaths of NOT thinking about, well, everything. (Including all the good stuff - and I am very thankful for my life these days. 9 deep breaths without gratitude, even.) Hard, but no matter what, I feel so much better afterward.

The 9 deep breaths has turned into something of a focus point for me. When I’m going about my day and things are getting to be a little bit too much, I stop everything and take those 9 deep breaths. They help.

Why am I passing this on? Because I know many of you struggle with the monkey mind, too. I invite you to give 9 deep breaths a try.

In BYMB news, I’ve made a few changes to the blog, including adding an audio message! If you’re reading this in your blog reader and haven’t been by in a little while, come on over and check out the mini face-lift. More changes to come soon.

For all the Tarot fans out there, just a quick reminder to keep your peepers peeped to this fabulous resource by Amy Lamash, the Tarot Calendar.  Tarot events around the world, all in one place!

The calendar is always pretty full, but we know that it’s still a fraction of what’s going on out there. So if you know of any events, or are hosting your own, make sure to pass them along to Amy!

Did you catch that link in the last post?

No, not the link that will leave you breathless, though that one is not to be missed, savored and clicked through. I’m taking about this one:

http://www.thesystemblog.com

Ken McCarthy, founder of The System, does something quite remarkable. Every year, he gives away instructional preview calls with each and every member of the System faculty - over 25 hours of internet marketing coaching, all free.

The idea is to give away “a seminar’s worth of content” every year for free - actionable strategies to implement in your business right now.

Ken has one of the most pristine reputations in the entire IM community… and a strict “no pitchfest” policy at his events AND in these preview calls. The preview calls are promotional, but I can assure you after listening to almost all of them this year, they are 95% content. (He’s an over-delivering kind of guy.)

Now, straight up: these calls probably won’t be all that useful to most folks reading this - many of you are beginners. But a good number of you are also at least somewhat internet marketing savvy already - more than I would have guessed.

So if you’re already hip to internet marketing and want some good stuff - check out these calls before Ken takes ‘em down. If you’re curious and want to learn more without spending, well, anything, you can’t do any better than Ken.

Enjoy!