EP. 1 Explicit Meditations - Check in with yourself [self-care]

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Hello, hello, and welcome to the Borealis

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experience. I'm your host Aurora, licensed life coach and

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companion on this beautiful journey called life. I'm very

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excited to kick start this new season. And every Monday, I will

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record an episode for you. As an inventory check, where are you

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at? How do you feel? What are your thoughts like, because

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during this time a year, and it's gonna get even crazier with

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Christmas, we can reflect about our last couple of weeks last

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couple months. And by allowing some space, some silence, some

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reflection, make better decisions for the future. So

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now, it's not Monday, today, it's Sunday. I also want to give

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you fair warning that I will probably be swearing at times I

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have these episodes. These episodes sorry, marked as

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explicit. So of course, I will adhere to that. And be totally

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raw with you. I'm a big fan of realness. And of course, this

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doesn't always mean that you have to be swearing, and blunt.

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But I want to keep it most authentic and not hold back.

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Also, podcasting is one of the only channels so to say to reach

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people in the world that is not restricted, not controlled. And

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that might be changing in the future. So until then, I will

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make sure to be my most authentic self and hope that

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it's never going to change. Alright, let's get into this

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first session of season number eight. If you are driving

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operating machinery, please do not close your eyes and maybe

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even skip this episode. I'm not going to put you in a trance,

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but I'm definitely going to put you in a very comfortable space,

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let's call it space. So if you have a couch, if you have a

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comfortable floor to lay on, if you have a bed close by, feel

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free to just lay down. And if you'd rather be sitting up

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straight, that's good to make sure that your pelvis is tipped

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forward so that your spine as naturally straight without big

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muscle tension. Maybe bring your shoulders up to the ears and

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then back down a couple of times. Notice if there is any

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tension in your neck that can be released. And if you're laying

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down, that's usually way easier to be aware of tension because

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you feel the ground you feel the support of Mother Earth. And you

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can feel your body being tensed in certain areas and relaxed and

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others and we want to make sure that your body is relaxed and

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balanced because your body constantly communicate

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communicates to your brain how add fields if every need is met

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or not. Most of us choose to ignore our physical needs. But

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some of us are pretty good at noticing imbalances and then

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addressing them right away. So no matter where you're at right

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now, relax and this might sound triggering because maybe you

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cannot relax right now. Then I do not want you to beat yourself

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up. But keep listening and allow some space. Take a deep breath

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in through your nose and then exhale through your mouth. And

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this doesn't have to become an extensive breathwork practice

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but maybe notice how your exhale can be slightly longer than your

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inhale so on So again, inhale through your nose, exhale

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through your mouth whatever you're going through right now,

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then chances are that you are going through something if

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you're listening to this and most of us are indeed going

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through something right now. Know that right now you are in a

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safe space, you are connecting back to yourself. You're

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allowing yourself to be you saw at the beginning how long the

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episode is gonna be. So you can allow your mind especially your

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monkey mind to tune out for a second no problem solving, no

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brainstorming, no to do lists, just for a couple of minutes. Be

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with yourself. Be with your body. And other big inhale

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through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Relax the

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muscles around your eyes. Relax the muscles around your ears,

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the little muscles on your forehead. Yes, felt is relaxed

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and wide open. Your shoulders are relaxed. Your upper arm,

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your four arm on the right side is relaxed. Same goes for your

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left upper arm, your left for arm. Your hands notice your

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hands. You can have your palms facing up to the sky or down if

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that feels more safe. Your belly is relaxed, your back is

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relaxed. Your pelvis is relaxed, your legs, your knees, your

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calves, your feet

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take another deep inhale through your nose and exhale as if you

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were able to let all your problems sorrow grief, anger

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frustration go with that exhale make it intentional just for a

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couple minutes let everything go know that everything will be

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provided at the right time your problems will be resolved at

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some point or another and that along your journey you can't

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forget about yourself what is the self anyways? What do you

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identify with? What do you identify with and could actually

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let go off once and for all Are you your body? I you your job? I

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you the position that you hold and your family or are you the

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entity observing yourself right now? From above from birds

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perspective and if you can go into birds perspective and just

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hover your consciousness over your body. I want you to gaze

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down and look at yourself with the most kindest loving eyes

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You're wonderful, you are amazing. You are unique and very

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special and your ways. You deserve to feel loved and

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supported. You deserve to feel joy and lightness. And trust me

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when I first guide people through relaxing moments like

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this, my monkey mind was just kicking in and saying, oh my god

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these affirmations are pathetic. She's probably reading it from a

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book. She's just saying it because it's her job she doesn't

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even know me. Let your ego aside put it in the back seat and have

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your heart at the steering wheel opening up like a flower and

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receiving the ceiling words and vibes you are needed in this

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world. You are appreciated. You are understood allow a couple of

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more moments of this to see silence of letting go. I'm gonna

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leave you with this. Until next time