January 23, 2023 • 10 mins
SMNTY takes a breath and relaxes after stressful holidays in a very special meditative episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and Stephan never told
your prediction, but I heart radio and welcome to another
edition of Monday Minis. Yes, we try to do different
things on Monday Minies. I guess is that kind of
(00:26):
an experiment day where we talk about news or we
might talk about things that we are feeling or current events.
There's so many things we do with this time, and
today we want to do something a little special. It
has been a really stressful holiday, I think for a
lot of us. There's been elections, there's been drama, there's
family um and that trying to come back and regroup.
(00:49):
So we thought it would be a great time to
take a little time out to do some relaxation stuff.
We did this before and our favorite person in the
world about favorite people, Eaves, had been with us and
we had already done when it was super cool because
it was a three D m hmm session. Yes, I
loved it. Did you love it? I did? Um. It
(01:12):
was one of those things where, at first, I'll be
honest with you, I kind of rolled my eyes because
we were told to do it by our company because
it was like a new technology, those China's and it's
not that I wasn't into it. I just kind of
like m M. But we did it, and when I
heard what Christina did with it, when we heard Eaves
is part because we had we did it separately, so
we hadn't heard it, it was so good and I
(01:33):
got so into it and I felt so relaxed, like
it was just beautifully done. And generally I'm pretty proud
of most everything we do, and I when I was
listening to it, I was like, I get to work
with amazing people, and I love the outcome of what
that is. And we discovered we have really interesting uh
(01:56):
therapeutic voices when we do relaxing, a relaxation at percise
as we all kind of changed tones. So it's always
fun to hear when you get to do something new. UM,
we would say, because this is a three D episode,
if you can listen through headphones, do that because it
gives you an interactive listen. If you've listened to any
of any amazing stories and fiction uh that she published
(02:19):
with Mackey, show which ones were they? But thirteen because
you did too, Thirteen Days of Halloween. I was in
season one. My stories were in season one in season three, right,
and those were the same thing with three D, super cool,
super interesting technology, and we wanted to take advantage of
that because we do have an amazing producer who does
amazing work, Thank you, Christina. Um. So we're gonna have
(02:42):
a two parter here. My part will be a breathing
exercise for relaxation, and I'm kind of doing what I
did very similar to what I did in our first
Meditation three D episode, where this is something I learned
in therapy, where you describe at place that makes you
feel really comfortable and really safe, and you kind of
sit in the feelings of that place, so tactile descriptions
(03:05):
of how things feel under your fingers, or are temperature
or sounds, um, things like that. So kind of relaxing
into a place that makes you feel safe and comfortable. Yes,
so we hope that you can take some time out
for yourself. Go sit in a chair, go relax in
(03:29):
your bedroom, have a lie down who knows, and take
a minute, close your eyes and relax with us. So
we're gonna take a moment and find a comfortable place
to rest, whether it's in your favorite chair, an empty
seat on the floor, or even lying down in your bed.
(03:50):
So let's sit together. Gently close your eyes. I'm gonna
imagine a clear meadow sitting as the quiet breeze flows
over you. You hear all the sounds of nature around you,
the rustling of the leaves of the trees, a bird
chirping in the distance. The sun warms your skin as
(04:14):
you take a moment from the craziness of your day. Now,
slowly drop your shoulders, relax your jaw, your eyebrow, your mouth,
even your tongue. We're gonna loosen our body. Continue imagining
(04:34):
the warm breeze that envelops you. Notice your body sinking
into the place you are resting. If your mind is wandering,
that's okay. Let it wander and come back to your
body as it continues to relax and loosen. So let's
concentrate on our breathing like the breeze you may be hearing.
(04:58):
We're going to whisp and release our breath, and as
the winds come back to you, we inhale. So as
we are in our relaxed position, we're going to take
a few deep breaths together, and we're gonna do it
through our nostrils, and we do it for four seconds,
and then we'll exhale for four seconds. So let's take
(05:19):
a breath in two three or and out two three four,
and in and out and in and out. We're gonna
(05:48):
continue with these breaths, loosening our bodies, in and out
and and out. I'm gonna take one last deep breath
(06:16):
and let it go into your stomach where it expands
as you take that deep breath and release. Now slowly
come back to that space in that meadow, listening to
(06:37):
the nature around you, feel that breeze, embrace you, and
as we sit slowly open your eyes, bringing awareness around you.
