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Speaker 1: Therapy for Black Girls. In collaboration with author and breathwork

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Speaker 1: expert Z Clark, is proud to present to you this

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Speaker 1: five part meditation series, thoughtfully crafted to guide you easifully

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Speaker 1: through the moments that make traveling during the holiday season difficult.

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Speaker 1: Happy holidays, y'all, and take good care.

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Speaker 2: Driving to the airport, train, or bus station. Whether you're

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Speaker 2: driving yourself or being driven, you have the power within

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Speaker 2: you to be calm regardless of what happens. Remember, you

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Speaker 2: can't control what others do or how others act, but

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Speaker 2: you can control how you feel inside. Maybe someone cuts

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Speaker 2: you off and you get triggered. Pause and feel the

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Speaker 2: feelings now. Exhale out any frustration you might be having

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Speaker 2: with an extra long exhalation through the mouth. Maybe traffic

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Speaker 2: is crazy and you have no idea how you're gonna

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Speaker 2: possibly make it on time. Repeat this in your mind's eye.

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Speaker 2: I do not stress over things outside of my control.

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Speaker 2: I do not stress over things outside of my control.

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Speaker 2: Exhale out any anxiety you might be feeling with an

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Speaker 2: extra long excellent through the mouth. Maybe the weather is

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Speaker 2: messing with your plans. Remember I do not stress over

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Speaker 2: things outside of my control. Exhal out any worry you

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Speaker 2: might be feeling with an extra long exhalation through the mouth,

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Speaker 2: Take a moment now to notice where in the body

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Speaker 2: you might be holding any stress. Maybe it's your shoulders,

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Speaker 2: Maybe it's your chest, Maybe it's your belly. Send all

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Speaker 2: of the air from your next exhalation to that place.

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Speaker 2: Can you find some softness in that place? Send a long,

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Speaker 2: nourishing breath there. Once you finally made it to wherever

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Speaker 2: your plane or bus or train is departing from, you'll

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Speaker 2: need to navigate through the space to make it to

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Speaker 2: your gate. In reading your time,