1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 1: M from grandmothers who whispered in their baby girl in 2 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: two fathers on dimly lit street corners, instructing young soldiers 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: to always keep their eyes open. You be queen, you 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: were fired. You will pass through centuries on the hands 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: of your daughters. They called you wisdom. Proverbs on the 6 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: backs of diamond eyed school children who growing into hymnals 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: recited by amethyst holding urban philosophers who recited neighborhood commandments 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: out of the windows of restored ALCHEMYO cheriots to keep 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: the warmth of their blood. Be wise, be smart, being black, 10 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: opal brown courts, bloodstone and prayer. Be every form of 11 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: jim se King told scribe, scribe, told son, son, told wife, 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: wife told her daughter, and daughter told the ass This 13 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: is the ancestis told me that you would come to 14 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: give wisdom of thousands. They said you would come. Dropping 15 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: Roping Gym. Welcome to the Dropping Gym's podcast. I'm your host, 16 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: DeBie Brown Gosh. I sat and listened to of the 17 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: intro song today and y'all, it hits like every like 18 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,279 Speaker 1: ten shows or so. I just have to always say, huge, huge, huge, 19 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: huge thank you to my friend Namdi okafor who wrote 20 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: that opening poem that is our show intro into my 21 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: friend day One, who produced the track. I think I've 22 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: shared this story before, but my inspiration was when I 23 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: connected a day One, I was like, can you produce 24 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: a song for me for my podcast? I wanted to 25 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: sound like g funk meets elevator music. And for those 26 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: that are from the West Coast, you know just what 27 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: I mean by g funk, but it's the a very 28 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: specific music style to l a mixed with like you know, 29 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: the subtleness, the melody, the mood of an elevator music. 30 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: And then my boy Namdijs wrote such a beautiful, beautiful, 31 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: beautiful piece of poetry to share. So I just felt 32 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: super grateful for that. All right, what's up, y'all. Great 33 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: to be back with you, Thank you for joining the show. 34 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: Thank you so much everyone that has taken the time 35 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: to leave a review. That really means a lot. Um 36 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: and y'all go in like, it's not just like, hey, 37 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: I like this show, Um, you're really sharing with me 38 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: such deep insights and deep connections to the ways that 39 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: you may connect with one of the guests on this 40 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: show or some of the things that were shared, and 41 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: it means a lot, and I really thank you for that. 42 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: So if you have a chance and you haven't yet 43 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: and you enjoyed this show, go ahead and give it 44 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: that thank five stars, and uh leave a review. Thank you. 45 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: All right, let's get into today's show. So we are 46 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: at a very interesting time of year right now. It is, 47 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: uh we are shortly before going into in a completely 48 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: new year. And something that I really like to do 49 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: more so starting in November is really start wrapping my 50 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: mind around are there new ways of being that I 51 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: want to invite in. I don't do resolutions, and my 52 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,559 Speaker 1: astrologers shared with me shout out to Darryll that, uh, 53 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: the new year is actually not even the best time 54 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: to set intentions because there's no planetary energy behind it 55 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: versus some other times of the years, especially the starts 56 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: of different seasons or at solstice. But November December really 57 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: this time of the years that I like to get 58 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: really reflective. I like to take stock and then I 59 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: like to reimagine, um, what is my spiritual practice, need, desire, 60 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: what does it want to grow into. Sometimes I add 61 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: things that the new year, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I 62 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: remove things sometimes I don't, But I really just check 63 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: in with myself and I check in with my body 64 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: and check in with my heart, and I see what 65 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: are my needs and how can I meet them? And 66 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: so that is some of what I've just been thinking 67 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: about this time of year. And I think I'm going 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: to record an entirely different episode for next week related 69 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: to really being able to set some powerful intentions for 70 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: this new energy that is coming in UM. But something 71 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: that I really wanted to do, which is what today's 72 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: episode is going to be, as I wanted to connect 73 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: and find out, you know, what are what are some 74 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: needs the collective has, what are some questions that are 75 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: coming up for us all? And so I decided to 76 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: start going live once a week for the most part 77 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: on my Instagram channel I do for those that connect 78 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: with me on I GM at Debbie Brown on there, 79 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: and for the past really year and a half, I've 80 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: been doing a lot of lives with Chopra, done lives 81 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: UM with some of our educators, with Deepak, with some 82 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: of the really beautiful work that we do over at Chopra. 