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Ep. 106 - PRACTICE "Things are always working out in my favor" · The Pausecast

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  Hey you, it's. Rachel O'meara, I'm host of the
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  Pause Cast, and I'm so glad that you are here.
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  We are discussing tips and proven strategies in the world
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  of emotional intelligence so that you can rise to your next
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  level of leadership without the overwhelm.
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  I'm also the author of the book Pause Harnessing the Life
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  Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break, based on my
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  burnout of Google and all the things that I've learned since
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  that are really in this realm of neuroscience, psychology, and
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  emotional intelligence. If you're interested to download
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  my free guidebook for how to get overwhelmed, I invite you to do
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  that at rachelomara.com/guidebook.
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  Just so excited? Let's just start and dive in.
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  Welcome back. I'm here today on this
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  particular endeavor to share more about an exercise and an
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  opportunity to step into the experiential with Breathwork.
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  And with a little bit of meditation on, things are always
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  working out in my favor. As the mantra, things are always
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  working out in my favor, so let's just take a breath into
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  that. Putting your feet on the ground,
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  uncrossing your legs, taking a deep breath through your nose.
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  Things are always working out of my favor.
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  And exhale slowly through the mouth.
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  Just letting that sink in and notice how your body responds to
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  those words. Is there acceptance there?
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  Take another breath? Is there resistance?
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  There is. Is there fear, Sadness, hurt,
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  anger, joy. What is the feeling as you say
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  that to yourself? In my case, I know when I think
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  about that, I do feel fear. There is fear because we are in
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  the unknown in the future, right?
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  Are things always working out for me?
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  But what if I chose to allow that, as we all know, where our
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  thoughts go and attention goes, our our behavior follows our our
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  world, we becomes what we think we are, what we think.
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  I want to read you a little passage about that right here.
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  Things are always working out for for for us, even if they
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  don't always go how you expect them to.
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  If you are feeling uncertain or stressed about a decision or
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  upcoming event, chant these words.
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  You will be reminded that no matter what, everything is going
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  to be okay and there are solutions for whatever problems
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  come your way. Reciting these powerful words
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  also helps to reprogram your mind so that you can see the
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  world as a loving, generous place rather than as a place
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  full of corruption and hostility.
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  Choosing to see the world in a positive light can increase your
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  feelings of motivation and joy, which can allow you to live life
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  to the fullest even if things don't appear to be working out
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  in your favor at first, Reciting this mantra can help you to see
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  things from different points of view.
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  Then this then allows you to see the benefits in all situations
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  that come your way. Life rarely goes according to
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  plan, as we all know, but it does help to know that things
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  are always working out in your favor as long as you believe
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  that they are. How cool is that?
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  And so I want to emphasize the word choice.
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  The the sentence that I read was choosing to see the world in a
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  positive light, right? There's all kinds of crazy
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  things out there in the in the in the world that we could focus
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  on. However, if we choose to focus
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  and zone in on what we want in our lives as positive or what
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  has happened, frame it in a positive way, we're not sure
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  coding it. This is not Pollyanna anything.
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  This is simply saying I can make the best of the situation.
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  So that's what I want to focus on today because that's so, so
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  true. Things are always working out
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  for me, so just go ahead and keep telling yourself that
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  today. Things are always working out
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  for me and we're going to breathe into this where we're
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  going to start with the try active breath.
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  That's the three-part breath. Inhaling through your belly,
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  moving it up through your chest and exhaling out can be through
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  the mouth the whole time. It can be through the nose, on
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  the inhale and out the mouth. Just choose what feels most
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  comfortable for you. This is a powerful breath.
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  This is an activation breath where we're bringing in more
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  oxygen than usual. So if you do feel lightheaded or
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  anything like that, that's OK. It's part of the process.
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  You can either choose to maybe breathe this little slower, go
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  back to normal breathing, or simply allow that to be there
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  with you and process. It's just completely based on
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  what feels good for you and follow your body, OK?
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  So we're going to do the try active breath, and then anytime
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  that feels too much, just go back to normal breathing, then
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  inhale in, exhale out. OK, then we're going to move
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  into the the bliss breath, which is simply the inhale and exhale
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  through the mouth. But you're snapping the belly in
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  quickly so it sounds like this. So that's the blow breath that
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  I'm kind of snapping my belly right here.
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  OK, let's go ahead and close our eyes.
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  I'm going to play some music for us so that we can kind of get
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  into this version of feeling like everything is always
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  working out for me. Go ahead and close your eyes.
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  Just taking a couple of normal, deep, normal, normal breaths
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  here. No breath pattern at all.
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  Just knowing I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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  Letting the body lead the way, letting your shoulders relax,
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  letting your jaw relax. These are always working out for
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  me. Go down through your torso.
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  I mean, all your organs are in sinking, working together today.
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  Working out in your favor to your hips.
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  Down through your upper legs. Around your knees.
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  Down through your legs, your feet and your ankles, building
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  that down. Just feeling connected to the
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  earth here. Everything is always working out
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  for me. You choose to see the positive.
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  We're going to start our breath pattern here.
