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Oh no , she's talking about breathing again

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. Am I gonna have to do this ? Hold

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for four , exhale for four , breathe

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in for four and all these different

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types of breathing ? And the answer is

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no . I want

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to get really silly today

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, yet do something

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that will help you

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to feel more settled and calm

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. Let's get started . Welcome

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to Mindful Hypnosis Podcast

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. It is time to change

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your mind . Learn all

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about how to create new , helpful habits

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and mindset changes with integrative hypnosis

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Plus , with the sprinkle of mindfulness

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throughout your day , you can easily shift

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into a calmer state of mind . I

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am Cheryl , your hypnotist and

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podcast host , and I welcome you

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to a better way of living your life one

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minute at a time . Do

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you dread Monday mornings ? Or

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, worse yet , do you really hate

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Sunday evening ? When you start

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to think about Monday morning , I

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get it . If you have any kind

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of work anxiety or you worry

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about work or you can't stop thinking

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about work , I have

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a way to decrease

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your stress before you

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go to work and it will take

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you two minutes or less

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. Go on over to

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CherylJReynolds . com/stress

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less and

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watch the video . Welcome

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to Mindful Hypnosis . I am

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Cheryl , your host . A

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while back , I did a meditation

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that was called

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Breathing with your Toes , and

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, if you know my sense of humor

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, that's exactly what the meditation was

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about . There

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is something to be said for

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bringing in creativity

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and silliness and ways of

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thinking about things that are so

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out of the ordinary

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, which helps your

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brain , because your brain does not

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process things . Your subconscious mind does

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not process things in words , like

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how we speak to each other . It works

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in metaphor and story

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, and it also taps into

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fun things and things that light

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us up . We get those happy

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chemicals and we get even more outrageous

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in the way we do things , and

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that is a good thing , because our brain

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loves novelty . It loves

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newness and excitement . So

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I wanna give you a nice little

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small breathing

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technique that you can do . That

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is so fun and so calming

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and it is really good to do with kids . Now

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it is your choice whether you wanna keep your eyes

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open and closed . For most people it works

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better closed , but

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you may master the

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Jedi mind trick of keeping your eyes

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open and being able to

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visualize perfectly clear . All

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right , close your eyes . So

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I want you just to imagine now if you're driving

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please don't do this while you're driving , but I just

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want you to imagine that you're

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just breathing the way you normally breathe

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in and

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out , and

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in and out

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. You don't need to change anything

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or modify your breathing . You're just breathing

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in and out . But

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I want you to imagine , or

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just think , of what your body would

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look like if your body

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was being completely breathed

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on its own . Would

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you be fading in and

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out ? Would you

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be like a sponge that gets full

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and then it exhales and it gets

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small ? Or maybe

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you see colors , like a living

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breathing aura . But

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whatever your imagination is , just play

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with me and allow

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your body to breathe and

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as you're allowing your body to breathe

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and you're just noticing the connection between

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your body and the outside

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world , because all that air

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is just coming into every part

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of your body and then going

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right back out again , this connection

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that happens when your whole

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body breathes . And

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now I want you just to let me your imagination

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and just imagine that

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not only is your body breathing

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, but your

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ears are inhaling and

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exhaling inhaling

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and exhaling and

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as it does that , perhaps

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thoughts that you don't need just filter

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out . Maybe you

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notice more clarity in your mind

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, or maybe this makes you giggle

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, it doesn't matter , it's all play

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and fun . And

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bring your attention down to your hands

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and your fingertips

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and notice your

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left hand and

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then notice your right hand and

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notice how both of your hands

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you're breathing

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through your fingertips and

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what's fun about this is sometimes you

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may actually start to feel warmness

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and heaviness around your hands

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as well and you're

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breathing your body . You're breathing

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through your fingertips . You're inhaling

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and exhaling out your ears

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and bring your attention

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all the way down to your feet and your toes

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and just imagine if you

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had a rush of grounding

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, amazing , refreshing

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air that just comes in from

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your toes . Your

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whole body is like a magnet . And

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now the best part is

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just go up and notice

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your heart and

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notice how your heart , with

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every beat of that

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oxygenated blood , is just breathing

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itself . You

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notice that your heart is opening

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up and you're breathing through

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your heart and

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out your heart . Breathing

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through your heart and

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out your heart , it

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feels really good . You

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might even want to take a few big , deep

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breaths in and out just to

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feel the wonderful effects of your heart

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breathing , because

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the heart is a very

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strong magnet electricity

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and it draws things

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to you . It

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draws wonderful resources

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to you and it connects

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you to everybody outside

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of you , and

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you'll notice the more you start to breathe

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your body and breathe

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your heart , and

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breathe through your fingers and toes

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and inhale and exhale

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through your ears , you're

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going to notice how wonderful

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you feel . You may even

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feel silly , but does

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that matter ? Nah

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, now , the

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one last thing I would love you to do

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is become more mindful

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. When you do this , when you're

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focusing on your ears , focus

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on your ears when

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you're noticing your breathing going

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in and out and your whole body

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breathing . Notice your

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whole body moving in

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and out , notice

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your heart . Just really

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go into your body

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and notice and

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see , with that childlike wonder

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, just how

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fun this would feel

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if you could actually do

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it . I

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have a question for you that

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you may want to ask yourself what

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can I learn from this ? Take

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some time to think about that and

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then , once you get your answer , you

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can take a big , deep breath in and

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you can exhale , and then

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you can open your eyes and go about the

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day knowing that

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you can always go back to this wonderful

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form of breathing . If you're

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in a stuffy meeting , you're

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a passenger in a car going for a long

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drive , you get up in

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the morning and just want to feel more refreshed

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and settled in and just

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feel more connected

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to things that are above

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and beyond . You Do

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this breathing exercise and

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I would love to hear your experiences . Take

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a deep breath in and

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exhale . You

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want to live in the meantime

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and I will see you there one day , one minute at

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a time .