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Speaker 1 (00:17):
This is a guided mindfulness meditation on calming the voice
inside your head. As we begin, relax into a comfortable position,
but keep your mind and body alert, focused on my
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voice and ready to hear these words and suggestions. Enjoy
this time and begin by focusing your energy on your
natural and gentle breaths in end out. Breathe effortlessly, and
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recognize your body in this space, feeling your limbs resting gently,
you feel life flow through you. Welcome yourself into this
time of presence and peace. Ready to allow yourself these moments,
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feeling the tension and your muscles melting away with each
breath outward, Continuing that gentle breath, we will take a
journey of self understanding and will begin with a short
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countdown starting from five four, three two one. Each of
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us has a voice that we carry with us, the
one that creates a narrative in our mind. We might
feel as though we are in full control of these
thoughts in our head. Yet if we reflect on the
times when we become lost in thought, allowing our mind
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to follow all of its various pathways, we might realize
that many of these thoughts happen outside of our control,
and you may notice that you have these thoughts each
and every day, every hour, or even every minute. It
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might feel exhausting to have this continual narrative happening in
your mind, particularly if it brings you anxious or worrisome thoughts.
In this meditation and mindfulness session, we can send you
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down the road of separating the anxiety inducing and harmful
thoughts and allow you to catch them before they take hold.
It helps us to become the constant watcher of our thoughts,
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in control and comfortably aware. Continuing now to focus on
that natural and gentle breath, body feeling oh so comfortable
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and calm. Feeling these ideas deeply, and on the next breath,
allow yourself to feel the presence of your body twice
as deeply. You may feel some tingles in your arms
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or legs. Enjoy being here and now, present and aware.
Take a few moments to continue to center yourself and
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deepen your understanding of this relationship with your thoughts. And
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in this moment, I invite you to share five short phrases.
You can repeat them after me, either out loud or
in your head, and as you do so, just continue
to enjoy this time. Starting now, five here in this moment.
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Four the watcher of my thoughts, three present and peaceful,
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two awareness in every breath, one learning to know myself deeply. Great.
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Now we will do a different count, and this time
remembering the kinds of unconscious thoughts we want to make
ourselves aware of. And so, continuing that comfortable breath, that
present body, we start again. Five aware of anxious thoughts,
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four aware of fearful thoughts, three aware of thoughts of
painful memories, two aware of thoughts about the future. One
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aware of myself here and now, and just once more,
aware of myself here and now. You can use these
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phrases at any time throughout the day. When you find
those unconscious thoughts creeping in, you will begin to notice
them more and will mentally praise yourself when you let
those thoughts melt away, freeing yourself from the burden of
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constant anxiety or fear, lifting the weight that you have
carried in your mind for so long, So freeing like
balloons floating up into the air, allow yourself to let
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go and become aware in a way that you never
imagined or even considered before. And so as you're enjoying
this time, we'll revisit our first countdown once more, feeling
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each word with weight and importance, and knowing that you
have a healthier mindset ready for you that you can
carry forward into each moment of every day. And we'll
start once more. Now five Here in this moment, four
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the watcher of my thoughts. Three present and peaceful, two
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awareness in every breath, and one I will know myself deeply.
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Great job. If you like take a few moments in
this place of peace and presence, then the session will
conclude remembering that awareness in each moment, calming that voice
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in your head day by day, hour by hour, moment
by moment, freeing yourself of that burden await you no
longer need to carry. You have a beautiful future that awaits.
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My speaking portion concludes, Now Dad had seen