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Monday Mini: Deep Space SMNTY (in 3D!) · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: I Heart three D Audio. Hey, this is Annie and
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  Speaker 1: you like it. We might try this again sometimes because
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  Speaker 1: originally we were going to do a dramatic reading of
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  Speaker 1: some of my fan fictions. I really wanted to do this.
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't sure about the legality of it, but I
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  Speaker 1: did camp paintings so hard. So are you contacted like
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  Speaker 1: Eves about it? It was great, babe in the future,
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  Speaker 1: because I really want to hear you do a Chewbacca
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  Speaker 1: impression in three You have to say it that way
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  Speaker 1: at least once. So yeah, I was gonna let the
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  Speaker 1: echo go um. But yeah, I'm down. I'm practicing perfect perfect,
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  Speaker 1: So listeners, just let us know if that's something you're
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  Speaker 1: interested in. I totally understand. If not, though totally get it,
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  Speaker 1: but my feelings won't be too hurt. I just want
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  Speaker 1: to let the option. I want to put it out there.
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  Speaker 1: My feelings will be hurt because I really wanted to happen,
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  Speaker 1: but we're not doing that this time around. I was vetoed.
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  Speaker 1: I was vetoed hard, but we thought we'd continue our
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  Speaker 1: conversation on self care instead, so I was okay with
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  Speaker 1: it and make a space to relax, sort of a
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  Speaker 1: podcast oasis, if you will. With special guest star Eaves
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  Speaker 1: our friend who comes through all the time talking to
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  Speaker 1: us about the amazing female first series as well as
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  Speaker 1: being an executive producer. So of course, and by the way,
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  Speaker 1: if you do follow our sites such as Instagrams or Twitter,
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  Speaker 1: you know that she is a meditation yoga guru. I
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  Speaker 1: think so it's gonna be awesome. So just a disclaimer,
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  Speaker 1: these are things that we really love to do as
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  Speaker 1: a part of our self care. Always listen to your body.
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  Speaker 1: What for us may not work for you, So make
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  Speaker 1: sure listen to yourself and what you need, put your
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  Speaker 1: headphones in and relax along with us. One of my
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  Speaker 1: very favorite things to do for self care and in
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  Speaker 1: general is hiking. It's been over a year and I'm
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  Speaker 1: so excited to get back out there. We're very lucky
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  Speaker 1: where we are to be close to some absolutely stunning
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  Speaker 1: trails and hikes. There's something I find so peaceful about
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  Speaker 1: getting in touch with nature, about focusing on that next
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  Speaker 1: step and letting your mind wander. That's a big part
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  Speaker 1: of mindfulness and centering and getting in touch with your body.
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  Speaker 1: That can be really hard to do as a trauma survivor.
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  Speaker 1: We talked about that in our Trauma mini series when
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  Speaker 1: we spoke to the lovely women behind. We hike to heal.
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  Speaker 1: It makes sense to me that hiking would be healing
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  Speaker 1: because it can involve a lot of the grounding techniques
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  Speaker 1: recommended for trauma survivors. Listening to your breath, to the
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  Speaker 1: crunch of the leaves or ground under your feet, the birds,
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  Speaker 1: the breeze in the trees, the babbling of water over rocks,
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  Speaker 1: the quiet roar of a waterfall, and through all of
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  Speaker 1: this is you and your body moving through this space.
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  Speaker 1: Some thing you have to attune to all of these sounds,
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  Speaker 1: tathering you to the presence. Another form of self care
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  Speaker 1: and something that is simultaneously easy and hard. It's meditation.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, the idea of meditation has always been around.
