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Ep.33 | Grounding Meditation to Start Your Work Day Settled & Focused · Curiously Guided Podcast

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, welcome back to the Curiously Guided Podcast.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_02: Today we've got a special episode that we're excited to share with you.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_02: We are going to be sharing the grounding meditation that Mariah and I both do before every single podcast episode we've ever shot with guests or without guests.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_02: This is a practice that Mariah leads us through, and I'm very grateful for.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_02: And it's something that I've used as a business owner, you know, when I'm having that kind of like my energy feels all over the place.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_02: I'm having trouble focusing or just kind of like calming down and feeling settled.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_02: This is a really lovely practice to just get you focused, calm down in the zone of what you're trying to do.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Our intention with this is that, you know, you listen to this grounding meditation and maybe it starts to become part of your everyday routine uh for your workday to allow you to really ground into yourself and into this, into the moment that you're in, so that you start your workday in a really intentional place.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah, we find it really helpful.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_01: We do a version of it like before the podcast, but it's just, yeah, it's just really helpful for moving from your headspace into your heart space before you even open up your email, before you press record on your next podcast episode.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: I've even done it like before other interviews that I've done, like before I hop on to a um an interview with somebody else on their podcast.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: I'll take a few moments, settle into myself.
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  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, without further ado, if you guys just want to kind of make yourself comfortable, feel free to light a candle.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_01: You can light some sage to clear the energy in your space.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_01: You don't need to, but if you want that to be part of your practice, that's definitely something that that I do just to um yeah, release any negative energy entities, cords.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_01: It just it it feels so refreshing.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's just get into it.
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  SPEAKER_01: So go ahead and make yourself comfortable.
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  SPEAKER_01: Whether that's sitting up tall with your back straight and your feet touching the floor, or maybe you're lying on your back with your arms at your side.
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  SPEAKER_01: Regardless of your position, I just want you to feel the ground or the surface below you.
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  SPEAKER_01: Feel yourself being supported right now.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you haven't already, go ahead and close your eyes and take one deep breath in, filling up your belly with air, and then release out of your mouth slowly.
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  SPEAKER_01: Another deep breath in, feeling your belly expand and release.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_01: Now allow your breath to be soft and gentle, inhaling and exhaling naturally.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you start to notice any thoughts arising, that's okay, just notice them, and then gently bring your attention back to your breath with each breath just relaxing a little bit more and a little bit more because all that matters right now in this moment is your breath, breathing in as you start to mindfully relax your jaw and breathing out any tension that you feel in your body, and allowing yourself to relax deeper and deeper, feeling your bottom on the seat below you, grounding you into this moment, trusting that you're exactly where you need to be, allowing yourself to move from your head down into your heart space, trusting that whatever task is before you is exactly what needs to be done, allowing yourself to take the next baby step with intention as you move throughout your day, feeling grounded and supported in your body, taking another deep breath in through the nose, releasing out of the mouth, allowing yourself to be present with yourself, with your guides, with your ancestors, with anybody from the light that wants to come in and support you throughout your workday, throughout this next task, whatever you have going on.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_01: Trust that you are supported unconditionally, that you are loved unconditionally, and allowing yourself to be present and grounded in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take one more deep breath in through the nose, out through the mouth.
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  SPEAKER_01: Feel yourself being supported by the earth, and then when you're ready, you can go ahead and open your eyes.