5/16/22

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  Good morning my friends and Happy Monday.

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  Welcome to another full week of mindful mornings

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  where we are practicing the art of mindfulness.

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  Now, just as a recap. What is mindfulness? Friends?

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  It means being fully here

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  focusing on where we are right now,

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  letting go of the things of the past,

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  things that have hurt us,

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  things that have scared us

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  and we focus on today,

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  we focus on right now so that we're able to be very mindful of our surroundings,

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  who we're with

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  and what we're saying.

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  It basically means you're really thinking about where you are right

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  now and who you choose to be in this moment.

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  So there are many ways that we can practice

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  mindfulness and there are so many uses for mindfulness

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  to help calm your body

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  to help prepare you for something

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  or as an activity you do every day to make sure that you are ready.

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  So for today's mindfulness activities,

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  let's be more mindful of our surroundings for today.

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  So go ahead and sit comfortably in your chair

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  and you start with your deep breath in.

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  Remember you don't have to put your hand to your chest.

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  I just like to do it because I like feeling when my lungs fill up with air

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  and when they release.

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  So you can just take your deep breath in

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  and out

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  and we're going to focus on our surroundings

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  by focusing on everything around us.

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  That is the color blue.

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  It can be any shade of blue.

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  Different shades of blue, dark blue,

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  light blue,

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  baby blue.

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  Whatever shade of blue you find

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  you're going to quietly look around the room

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  and count

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  how many items you see

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  that are this color.

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  You'll notice. Some colors are darker

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  and some blues are lighter

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  and some

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  writer.

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  Mhm.

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  Okay, friends back with me.

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  Hopefully you may have noticed all those different shades of blue

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  and maybe you noticed something that you've never noticed in your room before.

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  And that is all being mindful.

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  So, let's move on to our affirmations for the day.

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  Go ahead and repeat after me.

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  I

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  am motivated.

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  I am motivated.

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  I

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  am prepared.

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  I am prepared.

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  I am rest.

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  I am

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  rested

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  and I am ready.

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  I

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  am ready

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  now. I chose those affirmations because it is monday, it is the start of the week.

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  So,

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  we want to get our minds prepared to be all those things for the whole rest of the week.

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  So, thank you for joining us on mindful mornings,

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  friends and I will see you next time.