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Mindfulness and Increased Awareness · The Aligned Actor

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Hello,
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friends,
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and welcome back to more fun right here on the Aligned Actor
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pod tube stack.
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SPEAKER_00: That's right.
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It's a podcast that also goes out on YouTube,
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but mostly it lives on my sub stack.
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SPEAKER_00: So wherever you have found this content offering today,
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SPEAKER_00: I welcome you and I'm so glad that you're here.
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SPEAKER_00: I am Amy Schlerb.
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SPEAKER_00: I am a professional actress and a mindfulness and mindset coach,
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and my passion is really helping actors smooth out that roller
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coaster ride of
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SPEAKER_00: being an actor.
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SPEAKER_00: It is full of ups and downs, twists and turns,
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SPEAKER_00: It's just, it's a roller coaster.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a ride, friends.
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SPEAKER_00: If you know, you know.
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And I want to help make that ride as smooth and enjoyable and
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fun as possible
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SPEAKER_00: because we got into acting because it's fun and we enjoy doing it.
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and there's a lot of stuff that comes with that that is not so
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much fun and when we
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can find a way to handle that roller coaster go with the flow
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go with the up and
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then the down and then the up and then the down the twist the
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turn all of that
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stuff and we can handle that more gracefully in our lives
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through mindfulness and
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SPEAKER_00: mindset tools
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It just makes life and acting and our careers so much more
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enjoyable and pleasant.
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SPEAKER_00: So that is my goal and my mission here at The Aligned Actor.
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SPEAKER_00: And once again, this week, it is time for us to practice mindfulness.
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Because mindfulness is a really important skill in terms of
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smoothing out that
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SPEAKER_00: roller coaster ride.
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SPEAKER_00: Because when we're aware of our thoughts,
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SPEAKER_00: we're aware of our feelings,
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when we can sit with our thoughts and our feelings in kind of a
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neutral place,
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SPEAKER_00: which is something that we practice in mindfulness,
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SPEAKER_00: then it means that...
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you know as we're engaging in that roller coaster as we're
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being sort of flung
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around by the entertainment industry whether you know you get
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an audition and then
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that's awesome and you're like yeah and then you maybe you get
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pinned or you're on
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hold and you're like yeah this is awesome and then you get
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released and that's real
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SPEAKER_00: sucky nobody likes that
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And when you can sit with all of those feelings and those
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emotions and those
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SPEAKER_00: thoughts that you might be having about all of that,
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SPEAKER_00: when you can sit with that in a neutral place,
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SPEAKER_00: it makes it easier to deal with that.
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SPEAKER_00: makes it more enjoyable, more pleasant to engage in your acting career.
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SPEAKER_00: It makes you just, it makes the whole thing easier, friends.
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So that's why I am so gung-ho week after week about practicing
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mindfulness
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SPEAKER_00: together,
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SPEAKER_00: because this is a really important skill for actors.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a really important skill for human beings in general.
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SPEAKER_00: And
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SPEAKER_00: I wanna demystify it because it's really not as complicated and hard and
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SPEAKER_00: frustrating as some people I think can make it seem.
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SPEAKER_00: And so I wanna make a regular practice as easy as possible for you.
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SPEAKER_00: So remember, mindfulness is incredibly simple.
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Mindfulness is a special way of paying attention to the present
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moment with
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SPEAKER_00: curiosity instead of judgment.
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SPEAKER_00: So you're gonna focus on your breath
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SPEAKER_00: And you just notice whatever you notice going on within you.
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SPEAKER_00: Where are your thoughts?
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SPEAKER_00: What emotions are present?
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SPEAKER_00: What sensations do you feel in your body maybe?
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SPEAKER_00: And then around you.
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SPEAKER_00: What do you hear?
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SPEAKER_00: What do you see if your eyes are open while you're practicing?
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SPEAKER_00: What do you smell?
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SPEAKER_00: Just what are your senses aware of?
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SPEAKER_00: So that's mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: Now,
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if you notice that your mind wanders completely away from the
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present moment,
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SPEAKER_00: like you start thinking about that audition that you just had and how,
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SPEAKER_00: oh,
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you really should have said that one line like this other way
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because that would
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SPEAKER_00: have been way better.
