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Welcome to the Meditation Minis podcast, mind-shifting

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meditations to help you feel better

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fast, with your host, hypnotist, Shel

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Make yourself comfortable. And

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when you're ready, close your eyes

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or stare at

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a spot in front of you. And

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take one slow breath in

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through your nose or your mouth. Whatever

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feels best for you right here,

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right now. and

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allow yourself to begin to settle in,

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listening to the sound of my voice

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and the music playing in

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the background. As

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you breathe in, pause the breath

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at the top for a moment and

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then exhale again, pausing

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at the end of

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the exhale for a brief moment and

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then breathing in again and

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continuing this for three

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to five breaths, pausing

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at the end

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of the inhale and

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pausing at the end

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of the exhale. And

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throughout the next few minutes that we have together, anytime

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that thoughts come up,

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I'd like to invite you to relax into them,

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just smile at them,

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send them a little

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love because

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your brain's job is to think.

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And so it may think some

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thoughts here or

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there. And the

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more that we accept that

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with calm love, the

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easier it is for the thoughts to

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quiet down again. So

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breathe, pause and

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notice and then

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smile and let it go

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as you

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return to your breathing and

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return to the music in

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your own inner experience of

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letting go. Letting

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go of stress, cares

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and worries, letting go of

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fears and frustrations and

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doubts, just setting them aside for

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a time knowing that you

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can pick those buckets of

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junk back up when

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you come out of this meditation. If

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you choose, the choice

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will be yours to do. But

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I think you'll find as you continue

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to relax in this way that

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those things that a

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few minutes before seemed so

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important begin to become

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more and more distant,

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more and more faded. Sometimes

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you and I both know that

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at the end of our lives,

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the majority of the things

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that we got stressed or

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upset or anxious about will

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seem utterly unimportant.

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And so take another deep breath

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and exhale all the

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remaining stress, cares and

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worries now. And

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what would it be like if

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you were to fire? Maybe at the beach or the lake or

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the desert or even a large

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wide open field. Maybe

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there's mountains in the distance. This

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space where

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there's a wide open sky

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and a large vista

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for you to look out

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upon, calming, clearing,

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relaxing and

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focusing all at

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once the

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way that wide open spaces often

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do. And

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as you imagine this, what would it feel

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like and be like to

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begin to notice the light

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changing as

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the sun begins

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to ever so slowly

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set in

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the distance, the

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colors changing,

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the lilacs, the

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oranges, the deepening blue.

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As you breathe and be,

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allowing the sun to set and

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the stars to

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begin to twinkle. And

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getting a sense that

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everything is right in

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the world in this moment,

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right here, right

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now. The

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job that we have here in

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front of us is

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to extend this perfect

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moment more

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and more each

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and every day throughout

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our day in

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so many ways. And

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as the sun finally sets, you

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can choose, if you choose,

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to just lie back and

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look up at

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the stars, so many

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stars there

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in the night sky, feeling

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that connected wonder

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of life. As

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you settle more and more

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into appreciating

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that connected wonder

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of life. Preparing

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yourself now to open your eyes.

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Thank you so much for spending some of your

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day with me today. I'm Michelle Hamilton. This is

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the meditation menu. podcast. I've completed

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my sabbatical from seeing one-on-one clients

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and my schedule will be opening

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up again for one-on-one sessions. If

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you would like to get notified

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the moment that happens, drop me

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an email at my personal

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email address

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chelhamilton at gmail.com and

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I will be sure to let you

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know the moment the scheduling link is

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available. Thank you so much for tuning

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in and create an amazing day!