Take a tea break with us in the morning light, somewhere in a gentle breeze between olive trees and sea cliffs, just breathing and being together. Mark and Maria invite you to join a daily ritual—making herbal tea, pausing for Gouranga breathing, sharing stories, laughter, and a little blessing for anyone who wants a few minutes of peace. There’s no polish here, only warmth, ordinary struggles, and a big, leaky strategic tea reserve. This episode winds around the little comforts that steady us through change: sweet tea, a prayer, a moment’s stillness, and letting go of what no longer serves. Whether you’re winding down, waking up, or wandering somewhere in between, here’s a living room (or balcony) that always has room for one more. Stay as long as you like.

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hey it started

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did it yes

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how did you do that it just started

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I didn't yes

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hello everybody

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I'm Mark and I'm Maria and we are at Juicy Magic

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yo peace

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um today

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we're gonna start the show with one of our favorite um

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activity activities

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which is making tea herbal tea uh

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one thing you can do uh

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that's really lovely in the yoga lifestyle is you know

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reduce or eliminate intoxicants

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stimulants and so we love every day to make herbal tea

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one of my favorite Japanese mystic poets

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Basho once beautifully said

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in making a cup of tea I stopped the war

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so let's stop the war for a moment

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let's take a tea break

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I'm gonna make a little bit of tea

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and while it's steeping we'll do a little Garongga

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and maybe you'd like to bring this uh

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little habit or ritual into your day

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make a little herbal tea and while it's steeping

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do a little gorgona as you watch the tea

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the the the mist of the um

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the vapor from the

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the hot water evaporate into the sky

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it's quite nice just give me a moment I'll pour the tea

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you can look at Maria for a bit

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ooh

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you forgot something really important

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the timer

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alright I've got the timer in my pocket

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I've been chastised for going too long

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so come in front of the camera

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because the time is running yeah

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yeah yeah okay so let's bring the tea over here

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we're gonna let this steep in our little steeper thing

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here we have a strategic tea reserve

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all kinds of herbal tea

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I know that people talk about having a

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an oil

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strategic oil reserve and a strategic bitcoin reserve

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yeah when I'm stressed I just buy tea yeah

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ha ha so we have like I mean

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I've never seen so much tea in my life

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it's great every kind of herbal tea you can imagine so

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so we're using it up now

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so we got the tea here thanks for coming in today

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this is juicy magic on the daily

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and let's just take a moment

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maybe you've had a busy day uh

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maybe you're just getting going

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or it's time to calm things down

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that's why we like herb herbal tea uh

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technically it's called a tisane

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teas are technically

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green or black teas from the same plant

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which have stimulants in them

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so we we call it herbal tea though

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like to make herbal tea

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yeah you don't need any extras

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no extras and it's a nice way to calm down

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so while our tea is steeping

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let's do a little go Ranga breathing meditation

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go Ra aunga we think of the sound as we breathe in

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and we say it to the length of the breath

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let me get out my timer here so that

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I don't get into trouble with the missus

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partly what it is

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is that we have these really long upload times

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we wanted to do this live

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we're gonna have to get Starlink at some point but um

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we're finding it a bit of a you know

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the the internet is is is variable uh

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and so it's really hard to upload the videos

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we wanna make sure we get them out on the daily so

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all right Goranga breathing

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he whose body is more beautiful than molten gold

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you can close your eyes for a moment

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if it's safe and appropriate to do so

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and on the exhalation thinking of the sound Goranga

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take a nice deep breath in

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thinking of the sound of waronga breathing in

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um

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five more times

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I think I need my tea

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it's time for the tea

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so you can hear that everything that breathes

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praises the Lord and we got some beautiful birds here

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can you hold the guita for me yep please

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so

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you know while the tea has been steeping you can do 15

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20 minutes of gorgona breathing

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you'll find

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it puts you into a very nice place before bed

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or maybe you need a break in the afternoon to kind of

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I love in Turkey

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when they pour like the tea from really high

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I thought that's Japan uh

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Japan has some other tea ceremonies

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but certainly seen it from a pie

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to make the bubbles in the

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in Turkey but this

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is also a nice time to take your tea

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and before you drink it

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you can offer it first to the Lord

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you can say Dear Lord

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please come and enjoy this tea

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thank you for this life

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thank you for this body this mind

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thank you for this consciousness

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please bless this tea and bless all all beings

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and just take a moment to bless

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bless yourself bless others

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you know there's so much war and fighting in the world

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and just a moment of peace can make a huge difference

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in your own life and in the lives of those around you

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we had an interesting little happening this morning

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a little beautiful little creature

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one of God's creatures came and unfortunately

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whacked himself on the glass and left his body

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and there's this little bird's body just there dead

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still warm

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of course I immediately picked up the body

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and I thought maybe the person might still be there

