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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Welcome to this guided mindfulness meditation to reduce anxiety by
relaxing your mind and body. This session is intended to
help you ease that grip of stress when you have
anxiety and find inner peace and tranquility within yourself. Let's
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begin by just enjoying the space that we are in.
Allow yourself to get comfortable and find a position, whether seated,
maybe on the ground with your lage crossed, or just
upright in a chair. Then just begin to enjoy this
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present moment and take notice of it, sense the space
around you, and just start to bring your attention to
your breathing just naturally and comfortably and end out. And
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as you focus on this, just be reminded that we
don't need to worry about the past right now, and
we don't need to have any fear about the future.
This is just your time, right here and now to
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be focused, present, alert, and just enjoying being here, so
aware of everything around you. And as you focus on this,
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feel free to focus on your body and notice any
areas where you might be holding some tension or tightness.
It might be in your neck and shoulders, maybe in
your hands, maybe your eyes, whatever it is, just gently
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focus on that and allow that tension and tightness to
slowly melt away. Take just a few moments to enjoy
this process, and as you are becoming so aware of
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your breath and body right here in the present moment,
turn your attention to your thought process. And as you
are here throughout this session, keep your attention on your thoughts,
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any thought that may come into your mind, whether large
or small, and when you observe them, instead of trying
to push them away, just simply let them be. They
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are like clouds passing through the sky. Then if you like,
on the next breath, you can let these thoughts go,
just like they're floating down a river. This process will
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just allow your mind to remain present and you will
feel your body begin to relax more and more deeply.
And as you continue to enjoy this process, I invite
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you to envision that calm and peaceful river. Notice that
flowing of the water beneath you feel as if you
were floating along that river, becoming connected with that continuous
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movement of the water. Think about the sounds you might hear,
the colors you can see, everything just perfect and calming
and tranquil. And as you envision yourself here in that
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beautiful space. You can feel yourself letting go of any resistance,
anything within you that wants to pull away from the
present moment, And do you find a state of full,
incomplete acceptance. Enjoy this for just a few moments, great
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feeling so present, calm, relaxed, recognizing whenever those intrusive thoughts
try to come into your mind and helping to reduce
your anxiety and stress by just being present, no judgment
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about our thoughts, just observing and then letting them float
away down that river. And now I will invite you
to repeat just a few affirmations after me. As always,
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you can choose to repeat these either out loud or
just in your head. And so again, in vision that
calming flow of water in front of you, the beautiful
nature surrounding you, and those pillowy clouds in the sky
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that will begin our affirmations. Now, I am calm and
centered in this present moment. I release tension. With each breath.
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I will allow my body and mind to guide me
toward peace. I let go of worries and fears, I
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let go of the past, I let go of the future.
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I re main present and feel at ease, feeling love
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and joy right now, and that ends our affirmation statements.
Feel free to come back to them anytime you need
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that reminder. And now, as we near the end of
this session, remember that you can always come back to
this flowing river through your mind. You can always let
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go of those worries about the past, those fears about
the future. Allow that flowing water to guide you and
remind you to stay true to the present moment. Remember
that deep relaxation and inner peace and comfort are always
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available to you. And so if you like, take a
few more nice deep breaths and and doubt savoring that
feeling of deep relaxation and dinner peace. If you like,
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you can can continue to listen to the ambient music
for several more minutes, enjoying these wonderful feelings. And whenever
you're ready, just feel free to gently open your eyes
if you had them closed, regain awareness of your space,
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and prepare yourself to go into whatever is next in
your day or night. Thank you so much for spending
the session with me, and please come back anytime you
need that reminder. The spoken portion of this session ends
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now must conta us BO