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Speaker 1: Approche production. Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your

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Speaker 1: morning Mantra. Today's meditation is about the benefits of inner

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Speaker 1: exploration and reflection. Your morning mantra, Inner exploration reveals my

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Speaker 1: joyous path. Let's begin. If it's safe to do so,

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Speaker 1: close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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Speaker 1: relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down,

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Speaker 1: and bring your attention to your breath. Drawing your breath

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Speaker 1: into the heart space. We come to know ourselves to

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Speaker 1: be with our own company. When we practice becoming still,

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Speaker 1: we come to know the pattern of our thoughts. We

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Speaker 1: become aware of our behaviors. We can reflect on what

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Speaker 1: brings us joy, what makes us tick when time seems

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Speaker 1: to stand still or speed up, what causes us to

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Speaker 1: lose ourselves completely. Learning these things about ourselves helps us

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Speaker 1: to choose how we spend our time, what we think

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Speaker 1: is fun, how to do the things that we love.

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Speaker 1: There is no destiny, no chosen path, no outward purpose

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Speaker 1: that is given to us by others. We come to

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Speaker 1: know the path when we choose our cause. By knowing

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Speaker 1: ourselves through stillness and the practice of meditation and reflection,

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Speaker 1: today's mantra, Inner exploration reveals my joyous path. Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 1: either out loud or in your mind. Inner exploration reveals

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Speaker 1: my joyous path. Bringing your awareness back to your breath,

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Speaker 1: breathing in and out of your heart space. May you

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Speaker 1: be happy, May you be well, May you be free

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Speaker 1: from stress, worry, fear and anxiety, and may your whole

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Speaker 1: life be truly blessed. Bringing your awareness back to the

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Speaker 1: space around you and slowly opening your eyes to increase

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Speaker 1: self awareness and growth, I invite you to listen to

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Speaker 1: this evening's reflection. You can also deepen your practice with

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Speaker 1: me on Inside Timer find the link below. In the

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Speaker 1: show notes,