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SPEAKER_00: And like, oh, did the casting director even like you?
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SPEAKER_00: Were you sure?
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Like,
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there was that awkward moment when you went into the room and
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like,
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oh.
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SPEAKER_00: It helps.
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SPEAKER_00: It's fine.
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SPEAKER_00: Like sometimes our mind is going to do that.
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SPEAKER_00: Our mind is going to wander away from the present moment.
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SPEAKER_00: That's fine.
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SPEAKER_00: There is no need to curse yourself out or berate yourself.
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All you're going to do is gently and kindly bring yourself back
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to your breath.
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SPEAKER_00: Focus on the sensation of the inhales and the exhales.
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SPEAKER_01: And that's it.
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SPEAKER_00: and you just gently readjust your focus.
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SPEAKER_00: It's simple,
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SPEAKER_00: it's gentle,
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you rinse and repeat and you do that over and over and over
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again throughout the
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SPEAKER_00: mindfulness session.
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It doesn't matter how many times you do that,
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you're still practicing mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: And one of my favorite things about my mindfulness practice
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SPEAKER_00: is that it has increased my self-awareness and my awareness in general.
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SPEAKER_00: I've talked about this before in previous Substack posts,
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but it's so important and I love it so much that I felt like it
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warranted another
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SPEAKER_00: look at it,
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SPEAKER_00: a deeper look at it.
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SPEAKER_00: Because for a long time, I've believed that awareness is a superpower.
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SPEAKER_00: When I am aware of my thoughts and my feelings and my behaviors,
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SPEAKER_00: I can choose to continue along with the status quo,
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SPEAKER_00: keep things the way that they are,
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SPEAKER_00: or I have the option to make a change.
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SPEAKER_00: So in that way,
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SPEAKER_00: mindfulness,
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SPEAKER_00: being aware of all of these different things about myself,
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SPEAKER_00: this new information that mindfulness helps me gather about myself,
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SPEAKER_00: it gives me more control and more agency over my life.
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SPEAKER_00: And for example,
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SPEAKER_00: for me,
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SPEAKER_00: not too long ago,
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SPEAKER_00: I became aware of my tendency to overly control my auditions.
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SPEAKER_00: And I mean control in like a bad way,
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SPEAKER_00: not in that way of like,
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SPEAKER_00: oh,
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SPEAKER_00: I get more control over my life and how I choose to live my life.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean control in an unhealthy, perfectionistic type way.
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SPEAKER_00: So I would obsess about memorization.
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And not only did I have to say the correct words,
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which yes,
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that is important.
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You need to say the words that are given to you in the script
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as an actor.
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That's kind of,
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you know,
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a basic,
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but I would obsess about performing the words correctly.
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SPEAKER_00: the way that I thought the scene was supposed to go or should go.
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And so then if I had a take where I did something a little
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different because
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something about my scene partner or my reader caught me
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differently in that moment,
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I would be like,
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oh,
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no,
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but that's not that's not how it seems supposed to go.
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SPEAKER_00: It's supposed to go like this.
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SPEAKER_00: So we have to we have to do that again.
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SPEAKER_00: And it would get me all in my head.
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SPEAKER_00: And unsurprisingly,
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I was so anxious about this whole process that I just couldn't
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enjoy my work.
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SPEAKER_00: I couldn't enjoy auditioning at all.
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And once I noticed that this uncomfortable audition state was
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something that I
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SPEAKER_00: experienced very often,
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SPEAKER_00: and I also would experience it on set even.
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Once I noticed it though,
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I was able to ask the question,
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is this working for me?
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SPEAKER_00: And sure,
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SPEAKER_00: I had been able to book some really good roles in film and television,
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SPEAKER_00: despite this tendency,
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SPEAKER_00: despite this audition state.
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SPEAKER_00: And even,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: working on set,
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like I would get through it and it would be great and I'd feel
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good about my work.
