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Speaker 1: Approach production.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your morning mantra.

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Speaker 2: Rest is not a luxury, it's essential. When we don't

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Speaker 2: choose to rest, our, bodies often choose for us through exhaustion, sickness,

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Speaker 2: or emotional outbursts. Today's meditation is about proactively honoring our

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Speaker 2: need for restoration. Your morning mantra, I honor my need

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Speaker 2: for rest and restoration. Let's begin, if it's safe to

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Speaker 2: do so.

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Speaker 1: Close your eyes or lower your gaze your eyes, relax

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

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Speaker 1: bring your attention to your breath. Bring your attention to

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Speaker 1: your heart, and let your body soften. Notice any tension

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Speaker 1: in your face.

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Speaker 2: Shoulders, jaw, allow it to all melt away. Rest is

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Speaker 2: a vital part of living. When we ignore it, our

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Speaker 2: bodies and minds protest. We might feel irritable, quick to tears,

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Speaker 2: easily frustrated. These are the early signals, whispers asking us

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Speaker 2: to slow down. If we continue to ignore it, bigger

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Speaker 2: signs of sickness may show up our body demanding rest.

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Speaker 2: Resting is not laziness or weakness. We are wise for

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Speaker 2: choosing it, wise for scheduling restoration into our lifestyle, wise

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Speaker 2: for retreating into our inner self routinely. Our bodies are

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Speaker 2: designed to be in a flux of activity and rest,

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Speaker 2: not in a constant state of doing. Today's mantra, I

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Speaker 2: honor my need for rest and restoration. Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 2: either out loud or in your mind. I honor my

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Speaker 2: need for rest and restoration. Bringing your awareness to your

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Speaker 2: breath and back to the space around you. Slowly open

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Speaker 2: your eyes to increase self awareness and growth. I invite

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Speaker 2: you to listen to this evening's reflection. You can also

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Speaker 2: deepen your practice with me on Inside Timer. Find the

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Speaker 2: link in the show notes below