Ep.18 Meditation #7 For when you feel exhausted.

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Hello, hello, and welcome to the Borealis

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experience meditations. I'm your host Aurora. Thank you so much

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for inspiring me motivating me to meditate each day.

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I'm trying to post a meditation for you, for every area in your

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life for every mood, so that you can conveniently choose whatever

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is best for you today, we all go through different phases and

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live through different times. And I just want to make sure

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that we find something for everybody here.

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So today's episode is a meditation for when you feel

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exhausted.

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In my podcast, we will explore which areas in your life are

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sucking energy out of you, instead of

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making you feel good about yourself and others. What is it

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that depletes your energy.

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But today we want to focus on when it's too late when you feel

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exhausted.

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And maybe it is in the morning, maybe it is in the evening.

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Excuse me.

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Don't be driving, don't be operating machinery.

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Today, I suggest you lay down on your back or you go into child's

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pose. If you don't know how a child's pose look like looks

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like please stop the meditation right here and look it up on

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Google. Otherwise, you're basically sitting on your knees,

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your bum is resting on your heels. And then you fold your

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torso over your thighs so that your forehead is touching the

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floor, your shin, your feet, maybe even your shoulders, you

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have your arms alongside your body and the palms open up to

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the sky.

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It's a very restorative pose that I like to take whenever I

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feel exhausted or sad or

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just empty

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when you lay down on the floor

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I want you to

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sink in heavily into your mat or into the ground.

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Tuck your chin slightly so that your neck is nice and long.

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And then open up your palms to the ceiling have your arms a

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little bit further apart from your body, not T shaped but say

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30 degrees

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away from your body on the ground resting.

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Now your legs if you lay down are also

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maybe one feet and a half apart

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and your feet are kind of opening up to the side

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falling to the side heavily

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come into your breath

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and thank yourself for showing up today. I

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think it's the hardest thing to do when you feel exhausted

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already. Then you just want to

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stay on your phone longer

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slouch on the couch, emotionally eat

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whatever you do when you feel exhausted and want to feel

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energized again.

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But the biggest favor you can do yourself

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is just be with yourself for a couple minutes.

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Come back to your breath

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maybe you can have a window open.

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Maybe it's not cold outside, maybe you have really good air

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to breathe in and out

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notice the cold air coming through your nose

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and warm air coming back out your mouth

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with every inhale you take,

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you bring oxygen into your body, you nourish and energize your

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body.

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With every exhale you take, you provide food for the plants

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around us.

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And you get rid of

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gases that we don't need inside of our body

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and water to

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inhale.

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Times when we feel exhausted, it is that we over consumed

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something. We get bombarded with news every day. Maybe you had to

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go through a fight. Maybe you feel sad for a long time already

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because of COVID Never ending

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as usually things that

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affect us from the outside

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and drain us. But from the inside we can

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kind of make room for goodness again and for energy.

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So now imagine that every time you inhale, you make space.

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For goodness,

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exhale, exhale the stuff that you soaked up that is not making

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you feel good.

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And then inhale

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and exhale

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then maybe emphasize on exhaling. If you feel exhausted,

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you want to let go more.

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So big inhale and then longer exhale

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and then inhale

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and exhale

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if a child's pose is new to you and feels uncomfortable by now

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then please feel free to go into

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laying onto your back.

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If you feel good and Child's Pose, then

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try to focus on breathing into your lower back.

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The lower back is

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very, very sensitive when it comes to stress and exhaustion.

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It usually tenses up.

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An inch Chad's pose you can

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over your breath, massage it

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and really guiding your breath to the lower back.

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totally relax your shoulders down. Let the mount over your

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knees.

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When you lay back on the floor at the mount

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into the ground.

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Remember your face beautiful resting bitchface

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relax the little muscles around your eyes around your mouth.

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Relax your jaw

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and again, some deep gratitude into your heart

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because you're doing exactly the red thing for yourself today.

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Come back to your breath.

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Focus on big inhale

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and big exhale

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maybe you want to set an intention for the rest of your

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day. Maybe you want to be mindful,

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super caring with yourself.

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Maybe you want to go to bed right away and just sleep.

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Maybe you want to have a big glass of water. Really good

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nourishing food.

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Set your intention now for what feels best for you.

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Big inhale

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and exhale

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now if you're wearing Child's Pose, slowly come on up into a

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kneeling position or easy seat.

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If you're laying down on the floor, you can stay there or

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come to a seat as well

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and then bring your hands to your heart

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bow your head down and gratitude

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you are not a victim of external circumstances. You shine your

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own light,

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your own energy

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protected fiercely

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don't hide it.

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Relax into it.

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We need you out there.

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You're never alone.

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Take good care of yourself.

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Namaste.

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Thank you so much for listening to this meditation here on the

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Borealis experience. I hope you feel more relaxed, more

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energized maybe

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if you want to drink a big glass of water

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and spend a good rest of your day.

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I'll be sending out

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another meditation very soon. Thank you so much for supporting

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me. Bye bye