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SPEAKER_00: but it always just felt really super stressful and not fun at all,
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SPEAKER_00: which is not what I got into acting for.
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SPEAKER_00: Because like many of you, I got into acting because I love it.
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SPEAKER_00: It's fun.
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SPEAKER_00: I love connecting with my scene partner.
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SPEAKER_00: I love playing in a world of imaginary circumstances.
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SPEAKER_00: It's like playing pretend when you're a little kid,
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SPEAKER_00: like it's really fun and enjoyable and it just,
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SPEAKER_00: it feels good,
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SPEAKER_00: right?
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So trying to control and perfect my auditions and my time on
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set and like grasping
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SPEAKER_00: it,
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SPEAKER_00: holding it,
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SPEAKER_00: like approaching acting like this in a lot of ways,
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SPEAKER_00: yeah.
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It felt like the exact opposite of connection and play and that
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fun feeling that I
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SPEAKER_00: so love about acting.
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SPEAKER_00: So thanks to my mindful awareness,
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SPEAKER_00: I was able to change my approach to auditions and to working on set.
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I still make sure to get all the words right because that's a
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respect thing for writers.
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SPEAKER_00: The script has the job.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't when I'm doing an audition, as my acting coach likes to say.
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SPEAKER_00: But the words are no longer my sole focus in the audition.
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they're now a small part of a much bigger whole like a whole
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world that exists in
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that scene and my work in auditions my work on set it's become
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so much better
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because the work of the audition and the fun part of the
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audition is creating that
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SPEAKER_00: whole world for myself so let's practice mindfulness together today
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SPEAKER_00: And as we practice,
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I would like you to notice that every time you notice a thought
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or a sound or that
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SPEAKER_00: your mind has wandered away,
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I want you to keep in mind that you are helping to strengthen
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your overall
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SPEAKER_00: awareness in general.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's a really cool thing.
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SPEAKER_00: So see how that knowledge,
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SPEAKER_00: knowing that,
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SPEAKER_00: knowing that you're increasing your awareness as you practice this,
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SPEAKER_00: whatever it is that you notice today,
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SPEAKER_00: you're increasing your awareness overall.
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See how that knowledge,
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knowing that,
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impacts the rest of your day after this session.
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Because maybe you'll notice something new about yourself or
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your situation in life,
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SPEAKER_00: and you'll be able to make adjustments if needed.
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SPEAKER_01: So let's practice together.
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SPEAKER_01: So go ahead and find a comfortable position for your body.
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SPEAKER_01: You can have your eyes open or closed,
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SPEAKER_01: whatever feels best for you today,
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SPEAKER_01: right now,
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SPEAKER_01: in this moment.
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SPEAKER_01: And the first thing I want you to do is to just find your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: Just notice what it's doing right now.
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SPEAKER_01: Tuning into the inhales and the exhales.
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SPEAKER_01: all the sensations that you feel when you breathe.
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For me,
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my breath took a minute to settle because I've been talking and
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I'm still talking.
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And as you're focusing on your breath,
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I invite you now to bring your awareness to your body.
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SPEAKER_01: And specifically,
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bring your awareness to the contact between whatever surface is
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supporting you
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SPEAKER_01: today.
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SPEAKER_01: whether that's a chair or a couch or a bed,
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SPEAKER_01: just notice the contact between your body and that surface.
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SPEAKER_01: So you're breathing
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SPEAKER_01: You're aware of your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: You're aware of where your body is in space.
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SPEAKER_01: As you're holding these awarenesses,
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SPEAKER_01: if that's even a word,
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SPEAKER_01: as you're holding this awareness of breath and awareness of body,
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SPEAKER_01: you can just gently notice the thoughts that are arising in your mind.
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SPEAKER_00: And just to get a little bit of distance from them,
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to keep them hopefully from pulling you too far into the past
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or off into the
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SPEAKER_00: future.
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SPEAKER_01: When you notice a thought, just label it as thinking.
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SPEAKER_01: Or, oh, that's a thought I'm having.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm aware of that thought.
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SPEAKER_01: And I'm choosing to stay with my breath in this moment.
