Ep.23 Meditation to keep you sane and centered. [ empowerment ]

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Hello, hello and welcome to the Borealis

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experience. I'm your host Aurora. And I'm so happy to be

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spending some time with you today. I hope you're doing well.

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It is Monday morning. And today I decided to

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produce an episode for you

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to be a little more resilient to the craziness that is going on

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in this world right now.

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So find a comfortable seat or lay down on the ground. Or maybe

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you took me for a walk today. Don't be driving or operating

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machinery though, because this is more a meditation style

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episode.

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Now,

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if you are seated,

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roll your shoulders up and back. Adjust your spine over your

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pelvis.

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And then tuck your chin a little bit to elongate your neck.

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You can have your hands resting on your thighs, palms down for

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more grounding sensation,

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or palms up to the sky open to the sky

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to be in a more receptive position.

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Take a deep inhale

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and exhale through your mouth.

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Maybe you had a very restful and good weekend. And this episode

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is to preserve the peace and calm

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that you were feeling over the weekend.

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If your weekend was disturbing,

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and not so wonderful. And this episode here shall bring you

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back to your inner peace.

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Now focus on your breath. And inhale through your nose for

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three to one, hold your breath a little bit.

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And then exhale 1234.

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Very good and continue breathing.

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Maybe four is not enough for you. Maybe you want to go on a

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count of five or six or seven or eight.

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Find your rhythm of deep, focused breathing.

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Sometimes when you have a hard time focusing you can place one

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hand on your chest on your heart and the other one on your belly.

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And then that makes you feel sorry, your breath even better.

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You can maybe even feel your heartbeat.

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If you're laying down on the ground

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that your heels sink heavily into the mat. your pelvis, your

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shoulders, the back of your head

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in there as well. You can place one hand onto your heart and the

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other onto your belly if that feels good.

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No that no one and nothing can take that piece

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away from you.

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This sweet sensation of

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deep relaxation

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and feeling good with yourself.

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No one can take that away.

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And I want you to remember this for the rest of the day. Maybe

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for the rest of the week.

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Deeply memorize this feeling of peace and quiet.

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Very good.

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You

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know, what I like to do?

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When I go out into the world,

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maybe for grocery shopping,

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maybe for

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other errands, I gotta run, going to the bank or

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stuff like that.

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I

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first memorize, remember myself of the steep feeling of

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relaxation.

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And then as soon as something upsetting

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is happening.

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It can be while you're driving and someone is cutting you off

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or something, I rush into birds perspective and look down on

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myself and tell myself not this situation

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is not gonna break my piece is not going to break my sweet

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experience I'm having here on planet Earth.

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This situation doesn't deserve the attention, or my energy.

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So if someone is being rude to you,

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I also tell myself a story. Why are that being rude? Why are

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they upsetting me? Is it me and my triggers that that person is

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tickling.

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Or is that person having a bad bad day, or phasing her or his

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life. And they're just taking it out on other people because they

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don't know better.

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And in telling yourself that story, you can boil things down.

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And you can evaluate,

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you can decide

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is that situation really upset me know is that person really

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going to bring out a reaction. And me that will cost me so much

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energy and just be a waste of time.

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See when you do these little meditations with me. And when

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we're finished at the end of 15 minutes.

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Imagine your batteries being full and juicy. And as soon as

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you step out into this world, soon as you go about your day

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and maybe are caught up in your thoughts again, be so strictly

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with what you allow to suck energy from you.

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And if you think about it with people, it's even easier because

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you see them in front of you and you can walk away, you cannot

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respond. You can respond in a kind way and then walk away, you

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can decide

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is that situation really upset me now is that person really

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going to bring out a reaction. And me that will cost me so much

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energy and just be a waste of time.

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See when you do these little meditations with me. And when

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we're finished at the end of 15 minutes.

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Imagine your batteries being full and juicy. And as soon as

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you step out into this world soon as you go about your day

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and maybe are caught up in your thoughts again, be so strictly

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with what you allow to suck energy from you.

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And if you think about it with people, it's even easier because

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you see them in front of you and you can walk away you can not

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respond. You can respond in a kind way and walk away.

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And is it with yourself that your brain your monkey mind is

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sucking energy from you. Then you have to set boundaries with

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yourself and sometimes that's harder because there's no one

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really that you can look at or walk away from it is your

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thoughts that are draining you. But with meditation you can

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learn to have that monkey mind better under control and to

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understand it and to turn the volume down if need be.

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So again, visualize you

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sitting or laying down, breathing in and out. And with

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every deep, genuine breath, you fill up your energy.

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And now if you go out, and about your day today, I want you to

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visualize that battery, full and juicy.

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And maybe

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you can come back home and your energy your battery was never

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drained. Maybe it was even charged, because he had really

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good interactions with people. And he had really good response

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to situations that would have triggered you in the path.

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So tonight, when you come home when you're done with your day,

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maybe when you're laying in bed,

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visualize your batteries again and see what was draining me

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today what was charging me up. And then tomorrow, you can make

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better choices, or you go about the day, the same way you did

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today.

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It is all in your hand, your peace is under your control.

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It is not the circumstances it is not the people that can

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disturb you. It is you allowing them to disturb you.

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Take a deep inhale one more time

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to the count that feels comfortable for you.

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Hold your breath at the peak.

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And then exhale, let it all out.

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Beautiful.

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Breathe here.

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internalize everything

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I have

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put out for you today.

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And see if you can work with it.

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Now bring your hands to heart center.

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If you're sitting down.

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If you are laying down, roll onto your side and slowly push

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yourself up into a comfortable seat and bring your hands to

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hide center.

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Blow Your Mind to your heart.

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May nothing and nobody disturb your peace today.

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Not even your monkey mind.

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Your mind is at peace. Your heart is at peace, your soul

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constantly expanding.

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May you respond in a way that people are maybe a little

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surprised how come you are and maybe inspired by how much you

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protect your batteries and are still a functioning member of

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society out there.

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We don't have to jump into assumptions, conclusions,

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opinions and judgments all the time. Sometimes we can just

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observe and see

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what's happening around us.

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Thank you for listening to the Borealis experience and the host

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Aurora raw. And I will be out there for you tomorrow. Again.