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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 explores the nature of worry and

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Speaker 1: how letting go can return us to a place of

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Speaker 1: calm and clarity. Your Morning Mantra, I release worry and

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Speaker 1: return to calm. 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: down into your belly. Worry often projects us into the future,

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Speaker 1: imagining conflicts and problems not yet arrived. It can feel

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Speaker 1: persistent with the thoughts circling our minds, like sharks signaling

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Speaker 1: impending doom. This lives only in our mind, not yet

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Speaker 1: happening in real life. Worry steals the joy of the present,

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Speaker 1: where we are safe and secure. Worrying does not solve

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Speaker 1: what may lie ahead, nor does it prepare us for

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Speaker 1: what might not happen. It perpetuates fear, creating stories and

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Speaker 1: perspective that might not come true. We can release worry

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Speaker 1: by thanking our minds for trying to prepare us and

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Speaker 1: for keeping us safe, and then we come to our

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Speaker 1: breath where we can soften, release the need to rehearse,

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Speaker 1: release the need to control, returning to our awareness, to

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Speaker 1: the breath, to the body, to this moment. Calm is

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Speaker 1: always available to us when we come to our breath.

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Speaker 1: Today's mantra, I release worry and return to calm. Repeat

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Speaker 1: to yourself, either out loud or in your mind. I

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Speaker 1: release worry and return to calm. Bringing your awareness back

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Speaker 1: to your breath, breathing in and out of your heart space.

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

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Speaker 1: be free from stress, worry, fear and anxiety, and may

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

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Speaker 1: the space around you. Slowly open your eyes. You are

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Speaker 1: creating a life you love. To increase self awareness and growth.

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Speaker 1: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 1: can also deepen your practice with me on insight Timer

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Speaker 1: find the link below. In the show notes as to

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