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  Speaker 1: Whether you call it mindfulness, relaxing, a focused breathing, or
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  Speaker 1: just a break, it is something that can be pretty
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  Speaker 1: accessible and fairly effective, and there are many different forms
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  Speaker 1: of meditation, guided and unguided, calming and insightful, religious and
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  Speaker 1: non religious, and many different practices use soundscape or immersive
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  Speaker 1: sound or sound bad meditation, whether it's sounds of nature
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  Speaker 1: such as water sounds, which can help you find the
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  Speaker 1: peace of the waves on a sunny day or the
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  Speaker 1: sounds of a gentle storm as you try to relax
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  Speaker 1: from the day of stress and demands, and maybe even
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  Speaker 1: try to fall asleep. One of my favorites is the
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  Speaker 1: guided imagery meditation, which is a meditation that puts you
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  Speaker 1: in a space to be able to focus in in
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  Speaker 1: order to relax. Focus relaxation involves concentrating on a specific object, sound,
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  Speaker 1: or experience in order to calm your mind. With this
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  Speaker 1: type of meditation, you're able to visualize a positive scenario
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  Speaker 1: or images that helps you to relax and focus. It
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  Speaker 1: can help you cope with stress and anxieties, and can
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  Speaker 1: even be a helpful method to wind down. For example,
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  Speaker 1: my favorite imagery is that of being in the Northern
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  Speaker 1: Mountains sitting near a lake, listening to the waters hitting
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  Speaker 1: against the shore, while in the distance the bird sings
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  Speaker 1: as the wind blows throughout. So if you're wondering what
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  Speaker 1: it is for a beginner, you might want to start
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  Speaker 1: by sitting down or maybe lying down, close your eyes,
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  Speaker 1: focus on your breath, and allow your body to relax.
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  Speaker 1: Choose your happy place, Choose your go to relaxing place.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe again, it's like the water that I spoke of
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  Speaker 1: allow yourself to settle in, immerse yourself in the environment
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  Speaker 1: by using all of your senses, allow yourself to be
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  Speaker 1: part of that area and environment. There are many benefits
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  Speaker 1: to meditation, and specific to meditations like guided imagery, it
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  Speaker 1: can help you reduce feelings of anxiety, as in fact,
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  Speaker 1: in a study women suffering from fibromyalgia or test to
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  Speaker 1: see the effects of using this specific type of meditation,
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  Speaker 1: and it showed a significant decrease in feelings of stress, fatigue, pain,
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  Speaker 1: and depression. Hey everyone, it's Eaves. If you don't know
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  Speaker 1: my voice, you might already know my voice. I've been
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  Speaker 1: on the show many times for a segment called Female First,
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  Speaker 1: but I am here today to do a very special episode.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so happy that Annie and Samantha have me on
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  Speaker 1: for this episode because it is one of my favorite things.
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  Speaker 1: I know that a lot of time y'all know me
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  Speaker 1: for talking about women in history, but today is very
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  Speaker 1: different because I'm going to be in my yoga and
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  Speaker 1: meditation bag. I have been practicing yoga for about six
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  Speaker 1: years now, and I am also a yoga and meditation teacher,
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  Speaker 1: and I am very grateful and honored to be here
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  Speaker 1: today and to be able to bring you uh meditation.
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  Speaker 1: So we're going to do some guided imagery today. I
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  Speaker 1: asked that if you're not familiar with yoga meditation, there's
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  Speaker 1: a good chance you might be because you are listening
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  Speaker 1: to this episode and until this point. But if you're not,
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  Speaker 1: I asked, and I hope that you keep an open
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  Speaker 1: mind and that you try to go along with me
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  Speaker 1: for this ride, and at the end we'll see if
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  Speaker 1: it's something that you like, and if you do, you
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  Speaker 1: can return to this whenever you want to, or try
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  Speaker 1: it elsewhere. Who knows, it's it's up to us whatever
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  Speaker 1: you want to do. So let's begin. So, no matter
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  Speaker 1: where you are, trying to get into a comfortable position,
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  Speaker 1: try to get into a place, in a position in
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  Speaker 1: which you feel safe and which you feel settled, and
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  Speaker 1: just take a moment to settle into that place. You
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  Speaker 1: can be in whatever position you want to be, in
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  Speaker 1: whatever position feels good to you right now. That might
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  Speaker 1: be sitting in a chair, that might be sitting cross
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  Speaker 1: legged on the floor in your bed, lying in your bed, ok,
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  Speaker 1: whatever position in which you feel like you can sit
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  Speaker 1: or stay for several minutes. It doesn't have to look
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  Speaker 1: like anything special. It doesn't have to be fancy. It
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  Speaker 1: just has to be somewhere that you want to be.