And with the final last breath in and out, we
(07:02):
come back, taking a moment for ourselves and remembering that
taking time for ourselves is as important as caring for others.
When I'm trying to relax or feel safe or find
somewhere that grounds me, I often imagine the beach at night,
specifically the beach outside my grandparents beach house. I imagine
(07:27):
a lying out on a soft blanket, bright green grass
swaying in a soft, warm breeze, the gentle creaking of
the oak tree that's been there since I was a child,
like a lullaby. The sunsets pinks and oranges and purples
and yellows, fading to a dark blanket of twinkling stars.
(07:49):
I could feel the tension easing out of my body
with the steady crash of waves against the shore, and
I become so much a part of that place, of
the wind, of the waves, of the air. Everything is
soft and I am warm and comfortable. The wind is
a soothing caress, and still the waves ebb and flow
(08:11):
and ebb and flow. The moonlight glitters on the water.
My body feels relaxed and safe, and we're back, and
that brings us to the end of this meditation break.
(08:34):
We hope that you enjoyed it, that it helped you
take a moment and relax. We're just, yeah, I don't know,
making time for yourself when there's so much going on,
and it has been quite stressful. Because we do enjoy
doing these I find them quite relaxing, so I hope
(08:55):
you did too. Yes, and thank you so much for
allowing us to experiment and trying with you, um and
hope that this is something that you can benefit from
as much as we do. Yes, yes, yes, yes, And
thanks a million to our super producer Christina. Without this,
without our not possible possible. If you have any meditation
(09:18):
techniques or things that help you relax, or are things
we can experiment with and try that you think would
be cool on the show, please let us know. You
can email us at Stephanie and mom Stuff at iHeart
media dot com. You can find us on Twitter at
mom Stuff Podcast or Instagram and Stuff whatever told you.
Thanks as always again to our super producer, Christina the Magician,
the magic Maker. Yes, and thanks to you for listening.
(09:42):
Stephane Never Told the Protection by Hi Radio. For more
podcast for my radio, you can check out the our
radio app, Apple Podcast or redul listen to your favorite shows,
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and Stephan never told
your prediction, but I heart radio and welcome to another
edition of Monday Minis. Yes, we try to do different
things on Monday Minies. I guess is that kind of
(00:26):
an experiment day where we talk about news or we
might talk about things that we are feeling or current events.
There's so many things we do with this time, and
today we want to do something a little special. It
has been a really stressful holiday, I think for a
lot of us. There's been elections, there's been drama, there's
family um and that trying to come back and regroup.
(00:49):
So we thought it would be a great time to
take a little time out to do some relaxation stuff.
We did this before and our favorite person in the
world about favorite people, Eaves, had been with us and
we had already done when it was super cool because
it was a three D m hmm session. Yes, I
loved it. Did you love it? I did? Um. It
(01:12):
was one of those things where, at first, I'll be
honest with you, I kind of rolled my eyes because
we were told to do it by our company because
it was like a new technology, those China's and it's
not that I wasn't into it. I just kind of
like m M. But we did it, and when I
heard what Christina did with it, when we heard Eaves
is part because we had we did it separately, so
we hadn't heard it, it was so good and I
(01:33):
got so into it and I felt so relaxed, like
it was just beautifully done. And generally I'm pretty proud
of most everything we do, and I when I was
listening to it, I was like, I get to work
with amazing people, and I love the outcome of what
that is. And we discovered we have really interesting uh
(01:56):
therapeutic voices when we do relaxing, a relaxation at percise
as we all kind of changed tones. So it's always
fun to hear when you get to do something new. UM,
we would say, because this is a three D episode,
if you can listen through headphones, do that because it
gives you an interactive listen. If you've listened to any
of any amazing stories and fiction uh that she published
(02:19):
with Mackey, show which ones were they? But thirteen because
you did too, Thirteen Days of Halloween. I was in
season one. My stories were in season one in season three, right,
and those were the same thing with three D, super cool,
super interesting technology, and we wanted to take advantage of
that because we do have an amazing producer who does
amazing work, Thank you, Christina. Um. So we're gonna have
(02:42):
a two parter here. My part will be a breathing
exercise for relaxation, and I'm kind of doing what I
did very similar to what I did in our first
Meditation three D episode, where this is something I learned
in therapy, where you describe at place that makes you
feel really comfortable and really safe, and you kind of
sit in the feelings of that place, so tactile descriptions
(03:05):
of how things feel under your fingers, or are temperature
or sounds, um, things like that. So kind of relaxing
into a place that makes you feel safe and comfortable. Yes,
so we hope that you can take some time out
for yourself. Go sit in a chair, go relax in
(03:29):
your bedroom, have a lie down who knows, and take
a minute, close your eyes and relax with us. So
we're gonna take a moment and find a comfortable place
to rest, whether it's in your favorite chair, an empty
seat on the floor, or even lying down in your bed.
