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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 stress. It is an invitation

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Speaker 1: to practice which prevents the long term effects and consequences

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Speaker 1: of attaching to what happens before us. Your morning mantra,

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Speaker 1: I soften and release in the moment. Let's begin, if

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

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

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Speaker 1: Relax your shoulders down and bring your attention to your breath,

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Speaker 1: drawing your breath down into your belly. Stress and suffering

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Speaker 1: don't arise by what happens outside. Stress and suffering arises

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Speaker 1: because we hold onto what happens in front of us.

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Speaker 1: We let it come in and rest in our bodies.

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Speaker 1: We tighten our jaw, raise our shoulders, shorten our breath,

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Speaker 1: and create a memory. And without realizing it, our nervous

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Speaker 1: system recognizes that we are in danger today. Instead of

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Speaker 1: holding on to what happens before us, we can meet

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Speaker 1: it with our breath, holding it there, observing it, just

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Speaker 1: pausing and coming to the breath inhaling slowly and exhaling,

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Speaker 1: allowing it to soften and melt away before the tension

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Speaker 1: takes hold of us. The beautiful thing about this practice

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Speaker 1: is that it works instantly, quickly, and it costs nothing

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Speaker 1: but a short period of time, time saving us years

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Speaker 1: of torment and suffering, saving us from disease and tension.

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Speaker 1: Healing in the moment. Today's mantra, I soften and release

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Speaker 1: in the moment. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or

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Speaker 1: in your mind. I soften and release in the moment,

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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 space. May you be happy, May

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Speaker 1: you be well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear,

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Speaker 1: and anxiety, and may your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 1: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 1: slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth.

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Speaker 1: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 1: can also deepen your practice with me on inside Timer

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