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  Speaker 1: And now that you've arrived here in this comfortable position
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  Speaker 1: in a way that invites you to feel held, supported
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  Speaker 1: and safe, all you have to do is breathe, feel
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  Speaker 1: and notice. Breathe, feel, notice, notice how to be here
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  Speaker 1: with yourself to meet this moment in time that you've
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  Speaker 1: made space for. Allow yourself to settle into a sit
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  Speaker 1: of ease and peace that feels you so deeply that
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  Speaker 1: it warms the very center of your being. Now bring
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  Speaker 1: your awareness to your breath. Feel your expansiveness, the way
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  Speaker 1: your chest rises as you're filled the life giving breath,
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  Speaker 1: and the way it settles back into the body as
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  Speaker 1: you release. Feel how the air is cool as you inhale,
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  Speaker 1: and warm as you exhale. Now begin to count the
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  Speaker 1: breath inhale for account of three x tale for account
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  Speaker 1: of three inhale one two three, exhale one two three
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  Speaker 1: inhale one two three, exhale one two three. In a moment,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to count down from ten to one. When
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  Speaker 1: we arrive at one, you will have settled into a
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  Speaker 1: much deeper space. Ten you notice the sounds in the
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  Speaker 1: room around you, the sounds of your surroundings. Nine You
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  Speaker 1: notice your body in space, how it rests on your support. Eight.
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  Speaker 1: Feel the clothing against your skin, the light touch of
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  Speaker 1: your fingertips, the points of contact that you have with
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  Speaker 1: the outside world. M Seven. Let go of any tension
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  Speaker 1: that you may be holding in your body. Scan your body,
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  Speaker 1: and release in any place that you may be holding tension.
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  Speaker 1: Six Notice your thoughts, Acknowledge them as they come, and
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  Speaker 1: release them. Let them flow through as if they are
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  Speaker 1: floating on water. Five. Allow your mind to settle into
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  Speaker 1: this moment. Allow yourself to simply be four omah three
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  Speaker 1: two one here in this deeper space. Allow yourself to
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  Speaker 1: let go. Allow the deep sense of calm that you
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  Speaker 1: have invited in to envelope you. Here you are crossing
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  Speaker 1: the threshold from the soft amber lightning of your warm
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  Speaker 1: home and into the cool evening your home miss cozy,
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  Speaker 1: but the crisp air and light breeze are refreshing on
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  Speaker 1: this spring night. You let the stillness of your surroundings
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  Speaker 1: wash over you as you continue your journey farther away
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  Speaker 1: from your home and into the lush meadow ahead. The
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  Speaker 1: soft grass gently tickles your feet as it gives way
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  Speaker 1: to your presence. The steady and musical chirp of all
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  Speaker 1: the creatures that awaken at night fills the air as
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  Speaker 1: you climb a small hill to one of your favorite
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  Speaker 1: views in the meadow. At the top of the hill,
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  Speaker 1: you breathe in deeply, letting the fresh air fill your lungs.
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  Speaker 1: From your hill, you can see the nearest town, a
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  Speaker 1: collection of twinkling lights far in the distance, but your
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  Speaker 1: hill is quiet, calm. You slowly open the blanket you
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  Speaker 1: brought with you, laying it down next to a bed
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  Speaker 1: of wild flowers. There's subtle fragrance comforts you as you
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  Speaker 1: lie down on your back on the blanket and stare
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  Speaker 1: up at the night sky, a deep shade of amethysts.
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  Speaker 1: You settle in here, mesmerized. The night sky seems to
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  Speaker 1: be all that exists anymore. It surrounds you, the light
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  Speaker 1: and the dark, both equally soothing, the light for its warmth,
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  Speaker 1: the darkness for its serenity. Yeah, what does it mean
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  Speaker 1: that something so limitless could exist? And what does it
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  Speaker 1: mean that you are able to witness it every day
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  Speaker 1: and are even able to call yourself part of it.
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  Speaker 1: The stars shine brighter as the sky turns a deeper
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  Speaker 1: shade of blue. They're light pulls you even closer, and
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  Speaker 1: now you are gently floating, as if held by a
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  Speaker 1: body of warm salt water. But it is the night
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  Speaker 1: sky that supports you, allows you to rest in the
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  Speaker 1: cradle of its infinite expanse your light. You are encumbered
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  Speaker 1: by nothing, no expectation, no labels, no responsibilities. Here there
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  Speaker 1: is only possibility. For now you have released everything that
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  Speaker 1: weighs you down. What does that feel like? In every
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  Speaker 1: glowing star and every pocket of darkness in between, you
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  Speaker 1: see yourself new in every moment, infinite and harmony with
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  Speaker 1: everything else in this universe. You are exactly as you
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  Speaker 1: are meant to be here, in this burdenless state. Perhaps
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  Speaker 1: you take a moment to settle into this sense of freedom.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps you let go of any concerns about doing and
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  Speaker 1: simply let the being happen, but the stars as your guide.
