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We appreciate your interest in today's Meditation

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Life Skills podcast. We sincerely grateful for

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your support. Begin by sitting in a comfortable

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position. Spine straight and palms in your lap

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facing downwards. When you feel ready, gently

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close your eyes. Begin by taking a deep breath.

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in through your nose, feeling your lungs expand

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fully and hold your breath at the top. When you're

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ready, release the breath powerfully through

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your mouth. And at the bottom of that exhale,

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repeat this again, inhaling through your nose,

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filling up your lungs, holding your breath at

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the top. And when you're ready, forcefully letting

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the air come out through your mouth and one last

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time at the end of that breath inhale through

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your nose hold your breath at the top and when

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you're ready let it go At the end of this breath

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return to breathing at a pace that is comfortable

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for you in through your nose and out through

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your mouth throughout this entire meditation.

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The space between thoughts, the space between

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breaths is a space where all wisdom and self

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-acceptance exists. It is time to feel that for

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yourself. Let yourself be taken to a crystal

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clear beach. Feeling your feet on the sand. Feeling

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the air rushing against your skin so gently.

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Feeling the sun on your face and breathing in

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the scents of the ocean, the salty air, the freshness.

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And notice a bench up ahead facing the ocean.

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You are all alone out here. It is peaceful and

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calm. It is just you, the water, and occasional

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birds flying by. And so you walk over to the

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bench, letting yourself rest, sitting down and

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looking out at the vast blue ocean, extending

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all the way out. from left to right and all the

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way to the horizon take a deep breath here then

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release in this moment just let yourself be open

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and willing to love and accept yourself as you

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are there is nothing to change there is no other

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way you need to be breathe in deeply to this

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truth feel this truth in the space between your

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thoughts in the space between your breath. And

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on your next inhale, breathe in very deeply,

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feeling your stomach expand fully, holding your

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breath at the top. And when you're ready, exhale

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with a long audible sigh. Be proud of yourself

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for doing this work. And when you're ready, gently

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bring your awareness to the room around you,

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opening your eyes as it feels good to you.