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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: Today's meditation explores how power can be compassionate and valuable

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Speaker 2: and needed for well being. Your morning Mantra, I am

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Speaker 2: compassionately empowered. Let's begin.

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

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

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Speaker 1: your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention

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Speaker 1: to your breath, drawing your breath to the space above

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Speaker 1: your belly button. Sometimes we say sorry out of habit,

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Speaker 1: playing small to fit in, staying quiet to avoid confrontation,

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Speaker 1: and bring to mind a situation where this occurs. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: our beliefs about power affect our behaviors in relationships with others.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we believe that successful women don't have partners, or

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Speaker 2: that they choose careers above having children, that we must

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Speaker 2: have one or the other and not both. Maybe we

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Speaker 2: believe that power is masculine. Or maybe when we've stood

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Speaker 2: up in the past and we've been excited and stepped

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Speaker 2: up into our power, we've been shunned or criticized. Maybe

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Speaker 2: we've defined power as domination or manipulation. These are all beliefs,

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Speaker 2: and we can change them if we choose. We can

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Speaker 2: have peace of mind and body when we are connected

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Speaker 2: to our inner power, accepting and loving ourselves as capable, empowered,

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Speaker 2: valuable beings. Today's mantra, I am compassionately empowered. Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 2: either out loud or in your mind. I am compassionately empowered.

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Speaker 2: Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and

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

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

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Speaker 2: 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,