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Episode 337: Mindfulness · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe wattis we wish to entertain, instruct and motivate
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  Speaker 1: if nothing else, Hopefully we can entertain and inspire you
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  Speaker 1: to live a more positive life than three hundred and
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  Speaker 1: sixty five days a year.
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  Speaker 2: We hope you enjoy this message.
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  Speaker 3: A man signs up for a silent meditation retreat. No phones,
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  Speaker 3: no talking, no distractions, just peaceful reflection for a full week.
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  Speaker 3: On the first day, he's doing great. He sits quietly,
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  Speaker 3: breathes deeply, and feels totally enlightened for about fourteen minutes.
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  Speaker 3: Then his brain starts talking, This is boring. Did I
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  Speaker 3: leave the off and on? I wonder what pizza tastes
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  Speaker 3: like in silence? What's that guy doing with his eyebrow?
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  Speaker 3: Is this what mindfulness is? By the third day he's twitching.
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  Speaker 3: By the fifth day, he's convinced that the tree outside
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  Speaker 3: is judging him. On the seventh day the retreat ends,
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  Speaker 3: he rushes up to the instructor and blurts out, I
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  Speaker 3: thought I was going to find peace, but all I
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  Speaker 3: found was my own brain yelling at me. The instructor
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  Speaker 3: smiles and says ah, then it worked. Welcome back to
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  Speaker 3: Positively three sixty five for this week's episode. This is
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  Speaker 3: the podcast that helps you find clarity, hope, and joy
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  Speaker 3: one moment at a time. I'm your host, Joe Wattis,
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  Speaker 3: and in today's episode, is all about mindfulness. Mindfulness isn't
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  Speaker 3: about emptying your mind simply, it's about noticing it. It's
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  Speaker 3: about being here, fully present, without judgment. It's learning how
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  Speaker 3: to live this moment, not one you regret or the
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  Speaker 3: one you're worried about. When we learn to pause, breathe,
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  Speaker 3: and tune in, life starts to feel more spacious, more grounded,
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  Speaker 3: and yes, more positive. But before we dive into that,
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  Speaker 3: we have this week's trivia question. Are you ready for it?
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  Speaker 3: Here it is which ancient Eastern philosophy is most often
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  Speaker 3: credited with the origins of mindfulness practice. Take a breath
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  Speaker 3: and we'll have the answer when we come back. Hey,
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  Speaker 3: happy reading. Welcome back. Do you know the answer to
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  Speaker 3: this week's trivia question? The question was which Eastern philosophy
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  Speaker 3: is most often credited with the origins of mindfulness practice.
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  Speaker 3: The answer Buddhism. Mindfulness or sat in the original Paie language,
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  Speaker 3: is a core teaching Buddhist tradition. It dates back over
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  Speaker 3: twenty five hundred years and was taught by the Buddha
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  Speaker 3: as a way to understand the nature of suffering and
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  Speaker 3: how to free ourselves from it through awareness and compassion.
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  Speaker 3: Over time, the practice of mindfulness has expanded beyond religious
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  Speaker 3: contexts and entered into the world of psychology, education, and wellness,
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  Speaker 3: helping people of all backgrounds to find more peace in
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  Speaker 3: the present. Now you know, so what is mindfulness? Really?
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  Speaker 3: It's the practice of being fully here, aware of what
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  Speaker 3: you're doing, how you feel, and what's unfolding around you.
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  Speaker 3: Whether rushing to change it, don't do that, Whether rushing
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  Speaker 3: to judge it, don't do that. It's taking a moment
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  Speaker 3: to actually taste your food instead of inhaling it on
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  Speaker 3: the go. It's noticing your breath when you're stressed instead
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  Speaker 3: of being ruled by it. It's choosing to respond instead
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  Speaker 3: of reacting. The beautiful thing is you don't have to
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  Speaker 3: do it on a retreat, wearing a robe, or on
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  Speaker 3: a mountaintop. You don't need those things to be mindful.
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  Speaker 3: You can practice it right now, right here. Notice your breath,
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  Speaker 3: notice the sounds around you, notice your feet on the floor.
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  Speaker 3: That's it. You're here, and that's where your power is.
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  Speaker 3: Mindfulness can reduce anxiety, improve focus, and boost emotional resilience.
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  Speaker 3: But more than that, it helps you live your life
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  Speaker 3: while it's happening, and that's a pretty incredible gift. Be
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  Speaker 3: where your feet are. Let me close today's podcast episode
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  Speaker 3: with a beautiful quote from John cobbot Zin, one of
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  Speaker 3: the pioneers of modern mindfulness. He said this, you can't
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  Speaker 3: stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Life
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  Speaker 3: will always bring chaos, challenges, and change, but mindfulness teaches
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  Speaker 3: us to stay steady in the storm, not by avoiding
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  Speaker 3: the waves, but by writing them with presence and grace.
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  Speaker 3: So today my challenge to you is this, pause, just
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  Speaker 3: for a few seconds. Breathe notice, come back to the now,
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  Speaker 3: because now it's all we really have and it's more
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  Speaker 3: than enough. Thanks for spending this moment of time with
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  Speaker 3: me here on Positively three sixty five. Be present, be patient,
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  Speaker 3: and as always, stay positive.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: until next time, stay positive today and every day, three
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  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five days a year, you.
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