Mindfulness Meditation | 🤗 All Your Emotions are Valid 💚 | Guided Meditation

Guided mindfulness meditation practice to accept all your emotions as valid and normal. Improve your emotional intelligence, mental health and self awareness and approach negative emotions with a sense of peaceful acceptance.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to Soothing POD's meditation. Inthis practice, we'll lean into our emotions,
learning to approach all of them witha sense of peaceful acceptance. Start
by finding a comfortable seat in aquiet location. Rest in an easy position

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so that you're back and straighten withouthardening. Soften your shoulders away from your
ears, and relax your arms,gently cupping your palms in your lap or
on your knees if you haven't yet. Slowly close your eyes, and as

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you settle into your practice, lovinglyturn your attention to your breath. For
the next few moments, simply noticethe breath flowing in and flowing out,

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and whenever you become distracted, justcome back to your breath. Let your
inhales and exhales be your touchstone,gently calling yourself back to it each time
your mind wanders from um um umfrom and as you continue to watch your

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breath moving in and out of yourbody, let your awareness widen, allow
your inhales and exhales to stay inyour consciousness, and at the same time,
begin to lean in to see ifany emotions are currently present. There's

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no need to seek out any particularemotion, just gently ask yourself what am
I feeling right now? You mightnotice a sense of contentment, or perhaps
there is sadness. There may beloneliness or frustration. Whatever is present,

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acknowledge it, and then return toyour breath. It can be helpful to
name whatever arises, silently, sayingto yourself joy or anger or worry,

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and then return to your breath againand again. And as you continue to

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shift between breath and emotion, doyour best to simply allow whatever is there
to be there, Rather than tryingto analyze your emotions or understand why you're
feeling them, acknowledge their presence withkindness and compassion. Come back to your

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body, breathing in and breathing out. When we make room for our emotions
without trying to run away from theones that feel unpleasant or hang on to

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the ones that feel pleasant, we'redeveloping equanimity. Equanimity is the peace that
arises when we accept things exactly asthey are. Equanimity is doing our best
to stay present and open with whateverarises whenever it arises, so as best

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you can greet whatever emotion you encounterwith a sense of evenness, and if
you get overwhelmed, know that thisis okay too, with a sense of
self compassion. Just label your emotionand come back to your breath, moving

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in and moving out. Now,let your attention gently soften. Whether we

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were told to push anger down,that tears were unacceptable, or to always
stay positive, most of us grewup thinking that certain emotions were good and
others were bad, with constant messageslike good vibes only or think good thoughts
no wonder. We feel like it'snot okay to have difficult emotions, or

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like we're failing when we do.But the truth is emotions aren't good or
bad, right or wrong. Emotionsare just emotions, and they're all normal
to feel. In fact, it'shealthy to make room for all of them.
You see, we can't truly knowjoy without having experienced sadness. We

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wouldn't be able to feel calm withoutknowing turmoil. The thing is, emotions
are like waves of an ocean.They ebb and flow, rise and fall.
They can sometimes be bold and powerfuland other times feel like healing balmbs.
And just as we stand on theshore to watch the waves rolling in

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and out, we can learn toobserve our emotions without becoming them. We
can let them come and go,trusting that they will pass if we let
them. And just like we didin our meditation practice today, when we
approach our emotions with openness and equanimity, we develop a sense of ease and

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acceptance no matter how challenging things mightget. Rather than being all encompassing or
overpowering, difficult emotions become more manageable. There's a comfort in trusting that things
will pass and knowing will all beokay. And now, gently turn your

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attention back to your breath. Becomeaware of your body and space. Invite
small movements into your fingers and toes, and gently open your eyes. Enjoy

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the rest of your day, andwe'll see you again soon