Calm and Connected: A Guided Meditation

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Hello and welcome back
to Practically Magic.

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This is Courtney Pearl, your host.

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Folklorist, witch, healer.

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Today I'm coming back to you in 2025.

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We took a little mini hiatus
in season 2 to get some growth

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happening at Ride the Wave Media.

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I'm very excited about some new
changes that are coming up and new

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ways to invite guests to join us.

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So, I am recording from the cave.

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My favorite place to do my podcast.

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You'll see my artwork in the background.

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For those of you who are listening
to audio, you need to go on YouTube

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and see the YouTube video to be
able to see my incredible outline

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here of, uh, where I record.

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It's 2025.

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Uh, I didn't mind taking a little break
as we were going into the new year and,

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um, allowing myself to have a little
bit of a mental health check because

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things going on in the world right now
can be real heavy, real scary, um, and

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yeah, without getting too political,
just, uh, finding little ways for me

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to feel okay and comfortable and safe
in my own skin and So in light of that,

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I'm gonna go ahead and pull a card.

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You guys, I just got a new deck.

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I know I say that a lot.

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I kind of get a new deck a
lot, but I did get a new deck.

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It is the Ethereal Visions tarot deck.

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That was my first tarot deck.

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Um, if you remember, I have done readings
for the beginning of our show, pulled a

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card from the Ethereal Visions deck, which
I love, but I have always had my eye on

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the Luna edition, and I finally got it.

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Here is the card I have
pulled for our episode today.

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Um, and if you'll notice, if you go to
YouTube and you're able to watch the

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video, you will see that the Luna deck
has this incredible prismic, colorful.

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Ooh, it just makes me shiver.

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It's so beautiful.

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It's, uh, where the gold foil is in
the, uh, original deck that I have.

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This one is like a colorful
rainbow prism, which is why I

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named my business Prism Healing.

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So if you know, You know,
this is my favorite color.

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So, you'll see, like, the
beautiful shimmery colors on there.

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Oh, it makes me so happy!

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I'm so excited.

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But, um, this Eight of Swords is
the card that I chose for today's

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episode, which is very appropriate.

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Right now, the image itself is giving,
like, I'm not quite ready to deal.

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with what's going on.

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Uh, she is the image of this woman.

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She's wrapped up in, um, you
know, tied up like bondage.

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She's got ropes.

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She's got, um, her hands tied up.

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She's got blindfold over her eyes.

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This is the energy or vibe I'm
getting right now when I read the

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news or I'm on social media too much.

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I'm a little bit too in it.

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And I think to myself, Oh my
gosh, I don't have the energy

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or the capacity to deal with it.

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With what is going on in the world today.

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And I'm really, truly concerned
for people and, and just all

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my love goes out to them.

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Um, and in every way that I can, I will
advocate for the people who are going

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to be, who continue to be marginalized.

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And so part of me is kind of
in this state of like, I don't

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even want to see or hear it.

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I have a little trick where I go on social
media, I engage with social media only

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enough for me to, um, you know, check out
what my friends are doing, support people

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that need support and, um, and make a post
or, um, create content of my own and then

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I pause the app for the rest of the day.

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So if you've been trying to message me
on social media and I don't respond the

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same day it's because you are posting
and messaging me after I pause the app

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and I'm doing that for my own personal.

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mental health.

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So yeah, she's just a little
bit like I'm not dealing with

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what's going on right now.

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But the good news is, and I love the
image of the eight swords are actually

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in the ground around her, um, which
creates this vibe of trust, right?

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Like whatever's going on.

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Sometimes when we don't have control
over what's going on and we don't know

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We can't possibly do enough to, um, to
change what's going on at the moment.

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It might be a good idea to preserve
what you can of your own, and then

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allow yourself to, um, to trust.

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The universe has your
back one way or another.

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Um, and you know, some people laugh when
the word universe is used like that.

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Um, I honestly fill in the blank.

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I don't care what word you use.

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Uh, I think universe is universal.