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so I I did a little Gorongga

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then after a while

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we could tell that there was no life left in the body

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it was gone and so we did a little burial ceremony

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we went up

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and we burned a little incense and read some scripture

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and we buried the bird

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and um

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it's a reminder that you know life

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life can go very quickly life's eternal

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but in this body it could be

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it could be over in a moments notice so it's nice to

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surround yourself with transcendental sound

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surround with transcendental sound

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um it's a nice bubble

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so you can practice making a little bit of herbal tea

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and doing a little gorgona meditation

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I've been thinking a lot about this this morning too

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I came across this nice verse

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obviously

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it's really great to get a hold of a bag of agita

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as it is if I had one book to take with me anywhere

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uh this would be it

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it's the foundation but it's also ever fresh always

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deepening in wisdom and knowledge

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according to our consciousness

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this is from Chapter 10

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verse 20 the opulence of the absolute

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and I thought about this little bird

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this this verse really spoke to me this morning

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Christ says to Arjuna I am the super soul

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o Arjuna

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seated in the hearts of all living entities

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I am the beginning the middle and the end of all beings

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so

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I think Pativandana Swami

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one of our spiritual masters once said that

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you know

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the wise lament neither for the living nor the dying

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cause they know that life is eternal

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and the body is temporary

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and this is actual wisdom

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actual knowledge so it's nice to sit

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thanks for joining us today

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how's the tea Maria wonderful

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did you put honey inside I might have

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it's very sweet oh my God

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I get to so much trouble

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I always wanna give sweetness to my

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my wife and to those around me

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but sometimes I overdo it a bit

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you know so no

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it's lovely it's really lovely

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thank you so thanks for joining us here on Juicy Magic

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you know

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this is wherever two or more are gathered in my name

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they say there I am between them

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so this uh

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this is like a moving sacred temple on wheels

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as we move through our

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our countries and visit different places

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we happy to have you come along

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and drink some tea with us oh

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that's really good yeah

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we need to work on the strategic tea also no

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we have yeah

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take it down we're

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we're slowly you know

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the thing is you can accumulate a lot of stuff in life

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and we've been really unaccumulating

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and letting go of things yeah

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giving things sharing things

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it hurts so bad

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when things that you so carefully considered

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accumulating just go bad yeah

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and this is part of the problem of hoarding

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and you know

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one of the three main enemies of spiritual life are

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greed lust and anger

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they're all related

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and so it's also really nice to share tea with

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if you're at work you can have

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make a tea break and when it's appropriate to do so

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and offer some tea to people at Herbal Tea

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and offered tea and with your neighbours

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or that's one of the wonderful things

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we love to offer vegetarian foods

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and then give them to others and share that

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and it's a really nice way

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to reduce this tendency to accumulate or to be greedy

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we certainly have more than we need

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so we're really blessed and yeah

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and we wanna go off of coffee now yeah

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I realised I

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I was a really bad coffee junkie in my business life

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ha ha I just yep and after a while

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I realised I just like the warm feeling of a warm

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comforting cup in my hands

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so that's how I got off coffee

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because there can be just herbal tea in that cup

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doesn't have to be coffee anymore yeah

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it's nice

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this is soften the ritual we're looking for and um

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once you get away from stimulants

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you can I've noticed I sleep better at night

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I I'm more consistent in my sleep patterns

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and it's a it's great to be in toxic and free

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because then we don't chase after those

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quite often we become slaves to the things we crave

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and the nature of the manufacturing business

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is to get you addicted to as much stuff as possible

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whether it's nicotine

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or caffeine or alcohol or anything else

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when I slowed down considerably

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I'm not running around

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I need to do I need to do this I need to do this now

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ha ha it's much better

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so thank you for making all these lovely teas for me

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so we're gonna sign off for today

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and we want to thank you so much for joining us

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but we raise our cups to you

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we have so many wonderful

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beautiful friends around the world

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and we just want to thank you all for your presence

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your time your being

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your energy

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thanks for being friends with us

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and this is our attempt

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our small attempt to give back and

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and give something of ourselves

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something of value

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that hopefully we'll have a nice impact

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a positive peaceful

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freeing

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joyful impact on your life

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oh and share some warmth and comfort

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yeah

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everyone we all need a little warmth and comfort

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you know and

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we don't get much warm and comforting sounds

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from the radio or from t V

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or the social media you pick up the phone

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you call a relative

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and they're just complaining about whatever is really

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with their agitated mind

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so a little go rong a breathing

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a little herbal tea drinking

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um we hope that you add this ritual to your day

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thanks so much and we'll see you tomorrow

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yeah bye

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Hariboal oh

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Hariboal and peace be with you Namaste

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hey babe

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that's a rap yes

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should I press stop no

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I have this tool here oh my God

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you can press stop you little devil

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