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SPEAKER_01: Likewise,
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SPEAKER_01: if you notice a particular mood or emotion present in your body,
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SPEAKER_01: you can acknowledge that feeling,
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SPEAKER_01: the sensation of that emotion,
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You can maybe acknowledge the thoughts that might be going
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along with that emotion.
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SPEAKER_01: Maybe you can say to yourself, the feeling is present within me.
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SPEAKER_01: And if you want,
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SPEAKER_01: You can label that feeling if you know what it is.
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SPEAKER_01: But you don't have to.
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SPEAKER_01: You can just say, I notice a feeling.
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SPEAKER_01: I notice a mood.
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SPEAKER_01: I notice an emotion.
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SPEAKER_01: And you can notice it and stay with your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: And of course,
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SPEAKER_01: if any of your thoughts or your feelings,
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SPEAKER_01: if they take your attention and drag you off into the past,
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or fling you into the future,
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you notice that you're just completely off the present moment.
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SPEAKER_01: Your mind has wandered completely away.
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SPEAKER_01: That's no big deal.
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SPEAKER_01: You're not a bad meditator.
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SPEAKER_01: Once you notice,
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SPEAKER_01: that your mind has wandered away.
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SPEAKER_01: Just gently and kindly like you were guiding a little toddler.
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SPEAKER_01: Guide your mind back to your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: Your breath
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SPEAKER_01: is always available to you.
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SPEAKER_00: Your breath lives in the present moment.
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SPEAKER_00: It can't live in the past, can't live in the future.
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SPEAKER_01: Your breath is always present.
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So let your breath welcome you back to the present moment like
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a good friend
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SPEAKER_01: And then stay with your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: Stay in conversation with your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: As you notice whatever you notice in your present moment.
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SPEAKER_01: And yes, your present moment may be filled with thoughts and feelings.
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SPEAKER_01: And that's okay.
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SPEAKER_01: Can you sit with those thoughts and those feelings?
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SPEAKER_01: But stay with your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: Let the thoughts swirl.
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SPEAKER_01: Let the feelings be.
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SPEAKER_01: You don't have to get swept up in them.
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SPEAKER_01: But you can sit with them.
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SPEAKER_01: by staying gently focused on your breath.
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SPEAKER_01: Noticing your inhales.
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SPEAKER_01: noticing your exhales,
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SPEAKER_01: allowing yourself to notice whatever you notice,
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SPEAKER_01: and knowing that everything that you notice,
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SPEAKER_01: every time you notice,
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SPEAKER_01: you're practicing awareness.
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SPEAKER_01: And you're practicing mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_01: And now as we come to the end of our mindfulness meditation session,
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SPEAKER_01: go ahead and thank yourself for practicing mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_01: You did it.
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SPEAKER_01: Give yourself a little pat on the back for your practice today.
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Go ahead and bring some gentle movement into the body if that
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feels good.
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SPEAKER_01: And whenever you're ready, you can open your eyes.
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SPEAKER_01: Welcome back, everybody.
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SPEAKER_00: I was aware of many things during that meditation.
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SPEAKER_00: I noticed two times that my screensaver came on on my
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SPEAKER_00: screen because there was a difference in the light.
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SPEAKER_00: This happened in a previous session that I recorded.
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SPEAKER_00: And so now I'm thinking,
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maybe I should change my screensaver settings just so that that
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light shift doesn't
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SPEAKER_00: happen.
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SPEAKER_00: Anyway, that's a little thing I noticed.
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SPEAKER_00: Just a little behind the scenes there for you.
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SPEAKER_00: So as we're all enjoying the afterglow of that mindfulness session,
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SPEAKER_00: I always feel really good after those, after guiding them.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember that there are so many great benefits of mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: And it goes beyond just increasing your awareness.
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SPEAKER_00: That's a huge benefit that I really enjoy.
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SPEAKER_00: But there are so many benefits to mindfulness.
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Mindfulness can help you relieve tension and stress from your
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body and mind.
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SPEAKER_00: I feel infinitely less tense in my body.
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SPEAKER_00: I feel calmer in my mind as well.