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And for you science y people,
when we say universe, the mystics

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and the, and the energy people
like me, when we say universe, we

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don't actually mean the universe.

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We mean Like the planets and stars
and stuff are not like coming

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around being like, what do you want?

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What do you need?

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I'll help you.

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No, it's more like the
universal source energy.

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Okay.

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So energy starts somewhere, something
created at the ripple effect that

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became frequency and that became
form and function and, um, sound and

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color and substance and geometry.

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There is something that started
all of that and it came from

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a high vibrational frequency.

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So this universal source
of energy is on your side.

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Um, without a consciousness,
just it serves you what you

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are aligning yourself with.

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So if it was a deity.

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With a personality and a choice,
it would be like your best

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bud is like, what do you need?

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Just ask.

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Okay?

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If you want to destroy
your life, I'm here.

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I'll help you.

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We can destroy your life together.

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If you want abundance and good
things, I will, I will also do that.

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So it's like, whatever you ask for,
so be careful what you ask for.

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Maybe it's like a genie.

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While I'm creating metaphors on the spot,
I'm just thinking to myself, it's kind

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of like that old, um, be careful what
you wish for, the, uh, the monkey's paw

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type folklore where, um, a lot of those
stories are, are warnings of when you

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ask for something, be careful how you
word it because you are going to get

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what you want and if it isn't exactly
what you want and you asked for it.

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Then you really asked for it,
so you may regret it, but This

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is the card that we are going to
go with today for our episode.

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Oh My gosh, I've got so many exciting
things on the horizon a list of Really

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amazing episode ideas that we are coming
up with some require a little bit of time

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and research and I am working on that
um You will see that in the last episode

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that I recorded about death and grief,
we are moving into a space where, um, I

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would like to share more with you about
what, how it is that I have experienced

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and seen the ways of the universe
working in my life and will be able to,

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um, to find those solutions together.

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So today is going to be a special
episode because I am not going to,

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um, stick with the norm, as it were.

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I'm not going to be teaching on
a subject, but I'm going to do

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a guided meditation with you.

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Um, so this is going to be a
special episode, maybe a little bit

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preserved in its own category of
episodes that I would like to share with

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you what it can be like to get into a
space of connection When we are feeling

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competitive, when we are feeling, um,
tension and, you know, in our fight

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flight freeze or fawn, um, type of
stress, the way that we can step out of

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that or break that cycle and to be in
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frequency for what we need to accomplish
and to align ourselves with our purpose.

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Um, I often teach the Cs.

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Uh, when it starts with a C, the words
that start with C are all things that

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we know we are really in our true self.

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We are really in our best
frequency for getting things done.

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And they all start with the letter C. So
this is how I help my art students and

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my little guys to understand it, but.

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When you're making decisions, when you're
trying to get things done, Calm, Curious,

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Creative, Connected, Compassionate.

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These are all the kind of C words
that you will want to engage with,

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and then you know when you're in
that state that you are really being

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the most productive that you can be.

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And the thing about being curious and
compassionate, specifically, is that

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it allows judgment to be put aside.

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Um, and as we talked about in the alchemy
episode, if you missed it, please go

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back because that's a fantastic episode.

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We talked about how shame isn't
necessarily an emotion of its own.

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We talked about how it's really the lens
in which we see the world and ourselves.

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So if we're seeing ourselves in a, in
a space of shame, what we're going to

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be doing is we're going to be judging
ourself or others with that lens on.

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So, um, actions we've done in our past,
um, or even just this morning, um, the

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way that we have engaged with a problem
or a challenge that we've come across,

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we're coming from a place of judgment.

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We're usually not very
compassionate with ourselves.

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We're usually saying, see, this
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person or that I'm not worthy.

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I'm not good enough.

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Um, because look at how
I handled this situation.

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And then there we are,
shrouding ourselves in shame.

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Um, this is going to create more
stress and more problems than

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it actually is going to solve.

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So, if we can engage with certain
difficulties in our life through the

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lens of compassion, again engaging
with a more high frequency and lower

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stress vibe, What we're going to
be doing is we're actually going to

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be compassionate towards ourselves.

