The Daily Pulse: A Morning Ritual For Peace & Calm

Starting and ending each day with deliberate choices enables us to develop life rituals, in sync with the essential rhythm of nature. Built on the teachings of the Tao, The Daily Pulse is a 10-day course about establishing a morning ritual that will help you look past distress and confusion, and bring habits into your everyday life that will help develop a strong sense of peace and calm. Over these 10 sessions you will encouter a profound balance of insightful teachings and a meditative experience to prepare you for the day ahead. Practicing this daily morning ritual is part of a journey of deep self-awareness, that gently and naturally leads to happiness. The Tao is the heartbeat of nature, the essential rhythm of being and, the fundamental pulse of our world.

Leçon 1: Daily Pulse – The Tao & Morning Ritual

Today's lesson is an introduction to the Tao and the Daily Pulse morning ritual. It is here to
remind you that personal change happens in small, steady steps each day. That transformation in the way you feel, happens in the gift of time spent alone, in the ritual of an inner process. This lesson is highly informative and engaging, as we flow through the teachings of the Tao. Lessons from Day 2 onwards are a balance of teaching and a meditative experience, ideal for preparing you for a new day.

Leçon 2: Daily Pulse: Fire Energy

Daily Pulse is nine steps working through the Tao. Today you will learn about and experience, fire energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Fire energy is part of your life on those days when you feel really clear about yourself and your life; when you have the courage to be yourself on a unique journey of personal growth and self development. Fire energy provides us with a strong sense of independence, confidently living to the beat of our own drum, and walking our own path.

Leçon 3: Daily Pulse: Earth Energy

Daily Pulse morning ritual synchronizes you with the Tao, the essential rhythm of nature, for the express purpose of being happier. Today you will learn about and experience, Earth energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Earth energy is part of your life on those days when you are able to cherish and feed yourself mentally, physically and spiritually, allowing you to be nourishing to others. Today starts with respecting yourself and feeling worthy of making yourself a priority.

Leçon 4: Daily Pulse: Lake Energy

Daily Pulse brings you insight into your life and helps you make choices to facilitate change in your own, everyday ritual. Today you will learn about and experience, Lake energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Lake energy is part of your life on those days when you feel positive, optimistic, and engage in life as a ‘glass half full’ person who knows deep in their core that life will work in their favour. Today, let us be playful and have fun: building on our existing ideas and harnessing our creative imagination.

Leçon 5: Daily Pulse: Thunder Energy

Daily Pulse helps you make happier choices for yourself. Today you will learn about and experience, Thunder energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Thunder energy is part of your life on those days when you feel powerful, when you are making things happen, and when you are able to see the outcome and the bigger picture. Thunder energy shows up in your deep desire to leave the world a better place. Thunder energy reinforces strong, safe, healthy connections with others.

Leçon 6: Daily Pulse: Heaven Energy

Daily Pulse helps you consciously and deliberately create a life of joy. Today you will learn about and experience, Heaven energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Heaven energy is part of your life on those days when you feel mighty and unrestricted. It is part of your life when you are in an active, doing mode that encourages expansive concepts and new beginnings. It is there when you are both physically active and spiritually connected.

Leçon 7: Daily Pulse: Water Energy

Daily Pulse is a morning ritual; small steps each day towards life transformation and happiness. Today you will learn about and experience, Water energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Water energy is part of your life on those days when you live life in non-resistance; when you focus on a goal and flow downstream. When you are in the flow of life, your life has purpose and you feel confident, empowered and assured.

Leçon 8: Daily Pulse: Mountain Energy

Daily Pulse brings ritual to life, a precious, ordinary experience, that reawakens you to the beauty of a single moment. Today you will learn about and experience, Mountain energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Mountain energy is about having faith in life and is part of your life on those days when you tap into your innate wisdom. Faith is a choice to trust in life and to trust you own strength and wisdom.

Leçon 9: Daily Pulse: Wind Energy

Daily Pulse reminds you that personal change happens in small steady steps each day. Today you will learn about and experience, Wind energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Wind energy is part of your life on those days when you feel generous and kind, and enjoy sharing your abundance of joy, and love with others. Wind energy shows up when you are using your inner power and energy to make your life better.

Leçon 10: Daily Pulse: Tai Chi Energy

Daily Pulse is a morning ritual that helps you look past distress and confusion, bringing habits into everyday life that will help you find peace and calm. Today you will experience the fullness of Tai Chi energy as your Daily Pulse morning ritual. Tai Chi energy creates inner calm as, it is a state of being that is welcoming of others and entirely non-resistant. It fosters confidence, trust and hope and is the energy that helps you live with acceptance, inner certainty and balance.

Reviews

Really helpful to get started with my day with a calm mindset

Wonderful course. Will repeat to help deepen my understanding and connection with the trigrams. Thank you for sharing your gifts.🙏🏻🌸☯️

Dr. Deb Ford is lovely! This course provides excellent guidance on living in harmony with nature and the universe and dissolves morning anxiety.

So interesting, I will definitely be repeating all of this to understand it more. 🙏

Really great! I’m ready to start from the beginning and do it all over again. Thank you!🙏🏼

I loved learning about the 8 trigrams of Tai Chi energy and how that connects to daily living. I hope to continue to find balance in my life through meditation and this was a great way to ground myself. This course was very calming and empowering at the same time.

Very helpful for daily life , received many helpful suggestions and a better understanding of need to journal , thank you Debra . I return to days at least two times and will take course again to help my inner self as well as outside life.

Excellent morning ritual. I enjoyed the atmosphere of the sessions with Debra's soft voice, insightful teaching and meditative experience! Will use it in my meditative practice 🌸🙏💕

A beautiful and informative course on the 8 trigrams of the Dao ending in taichi energy. I've taken in 2x so far and learned so much. Paralleled to chakras in the yogic system.

I really enjoyed the course, gave me the direction I needed, thank you

This helped me start
My day’s better than ever .
Mucho Gracias en Grace

Thanks for sharing. The 8 trigrams are a wonderful learning tool for the balance of the elements ❤️

Great way to connect with your higher self and install a morning ritual to start your day on the right intention!
Thank you!

Great lessons and Dr D is an amazing teacher. Much love for the guidance and meditation.

Loved learning about the Tao and the different energies!

Thank you Deb. I really enjoyed listening to you each morning as I travelled to work on the tram. Beautiful teachings that I was able to incorporate into my day.

A wonderful, centering, intentional way to start my day. I’ve ordered a book on the Tao to learn more. Love Dr. Debra’s voice and thoughtful guidance.

I really enjoyed this course. I also found the background music so peaceful. Thank you for this wonderful introductions to Tao.

A beautiful course. The rhythm of every day teaching and meditation was so peaceful and nourishing. It really impacted on my morning routine and on how I face my days afterwards. Thank you, Dr. Ford.

This was one of the best courses I've taken through Insight Timer and I plan to repeat. Her voice is very calming, her guidance is clear and the benefits are immediate!