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<h1 class="wp-caption-dd" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c10000;">Chakras lit up&#8211;your best look!</span></h1>
<p>When we feel better, the day is brighter, nicer, things flow better.   Invoking the colorful Chakras and other body energies is a way to do something fun while brightening your energies&#8211;aka meditating.</p>
<p>There is something about invoking beautiful colors that sometimes helps create a better day, even if only slightly.  Plus, tt is easy to do and can be done anywhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://mightymirth.com/?page_id=21#ecwid:category=674482&amp;mode=product&amp;product=326983"><img class="alignright  wp-image-1393" title="A mirthy shirt for sleep, yoga, life! Spread some mirth while on the run!" src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2-Banana-Mighty-Mirth.png" alt="" width="169" height="173" /></a></p>
<p>Here are some simple instructions:</p>
<p>Read about the meditation below so that you know the locations of the Chakras.</p>
<p>The Chakras can be imagined as spheres 5&#8243; / 12.7 cm.</p>
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<p>For a little extra fun, try imagining the Chakras as a &#8216;living light&#8217; energy&#8211;whatever that means to you!  Just play and imagine&#8211;in a way that feels good to you.</p>
<p>In addition to a sitting meditation, imagining the Chakras can help relax us to sleep (just memorize the color sequence).  Beginning with the purple &#8216;Crown Chakra&#8217; is nice because it opens to our Spiritual Self.</p>
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<p>Most of the Chakra locations are indicated by their names.  Two exceptions are the Child Chakra (#2) a few inches below the navel and the Root Chakra (#1)  felt a few inches in front of the tip of your tail bone.</p>
<p>Another imagination for Root Chakra can be just outside of the body, like the Crown Chakra, barely touching the skin.</p>
<p><a href="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Chakras-and-Names.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1114" title="Memorize the colors so you can meditate anywhere! They have the same order as the colors of a rainbow." src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Chakras-and-Names-480x295.jpg" alt="" width="446" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>There is much more to share about playing with the Chakras which will come in future posts including the very special Mighty Mirth Meditation.</p>
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<p>If you give this a try, let me know what you find&#8211;openings, obstacles, all of it!When we feel better, the day is brighter, nicer, things flow better.   Invoking the colorful Chakras and other body energies is a way to do something fun while brightening your energies&#8211;aka meditating.</p>
<p>There is something about invoking beautiful colors that sometimes helps create a better day, even if only slightly.  Plus, tt is easy to do and can be done anywhere.When we feel better, the day is brighter, nicer, things flow better.   Invoking the colorful Chakras and other body energies is a way to do something fun while brightening your energies&#8211;aka meditating.</p>
<p>There is something about invoking beautiful colors that sometimes helps create a better day, even if only slightly.  Plus, tt is easy to do and can be done anywhere.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In plain English:  If Happiness = Success, Mighty Mirth is pretty darn successful.  So, given that worldly success, perhaps Mighty Mirth might just know a little something about how to make a happy way in life and that perhaps it can be accessed by believing in the good magic in your Human Soul~~and then figuring [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">In plain English:  If Happiness = Success, Mighty Mirth is pretty darn successful.  So, given that worldly success, perhaps Mighty Mirth might just know a little something about how to make a happy way in life and that perhaps it can be accessed by believing in the good magic in your Human Soul~~and then figuring out how to share it with the world!</span></span></p>
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		<title>Flying Carpet + Yoga</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; It&#8217;s a flying carpet!  It&#8217;s a yoga mat!   No, it&#8217;s  ???  ! This cartoon of the free woman took many, many hours—mostly to get the hair just right.  Then she looked so grand that the idea of a yoga mat/flying carpet popped into mind.  Then it was 4-5 years before the Cosmos gifted a [...]]]></description>
