Latest / We Didn't Plan for This Podcast / From the Archives: In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Labels

Transcript

From the Archives: In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Labels · We Didn't Plan for This Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Hi, this is Adrian with How You Could Change My Life, a podcast.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to your practice.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to settle into a comfortable position.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Allow the ground beneath you to support the weight of your body.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: You have nowhere else to be right now.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing to do.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing to figure out.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Just this moment.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: Just this breath.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Breathe in through your nose.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: And gently exhale through your mouth.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Again.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: Slowly breathe in through your nose.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: And gently exhale through your mouth.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Allow your breath to settle into a smooth and natural cadence.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: And as your body softens, allow your attention to arrive fully here.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: Today, simply listen.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my circumstances.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Life changes.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: Situations change.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: But they are not the entirety of who I am.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my job.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my money.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my possessions.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: These are things I can experience, not the truth of my worth.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my emotions.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: I may feel fear, sadness, anger, or joy.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: But emotions move through me.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: They are not me.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my past.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: What has happened has shaped me, but it does not imprison me.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: I can learn, heal, grow, and begin again.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: I am not my thoughts.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: Thoughts come and go like clouds in the sky.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: I can notice them without becoming them.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: In this moment, I return to my breath, to presence, to awareness.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: I am here, alive, whole and still becoming.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: Allow yourself time to rest here in this truth.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: When you feel the urge to come back to your day, draw your attention to your body, your awareness to your breath.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: Allow little movements into little places.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: Flutter your eyes open.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: From my heart to yours.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: Wherever you are right now, take a breath.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: Loosen your grip a little.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: Be bold.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: Be impeccable with your words and listen.
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_00: Do meaningful work and leave things better than you found them.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: We didn't plan for this.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: But we're here.