83 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: But then I decided I want to go live on 84 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: my page too, and I really want to start UM 85 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: diving into with a little more room, more specific questions 86 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: about the spiritual journey, and what I say when I 87 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm speaking specifically about the spiritual journey. It's not just like, oh, 88 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: how do I meditate? I can't meditate, though that is 89 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: a valid question that a lot of people have, but 90 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: it is a question that I speak to quite a bit. 91 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to dive into more of the UM, more 92 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: of the grooves, more of the cracks, more of the 93 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: crevices of how we experience ourselves and how we experience 94 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: our journeys, and answer questions that are deeply related to that. 95 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: So that is what I do now once a week 96 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: on Live for the most part, once a week UM. 97 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: And the very first time that I did that, I 98 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: received questions that really really blew me away UM and 99 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: I got a chance to connect with so many friends 100 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: UM who joined me for that Live. So that is 101 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: what I wanted to share with you today. There are 102 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: questions that I am diving into and I'm packing that 103 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: relate to how to create UM a spiritual container for yourself, 104 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: how to create your spiritual practice. I have questions on 105 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: how to navigate depression and how to navigate UM. Some 106 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: of the more shadowy aspects of what being on a 107 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: wellness journey is and so let's dive into all of 108 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: that now. Let's go. So I want to talk about 109 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: meditation today, and I'm kind of flirting with the idea 110 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: of doing some lives once a week and just kind 111 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: of calling an office hours and any questions that you 112 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: have as you're on your journey, just kind of taking 113 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: a second to explore them. So I go live on 114 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: Chokra a lot, but I wanted to also make sure 115 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: that for those that don't follow that account, UM, we 116 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: get a chance to connect and talk and all the things. 117 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: So my idea today was and I'm just flirting with this, 118 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: so I'll probably be on for about fifteen minutes. I 119 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about meditation UM. Meditation is something that 120 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: I've been doing for the last ten years, and as 121 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: I share quite a bit everywhere UM, definitely on my podcast. 122 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: It changed. Meditation truly changed absolutely everything about my life 123 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: and the way that I experienced myself in the ways 124 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: that I experience and relate to other people. And so 125 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: I've recognized when I first learned meditation, even though I 126 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: was in a completely different life path at the time, 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: working in a completely different world, I knew it was 128 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: a divine calling on my life to share meditation with 129 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: my community and share especially UM, the access to our 130 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: own self love and self acceptance, the access to our 131 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: internal process. UM. So I would love to deep dive 132 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: in meditation here. And I think maybe next time I 133 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: go live, maybe later this week, we can do Okay, 134 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: so I see my first question. We can do meditation. 135 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: I can lead you on a meditation here. UM. I 136 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: also lead daily meditation on the app. It's called Chopra 137 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: and it's available in the iOS store, and I have 138 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: daily meditations that are really approachable because I just want 139 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: to say the number one thing that every single human 140 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: being says is that, um, Daniel, what up that every 141 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: single human being says? Is I think too much? There's 142 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: no way, or oh I have too many thoughts in 143 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: my day, or oh I'm too busy, and you know, 144 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: it's kind of like, well, welcome to the human experience. 145 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: Every person that has ever meditated ever in life has 146 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: thought and said that same thing. And I think the 147 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: latest staff from scientists is somewhere around the lines of 148 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: as humans, we think thirty thou thoughts a day, um, 149 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: just naturally about any and everything and so that part 150 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: of it comes with the territory, and that's why we 151 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: develop practice. So if you have any questions about your 152 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: meditation practice, especially specific ones, whatever it is, there's no 153 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: question that's too big or too small. UM, nothing is silly. 