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Monday Mini: A Meditation with Yves Jeffcoat · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to Stuff
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  Speaker 1: I'll Never told you, a production of iHeartRadio. And today
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  Speaker 1: we have something very special for you. We reached out
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  Speaker 1: to a good friend of the show, Eve's, who you've
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  Speaker 1: heard from before, to see if she'd put together a
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  Speaker 1: calming meditation for all of us, and she delivered with
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  Speaker 1: a ten minute meditation all about love and compassion. She'll
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  Speaker 1: guide you through it. She's a great guide. It's really
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  Speaker 1: simple but really powerful, So we'll let Eves take it away.
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  Speaker 2: Get comfortable exactly where you are. It's okay if you're
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  Speaker 2: in a place that's unfamiliar, if where you are isn't
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  Speaker 2: perfectly quiet, or if there are people around you. The
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  Speaker 2: important part is that you have the next ten minutes
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  Speaker 2: to yourself, and that you begin this meditation with a
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  Speaker 2: kind and open heart. If you haven't already close your eyes,
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  Speaker 2: bring your attention to your breath. Notice the tension that
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  Speaker 2: you're already holding in your body. Where is it? How
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  Speaker 2: does it feel? Meet those feelings with gentle curiosity, and
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  Speaker 2: keep breathing. Inhale, Exhale, inhale, and exhale. Imagine your heart
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  Speaker 2: softening with each breath you have the capacity toctice compassion
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  Speaker 2: toward yourself and toward others. First, recognize the fact that
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  Speaker 2: life is hard. The reason we have to practice self
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  Speaker 2: compassion at all is because there is suffering. There is
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  Speaker 2: no need to sugarcoat it. In this moment. Whatever you're
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  Speaker 2: struggling with right now, acknowledge that it is difficult and
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  Speaker 2: that managing your thoughts, emotions and actions is challenging. Breathe
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  Speaker 2: in and breathe out, and say to yourself, I'm having
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  Speaker 2: a hard time right now. I'm in pain and it's
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  Speaker 2: difficult for me to deal with. If there is another
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  Speaker 2: way you'd like to say this that feels more honest
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  Speaker 2: to you, say that instead, take a moment to notice
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  Speaker 2: how it feels to sit with that recognition rather than
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  Speaker 2: bypass it. Where does it show up in your body?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you place a hand on that spot, sending care
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  Speaker 2: and warmth to the area that needs it most Right
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  Speaker 2: now now, offer yourself gratitude for having the strength to
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  Speaker 2: admit that. Find comfort in the fact that you are
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  Speaker 2: not alone. Many people have and will feel stress and
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  Speaker 2: sorrow when trying to reckon with life. Remind yourself that
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  Speaker 2: you are not weak for suffering and say to yourself,
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  Speaker 2: I am simply experiencing life as it am. Offer gratitude
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  Speaker 2: for the present moment, for your breath, for being able
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  Speaker 2: to set aside this time for your well being. Now
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  Speaker 2: that you've acknowledged your pain, you can meet it with kindness.
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  Speaker 2: Life may be hard, but you don't have to be
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  Speaker 2: hard on yourself. Come back to your breath. Bring loving
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  Speaker 2: awareness to your inhales and exhales as you breathe in.
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  Speaker 2: Send infinite compassion through your body as you breathe out,
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  Speaker 2: Let that feeling settle into every part of your body,
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  Speaker 2: physical and subtle, from the surface of your skin all
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  Speaker 2: the way to the center of your heart. Treat yourself
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  Speaker 2: like you would anyone or anything else precious to you.
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  Speaker 2: Speak to yourself with tenderness. Imagine wrapping yourself in the
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  Speaker 2: warmth of a soft, cozy blanket. If it feels right,
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  Speaker 2: place a hand over your heart, and begin to repeat
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  Speaker 2: the following. I embrace myself with love and understanding. I
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  Speaker 2: meet all of my emotions, big and small, with grace.
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  Speaker 2: I do not judge myself harshly. I show myself empathy.
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  Speaker 2: I am worthy of love and support exactly as I am.
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  Speaker 2: I am kind to myself in the face of adversity.
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  Speaker 2: And again, I embrace myself with love and understanding. I
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  Speaker 2: meet all of my emotions, big and small, with grace.
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  Speaker 2: I do not judge myself harshly. I show myself empathy.
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  Speaker 2: I am worthy of love and support exactly as I am.
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  Speaker 2: I am kind to myself in the face of adversity.
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  Speaker 2: In another time, I embrace myself with love and understanding.
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  Speaker 2: I meet all of my emotions, big and small, with grace.
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  Speaker 2: I do not judge myself harshly. I show myself empathy.
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  Speaker 2: I am worthy of love and support exactly as I am.
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  Speaker 2: I am kind to myself in the face of adversity.
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  Speaker 2: Repeat any of these sayings to yourself for the next
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  Speaker 2: few moments. You can also remain silent and aware of
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  Speaker 2: your feelings. Take a moment to expand those feelings of
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  Speaker 2: compassion that you've cultivated to others. Send peace to your
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  Speaker 2: loved ones, happiness to strangers, joy to people you might
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  Speaker 2: otherwise consider unworthy of it. Let your compassion be boundless.
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  Speaker 2: Now come back to your breath, feel it deepen. Pause
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  Speaker 2: here to honor the transition out of this meditation. Take
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  Speaker 2: a moment to notice your thoughts and feelings before you
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  Speaker 2: move on. Remember that you can use the insights you
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  Speaker 2: gained in this meditation at any time you need in
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  Speaker 2: your daily life. You can even practice this meditation and
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  Speaker 2: community with others. Gently bring awareness to your senses. Notice
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  Speaker 2: the sounds around you, Start to feel your body in space,
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  Speaker 2: Take the tiniest movements, and when you're ready, slowly open
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  Speaker 2: your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: And welcome back. Thanks so much to Eves for putting
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  Speaker 1: this together and to Christina for soundscaping. You can find
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  Speaker 1: Eve's at Evesjeffcoat dot com and you can find us
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  Speaker 1: in a variety of places. But in the meantime, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much to Christina, our executive producer Maya, and
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