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SMNTY Classics: A Meditation with Yves Jeffcoat · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and I'm not kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I never told you a production of iHeartRadio, and as
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  Speaker 1: we are into the year New Year times, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of stress. We've been talking about it and we've
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  Speaker 1: been bringing back some of our favorite episodes. One of
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  Speaker 1: the things that we've both been discussing is how desperately
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  Speaker 1: we would love to have Eves back on to do
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  Speaker 1: a meditation session. And the meditation session she did with
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  Speaker 1: us this year was wonderful. All of us, almost Minty team,
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  Speaker 1: were like, we all needed this, Thank you so much. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: so we thought we would bring that one back. If
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  Speaker 1: you have any stress that you're working through to help
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  Speaker 1: to help relax, so please enjoy. Hey, this is Annie
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  Speaker 1: and Samantha and welcome to stuff I've never told you
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  Speaker 1: a production of iHeartRadio. And today we have something very
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  Speaker 1: special for you. We reached out to a good friend
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  Speaker 1: of the show, Eve's, who you've heard from before, to
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  Speaker 1: see if she'd put together a calming meditation for all
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  Speaker 1: of us, and she delivered with a ten minute meditation
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  Speaker 1: all about love and compassion. She'll guide you through it.
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  Speaker 1: She's a great guide. It's really simple but really powerful.
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  Speaker 1: 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: an am that's unfamiliar, if where you are isn't perfectly quiet,
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  Speaker 2: or if there are people around you. The important part
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  Speaker 2: is that you have the next ten minutes to yourself,
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  Speaker 2: and that you begin this meditation with a kind and
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  Speaker 2: open heart. If you haven't already close your eyes, bring
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  Speaker 2: your attention to your breath. Notice the tension that you're
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  Speaker 2: already holding in your body. Where is it? How does
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  Speaker 2: it feel? Meet those feelings with gentle curiosity, and keep breathing. Inhale, exhale,
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  Speaker 2: inhale and exhale. Imagine your heart's soft with each breath.
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  Speaker 2: You have the capacity to practice compassion toward yourself and
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  Speaker 2: toward others. First, recognize the fact that life is hard.
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  Speaker 2: The reason we have to practice self compassion at all
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  Speaker 2: is because there is suffering. There is no need to
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  Speaker 2: sugarcoat it. In this moment. Whatever you're struggling with right now,
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  Speaker 2: acknowledge that it is difficult and that managing your thoughts,
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  Speaker 2: emotions and actions is challenging. Breathe in and breathe out,
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  Speaker 2: and say to yourself, I'm having a hard time. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: I'm in pain and it's difficult for me to deal with.
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  Speaker 2: If there is another way you'd like to say this
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  Speaker 2: that feels more honest to you, say that instead, take
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  Speaker 2: a moment to notice how it feels to sit with
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  Speaker 2: that recognition rather than bypass it. Where does it show
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  Speaker 2: up in your body? Maybe you place a hand on
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  Speaker 2: that spot, sending care and warmth to the area that
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  Speaker 2: needs it most right now now, offer yourself gratitude for
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  Speaker 2: having the strength to admit that. Find comfort in the
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  Speaker 2: fact that you are not alone. Many people have and
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  Speaker 2: will feel stress and sorrow when trying to reckon with life.
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  Speaker 2: Remind yourself that you are not weak for suffering and
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  Speaker 2: say to yourself, I am simply experiencing life as it unfolds.
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  Speaker 2: Offer gratitude for the present moment, for your breath, for
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  Speaker 2: being able to set aside this time for your well being.
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  Speaker 2: Now that you've acknowledged your pain, you can meet it
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  Speaker 2: with kindness. Life may be hard, but you don't have
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  Speaker 2: to be hard on yourself. Come back to your breath.
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  Speaker 2: Bring loving awareness to your inhales and exhales as you
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  Speaker 2: breathe in, send infinite compassion through your body as you
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  Speaker 2: breathe out let that feeling settle into every part of
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  Speaker 2: your body, physical and subtle, from the surface of your
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  Speaker 2: skin all the way to the center of your heart.
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  Speaker 2: Treat yourself like you would anyone or anything else precious
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  Speaker 2: to you. Speak to yourself with tenderness. Imagine wrapping yourself
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  Speaker 2: in the warmth of a soft, cozy blanket. If it
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  Speaker 2: feels right, place a hand over your heart, and begin
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  Speaker 2: to repeat the following. 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: 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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  Speaker 1: your contruber Joey. Thank you and thanks to you for listening.
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