154 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Let this be a safe space and ask me anything 155 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: as it relates to your meditation or spiritual practice journey. UM. 156 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: One of the questions that I saw Dan Yelle, the 157 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Queen of Content, one of the questions that I saw 158 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: come up was along the lines of my apartment is 159 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: too small? How do I meditate? That's so silly. We 160 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: can meditate. And this is why I think it's so, 161 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: so so important to talk about meditation, and I really 162 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: want to push myself to do it more and just 163 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: make it um so demystified. Right, Like I think that 164 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: there's this deep misconception that to meditate or to be 165 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: a meditator, it means that you've also joined in oshroom 166 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: and your full vegan and you know you're always your 167 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: highest self and all those things, and that's just not true. Like, 168 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: meditation is a companion for the journey. Meditation is um. 169 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: It's your internal GPS system. It is your way to 170 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: learn your own enoughness is your way to learn how 171 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: to be with one another. That is so funny, it's 172 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: the real Why would your apartment need to be bigger 173 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: to meditate? Please enlighten me? Oh good? Okay, So I 174 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: see a question from Diana, which is what is the 175 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: best time to meditate? Morning or night? I recommend both. Um. 176 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: You know, I think there there was a very consistent 177 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: kind of stream of thought that everyone should start their 178 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: day with it, and I do agree with that. I 179 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: think setting an intention for the beginning of your day, 180 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: which you kind of naturally do through meditation or you 181 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: become a little more connected to changes everything about how 182 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: that day will be experienced and felt by you. Um. 183 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: But something that I, as like a busy toddler single mom, 184 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: have discovered is that that's not always feasible. But I 185 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: still need my nourishment and I still need a way 186 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: to just fully be with myself. And so I've actually 187 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: created a really expansive evening meditation practice for myself. Now 188 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: I might get in about, you know, maybe fifteen minutes 189 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: in the morning, but my evening, after I put my 190 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: son down to bed, I probably meditate for about an 191 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: hour at night. And that has been really really powerful 192 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: for me. I've really been enjoying that. So the great 193 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: thing about your practice, I think, to get started, create 194 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: some consistency for yourself. So choosing one time of day 195 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: that you're really going to try on this new way 196 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: of being every single day, UM, it helps you lock 197 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: you into being able to actually feel and see the 198 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: differences and create this system where you're able to show 199 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: really confidently in your practice. But then after that, the 200 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: beauty about having a spiritual practice, it's all about the creativity. 201 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: It's all about creating YEA, what works for you. And 202 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: meditation allows you to get to know yourself really well, 203 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: so you can actually answer that question very fully UM 204 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: in a way that creates um deep nourishment for you. UM. 205 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: That really creates a service to you. So morning is 206 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: ideal to get started. The recommended UM kind of uh 207 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 1: recipe of meditation UM would be meditating two times a 208 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: day for twenty minutes. UM. So think morning when you 209 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: wake up, and then think like maybe early evening, like 210 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: around a four PM. When I first started meditating and 211 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: I was still working in radio, what I used to 212 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: do is I would finish my shift and then I 213 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: would go sit in my car for twenty minutes and 214 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: meditated my car right at four pm and then go 215 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: back inside and then go home. So you find ways 216 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: to do it, and it doesn't have to be so 217 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: precious your meditation practice. It doesn't have to always be 218 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,079 Speaker 1: like right, But I'm sitting perfectly, and I have my 219 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: mudras and you know, I have my my backjack behind 220 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: me and all of those things that can. Like I've 221 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: meditated standing in line before being in a long line. 222 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: I'm also the kind of person that will go deep 223 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: inside real fast, so I'll just be like da And 224 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: that's just my way of being. But it can be 225 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: done anywhere, literally anywhere. And so that's why I was 226 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: laughing when Into the Real said my apartment is too small. 