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Speaker 1: Approte 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 is a reminder that your mind is not fixed.

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Speaker 2: It's a living, growing muscle that strengthens. With use your

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Speaker 2: morning mantra, my mind grows stronger through challenge. 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.

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Speaker 2: Down your attention to your breath, bringing your attention to

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Speaker 2: the crown of your head. Our minds are not set.

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Speaker 2: They're flexible, alive, and capable of change. Just like a muscle,

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Speaker 2: the mind strengthens through resistance, through effort, through the willingness

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Speaker 2: to keep showing up when things feel uncomfortable. When we

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Speaker 2: avoid challenge, we stay the same, But when we step

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Speaker 2: into it, we grow new pathways, new understanding, new resilience.

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Speaker 2: If we feel embarrassed, it's a sign that we're learning.

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Speaker 2: If we've failed, it means we've tried. It means we've

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Speaker 2: learned something. If we feel shame, often that shame doesn't

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Speaker 2: belong to us, but to where it came from, to

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Speaker 2: the person who voiced it. Let shame, Go breathe it out.

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Speaker 2: It is not ours. Growth is not always graceful. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: it stings, sometimes it humbles. Free moment of discomfort is

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Speaker 2: the mind becoming stronger, more open, more compassionate. Today's mantra,

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Speaker 2: my mind grows stronger through challenge. Repeat to yourself, either

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Speaker 2: out loud or in your mind. My mind grows stronger

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Speaker 2: through challenge. 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, 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,