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<h6><span style="color: #990000;">I</span><span style="color: #990000;">t&#8217;s a flying carpet!  It&#8217;s a yoga mat!  </span><span style="color: #990000;"> No, it&#8217;s  ???  !</span></h6>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">This cartoon of the free woman took many, many hours—mostly to get the hair just right.  Then she looked so grand that the idea of a yoga mat/flying carpet popped into mind.  Then it was 4-5 years before the Cosmos gifted a suitable caption—and surprise, surprise this caption emerged in my home practice while working on recently a learned Warrior Pose subtlety.<em>  </em></span></span><strong>The caption is (drum roll):  </strong> <strong>&#8220;Warrior on a Flying Carpet&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Possible Meaning</span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">The term “warrior” intends to bring to mind someone who fights ‘the good fight’ in some way, whether with themselves on a yoga mat, in a martial arts dojo, running a marathon or in the larger world as a defender and protector of people, places and values.  In other words, the creator of the cartoon hopes to point our thoughts to bring out the best we have to offer in our lives. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">The flying carpet imagery is also intended to highlight the importance of keeping laughter and mirth alive on the wild ride that life can be. </span></span></p>
<p>BTW&#8211;RE &#8220;It&#8217;s a flying carpet! It&#8217;s a yoga mat! No, its a  ???  !&#8221;  Our idea is: <strong><span style="color: #990000;"><em>&#8216;flogapat</em>&#8216;</span></strong>.  And yours?  Let us know!</p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Request</span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If this image prompts other ideas about its message, please post them so we can all benefit!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">P.S.  Sooo grateful to the yoga teacher who caught me when I was ready to feel an open space between my hips, deep in my belly. Over a week later and I am still feel the work resonating in my body.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another yoga inspired design is our wild-haired Warrior in Tree Pose declaring, &#8220;I can stand on my own one feet.&#8221; Be inspired, be reminded of your ability to stand on your own &#8216;one&#8217; feet!</span></span></p>
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		<title>Coloring Activity #1       (All Ages)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8216;Mirth Hearts&#8217; makes my heart feel happier and lighter, so I thought it would be good to share with others in the hopes that we can all feel happier and lighter in our hearts.  With the world we are facing, this is something we may have to work at&#8211;although in the Mirth Zone, we [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">&#8216;Mirth Hearts&#8217; makes my heart feel happier and lighter,</span></strong> so I thought it would be good to share with others in the hopes that we can all feel happier and lighter in our hearts.  With the world we are facing, this is something we may have to work at&#8211;although in the Mirth Zone, we look for any and all opportunities to turn &#8216;work&#8217; into &#8216;plyrk&#8217; because plyrk brings play to work!</p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">People tend to smile when they see what Mirth Hearts is</span>&#8211;our own Earth where all the continents are in the shape of hearts.  Of course, the origin of the design was a desire to create something that would express our deep love for Earth and all her children and the rocks and the seas.<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong> The blue shirt depicted to the right is for children sizes 2-8, with infant sizes also available. Adult sizes are also available in black and light blue.</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Peace-Love-Mirth.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-822" title="Peace, Love &amp; Mirth on Earth." src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Peace-Love-Mirth-440x440.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="218" /></a>Having lived with Mirth Hearts for several years now, it has personally also come to reflect my desire for all people to have a life where they have access to good food, comfortable homes, clean air and water, opportunities to grow and contribute to their community and freedom of self-expression.  Is that too much to ask?</p>
<p>We have had fun sharing these colorable &#8216;Mirth Hearts&#8217; coloring pages and giving them away at events&#8211;such as <strong><span style="color: #008000;">Earth Day</span></strong> where teachers have included them in class activities.    To download a pdf file of the &#8216;Mirth Hearts East&#8217; and &#8216;Mirth Hearts West&#8217;, simply click on the links provided below.</p>
<p>These coloring pages, and the original Mirth Hearts image were designed to plant positive seeds in our brains with the hope that these seeds will sprout brilliant ideas to make all our lives more mirthy (more people living free, happy and financially strong near loved ones, family and friends, who share the same freedoms).<a href="http://mightymirth.com/?page_id=21#ecwid:category=674232&amp;mode=product&amp;product=326959"><img class="wp-image-1409 alignright" title="An Earth happy shirt." src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Earth-Hearts-RED-NA-West-Women-Black-NEW-SITE-358x440.jpg" alt="" width="151" height="188" /></a></p>