227 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: You know, with wellness being so on trend, it's really 228 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: been about the luxury of wellness. But meditation is free. 229 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: It is free, It is simple. It is something you 230 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: can do everywhere on any corner of the earth, regardless 231 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: of your background, regardless regardless of your culture, regardless of 232 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: how much money you have. Is something that is truly 233 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: just a dialogue between you and the divine happening inside 234 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: of yourself. Um, so there's always opportunity to do that. 235 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: Sometimes it helps to get all the trinkets though. Right 236 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: the backjacks or this is my meditation space that we're in, 237 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: it's painted orange for the sacral chakra. UM. It can 238 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: feel really serving to have those extra adornments and makes 239 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: it more of an experience. UM. It makes it delightful 240 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: for you. It makes it your own. But it's not necessary. Actually, okay, 241 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: let me let me look for some more questions. As 242 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: a beginner, would you suggest guided or using some form 243 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: of sounds? Thank you for that question to get started. 244 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: I do recommend guided. UM. I don't use guided for 245 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: myself now, but for probably the first two years of 246 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: my practice. For the first year, for sure, I used 247 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: guided every day, and then I would kind of supplement 248 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: and I would do one guided, one not guided, until 249 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: I got really comfortable with my own silence. There is 250 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: no timetable on that. It just depends to who you are, 251 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: how you live, and what your journey is. I needed 252 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: the guided to get started, and it was very powerful 253 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: shifting for me to have it. UM. I guess kind 254 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: of shameless plug, but also just a resource. I lead 255 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: daily meditations, I guide them on the show. Brack Um, 256 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: So if you resonate with my voice at all, that 257 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: might be a nice place to start. Um. But guided 258 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: can be really good, Um, Gentle nature sounds can be 259 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: really powerful in a meditation. But then you get into 260 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: a space where you will crave true silence, So follow 261 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: your own lead there. Um. Now, being in my own 262 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: silence is like delicious, like it is such, it's such 263 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: a gift. It unlocks so much in me to just 264 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: kind of hear the sounds of my own breath, hear 265 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: the sounds of my heartbeat. Um. But go go gently, 266 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: but go in whatever way feels best to you. There's 267 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: no wrong way to do it. And again, you can 268 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: always change it. So if you start with guided, and 269 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: then you decide I'm ready to try a more advanced practice, 270 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: go to silence, stretch it practice with time. Um. The 271 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: longest session I have ever meditated for straight without interruption 272 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: is two hours. I last year did a really deep 273 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: meditation for the very first time, UM, and I meditated 274 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: actually on a boat in the ocean for six hours straight. 275 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: I don't know how often I could do that, but 276 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: it it blew the top off of my life when 277 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: I did. So I'll be trying that again. All right, 278 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: let me look for more questions. Yeah, oh, Danielle, thank 279 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: you for that question. I hope I touched on a 280 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: little bit. Are you able to meditate throughout the day 281 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: without having it be a whole setup or those just prayers? Absolutely, 282 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: meditation the setup is like the glitz and glam, it's 283 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: the accessories of it. It's whatever feels good for you. 284 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm a very adorned person. I like I love design, 285 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: I love style, I love color, I love texture. But 286 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: also I meditate, as I shared earlier standing in line. Sometimes, Um, 287 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: I've stopped and meditated at dinner while other people were talking. 288 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: You can do it anywhere, and when you get kind 289 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: of into that more confident, comfortable swing with your practice, 290 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: you just go into meditation as we did. Rock. Another 291 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: question that I have, I have about three minutes left 292 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: then I go get my baby from preschool. Um, what 293 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: do you say to people who say meditation is too 294 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: hard for them? I'd say it does feel really hard 295 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: to start. It's very challenging. So many of us have 296 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: been taught and raised to just constantly keep conversation going, 297 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: like not even be able to be in silence with 298 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: each other. Um, and we've been taught, you know, to 299 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: really prize our thinking, our own analytical ability. So a 300 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: lot of the challenge and meditation it's really just laying 301 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: off all the behaviors that we've taken on that no 302 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: longer serve us. And that's kind of the gifted meditation. 303 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: It's being able to meet yourself in the challenge. UM, 304 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 1: in the restlessness. I meditate every day, but there are 305 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: sometimes that I get, depending on what is happening in 306 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: my life, I'll get irritated by it. You just get restless. 