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

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Speaker 1: Morning mantra. We can't control what happens to us, but

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Speaker 1: we can control how we respond. Today's meditation helps us

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Speaker 1: find the space between stimulus and response. Your morning mantra,

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Speaker 1: I choose to respond, not react. 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: Notice the holds within the breath, the slight pause between

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Speaker 1: exhale and inhale. This is like the pause between reaction

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Speaker 1: and action. The space between, when used with care, is powerful,

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Speaker 1: more powerful than the surrounding words and actions. Pause gives

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Speaker 1: the filled moments their their purpose. The space is an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to assess, to observe, a time to choose what

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Speaker 1: comes next. Responding with intention, softness, presence, and compassion. Taking

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Speaker 1: advantage of the pause makes us more considerate and deliberate,

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Speaker 1: responding rather than reacting. Today's mantra, I choose to respond,

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Speaker 1: not react. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in

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Speaker 1: your mind. I choose to respond and not react, bringing

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Speaker 1: your awareness to your breath and back to the space

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Speaker 1: around you. Slowly open your eyes to increase self awareness

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

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

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Speaker 1: Find the link in the show notes below.