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

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Speaker 1: Morning Mantra. Today's meditation is about avoidance. How it feels

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Speaker 1: like relief in the moment, but then it grows into

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Speaker 1: something heavy over time. Your morning mantra, I face what

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Speaker 1: I fear with courage and care. Let's begin. If it's

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Speaker 1: safe to do so, close your eyes or lower your gaze.

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Speaker 1: Relax your eyes, Relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax

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Speaker 1: your shoulders down and bring your attention to your breath.

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Speaker 1: Drawing your breath down into your heart. Bring your awareness

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Speaker 1: to what you've been avoiding, a hard conversation, a decision,

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Speaker 1: a feeling. Avoidance feels like safety, like a breath of relief,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't free us. It binds us. When we

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Speaker 1: dodge discomfort, we strengthen the very thing that we fear.

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Speaker 1: When we delay, we feed procrastination. When we stay silent,

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Speaker 1: we deepen resentment. Avoidance is a short term escape that

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Speaker 1: becomes a long term prison. But when we turn towards

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Speaker 1: the resistance, lean in to uncomfortable, something shifts. Fear loses

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Speaker 1: its grip, resentment dissolves, courage grows, clarity arises, and freedom

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Speaker 1: comes today's mantra, I face what I fear with courage

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Speaker 1: and care. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in

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Speaker 1: your mind. I face what I fear with courage and care,

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

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Speaker 1: out of your heart's face, maybe 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. I invite

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

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Speaker 1: deepen your practice with me on insight Timer find the

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Speaker 1: link below. In the show notes, st