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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 is an invitation to listen, to

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Speaker 1: hold space, without needing to offer advice or solutions. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: the most healing thing we can do for someone is

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Speaker 1: simply to be there your morning mantra, My presence can

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Speaker 1: be more helpful than advice. Let's begin, if it's safe

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Speaker 1: to do so. Close your eyes or lower your gaze.

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Speaker 2: Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax

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Speaker 2: your shoulders.

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Speaker 1: Down, and bring your attention to your breath. Let it

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Speaker 1: flow in and out. Feel yourself settle into stillness, into silence.

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Speaker 1: When someone shares their story, we may feel an urge

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Speaker 1: to help, to fix to God, but often they don't

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Speaker 1: need answers. They just want to be heard. They might

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Speaker 1: already know the solution, They may be sharing to make

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Speaker 1: sense of their own thoughts, or they may simply need

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Speaker 1: a safe place to release emotion. When we listen, without interrupting,

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Speaker 1: without rehearsing our reply, we offer something far more valuable

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Speaker 1: than advice. We offer presents. When we practice stillness, we

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Speaker 1: become good listeners. Practiced in the art of silence. The

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Speaker 1: art of presence. Silence often speaks louder than wisdom. To

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Speaker 1: find out if the person would like advice, we can

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Speaker 1: ask them, would you like a suggestion from me or

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Speaker 1: would you just like me to listen. This simple act

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Speaker 1: of respect can deepen our connection and build respectful boundaries

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Speaker 1: and relationships. Today's mantra, my presence can be more helpful

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Speaker 1: than advice. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in

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Speaker 1: your mind. My presence can be more helpful than advice.

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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 tim

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