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  Speaker 1: Floating in your time here, you realize that the peace
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  Speaker 1: and contentment you found in the night sky is always
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  Speaker 1: available to you. So you let the stars light a
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  Speaker 1: pathway back to the earth, and you drift slowly back
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  Speaker 1: to your favorite hill in the meadow. The scent of
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  Speaker 1: the wildflowers welcomes you as you come to rest on
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  Speaker 1: your blanket. You take your time rising and preparing to
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  Speaker 1: head back home, taking soft steps back down the gentle
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  Speaker 1: slope and through the moonlit meadow. A breeze creates the
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  Speaker 1: faintest whistle, as if it were calling you to return.
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  Speaker 1: You've made it back home. This comfortable and loving place
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  Speaker 1: that you've created for yourself greets you with kindness and more,
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  Speaker 1: and as we return, invite all of the feelings you
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  Speaker 1: cultivated in our journey to come home to you. M
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  Speaker 1: in a moment, I'm going to count from one to ten,
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  Speaker 1: and by the time I get to tend, any sleepiness
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  Speaker 1: will have faded, and you will feel wonderfully refreshed and present. One. Two, Three,
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  Speaker 1: you began to notice the sounds in the room. Four,
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  Speaker 1: Begin to notice any sounds that you may hear from
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  Speaker 1: outside of the room you're in. Five Notice your body
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  Speaker 1: in space, bringing yourself back into the presence of your surroundings.
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  Speaker 1: Six maybe you wiggle your fingers and toes. Seven fill
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  Speaker 1: your breath deep in, awakening your senses and energy. Eight
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  Speaker 1: stretch out through your arms, through your legs, through your feet,
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  Speaker 1: through your hands. Nine, start to move your body a
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  Speaker 1: little omah, maybe stretching through your back, rolling your neck,
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  Speaker 1: turning your head from side to side. Ten invite a
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  Speaker 1: yawn into your body. Pausing here just to feel that
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  Speaker 1: transition from stillness to movement. And as you bring yourself
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  Speaker 1: back into the room that you're in, back into this moment,
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  Speaker 1: just remember that everything you just cultivated, all the stillness,
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  Speaker 1: the peacefulness, the contentment, the awareness, receptiveness, softness, all the
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  Speaker 1: other things that you can name for yourself that you
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  Speaker 1: just cultivated throughout that experience. You can carry that with you.
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  Speaker 1: You can have it at any moment, at any time
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  Speaker 1: that you may choose. Thank you for being open to
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  Speaker 1: and taking the time with me that you just did.
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  Speaker 1: I am so honored that you stuck with me through
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  Speaker 1: that entire experience. I do hope that you got something
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  Speaker 1: meaningful out of it, or at least in George, your
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  Speaker 1: time doing it and doing something a little bit different
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  Speaker 1: than you hear from me and definitely a little bit
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  Speaker 1: different than we usually do on this show. All right, bye. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you listeners, but I'm feeling pretty relaxed.
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  Speaker 1: That was a nice little oasis. It was fun. It
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  Speaker 1: was and as always, we love it when Eves dropped by,
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  Speaker 1: it feels like we're having like an ailst celebrity cameo. Really, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like she's a pro. She is. She should
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  Speaker 1: be a yoga expert. To be fair, she absolutely is.
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  Speaker 1: And like you said, Samantha, listeners, check her out on
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  Speaker 1: social media because she consistently post amazing things about yoga
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  Speaker 1: and meditation. So she was very much a help in
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  Speaker 1: this episode. And if that's something you're interested in learning
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  Speaker 1: more about or getting into, check her out online. And
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  Speaker 1: we hope that you enjoyed this experiment of ours and
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  Speaker 1: that maybe you did get a moment of relaxation. If
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  Speaker 1: you want us to do more stuff like this in
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