(03:50):
So let's sit together. Gently close your eyes. I'm gonna
imagine a clear meadow sitting as the quiet breeze flows
over you. You hear all the sounds of nature around you,
the rustling of the leaves of the trees, a bird
chirping in the distance. The sun warms your skin as
(04:14):
you take a moment from the craziness of your day. Now,
slowly drop your shoulders, relax your jaw, your eyebrow, your mouth,
even your tongue. We're gonna loosen our body. Continue imagining
(04:34):
the warm breeze that envelops you. Notice your body sinking
into the place you are resting. If your mind is wandering,
that's okay. Let it wander and come back to your
body as it continues to relax and loosen. So let's
concentrate on our breathing like the breeze you may be hearing.
(04:58):
We're going to whisp and release our breath, and as
the winds come back to you, we inhale. So as
we are in our relaxed position, we're going to take
a few deep breaths together, and we're gonna do it
through our nostrils, and we do it for four seconds,
and then we'll exhale for four seconds. So let's take
(05:19):
a breath in two three or and out two three four,
and in and out and in and out. We're gonna
(05:48):
continue with these breaths, loosening our bodies, in and out
and and out. I'm gonna take one last deep breath
(06:16):
and let it go into your stomach where it expands
as you take that deep breath and release. Now slowly
come back to that space in that meadow, listening to
(06:37):
the nature around you, feel that breeze, embrace you, and
as we sit slowly open your eyes, bringing awareness around you.
And with the final last breath in and out, we
(07:02):
come back, taking a moment for ourselves and remembering that
taking time for ourselves is as important as caring for others.
When I'm trying to relax or feel safe or find
somewhere that grounds me, I often imagine the beach at night,
specifically the beach outside my grandparents beach house. I imagine
(07:27):
a lying out on a soft blanket, bright green grass
swaying in a soft, warm breeze, the gentle creaking of
the oak tree that's been there since I was a child,
like a lullaby. The sunsets pinks and oranges and purples
and yellows, fading to a dark blanket of twinkling stars.
(07:49):
I could feel the tension easing out of my body
with the steady crash of waves against the shore, and
I become so much a part of that place, of
the wind, of the waves, of the air. Everything is
soft and I am warm and comfortable. The wind is
a soothing caress, and still the waves ebb and flow
(08:11):
and ebb and flow. The moonlight glitters on the water.
My body feels relaxed and safe, and we're back, and
that brings us to the end of this meditation break.
(08:34):
We hope that you enjoyed it, that it helped you
take a moment and relax. We're just, yeah, I don't know,
making time for yourself when there's so much going on,
and it has been quite stressful. Because we do enjoy
doing these I find them quite relaxing, so I hope
(08:55):
you did too. Yes, and thank you so much for
allowing us to experiment and trying with you, um and
hope that this is something that you can benefit from
as much as we do. Yes, yes, yes, yes, And
thanks a million to our super producer Christina. Without this,
without our not possible possible. If you have any meditation
(09:18):
techniques or things that help you relax, or are things
we can experiment with and try that you think would
be cool on the show, please let us know. You
can email us at Stephanie and mom Stuff at iHeart
media dot com. You can find us on Twitter at
mom Stuff Podcast or Instagram and Stuff whatever told you.
Thanks as always again to our super producer, Christina the Magician,
the magic Maker. Yes, and thanks to you for listening.
(09:42):
Stephane Never Told the Protection by Hi Radio. For more
podcast for my radio, you can check out the our
radio app, Apple Podcast or redul listen to your favorite shows,
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