5/19/22
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Audio Transcript Auto-generated
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Good morning my friends and welcome to another
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day of mindful mornings where we are practicing
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mindfulness
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and mindfulness means
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to be calm
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to be aware of where you are, who you're with,
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what you're saying, what you're thinking, what your body is feeling, how you feel.
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All of that is being
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mindful.
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It means listening to the things around you and paying close attention
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to where you are.
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So for today's mindfulness activity friends,
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I'm going to bring out our mindfulness jaw.
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So we'll start by taking our deep breath in
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and out
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and we can also practice more breathing as we watch the mindfulness teacher.
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So our mindfulness jar helps us be mindful
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because when we have so many thoughts and worries
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and just things that we're thinking about constantly.
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It feels like a tornado
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in our head
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in our minds.
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So if you imagine that this is your brain, this is your mind
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and there's so many things you're thinking about
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like summer and homework and grades and our friends and our family, our parents,
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our pets, that thing that happened yesterday, that thing that happened last week.
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All the things that we're going to think about for next week,
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all of those responsibilities and worries and thoughts
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you can make it feel
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like our brain is in a tornado
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and we can't really think or learn very well if our minds are in a tornado.
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So mindfulness jars, help us imagine
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all those worries,
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all those thoughts,
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all of those fears and responsibilities and things
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that are just weighing on our shoulders,
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they help us imagine them slowly
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coming down.
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So if you notice
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all the glitter
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is slowly coming down
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and the jar is getting clearer
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and clearer,
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just like our minds get more clear
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when we take the time to be mindful
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and calm our bodies
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and breathe.
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Eventually the glitter comes down,
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they're still there.
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That doesn't mean they're not going to get done.
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We're not going to think about them anymore,
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but they're more towards the bottom and they leave space
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for us to be able to think clearly
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about whatever is going on.
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So next time you feel like your mind is in a tornado,
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you can imagine all of those worries
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coming down.
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They were in a mindfulness jar
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and they're settling
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and you're able to start to think
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more clearly
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as the drug clears.
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So that was our mindfulness activity.
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Let's go ahead and move on to our affirmations for the day.
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Go ahead and repeat after me. Friends,
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I
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am a leader.
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I am a leader.
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I am a learner.
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I am a learner.
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I
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am important.
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I am
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important.
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The last one, I am kind.
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I am kind.
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That was our mindful mornings for today.
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Friends, thank you for joining me and I will see you next time