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Just breathing and noticing... · The Aligned Actor

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to your mindful moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a chance for you to practice connecting to your breath,
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  SPEAKER_00: finding stillness in your body,
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  SPEAKER_00: bringing awareness to whatever is happening within you and around you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just practicing
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  SPEAKER_00: general mindful meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I invite you now to just find a comfortable position for your body.
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  SPEAKER_00: Start to tune into the sensation of your breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice what it feels like to take air into your body.
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  SPEAKER_00: and then to release air out of your body.
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  Just notice what breathing feels like for you right now in this
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  present moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may notice that your breath deepens as you focus on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may notice that each breath is unique.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some breaths are more shallow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some breaths are longer and deeper.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each breath is like a snowflake.
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  And so you can bring your mindful curiosity to this act of
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  breathing as you observe
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  SPEAKER_00: what it feels like to be in your body breathing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then as you focus on your breathing and notice each breath,
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  SPEAKER_00: there are other things present in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may hear sounds.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may notice activity in the mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: There may be thoughts that are trying to get your attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all of that is fine.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of that is just part of your present moment experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so to practice mindfulness, you can just notice those things.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can notice the thoughts without pushing them away,
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  SPEAKER_00: without attaching to them and following them where they want to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can just notice, ah, thinking.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lots of thinking is happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or, hmm, sounds.
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  SPEAKER_00: sounds are happening around me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I acknowledge those things as part of my present moment experience.
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  And I choose to bring my attention and my focus back to the
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  experience of breathing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in mindful meditation,
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  we're just observing our present moment experience and choosing
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  as our anchor to
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  SPEAKER_00: keep our focus on our breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: So maybe we can think to ourselves, as I breathe in,
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  SPEAKER_00: I notice activity in my mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: As I breathe, I notice the sounds of cars going by.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just noticing and breathing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Breathing
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  SPEAKER_00: and noticing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So now I'm going to bring this mindful moment to a close.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as always, feel free to continue your mindful meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Breathing and noticing for as long as you like.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a great day.