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Speaker 1: Approache production. Good Morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of you

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Speaker 1: are Morning mantra. Today's meditation explores the warmth of self compassion,

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Speaker 1: speaking to ourselves the way we would speak to someone

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Speaker 1: we love. Your morning mantra, I offer myself kindness. Let's begin,

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Speaker 1: if it's safe to do so, close your eyes or

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Speaker 1: lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

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Speaker 1: your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention

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Speaker 1: to your breath, drawing your breath down into your heart.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes we are the hardest on ourselves, using sharper tongues

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Speaker 1: than we realize, expecting more, pushing harder, quick to judge.

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Speaker 1: Kindness softens the edges. It makes room for humanity, for acceptance,

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Speaker 1: for forgiveness. Treating ourselves with tenderness grounds us, strengthens us,

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Speaker 1: and steadies the mind. When we speak to ourselves kindly,

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Speaker 1: we create safety. We can move with grace, and we

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Speaker 1: open a gentle path for us and for those that

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Speaker 1: we come across. Practiced in the art of kindness, Today's mantra,

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Speaker 1: I offer myself kindness. Repeat to yourself, either out loud

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Speaker 1: or in your mind. I offer myself kindness, bringing your

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Speaker 1: awareness back to your breath, breathing in and out of

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Speaker 1: your heart space. May you be happy, may you be well,

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Speaker 1: May you be free from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety.

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Speaker 1: And may your whole life be truly blessed. Bringing your

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Speaker 1: awareness back to the space around you and slowly opening

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Speaker 1: your eyes to increase self awareness and growth bite you

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Speaker 1: to listen to this evening's reflection. You can also deepen

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Speaker 1: your practice with me on inside Timer find the link below.

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Speaker 1: In the show notes,