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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 our relationship with growth and

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Speaker 1: how the pressure to constantly improve can disconnect us from

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Speaker 1: the quiet strength found in acceptance. Your morning mantra, I

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Speaker 1: accept where I am right now. 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. We often believe

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Speaker 1: that we need to strive to achieve, facing ourselves, becoming

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Speaker 1: better versions, reaching higher standards, But sometimes growth is simply

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Speaker 1: accepting where we are right now, without judgment, without comparison.

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Speaker 1: Some of us are conditioned to continually excel, to upgrade,

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Speaker 1: to evolve. Improving and growing is beautiful, and it includes

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Speaker 1: resting and digesting, acknowledging this moment, being present before the

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Speaker 1: next achievement, the next progress. When we accept where we are,

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Speaker 1: we create space, space to breathe, space to digest, space

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Speaker 1: for the possibility and the unknown. To enter Today's mantra,

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Speaker 1: I accept where I am right now. Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 1: either outlaw or in your mind. I accept where I

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Speaker 1: am right now, bringing your awareness back to your breath,

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Speaker 1: breathing in and out of your heart space. May you

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

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Speaker 1: from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety. And may your whole

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

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Speaker 1: space around you and slowly opening your eyes to increase

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Speaker 1: self awareness and grow, I invite you to listen to

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Speaker 1: this evening's reflection. You can also deepen your practice with

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Speaker 1: me on Inside tim or find the link below. In

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Speaker 1: the show notes,