<p>The black shirt to te right is an example of the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s shirts.  The Mirth Hearts looks great on black and even has a slightly edgy look!  Women&#8217;s, $27, Men&#8217;s 28.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">We would love to see <em>your </em>colored Mirth Hearts!</span></strong>  If you would like to share them please send them to <a href="mailto:mighty@mightymirth.com">mighty@mightymirth.com</a> and we will post them.  If you need a snail mail address, let us know at <a href="mailto:mighty@mightymirth.com">mighty@mightymirth.com</a> or leave a message for us at 800.937.5975 or 800.93 PLYRK.</p>
<p>Click here for the <a href="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/East-Mirth-Page1.pdf">East &#8216;Mirth Hearts&#8217; Coloring Page</a>:<br />
Click here for <a href="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/West-Mirth-Page3.pdf">West &#8216;Mirth Hearts&#8217; Coloring Page</a>:</p>
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		<title>My Noisy Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>My mind is a</strong><br />
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<p><strong>In need of a</strong><br />
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<p><strong>To listen</strong><br />
<strong>and feel,</strong></p>
<p><strong>To trust</strong><br />
<strong>what is real.</strong></p>
<p>Why is it sometimes such a huge struggle to go inside ourselves and tidy up<br />
that inner world? If you have any thoughts on this, please share!</p>
<p>Buddhist Sylvia Boorstein&#8217;s book title makes me smile (and reflect) every time I think of it:   <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There</span></strong>,   Why is it so hard to sit ourselves down and<br />
stare into space or even do some super lazy yoga moves?</p>
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		<title>Turtle Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<h2 class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Mighty Mirth Takes Turtle Time<br />
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<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>A &#8216;Turtle Time&#8217; Lesson From a Friend</strong></span></p>
<p>The term, ‘Turtle Time’ was inspired by a dear friend who no longer walks in this world.  This woman had such a light in her eye.  It was a delight just to be in her presence.  Her mission in life was for everyone in the world to have a voice in their destiny, so in the early days of video recording she travelled near and far to share her technical skills with those who did not have them&#8211;so that they could share their stories with the world.</p>
<p>In one of our last conversations I asked how she was feeling given the latest terrible global event.  Her response was immediate: “Ohhh, Annemarie, I have been <em>turtling</em>.&#8221;  She would sometimes withdraw from the world and &#8216;turtle&#8217; when the distress of world events flew in the face of her deep love love for Humanity and our planet.</p>
<p>Turtling.  What a good practice&#8211;whether we need relief from global events or our own private events.  We all need to &#8216;Turtle Time&#8217; in our lives&#8211;time to unplug from the normal everyday practicalities and realities and create an opportunity to just be, play or rest.</p>
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<p class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;">What would our society be like if a normal reality included this expectation?:   <strong>Hey!  You there!  Its time to nurture your soul!</strong></p>
<p class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;">This post is written in gratitude for my friend whose wise ways still touch my days.</p>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">Should we be asking one another, &#8220;Have you Turtled lately?&#8221;?!</span></div>
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		<title>Earthlings! Unite!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<h6><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #fd0106;">&#8220;We, we are Earthlings all. Before any other distinction, We are Earthlings, all.&#8221;         </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Mighty Mirth, 2011</span></span></h6>
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		<title>‘No Buts’ Bus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Buts…a no nonsense reminder to not let the ‘buts’ stop us from pursuing our dreams and who we are—no excuses, No Buts, forge ahead! Remember Beethoven! Remember Ghandi! Remember Einstein!  Banish this obstacle word and live into the many possibilities beyond “But…”. The &#8216;No Buts&#8217; message is simple, though implementation is not always so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_493" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 444px"><img class=" wp-image-493" title="The 'No Buts' Bus will take you to your Dreams!!" src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/No-Buts-Bus7-440x440.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="433" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Mighty Mirth is our bus driver on the &#39;No Buts&#39; Bus!</p></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: large;"><strong> <a href="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/No-Buts-Poem1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1334" title="'No Buts' + Dreams!" src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/No-Buts-Poem1.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="324" /></a></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>No Buts…</strong>a no nonsense reminder to not let the ‘buts’ stop us from pursuing our dreams and who we are—no excuses, No Buts, forge ahead! Remember Beethoven! Remember Ghandi! Remember Einstein!  Banish this obstacle word and live into the many possibilities beyond “But…”.</p>