307 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: You're sitting there and then you're just like, can you 308 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: to move? I'm gonna do something, you know. Um. And 309 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: one of the beauty is about how you practice meditation 310 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: and come into this new way of being is that 311 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: you get to rub up against that challenge in real 312 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: time and instead of judging yourself for it, um, which 313 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: could sound like I can never focus, God, I can 314 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: never stop thinking meditation isn't for me, you know, rushing 315 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: into this judgment, it becomes more for me in my practice. Hmm, 316 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: what's going on today? Why is this feeling so challenging? 317 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: What me? What need do I need to meet within myself? Um? 318 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: What's the thought that I can let go of. So 319 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: you start to get really gentle, really curious, and really 320 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: inquisitive with yourself and with your process. So if it 321 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: feels too hard for you, follow that breadcrumb trail and 322 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: just ask yourself questions in real time, like why is 323 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: this feeling so hard? But do it with that tone 324 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: that I just did not why is this so hard? God? 325 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: This is so frustrating. It's bringing in that gentleness for 326 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: self is part of the practice, so it's just wow, 327 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: maybe I'm really tired today, or gosh, I am under 328 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: a lot of stress. Okay, just take a breath, Okay, 329 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 1: you know, and treating yourself in that way that is 330 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: also part of what the spiritual practice is moving into 331 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: grace with you as you try on these new tools. 332 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: Um do you offer teacher instructor trainings? So I work 333 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: at shop a Global and we have the leading meditation 334 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: program in the country. In my opinion, UM, I went 335 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: through that program many years ago. It is best in class. 336 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: You get such deep knowledge, specifically of the Vedic lineage 337 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: and primorial sound meditation, which deepoc created with Dr David Simon, 338 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: and it's a really powerful program. I highly recommend it. 339 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: And there's so much support around it. Um, it's just 340 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: it feels like poetry. It's so beautiful. So I recommend 341 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 1: that program so funny. It feels I don't I don't 342 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: go live like this really, so I gotta say it 343 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: feels weird to read questions in front of people if 344 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: they're watching you. It is an important to meditate in 345 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: a sitting position. Yeah. Ideally you want to be really comfortable. UM. 346 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: That is really the leading feeling of it. You want 347 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: you want enough comfort in your body to surrender um. 348 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: And so that can feel really good sitting down. I 349 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: think once you have an active practice, there's other ways 350 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: to do it. There's walking meditations, there's meditations with your 351 00:20:55,640 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: eyes open, like if you were in um, if you 352 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 1: were in like a stone labyrinth, which you guys may 353 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: have seen, which is like the stones on the ground 354 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: in a circular pattern. Um, if you were in a 355 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: stone labyrinth, you keep your eyes open. Or you can 356 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: do like a low gaze meditation, which is just kind 357 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: of barely peeking out in your eyes when you're outside 358 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: and just noticing your senses a little bit more. Um. 359 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: But to get started, yeah, start sitting, then kind of 360 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: play with it. Like I said, I'll I'll close my 361 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: eyes in a second anywhere and just start meditating. Um. 362 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: How has the practice of meditation evolved for you since 363 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: you've started? I think I spoke to this, but it 364 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: has definitely It's changed everything. And I think my spiritual 365 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: practice became the most serving for me and the most 366 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 1: healing for me that has ever been when I allowed 367 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: myself to get creative with it. I used to be 368 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: very structured and I'd be like, Okay, meditate, then I'm 369 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: gonna do yoga. Then I'm gonna do this, then I'm 370 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: gonna journal. Um, And now I just create a can 371 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: tainer for myself. So I'll say, you know what, I 372 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: have about an hour to self care. That's my container. 373 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,959 Speaker 1: What I do with that hour is my business. And 374 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: I just follow the lead of my soul and my 375 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: body and need its needs within that hour. So you 376 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: kind of get to be the deeper you go. You 377 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: have um more access to your freedom and to your creativity. 378 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: You see. Um, I try to meditate to a guided 379 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: meditation every morning, but I can't keep trying and just 380 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: ask yourself questions when it feels hard, what's coming up? 381 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: Why can't you you know, what is it? What do 382 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: you feel your sacrificing or what may you be um, 383 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: perhaps avoiding in that moment without judgment something. So, uh, 384 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: it's okay, I'm gonna read that because I think that's 385 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: really powerful and relatable for so many of us. Shoot, 386 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: I don't have enough time. How do I go to school? 