Evening - Compassionate Breathing

This is a bonus evening mantra.

Jennifer Cray is a life coach, meditation teacher and yoga teacher for Living Lit Up, based in Brisbane. You can deepen your meditation practices with her on Insight Timer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Appoche production. Hi, I'm Jennifer CRAI. Welcome to your evening mantra.
If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or
lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

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your jaw, Relax your eyes, Relax your ears, relax your jaw,

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relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention to your breath,
drawing your breath down into your art. Suffering and pain

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are inevitable. Other people's suffering can be avoided by not
watching the news or by turning away. Ignorance is truly bliss. However,

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today is an invitation to be compassionate, to acknowledge the
suffering and pain in the world, and hope for better
through our breath. On the inhale, we breathe in suffering

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and pain and the tragedy, and on the exhl we
provide relief or a wish or a hope for it
to ease, breathing in suffering and pain and breathing out

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relief compassion. This small act of compassion through the breath
can be done at any time when you become aware
of pain and suffering. Today's mantra breathing suffering, breathing out

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relief to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.
Breathe in suffering, breathe out relief. Follow us on Instagram

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at your morning mantra.