WEBVTT - Learning to Receive

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<v Speaker 1>You found your way here to waking up with Ryan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad that you pushed play. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>place you and I come to wake up together. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a deep breath and begin.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, my love. Many of us on the journey of.

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<v Speaker 1>Personal development of spiritual awakening tend to give a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>We tend to give, give, give, give to everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Beautiful. All of us should be givers if we can.

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<v Speaker 1>At the same time, we also tend to not be

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<v Speaker 1>so good at receiving. For whatever reason, Those of us

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<v Speaker 1>who are interested in this path often focus so much

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<v Speaker 1>on giving to others, yet we have a really hard

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<v Speaker 1>time receiving. Receiving whatever it is. Support, gratitude, compliments. We

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<v Speaker 1>have a hard time receiving. And I want to have

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<v Speaker 1>a little trick for you today. What if you not

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<v Speaker 1>being willing to receive support from others is you actually

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<v Speaker 1>not giving somebody an opportunity? Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Follow me on this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how good it feels when you give, when

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<v Speaker 1>you are generous and you give, whether it's your time,

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<v Speaker 1>your money, your expertise, your work, whatever it is that

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<v Speaker 1>you give to others, your ears, your hugs, whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>is that you give, you know how good it feels

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<v Speaker 1>to give to another and witness how your generosity impacts them. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't that mean that it also feels good for other

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<v Speaker 1>people to give? And if you're someone who's uncomfortable with receiving,

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<v Speaker 1>then aren't you keeping from people the goodness that they

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<v Speaker 1>can feel by giving to you?

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<v Speaker 2>Have you thought about that?

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<v Speaker 1>Not that you should have to think about that in

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<v Speaker 1>order to be receiving, but I want to play a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a trick with your mind because you are,

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<v Speaker 1>by not being willing to receive, you are keeping from

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<v Speaker 1>others the goodness that they get to experience when they

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<v Speaker 1>give to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, why are you deserving of receiving?

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<v Speaker 1>You're deserving of receiving not because of how good you

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<v Speaker 1>are or not because of how much you give. You're

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<v Speaker 1>deserving of receiving because of who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>You've heard me say it before. You are grace. You

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<v Speaker 2>are love.

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<v Speaker 1>And all of us here are that one. Here to

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<v Speaker 1>give and receive from each other. And if you disconnect

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<v Speaker 1>yourself from being willing to receive because you're always so

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<v Speaker 1>focused on giving and not seeing yourself as someone deserving

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<v Speaker 1>of receiving, you're cutting yourself off from the flow of

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<v Speaker 1>generosity that we're all here to be a part of.

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<v Speaker 2>So what that might mean for you?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you may have a really full life with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of responsibility and a lot of people to be

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for.

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<v Speaker 2>And be burnt out at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the majority of the people I work with have

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<v Speaker 1>that thing going on.

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<v Speaker 2>How could you let yourself receive?

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<v Speaker 1>Where can you ask for Help for support to take

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<v Speaker 1>things off your plate so that you can have some

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<v Speaker 1>space to take care of yourself. Maybe that means taking

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<v Speaker 1>a 30 minute bath when you come home from work

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<v Speaker 1>before you engage in all the responsibilities that you have

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<v Speaker 1>at home.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one example. Your mind may say, I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>time for that. Well, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there are people in this world that that's really,

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<v Speaker 1>really true for. And then I think that most of us,

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<v Speaker 1>we could make it work if it was a real

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<v Speaker 1>priority for us to receive. Another reason why it's really

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<v Speaker 1>important that you receive.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that who you really are.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the feminine that receives from the divine, receives creativity, energy, Love,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a vessel into which this universe pours. And so

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<v Speaker 1>opening yourself to receive is not only just from others,

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<v Speaker 1>but also from life itself. And when you slow down,

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<v Speaker 1>when you take care of yourself, when you take that bath,

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<v Speaker 1>when you prioritize yourself, you put yourself into a state

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<v Speaker 1>of receiving. And it's in that state of receiving that

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<v Speaker 1>you reconnect yourself to life. So let's do that now.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a moment to close our eyes and take

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<v Speaker 1>a deep breath in receiving as you exhale. Inhaling as

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<v Speaker 1>you receive the energy, exhaling as you receive the relaxation

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<v Speaker 1>and support. For today's practice, repeating these words to ourselves,

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<v Speaker 1>I am willing to receive. Keeping your breath moving as

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<v Speaker 1>you say to yourself, I am willing to receive. Taking

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<v Speaker 1>your palms and opening them, facing up, perhaps resting, the

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<v Speaker 1>backs of your palms, the backs of your hands on

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<v Speaker 1>your lap, in this mudra, in this hand position of receiving,

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<v Speaker 1>as you say to yourself, I am willing to receive,

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<v Speaker 1>and keeping your breath moving, I am willing to receive,

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<v Speaker 1>I am willing to receive. I am willing to receive.

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<v Speaker 1>Feeling with every inhalation, this open posture, symbolizing to life

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<v Speaker 1>that you are open to receive, that you are a

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<v Speaker 1>deserved being, a deserved being, recognizing that the universe wants

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<v Speaker 1>to pour into you and that all that is needed

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<v Speaker 1>is for you to create the space to slow down,

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<v Speaker 1>to pause, to carve out the space every day to receive.

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<v Speaker 1>to recognize that others want to give to you, want

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<v Speaker 1>to support you, that you no longer need to play

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<v Speaker 1>it small, that you no longer need to say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much, but I don't really, or I

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<v Speaker 1>could never ask that, or.

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<v Speaker 2>No more.

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<v Speaker 1>When people want to give, you say thank you, and

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<v Speaker 1>you'd be willing to receive. Let's take a deep breath in.

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<v Speaker 1>And let it go. And when you're ready, opening your eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>I trust that there are places and people in your

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<v Speaker 1>life who, as I said before, want to give. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm asking you to receive willingly. I also imagine that

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<v Speaker 1>there's other places in your life where you actually do

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<v Speaker 1>need more support. And where the people you're interacting with

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<v Speaker 1>aren't giving it freely. What I'd say to you is

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<v Speaker 1>you need to demand it, speak it, speak up. You

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<v Speaker 1>no longer need to avoid.

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<v Speaker 2>Your own needs to appease others. Loving you from right here.

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