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It can help you calm your nerves before you hit record on that
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big self-tape that
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SPEAKER_00: you might have coming up.
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It can also help your body get into a neutral place,
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your instrument,
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so that then you can put
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whatever you need to of the character on to that neutral sort
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of place that you
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SPEAKER_00: brought your body and mind to.
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SPEAKER_00: It can help you stay more present in your craft,
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SPEAKER_00: really listening and reacting moment to moment,
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really taking in what your scene partner or your reader is
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giving to you and then
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giving back what it is that you need to in that scene based on
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what your character
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SPEAKER_00: wants.
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Speaking of what your character wants,
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it can help you get out of your auditions.
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SPEAKER_00: Don't get out of your auditions.
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SPEAKER_00: Don't do that.
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SPEAKER_00: Stay in your auditions.
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But get out of your head in your auditions and stay focused on
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what your character wants.
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SPEAKER_00: Mindfulness can really help you do that because you are aware, oh,
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SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking about booking this.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking about the results of this.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking, what does casting want?
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SPEAKER_00: How could I book this?
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not in this scene.
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SPEAKER_00: My character doesn't care about acting.
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SPEAKER_00: My character wants to deliver this memo to their co-worker.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: I made that up.
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SPEAKER_00: But your character never wants to book the part.
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Your character wants to do something probably completely
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unrelated to acting,
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SPEAKER_00: unless you're auditioning for a chorus line.
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SPEAKER_00: I guess that's one about actors or some other show about actors.
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So it helps you stay focused on the work of the audition,
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not the results of the audition.
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Mindfulness can also help you notice when your inner critic is
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being really mean to you.
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SPEAKER_00: And then you can practice being kinder to yourself.
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SPEAKER_00: And in that same way that we practice in mindfulness, oh, I noticed this.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm going to come back to here.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh,
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I notice I'm being really critical of myself or I'm thinking
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some things that are
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SPEAKER_00: just not kind about Amy.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't really want to do that.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm going to bring myself back to kindness and compassion for myself.
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SPEAKER_00: Mindfulness can help you do that.
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It can also help you become less judgmental of yourself in
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general and of others as
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SPEAKER_00: you practice more.
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And it can also help you start to gently question if some of
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your dominant
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SPEAKER_00: thoughts,
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SPEAKER_00: some of the thoughts that you think kind of habitually,
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SPEAKER_00: if those are helping you or if those are holding you back.
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SPEAKER_00: And that can be really helpful for your acting career,
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SPEAKER_00: and it can be helpful for your life in general.
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SPEAKER_00: Again, when we become aware of these things, then we get more choices.
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SPEAKER_00: And choices are always good.
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SPEAKER_00: The benefits of mindfulness are immediate,
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SPEAKER_00: as you noticed,
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SPEAKER_00: and maybe for yourself,
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SPEAKER_00: but I definitely noticed for me that I felt calmer,
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SPEAKER_00: more relaxed in my body after guiding that session.
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SPEAKER_00: So there's immediate benefits that you get.
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SPEAKER_00: And then there's cumulative benefits,
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SPEAKER_00: meaning that the more you practice,
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SPEAKER_00: you make this a regular part of your routine,
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SPEAKER_00: even just 10 minutes a day.
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It's going to make all of these benefits more and more
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accessible to you over time.
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SPEAKER_00: And actually,
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I want to share with you before we go into all the things that
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I want to remind you
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SPEAKER_00: about in terms of the aligned actor and all the many things that I offer.
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SPEAKER_00: I want to share with you one more mindfulness,
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SPEAKER_00: a way to like really jumpstart your practice,
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SPEAKER_00: which is basically counting breaths.
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SPEAKER_00: And you're going to count to 10 on your inhales and your exhales.
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SPEAKER_00: And this is a really easy way to just get started in mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: And it takes 30 seconds to a minute to do.
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SPEAKER_00: And then you're like, oh, okay, that wasn't so hard.
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe I could do a little more.
