Loving Yourself | Nurturing Self Love & Acceptance 💚 | Self Care Mindfulness Meditation

Nurture Self Love and Acceptance: Quieting our judging mind, we learn to replace the harsh internal critique with a voice of kindness and compassion. Appreciate, love and accept Yourself at all times, just as You are!

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to Soothing POD's meditation. Inthis session, we'll explore tools for self
acceptance. Find a comfortable seat.As you gently closed your eyes, notice
your posture. Take a few momentsto adjust your body. Sit nice and

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tall with a long spine, andmake sure you're not too rigid. Allow
your shoulders to soften, resting yourhands comfortably, and as your body begins

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to relax and settle, give yourselfpermission to let go of expectations, let
go of your to do list,let go of whatever you don't need with
you in this moment. Now bringyour awareness to your breath. Notice your

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breath just as it is, insteadof trying to shape it or lengthen it.
Observe your breath in this moment.Perhaps it is naturally long or short.

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It might be shallow or quite deep. Simply allow your breath to be
exactly as it is. Follow itfrom the beginning of your inhale all the
way to the very end of yourexhale. As you breathe in, notice

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your lungs expanding as you breathe outthey empty completely. And watch the movement
of your belly. It rises asyou inhale and gently releases as you exhale

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for a few moments, place yourhands on your belly and deeply connect with
the movement. There, belly expandson the inbreath, belly surrenders on the
outbreath. Now gently release your handsback to your lap and stay present with

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your breath moving. Stay with thefull cycle of your breath. Notice the
beginning of your inhalation, the middle, and the very end of your inhalation.
There's a very little pause as yourbreath transforms into an exhalation, and

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you follow your outbreath all the wayto the end, where it transforms again
into the next inhale. When youcatch your mind wandering, bring your attention

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back to your breath with a senseof kindness. Return to the present without
judgment. Let go of your criticalvoice, let go of any belittling,
and instead find a sense of acceptance. It's okay if you get lost in

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thought, or if you lose trackof your breath. Learn to hold your
practice with acceptance and kindness, simplyreturning again and again to your breath,
moving in and moving out, yourbelly expanding and releasing. M m um

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h m hm h m hm hm. Now let your attention soften. There

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are so many pressures to look,act, and be a certain way.
From a very young age, weare taught to compare ourselves to others and
that nothing but perfection will do,and rather than celebrating our uniqueness and beauty,
we focus on our flaws and oftenend up feeling like we're not good

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enough, smart enough, or strongenough. Seeking self improvement as natural and
important, but if we come atit from a place of inadequacy, we'll
never be able to live up toour self imposed ideals. Our meditation practice
teaches us to accept the moment asit is, so why not apply that

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to ourselves? As well. Aswe quiet our judging mind, we learn
to accept ourselves just as we are. We replace the harsh internal critic with
a voice of kindness, acceptance,and compassion. And this new voice might
even teach us to appreciate ourselves andto see the beauty in our crooked nose

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and quirky habits. So the nexttime you hear self judgment, bubble up,
meet it with a few conscious,warm hearted breaths, remind yourself how
perfect you are imperfections, and allwrap yourself in total acceptance for a few
moments. Return to your breath againand send compassion out into your entire body.

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Take a deep full inhale a completeexhale. Begin to slowly move your
fingers and toes, and when you'reready, gently open your eyes. I

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hope you've enjoyed this session. Seeyou again tomorrow wo