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  When you feel ready, just inhaling the triactive breath
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  feeling into this sentence. Mantra Everything is always
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  working out for me, letting that breath sink in a
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  little deeper. Activating your own neural
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  networks, your cellular memories here, as each cell becomes
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  infused with energy and oxygen in that energy.
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  Because everything is energy. Beautiful, so I am.
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  The energy. Everything around me can be
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  influenced by how I see it, how I choose to view it.
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  Everything in the past has brought me exactly to where I am
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  today. You can help me create what I
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  know is my best possible outcomes for me, right here and
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  now. That's it.
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  Regulate. Build.
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  Feel the breath. How deep can you go?
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  Intentionally breathing. Letting the body breathe itself.
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  Knowing the body is so wise. All of your intuition resides
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  here, linked to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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  Everything is always working out for me.
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  I am choosing to see this day in a positive light.
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  The people I meet, the words I I choose, the engagements I have,
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  the trust that I build, the Rapora that I create, and that
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  confidence in myself to know I am on the right path in this.
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  I am being guided here, guided by my breath, guided by my
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  intuition that is connected to my heart and is connected to a
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  greater knowing for myself that works well with my own mind, all
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  in harmony. Releasing that proactive breath
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  here in the last one, just giving a big exhale out.
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  Sending all that air out with anything that you no longer want
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  to continue to keep within you. Shaking anything out.
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  Moving any parts of your body that you feel called to move.
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  This is your time, your space, and now we're switching into the
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  bliss breath, the two-part shorter breath.
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  You can do it like you're blowing.
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  You can do it through your nose, whatever feels good for you.
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  It doesn't matter what I say, it's what feels good for you.
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  I create my reality and choose to see things working out for
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  me. It is a choice.
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  And I have this choice every moment of the day, moment by
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  moment of my 24/7. And I choose to be here for
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  present, alive, engaged, awake, sustained, nourished, just
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  allowing myself to simply be coming back and returning to
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  this state that feels so good. It is here for me all the time.
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  Just notice in your body if there's any resistance in the
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  shorter breath, we're just going to stay here for another 30
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  seconds. What is it you want?
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  What is it you desire? Is it freedom?
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  Is it acceptance? Is it surrender?
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  Is it to simply just be alive in your own body?
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  Perfect. That's wonderful.
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  They all can coexist together. Whatever you choose is yours and
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  yours alone. Only you know what's needed.
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  Beautiful. These last couple of breasts
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  Just sending out anything you no longer want to carry today or
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  this week, Knowing I am setting myself up, knowing everything is
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  always working out for me. This is my time to create this
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  and exhale on this next exhale for yourself.
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  A big long exhale. Beautiful, all right.
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  Returning to a natural breath here, inhaling through your
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  nose, Just asking yourself who is here now as you completely
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  feel connected to the ground again.
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  Feeling your feet on the floor, wiggling your toe, Just feeling
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  that being held here by gravity, by earth, we're perfectly
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  imperfect right here. There's nowhere to go.
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  Simply be honoring your time here today.
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  Just placing a hand on your heart.
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  If that feels good for you, just notice who is here now.
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  Who is here now? How does she or he feel?
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  How do you feel? Do you feel more centered,
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  grounded? Do you feel more alive and
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  awake? Do you feel more at ease, calm?
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  You feel more excited and joy and and humped up for your day.
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  You just noticing taking inventory here.
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  What is here now? Has there been a shift?
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  Thanking yourself for being here.
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  Thanking your heart. Thank you, my heart for being
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  here today. Thank you, my body for being
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  here today. I'm so grateful for this
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  experience as I have learned about myself in ways I would not
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  have otherwise known today. This will serve me to know In my
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  journey and quest, everything is always working out for me.
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  Taking a couple of final breaths and when you feel ready, simply
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  opening those eyes, fluttering your eyes open to your
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  surroundings, taking in the sights and the sound.
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  What is here? How do you feel?
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  How does this feel for you now? How do you feel at this moment?
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  And if you'd like to take a notebook or a journal right next
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  to you, I'm curious. Maybe you're curious to know
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  what is here now? Who is here?
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  What is here now? Just take a moment with that
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  prompt and write down one minute.
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  Here we go. Let's do it.
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  Who is here now? Maybe you describe how you feel.
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  Maybe you're noticing how you're feeling connected to yourself or
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  the earth, or not. It's all good.
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  Maybe you're exactly the same. It's all good.
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  Whatever you experienced today is exactly what you were meant
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  to experience. OK, I want to thank you for
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  being here today, giving yourself the time, giving
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  yourself permission, because that is so important, to simply
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  recalibrate. That's what this is, is
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  recalibrating. Recalibrating yourself as a
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  leader, as a as a incredible human who is doing extraordinary
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  things in the world. Because each and every one of us
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  has gifts to offer, and we are leading and blazing our trails
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  as needed and what we feel called to do.
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  And if we are not with ourselves, it just gets harder.
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  It's not easier. It's harder because we don't
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  feel connected. We don't feel satisfied.
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  We don't feel like we're making the attraction we want to make.
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  And that's just all potentially not even true, because maybe we
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  are, but we're just not connected enough to know or feel
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