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SPEAKER_00: So the way you do this is you count one on your inhale,
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SPEAKER_01: two on your exhale,
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SPEAKER_01: three on your inhale,
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SPEAKER_01: four,
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SPEAKER_01: on your exhale,
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SPEAKER_01: five on your inhale,
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SPEAKER_00: six on the exhale,
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SPEAKER_00: and so on and so forth,
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SPEAKER_00: up to 10 to start.
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You can keep going if you want to,
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but I recommend 10 just to get started.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's a really easy way to just get started in mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: And it gives you a little mini mindfulness break in your day.
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SPEAKER_00: It's kind of like micro dosing mindfulness.
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It's a little tiny dose of mindfulness that you can put
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anywhere in your day,
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SPEAKER_00: anytime that you need just to come back to your breath,
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SPEAKER_00: to de-stress for a minute.
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SPEAKER_00: It can be really helpful.
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SPEAKER_00: So all of this just takes practice.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's why I want to keep coming back to this,
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why I want to keep helping us practice mindfulness more and
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more and more.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's just another way that you can do that.
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Now,
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a couple of things that I want to make you aware of or remind
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you of.
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SPEAKER_00: But first,
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SPEAKER_00: make you aware of,
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SPEAKER_00: because you may not know yet,
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SPEAKER_00: because I haven't really told anybody.
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SPEAKER_00: It just happened this week.
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I have switched it up so that I now can offer paid
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subscriptions on Substack.
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And the benefit of becoming a paid subscriber on my Substack is
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that you get access
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SPEAKER_00: to community Zooms with me.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can support my ongoing work.
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support you know the the work that i do bringing mindfulness to
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people helping with
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mindset ideas and things like that and you can also enjoy
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office hours that's what
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i'm calling it with me so you can drop into a zoom session and
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experience maybe a
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SPEAKER_00: guided mindfulness or some supportive community-based mindset coaching
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SPEAKER_00: We're going to it's going to kind of just depend on who's there.
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SPEAKER_00: And if it's just one person who shows up to office hours, great.
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe we can do some mindfulness and talk about what's up with you.
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Maybe if it's a bunch of people that come to office hours
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because it's a popular
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SPEAKER_00: time,
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then maybe we talk about something kind of general that is
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great for for mindset.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: We're going to kind of see how this goes as we go with it.
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But if you become a paid subscriber on my sub stack,
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you get access to that.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's going to be a fun time.
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I encourage you to go to my Substack and become a paid
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subscriber.
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SPEAKER_00: I will love you forever too.
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SPEAKER_00: That'd be so awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: I already love you.
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SPEAKER_00: You're already awesome, but just thank you.
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SPEAKER_00: That's so awesome.
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The other thing I want you to be aware of is that I have a free
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meditation that I
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offer specifically for actors because it's a pre-audition
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focusing meditation.
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SPEAKER_00: And this is what's going to help you get out of your head,
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SPEAKER_00: stop thinking about the result,
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SPEAKER_00: stop thinking about booking it,
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and start thinking instead and completely stay focused on what
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your character wants
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SPEAKER_00: in the scene,
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SPEAKER_00: what's going on in the scene.
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SPEAKER_00: It's going to help you calm your nerves.
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Let go of all those distracting thoughts and really focus in on
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your work so that
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SPEAKER_00: you can present your best work to casting and to production.
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SPEAKER_00: And the more you're presenting your best work out into the world,
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SPEAKER_00: the more chances you have to book things.
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The more you're increasing your reputation in the industry and
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that's all to the good.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can get that on my website.
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SPEAKER_00: Yes, you can get that on my website, thealignedactor.com.
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SPEAKER_00: It's also in a bunch of links,
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a lot of places that you would expect to find links like show
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notes and video
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SPEAKER_00: descriptions and links and bios on my social media.
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SPEAKER_00: You can find it.
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SPEAKER_00: It should not be that hard.
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SPEAKER_00: So yes, you can go and get that.
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SPEAKER_00: You can also pick up my ebook, Accessing Calm.
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SPEAKER_00: That is full of super simple, fun mindfulness life hacks.
