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So welcome to the afternoon reset.
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Now, right now I've got loads of stuff going on in my mind and I'm thinking it's getting near the
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end of the day and I've got a few things more to do. I just want to reset and settle
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in before the evening.
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So this is what I do. First thing is I just allow the body to sit.
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Allow the shoulders to relax.
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Allow my eyes to soften. Allow
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my forehead and my face to soften and
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Allow my breath to be what it is.
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Breathing in calm. Breathing out relax
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And you don't have to do anything with this moment. You don't even have to do anything with your breath.
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Your
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body knows how to breathe. Your
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body knows how to relax.
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And just as perhaps an object on your side like the cup or something else around, it knows how to
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just be present and just be there.
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And that's all we're doing we're just being here.
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You don't have to do anything.
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Breathing in calm. Breathing out relax
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And you may notice your breath raising your chest. Your
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belly going in and out.
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That's okay.
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You may notice a few thoughts popping in. And that's okay, just thank you for the thought
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and Allow it to carry on.
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You don't have to do anything with the thoughts.
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Just the same as if a feeling or emotion arises. You don't have to do anything with that.
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So as we just quiet and down in this moment,
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we can just feel peaceful.
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And we can feel there's no pull.
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And there's no push.
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It's almost like the universe is completely in balance with us.
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It's in balance with every breath.
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And again you can allow your shoulders to relax.
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Allow your body to relax even more.
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And your eyes to soften.
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And just recognise this moment for what it is.
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It's just peacefulness. Underneath all the noise.
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Underneath all the thoughts and the feelings.
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There's a quiet. Ah.
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There's that place we don't have to do anything with. That's always there.
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That place of quiet pause.
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Breathing in calm.
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Breathing out relax
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And just before we return. I just want to show you the difference between bringing this calmness
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to the world instead of trying to bring the world to this calmness. It's much easier the first way around,
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but we try to do it the second way. We try to calm the world rather than bring the
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calmness and the peace to the world. That
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peace was always there underneath the thoughts, the feelings. The wants, the desires, the
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fears. All the other feelings that's coming up.
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So for the rest of the day, just recognise that you don't have to do anything with any thoughts or
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feelings that arise.
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So five, four, just gently move your arms. Three, gently open your eyes.
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Look around the room and just... Ah, and thank yourself and thank this moment for the peacefulness it really
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was and the peacefulness it always has been and enabling you to just rest there. And don't forget to
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bookmark this meditation for whenever you want to come back and just reset in the afternoon or the evening.
