Finding Freedom in the Breath: The Art of Letting Go with Athena Desai

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A journey towards letting go unfolds through guided meditation and mindfulness practices. We emphasize the importance of breathwork and presence, guiding you to embrace this moment without judgment. 

• Meditation focuses on releasing past burdens 
• Grounding exercises create stability and connection 
• Breathing techniques promote relaxation and clarity 
• Encouragement to cultivate self-compassion during practice 
• Strategies for returning to the breath amidst distractions 
• Reflection on gratitude and acceptance 

If you'd like to delve deeper into this meditation, join us in practicing this essential tool for mindful living today.

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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Welcome to the Morning Formation.
Give that one a listen to findyourself a safe space where you
can close your eyes, relax alittle bit and listen to this 20
minute meditation that she'sprovided, and it's geared
towards letting go, so I hopethis helps you, no matter what
you're going through at thistime.
For a lot of us out there,there's a lot of crazy things

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going on in the world.
Hopefully you're doing well,but just check in with each
other and this is an opportunityfor you to take advantage and
listen to Athena.
She does a really great job.
Hope all is well, take care andenjoy hey everybody.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Today's meditation is about letting go of the past.
Meditation is such a good toolfor that, because one of the
best ways we can do that is tobe as present as possible as

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possible.
Another way to do that is totake the orientation of an
observer, and I would add, aloving and compassionate

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observer.
So we're going to focus on ourbreathing, we're going to ground
into our bodies, and I'll giveyou a few prompts along the way.
You can take them on, you canleave them behind, but whatever

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intention you have for today, Iwant to encourage you that
you're already doing the work ofletting go, being present and
being with what is.

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So let's start with three deepbreaths.
Try to breathe as deeply intoyour belly as you can.
Let it come all the way up intoyour collarbones.
Let it go all the way up intoyour collarbones.
Let it go all the way back down.
If you're really working onsomething you probably want to

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exhale through your mouth Givesit a little bit more strength, a
little more energy.
And now imagine some rootsgrowing from your tailbone or

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the soles of your feet and theygo all the way down into the
center of the earth.
Imagine that the earth has abeautiful crystal heart and that

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you can wrap your roots aroundthat heart.
You might feel your energystart to shift away from your
head, your neck, your shoulders,and down towards your legs,

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your feet.
Really feel into the supportthat the earth is giving you
right now, whether you're seatedor lying down, you don't have

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to hold yourself up here.
Try to relax the parts of youthat normally take on that role
any muscles, tendons, ligamentsthat feel tight, constrict.
Just try to breathe into themand relax.

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This is a good time to set anintention for right now, that
there's nothing to accomplishhere.
This is training.
This is practicing.
This is training.

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This is practicing.
Stand in some trust that youwill let go of what you.

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Let's choose one place toobserve the act of breathing.
This could be feeling the airgoing in and out of your
nostrils or the rise and fall ofyour belly.
Choose one as the place toreturn to and try it out.

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Thank you, I invite you to takeon a gentle approach here.

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Your mind is going to wander allminds do.
Mind is going to wander allminds do.
You may also find yourselfwanting to alter your breath.

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That's okay too, you, butgetting into the observer

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position allows us to relax allthe parts of us that are always
trying to do something and itbrings forward the other parts

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of us that are deeply intuitive,strongly connected and capable
of spaciousness.
So try just noticing, justnoticing, thank you.

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You may hear some judgment fromyourself, some distraction with
other unrelated thoughts.
That's okay, it's natural.
See if you can, smoothly andwith some lightness, return to

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the sensation and just notice.
The more space we have aroundour thoughts and our emotions,

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the more new perspective we gainand the more possibility for
choosing arises arising.

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So see if you can focus so muchon your breath that everything
else fades into the background.
Thank you.
As you train in thisspaciousness, you'll be creating
it around things from the pastthat have been difficult to let
go of.
This smooth, light, gentletouch that we're giving today to

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ourselves Creates more room forthings to move.

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Returning to the breath and thesensation Sensation, thank you.

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Reconnecting with the breath,relaxing into what is Doing.

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This relaxation, this creatingof spaciousness, does not excuse
what has happened or change it,but it gives us a new kind of

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power, a new kind of capabilityto honor, to accept, to forgive,
to gain wisdom from what wasand relay that wisdom into what

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we want to be.
So I invite you to see ifthere's something that you can
be grateful for, even in thereason why you came to today's

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meditation, and take three deepbreaths, really standing in that

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gratitude, and if it feelsright to you, I like to close my
meditations with my hands inprayer position in front of my

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heart, with a slight bow toeverything that we did and
intended and will do.
The light in me acknowledgesthe light in you, namaste.