387 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: I feel like I've been praying for something since March, 388 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: but I haven't found the answers. I know the answers 389 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: and stillness, but I'm still not seeing or hearing God's sign. 390 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: How do I get still enough? What a beautiful question, 391 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: and I think we all have had times that we 392 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: can relate to that. Are you ready get more still? 393 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: Get more quiet? You know? Right now, really try to 394 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: disconnect from into any intellectualizing or any control. When you're 395 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: in the quiet, you're there for as long as needed. 396 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: There is no timetable on when God can, will, and 397 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: should speak to you, and so just continue to honor 398 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: yourself by speaking the silence, but speak it without expert 399 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: expectation so that God can surprise you with the answer. Um, 400 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: keep going, keep leaning into that, keep leaning into that silence, 401 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: into that stillness, and it will click. Yes, let me 402 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: try to scroll through the things. How do I how 403 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: do I start practicing on a daily basis? Start practicing 404 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: on a daily basis? Do it every day, especially on 405 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: the days that you don't want to mm hmm. Do 406 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: you have any tips for dealing with uncomfortable thoughts or 407 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: feelings while meditating? Yeah, allow allow yourself to not have 408 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: to find a solution in the moment that that thought 409 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: coeps in. So, especially if you have a pressing need 410 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: right now, or if there's like a piece of your 411 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: spiritual curriculum you're really working with, just give yourself grace 412 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: and give yourself the opportunity to just notice that you're 413 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: having that thought, but not have to stay committed to 414 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: the thought, not have to follow the thought down another trail, 415 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: and I'd have to investigate the thought and not have 416 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: to find a solution for the thought or the circumstance. Um, 417 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: you can't just notice it, and you can also in 418 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: that moment say like, gosh, this is really stressful for me, 419 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: this is really difficult for me to think about this, 420 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: and then maybe even saying a word that feels nurturing 421 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: for you. Um, when I use for myself is just grace, Grace, grace, grace, grace, grace. 422 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: It really brings me into the place of being a 423 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: deeper acceptance of yourself and of your life. Nice. When 424 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: I meditate, I see a blue ball in my third 425 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: eye area. When I focus on it, I go into 426 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: a swirl or spiral feeling. Any comments on what it 427 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: is or if you've experienced that, Oh yes, my friend, 428 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: I experienced that. I say, have fun with it. Keep 429 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: leaning into it, keep meditating and focusing on that color 430 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: that's revealing itself to you and your third eye chekra 431 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: right there, um, and just see where it takes you, 432 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: and don't judge it. You don't have to understand it, 433 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: follow it. It will leads yourself. We're good. How does 434 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,719 Speaker 1: someone tune into that deep self? When I try, I 435 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: tend to get emotional. That's why you do it, get emotional. 436 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with experiencing your emotions. And what I'm 437 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: getting from reading that is that your emotions would really 438 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: like to be deeply felt by you, and they deserve to. 439 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: And so let yourself feel what you're feeling in real 440 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: time and then see where that leads you. How many 441 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: times do you meditate a day? It is recommended to 442 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: do with twice the day morning and evening practice. Um 443 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: right now, I've been really more so leaning into my 444 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: evening practice, just the way my current life flow is. Danielle, 445 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: I love this comment that you shared. Dang, I really 446 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: gotta go. I'd be feeling uh pause, I'd be feeling 447 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: restless a lot in living, not just meditating. Relatable. My 448 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: friends followed that restless feeling. We have to meet our 449 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: feelings and we have to let ourselves feel them before 450 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: we can actually release them. So if the thought is 451 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: how do I get rid of this feeling, You're going 452 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: to be finding that pattern repeat until you stop and 453 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: you investigate the feeling and you let yourself feel it 454 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: and see what it wants you to know or what 455 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: it wants you to release. Alright, So that was a 456 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: little Q and A from me, and I'm gonna be 457 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: doing that once a week for the most part on 458 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: my Instagram as often as I can. Uh. And we'll 459 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: be back next week. So please send this show to 460 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: a friend, drop a review. 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