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I only did the best that
I could in the moment.

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When I know better, I do better.

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I'm a good person that just
happened to be struggling.

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This is the kind of thought process
that would happen in that sort of state.

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Um, I have compassion for myself and
I also have compassion for others.

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So when we engage with other people where
judgment is concerned, when judgment

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comes into play, and I'm not saying
you're a bad person for using judgment.

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Judgment is a tool, right?

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It helps us stay safe sometimes.

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It's not a bad thing.

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But when judgment comes into play
towards other people, we are often

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thinking to ourselves, I have no idea
why that person did what they did.

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I cannot even, uh, begin to understand
how a person would do what they just did.

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And, um, clearly they are not thinking
straight or they are not smart or

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they, you know, whatever, or they're
mean, they're a bad person, right?

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We have a tendency to do this when
we don't understand other people.

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But if you go back to the episode that
I talked about when I talked about

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neuropathways and I talked about how
our brains are mapped, Every person,

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no matter what their experience is,
even if their experiences are pretty

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identical to our own, which isn't
possible, but let's just say it was

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possible for everyone, for two people
to have the exact identical experiences,

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they are going to make different neural
pathways to cope with those experiences.

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And all neural pathways are, are a way to
get a chemical need met and avoid pain.

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So, for an entire lifetime, The
person you are engaging with has been

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creating a neural map in their brain
to help them cope with things that were

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difficult and to get their needs met.

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And their map looks completely
different than your map.

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So they may be engaging in the
world in ways you do not understand.

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And when you're in a state of compassion,
it allows you to understand just that.

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Just that.

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I don't need to understand why
they're doing what they're doing.

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I just need to know without a doubt
that this person is doing what they're

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doing to try to get a need met.

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And this is the only way they know how.

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This is the way their brain maps
have told them to get that need met.

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So in engaging with compassion, I'm
just going to look at this person

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and say, Oh, I have compassion for
you because Whether it works or

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not, this is the only way they know.

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You know how to solve a problem, to engage
with a challenge, to face an obstacle.

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And you don't know any other way.

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No one has ever shown you and
you never, you know, have had an

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opportunity to change how you do things.

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So we're going to have
compassion for ourselves.

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You're going to have
compassion for others.

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We're going to look at them with
curiosity rather than judgment.

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So I'm curious about this.

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I'm curious about why.

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I'm curious about how this was handled.

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I'm curious to find out more about this,
rather than I'm placing a judgment as

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good or bad, and that's how I'm going to
see and perceive this whole situation.

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I'm going to specifically engage with
this, with you today, in this episode

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as It's a guided meditation to help us
overcome what can feel very lonely and

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isolating because it's a theme that has
been coming up for a lot of people lately.

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And when I see a lot of people doing
and struggling and coming to terms

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with the same kind of thing all at
once, same time, I think to myself,

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there's probably an astrological reason.

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There's probably an energetic reason.

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There's probably a way in which the world
has been, uh, throwing this into our face,

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the universe, if you will, throwing this
into our face and allowing us to say,

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this is something you need to work on.

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And so I would like to begin
by saying, please do not, uh,

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listen to this guided meditation.

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If you are driving, In case it happens
to make you very relaxed and tired, I

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wouldn't want you to close your eyes while
driving or fall asleep while driving, so

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make sure that you pause this, download
it, listen to it later, um, if you can,

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um, you know, figure out a time when it
would be good for you to sit and work and

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listen through this meditation with me.

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I am going to use drumming, which
I use a lot in my healing practice.

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I use during reiki and
chakra drumming sessions.

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Um, drumming is a really powerful
tool and I highly recommend that

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anybody who likes drums and likes the
rhythmic deep sounds of the drum to

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purchase your own drum for yourself.

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You do not have to be a musician.

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I am not a musician.

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Um, not really.

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Uh, but I do engage with the drum
a lot and It has some scientific,

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if you're hearing that echo, it's
my drum, uh, it has some scientific

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correlations to drumming rhythmically
or randomly for 20 minutes can

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help ease, um, addiction cravings.

