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Speaker 1: Approache production.

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

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Speaker 2: Stories and habits can keep us from doing hard, complicated,

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Speaker 2: and scary things. Today's meditation is an invitation to drop

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Speaker 2: the story surrounding the challenge your morning mantra. Drop the

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Speaker 2: story and just do the thing. Let's begin. If it's

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Speaker 2: safe to do so.

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Speaker 1: Close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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

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Speaker 1: and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your breath

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Speaker 1: to the space above your belly button.

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Speaker 2: The mind loves to spend stories about who we are,

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Speaker 2: who others are, about what we do and what we

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Speaker 2: should be doing, About what will happen if we do this,

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Speaker 2: or what won't happen if we don't do that. None

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Speaker 2: of this is true. Even though these stories feel real,

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Speaker 2: they are only thoughts, patterns of resistance in the past,

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Speaker 2: trying to keep us safe and secure. But they might

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Speaker 2: also be keeping us small, keeping us from doing the

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Speaker 2: things that feel scary, the things that will propel us

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Speaker 2: along an aligned journey. When we drop the stories, there

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Speaker 2: is a clarity that arises. This moment, This breath and

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Speaker 2: the next action can be spontaneous from the heart, moving

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Speaker 2: towards joy, unattached from the stories and habits. This is

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Speaker 2: the path of freedom. Today's mantra, drop the story and

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Speaker 2: just do the thing. Repeat to yourself, either out loud

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Speaker 2: or in your mind. Drop the story and just do

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Speaker 2: the thing, bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing

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Speaker 2: in and out of your heart space. May you be happy,

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Speaker 2: May you be well, May you be free from stress, worry,

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Speaker 2: fear and anxiety, and may your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 2: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 2: slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth.

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Speaker 2: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 2: can also deepen your practice with me on inside Timer

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Speaker 2: find the link below. In the show notes