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SPEAKER_00: They're like really short little tools,
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SPEAKER_00: like kind of like that micro dosing of mindfulness,
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like little tools that you can use to incorporate more
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mindfulness into your day to
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SPEAKER_00: help you calm down when you feel stressed out.
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These are the tools that help me release tension from my body
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throughout the day.
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They help keep my mind from spinning out of control with
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frustration and worry.
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SPEAKER_00: And you can pick that up for just $7.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a nice little morsel of an ebook.
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SPEAKER_00: And it all comes with video demonstrations of each of the tools.
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SPEAKER_00: And there's also some bonus mindfulness meditations in there.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can
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practice with those so you can get that again on my website
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thealignedactor.com you
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can also get it various links uh you know where all the links
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are where you would
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expect to find the links but you can always find the links on
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thealignedactor.com
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SPEAKER_00: i'm going to probably talk about my website a lot today because why not
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SPEAKER_00: So I also have an upcoming workshop on mindfulness in November.
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SPEAKER_00: It's exclusively for members of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory.
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SPEAKER_00: So you do have to be a member of SAG-AFTRA,
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SPEAKER_00: the Actors' Union,
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SPEAKER_00: and you have to be a member of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory.
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SPEAKER_00: That membership costs $45 for the year,
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SPEAKER_00: and it basically includes a ton of different workshops and classes and
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stuff that you can go down to this beautiful SAG building and
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take classes there.
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SPEAKER_00: You can also take classes online.
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SPEAKER_00: It's all kinds of different classes that are helpful for actors and their
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SPEAKER_00: continuing career and craft and all of that kind of stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can join that and then you can access my workshop.
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SPEAKER_00: My workshop is all about mindfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: Surprise, surprise.
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SPEAKER_00: It's called Mindfulness 101.
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SPEAKER_00: Empower your craft and your career with your presence.
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Come learn about mindfulness and the many advantages it offers
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performers.
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SPEAKER_00: Experience a guided mindfulness meditation.
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Explore the benefits of developing a daily mindfulness practice
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and learn some
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SPEAKER_00: quick centering tools to use in auditions and on set.
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So there are links where you can get to the calendar of the Los
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Angeles SAG-AFTRA Conservatory.
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SPEAKER_00: and you can go find my class if you want to do that.
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SPEAKER_00: And then finally,
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if you're ready to embrace like fully embrace all this
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mindfulness and mindset
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stuff so that you can smooth out that roller coaster of being
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an actor so that you
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can not get so sick every time that you get an audition and
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then get pinned and
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then lose the get released and you know like if you just want
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to smooth all that
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SPEAKER_00: out if
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If you want to feel better about your acting career overall and
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just kind of take a
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SPEAKER_00: giant chill pill maybe about everything,
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SPEAKER_00: I would love to offer you a complimentary session.
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This is a chance for us to connect and for you to walk away
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with some specific
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actionable ideas that you can start applying right away to
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shift your mindset
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shift how you feel about yourself as an actor and really just
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calm down and feel
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better about everything overall and you could maybe even think
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of it like an
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audition where you're the production team and so i come in and
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i audition for you
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SPEAKER_00: in the role of coach the role of your mindfulness and mindset coach
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SPEAKER_00: And then you get to see what that experience is like.
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SPEAKER_00: You get to experience it for yourself.
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SPEAKER_00: And then after you get to ask yourself the question,
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SPEAKER_00: does my production need a mindfulness and mindset coach right now?
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Is this something that would be beneficial to my overall life
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as an actor?
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SPEAKER_00: And is Amy the right person for that role?
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SPEAKER_00: you get to just see for yourself.
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SPEAKER_00: So it sounds kind of fun, right?
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SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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SPEAKER_00: who doesn't love an audition,
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SPEAKER_00: especially when you're not the one auditioning,
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SPEAKER_00: although we all like auditioning too,
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SPEAKER_00: because then we're acting.
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SPEAKER_00: So yeah, auditions are good all around.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: That's what I have for you today, folks.
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I wish you all the best and I hope you're having a great day
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and I will talk to you soon.
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SPEAKER_00: Bye.