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It can regulate the body.

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It can break the cycle of stress.

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And so if you are having anxiety
or you are having, um, you know,

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Something that correlates with that,
uh, which anxiety and addiction

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are a lot in the same circle.

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Like they're two sides of the same coin.

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I go into a lot of that when I
talk about neuropathways too.

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So go back to that episode if you
don't know what I'm talking about.

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But they look the same in the brain maps.

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So if you are feeling anxious or you're
having addiction cravings, drumming

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has a way of, um, allowing the body
to access alpha brainwave states, um,

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in a way that, uh, even transcendental
meditation has been proven, uh, to

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not be effective for some people.

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And drumming was effective.

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So, I use drumming.

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And hopefully the sound is carrying
through the microphone as you

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can hear the drumming sound.

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And I want you to do this when
you can be comfortable in a

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place sitting or laying down.

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You can also play some 528 hertz
music on the background of this.

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Maybe I'll ask my producer
if we can do that.

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You can play some of your own.

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Ask you to do is we're
gonna do a body scan.

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So I want you to think of the zones of
your body starting first with the head.

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And then the neck area
is going to be zone one.

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And I want you to relax
every muscle in zone one.

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I want you to think of the jaw muscles,

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the muscles around your ears, and neck.

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And as you take some deep breaths,
Give every muscle permission to relax.

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Away from the body.

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Moving to Zone 2.

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Your shoulders, your arms,

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your upper torso.

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Most people hold the most
tension in these areas.

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I want you to take a breath.

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On the exhale, you're gonna feel
every one of those muscles relax.

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Let your shoulders drop
away from the ears.

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Muscles are melting away from the bone.

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Let your hands fall open.

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In

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zone three, we're going to work
the lower torso and pelvis.

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Just allow all Muscles and any tension
that you can pinpoint in these areas

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of the body and let them relax.

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Zone four,

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upper thighs.

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Some people hold a lot
of tension here as well.

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When you feel like you've
been holding yourself up and

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supporting yourself for a while.

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Overworked, Exhausted.

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Zone 5, all the way down to your feet.

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I want you to let your feet fall open.

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If you're laying down, let them
spread to where they're pointing

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your toes in different directions.

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If you're sitting in a chair,
let your feet fall to the floor.

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Lay flat on the floor.

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As I say each one of these zones again,
you're going to scan the body in each

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zone and find any more spots that
have tension that need to be released.

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Almost like you're the head of
the conference table, you get

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to tell each zone to release.

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Relax to let go.

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Five,

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four.

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Now draw your attention
to your mind's eye.

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With your eyes closed,

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I want you to visualize yourself

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walking through a dense

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but welcoming forest.

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On a path.

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Bare feet touching the soil.

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On the path.

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Soft.

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Dark brown.

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Moist.

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As if you're walking on a pillow.

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Immense.

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Imagine that all around you
are tall, deep green trees.

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So thick.

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Is this forest that you
cannot see the sun in the sky?

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When you notice small,
deep, green, green trees.

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Glittering slivers of sunlight that
peek through the leaves and shine

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down on the undergrowth of the forest,

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creating a magical,

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Whimsical and warm feeling all around you.

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Listen for the birds chirping in
the trees above your head, and

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as you walk this path,
you come to a clearing,

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but the clearing is at.

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Actually, the side of a cliff,
you approach slowly and carefully

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to not be afraid of the heights.

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And you notice that this cliff,
The canyon is connected to a cliff

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on the other side of the canyon

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by a wood and rope bridge.

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First, this bridge looks like this.

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You look slightly

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rickety and unsafe

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and you question whether you should
trust it to hold you if you were to

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cross the canyon at such heights and
continue on the path on the other side.

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And as you gaze across the
bridge, you see a person that

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you know is on the other side.

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This person is someone in your life who
you want desperately to be connected with.

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Someone you love.

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And you crave time with them.

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Connection with them.