<p>The &#8216;No Buts&#8217; message is simple, though implementation is not always so easy!  We have to be aware of those insidious, sneaky, quiet &#8216;buts&#8217; that rule our lives and rob us of doing the things in life that inspire and energize us.</p>
<p>&#8216;No Buts&#8217; was created in when someone requested an image that would address self-sabotage. Why &#8216;No Buts&#8217; popped into being in response to that request has long been puzzling and we continue, these many years later, to ask the Muse for an idea about self-sabotage!</p>
<p>In the meantime, &#8216;No Buts&#8217; has been a useful way to skirt some of those Dream destroying actions in life!  Take that chance!  Get out on the skinny branches!  Remember famous folk and those in your own life who did not let &#8216;buts&#8217; get in the way of their Dreams.  They got on the &#8216;No Buts Bus&#8217;!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing You Oo-Oo~~ that&#8217;s how I feel about you-oo-oo. Human Beings are amazing biological wonders.  Think about it. We don&#8217;t just live in a world created randomly in nature, we create the realities that govern our lives.  As biological wonders, we are capable of stunning beauty, heroic love~~AND transformative scientific and technological achievements. As we look around [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_537" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 442px"><a href="http://mightymirth.com/?attachment_id=537" rel="attachment wp-att-537"><img class="size-full wp-image-537" title="As Carl Sagan said, &quot;We are made of the stuff of stars.&quot;" src="http://mightymirth.com/wp-content/uploads/Amazing-You-72.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="324" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">We are an excitable array of randomly vibrating particles.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Amazing You Oo-Oo~~</strong> <strong>that&#8217;s how I feel about you-oo-oo.</strong></p>
<p>Human Beings are amazing biological wonders.  Think about it. We don&#8217;t just live in a world created randomly in nature, we create the realities that govern our lives.  As biological wonders, we are capable of stunning beauty, heroic love~~AND transformative scientific and technological achievements.</p>
<p>As we look around at the realities our world faces, seeing ourselves as a species capable of wondrous feats will energize us to innovate beyond our wildest dreams. How can we know this?  Consider the many wondrous feats already created by Human Beings that 100 years prior would have not even been a dream.  Sure we stumble and will stumble again~~yet always there are Humans who respond to a powerful inner calling to lend their voice, vision and skills to the public, now global, conversation .</p>
<p>Within we all have a calling, large or small, that is our destiny.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why ‘Earth Hearts’?  To create Earth as Spaceship Mirth … to imagine an Earth future created by the power of love … because positive visualizing pulls us to balance during difficult times … and we need a visual antidote to all the sad pictures in what we call the “news” … to stimulate the creative [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong>Why ‘Earth Hearts’?<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">  </span></strong></em><strong><em>To create Earth as Spaceship Mirth</em></strong></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> … to imagine an Earth future created by the power of love … because positive visualizing pulls us to balance during difficult times … and we need a visual antidote to all the sad pictures in what we call the “news” … to stimulate the creative passion and innovation that is Human brilliance, good old Human know-how … happy images are medicine for a Soul that loves life and Earth … for when we are feeling down or want to share a happy feeling </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">… when we want to shout out a positive picture for our planet … because, as Jimi Hendrix wisely said, </span><span style="font-size: small;">“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”</span><em> </em></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Earth Hearts says…..</em></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Thrum thrum thrum<br />
my heart hears a drum<br />
I</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">t is Earth calling me to her Heart<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">to her wisdom, her balance<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I must remember balance<br />
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">For my Soul, All Souls, Earth’s Soul.<br />
Thrum thrum thrum<br />
my Heart meets Earth’s Heart.</span></span></p>
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