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Delving into Delight: A Sensory Exercise To Attract Joy · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Hey there.
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  Speaker 1: So I want you to think about a time when you experienced delight.
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: Delight, by definition, means the experience of extreme pleasure or satisfaction.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: Extreme pleasure or satisfaction what comes up for you when you think about a time when you experienced delight?
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: Take your time.
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  Speaker 1: The process is just as important as finding what you are looking for.
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: There's so much we can learn from where in our mind palace we go to look, when prompted to think about something.
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: It's also not every day that somebody asks, so this is an invitation and an opportunity for you to think about it.
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: When I asked you about a time when you experienced delight, where did you go to look?
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  Speaker 1: Were there voices coming into your head judging and rating and itemizing?
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  Speaker 1: Were there things saying, gosh, I haven't experienced delight recently, or delight I don't know, or, ooh, I got a good one?
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: Let go of the process of trying to answer my question the right way there are no right or wrong answers and simply tap into a time when you experienced delight.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: Maybe the prompt drew out occasions when you were with your family, or perhaps it evoked a time when you accomplished something or received an unexpected gratitude from someone for something you did, received an unexpected gratitude from someone for something you did.
• 2:50
  Speaker 1: It might have been seeing something in nature, like the northern lights or the eclipse, or the smile or laughter of a child.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: Delight is all around us if we choose to be open to see it and experience it.
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  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in on four and hold it at the top and, as you exhale, send any thoughts that are attached to what is supposed to be, feel the expansiveness of your next inhale and relax as you exhale, knowing that you are exactly where you're supposed to be.
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to close your eyes, if it helps, and remember the time that you experienced delight.
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  Speaker 1: So we're not thinking about it, we're engaging in remembering it and, in order for us to connect with the memory, we're going to engage all of our senses in this exercise.
• 4:23
  Speaker 1: So take a moment to focus on and transport yourself to this delightful moment.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: What can you see?
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  Speaker 1: I want you to say it out loud or to yourself, naming five things that you can see.
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  Speaker 1: Now do the same and again you can say it out loud or to yourself and name four things that you can touch, repeating I can touch, I can hear repeating to yourself naming two things in this remembrance that you can smell.
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  Speaker 1: Breathe it in and experience those smells and notice how they make you feel.
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  Speaker 1: I can smell.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, connect with just one thing that you can taste from this delightful experience.
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  Speaker 1: Notice now how you are feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Allow your senses to swirl.
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  Speaker 1: You are embodying delight.
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: Allow yourself to linger there for a moment and, when you're ready, gently guide yourself back to where you are in this moment and take a deep breath in.
• 8:03
  Speaker 1: When you have returned to where you are, I want you to gently open your eyes and look around you, doing the same exercise in the present moment.
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: Look around you and name five things that you can see.
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  Speaker 1: Look at them as you say them, take them in and notice how you're feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're noticing something you haven't noticed before, or maybe you're looking at something that you've looked at time and time again but that you're seeing differently through the new lens of delight.
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: What is delightful about anything that you can see?
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  Speaker 1: Right now and when you're ready, go ahead and name four things that you can touch.
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: Go ahead and touch them.
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  Speaker 1: Make it real.
• 9:32
  Speaker 1: Take your time, notice how it feels.
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  Speaker 1: Discover new things about things that you thought you already knew.
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  Speaker 1: Find respite in things that feel the way you thought they would feel, saying it out loud, or to yourself, naming and delighting in these three things that you can hear.
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  Speaker 1: Listen without judgment the sounds.
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  Speaker 1: You may also go inward and listen to the sounds of your body.
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  Speaker 1: You may find delight in your stomach rumbling because you're hungry.
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: How delightful is that.
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  Speaker 1: Do the same now, saying it out loud or to yourself, naming two things that you can smell right now.
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in and experience each smell and notice how each one makes you feel.
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: Finally, connect with one thing that you can taste.
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: Friends, there is delight to be found everywhere, and if you're struggling to find delight, then simply take yourself through the first part of this exercise and embody delight that you have already experienced, and remember that, because you have experienced it before, you will and can experience delight again.
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: Use your senses, get out of your brain and into your body, your beautiful body, and allow them to work together in a delightful harmony of body, mind and spirit.
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: I am delighted to share this exercise with you today.
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: Be well, my friends, stay safe and healthy and remember to live in the moment.