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

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Speaker 1: morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores self criticism and how we

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Speaker 1: can learn to let it go. Let's begin your morning mantra.

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Speaker 1: I dissolve self criticism. 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 to your sacrum, the bottom of your spine. Self

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Speaker 1: criticism is draining. It undermines our self confidence. Believing and

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Speaker 1: taking on board criticism from others is unhelpful, and it spreadsicity.

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Speaker 1: When we catch ourselves in the act of self criticism,

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Speaker 1: we can learn to relax our bodies, come to our breath,

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Speaker 1: release our pelvic floors, release any tension in our belly,

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Speaker 1: gently rolling our shoulders, gently rolling and releasing our necks, smiling.

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Speaker 1: We can wrap our arms around ourselves or hold our

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Speaker 1: own hands to remind ourselves of our love, of our care.

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Speaker 1: It's okay, We're okay. Let the criticism disappear. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: belong here. Today's mantra I dissolve self criticism. Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 1: either out loud or in your mind a dissolve self criticism.

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