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And you know that in order to
go and be with them now, You

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will have to cross this bridge.

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So you take one step onto the first
plank of wood, grasping the rope

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on either side with your hands.

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The wood is able to hold your weight, even
when you hear some small creaking sounds.

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And the sound of the tension on the rope.

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You begin to take each step.

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With more and more confidence.

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You realize this bridge is
stronger than you thought it was.

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And as you get closer, And
closer to the other side,

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you actually can hear this person
cheering you on, encouraging you.

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You can feel their enthusiasm that soon
you will cross the bridge and be together.

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You can feel their cheer.

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As their face.

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Comes more and more clear in your view.

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You see the big smile on their face

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at their excitement.

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You are almost here.

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There are open, wide,

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ready to embrace you,

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and

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even as a view of the planks of woods.

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That you step on seem a little shaky.

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You keep going, one foot
in front of the other

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until you finally reach the other side,

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hand in hand,

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joined with this person,
and you can finally connect.

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And walk together

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on the path

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through the forest,

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talking,

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laughing,

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catching up on all the things that you've
wanted to tell them and hear from them,

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proud of yourself for spanning
Keeping the distance between you,

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as

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you walk through the forest,

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closer and closer into the light,

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until there is nothing but light
around you, and the forest is

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quiet, and the Disappeared.

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Faded away.

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And you take that love and connection you
have with you as you return to your body.

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Counting down now.

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You're going to reconnect
with the zones of your body.

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Three.

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Five.

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Three.

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Pull your fingers together.

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Eyes open, wide awake.

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Eyes open, wide awake.

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Take a deep breath.

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Return to your body and your awareness.

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This guided meditation today
is to help you reconnect with

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those that you may have lost.

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Found distance with either,
uh, emotionally or physically.

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And to feel less isolated and alone.

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Remembering that you do have people
you are connected with, even when

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you are not with them in the moment.

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Replay this meditation when you are
feeling that you need to reconnect

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with someone, that maybe there is
tension or disagreement between you

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and someone you care about, and this
will help bridge the gap between you

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and help you to feel more connected.

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I would like to take this opportunity to
invite you to my website, prism healing.

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com.

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I have a couple of classes online and
in person that are available to you.

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Go to my events for online classes.

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You will see a My Body, My Dance
class coming up soon, which I am

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hoping to make a regular thing.

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It's my own way of resistance.

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Also, I have a Rituals and Spells
class that I'll be doing online soon.

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Um, if you missed the first one,
I will be posting that again.

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Uh, and the next one that I'll be
doing, it's a class to help you

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to put together your own rituals
and spells for your own purposes.

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And what that means for you when
you're engaging with the ritual.

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Spirituality in your own way.

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Um, I also have my services available,
which is Chakra Drumming, which I can

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do, uh, online or in person, Reiki
Healing, and, um, Integrated Processing

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Technique Emotional Processing Sessions.

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Deeply, deeply powerful inner child work.

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If you are willing to give that a
try for your own healing experiences.

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And then I'm going to take this
opportunity to thank my producer, Just

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Blane, who works so hard to make these
episodes, uh, the best that they can

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be and release them to the world and
have this content be available to you.

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Uh, so thank you, Just Blane and Ride
the Wave Media for being my producer.

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If you'd like a podcast of your own,
please reach out because they, um,

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make it so easy and amazing to be
able to put together a podcast and

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release it Um, if you are a business
or, uh, an entity that would like to

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sponsor episodes and be mentioned or
have promotions going on during the

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episodes, I am very interested in talking
about sponsorship, uh, opportunities.

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So please reach out to
me for that as well.

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Um, and if you like this episode or any of
the previous episodes that I have done on

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Practically Magic, don't forget to like.

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Share with a friend.

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There are particular episodes that I
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through something very specific, like
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a little bit more about a certain subject.

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If I have an episode about
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So, please do so if you
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And, um, for listening.

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Thank you so much for listening.

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Go make magic in your life, witches
and wizards, because you are a magical

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and powerful being and don't forget it.