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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 how we can love others

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Speaker 1: better when we love ourselves unconditionally. Your morning mantra, I

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Speaker 1: love you. Let's begin, if it's safe to.

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Speaker 2: Do so, close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax

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

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Speaker 2: shoulders down, and bring your attention to your breath.

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Speaker 1: Drawing your breath down into your heart. When we are

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Speaker 1: loving to ourselves, it is second nature to love others.

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Speaker 1: How often do we say I love you to ourselves?

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Speaker 1: How often do we think loving thoughts about our own being?

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Speaker 1: How often do we do loving things for ourselves, big

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Speaker 1: and small. Listening to and meeting our needs, Speaking lovingly

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Speaker 1: and respectfully within today is an invitation to be loving

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Speaker 1: to ourselves exactly as we.

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Speaker 3: Are right now.

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Speaker 1: When we can do this, we can love others without

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Speaker 1: the need to change them. We can accept ourselves with compassion, amusement,

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Speaker 1: and delight. We can meet others in the same way.

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Speaker 1: The amount of grace we allow another is dependent on

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Speaker 1: the amount of grace we allow for ourselves else. Today's mantra.

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Speaker 3: I love you.

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Speaker 1: Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind,

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Speaker 1: I love you, bringing your awareness back to your breath,

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Speaker 1: breathing in and out of your heart space.

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Speaker 3: May you be happy, May you be well, May you

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Speaker 3: be free from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety, and may.

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Speaker 1: Your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 3: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 3: slowly opening your eyes.

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Speaker 1: To increase self awareness and growth, I invite you to

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Speaker 1: listen to this evening's reflection. You can also deepen your

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Speaker 1: practice with me on Inside Timer.

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Speaker 3: Find the link below. In the show notes,