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Welcome. This is the meditation for the morning. For the body to wake into. Whatever shape the body is
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in today.
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You can stay lying down for this one. There's no need to sit up. There's no need to do anything
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except be here.
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If you just open your eyes, that's enough.
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If you've been up a while, then that's enough too.
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Wherever you are, that's where we begin.
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So just become aware of your breath.
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Let it breathe in, calm. Let it breathe out, relax. You don't have to do anything with your breath.
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You don't have to do anything but allow your body to relax.
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Your body knows how to relax and knows how to breathe. And
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just notice that you're here. In
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this body. On this morning. On this day that hasn't quite started yet.
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There's no rush. The day will come when it comes. For now, this is the space before.
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You don't have to be ready for anything yet.
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Today we're going to do something simple. We're going to ask the body what it needs. Not what we want
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from it, not what the day wants from it, but what it needs.
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Very often the body always knows what it needs. We
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just rarely stop long enough to listen.
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So today we listen.
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Now start with your feet
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And just notice them.
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They've been resting all night. Or
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maybe they haven't. Maybe they ache. Maybe they're cold. Maybe
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you cannot quite feel them yet this morning.
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Whatever's there, that's what's there.
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And you can ask quietly, what do you need today?
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And you might not get a clear answer. The body doesn't talk in language like we do. The body lets
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you know through feeling.
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And if there is no clear answer, that's okay because asking is the practice. Awareness is the practice.
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Move slowly up the legs and the knees and then the hips. And
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if something hurts, notice that it hurts. You don't have to fix it. You don't have to push it away.
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You
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don't have to tell yourself a story about it. Just notice it.
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And to your legs and your knees and your hips, just what do you need today?
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And just allow whatever answer, even no answer, just arise from them.
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And as you move up to your belly and your chest,
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notice your breath moving here is
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slow and steady
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without having to do anything to make it happen it Your breath's just happening.
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And you can say to your belly and chest, what do you need today?
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So now your shoulders, arms and your hands. And
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they do so much. So much gets carried here.
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Just say to your arms and shoulders and hands, what
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do you need today?
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In
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your jaw. In your face. The places we hold tension without even knowing it.
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And just say to them, what
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do you need today?
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And now move into your head. The whole head, the eyes that have only just opened or been open a
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while.
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And just say, what do you need today?
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And you may have heard the answers, you may not. You may have heard things that you don't want to
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hear. But whatever came up,
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it came up for a reason. And
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today we don't have to do anything with it. You only have to hear it.
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The body that woke up this morning is the body you have. It's not the body of last week or
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yesterday or 20 years ago. It's this body. It's this body we have now. And
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it has carried you this far.
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And just meet it gently. As you would meet a friend that's tired or a
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friend that's been through a lot.
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And in a moment, we're just going to open our eyes and shake out our body. But
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just remember, you can always talk to any part of your body and just, what do you need? Especially when
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they're giving us a bit of pain.
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So five, four, gently open your eyes. Three, shake out your arms.
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Two to shake out your fingers and toes. Wiggle them. One. And just look around the room and be
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really fully present. And the day is waiting. It will be there when we get to it.
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And just reminder that the day is waiting it'll be there when you get to it. But for now, this
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body, this morning, this breath,
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it's just all here for you.
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Thank you for listening and thank you to your body today. Today and every day before.
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Thank you. And just a reminder that these meditations are all completely free because of kind people that donate
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a coffee over at StevenWebb.uk. Take care. Have a wonderful day. Bye for now.
