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[Speaker Tish Jennings]:
So I invite you to get into that posture
that we were practicing in our mindful

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awareness practice,
sitting up nice and comfortably,

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but not tense,
and you can close your eyes or lower your

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gaze.

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And I invite you to remember a time when
you felt cared for and loved by another

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person.

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It might have been, uh,
it might be a family member,

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it might be a partner,
it could be even a pet.

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When you felt loved and cared about.

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See if you can remember a time that
doesn't have any other kind of

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conflicting emotions with it,
but just has that feeling of being cared

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for.

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When you remember a time like this one
time,

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see if you can focus all your attention
on remembering what happened.

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Who was I with?

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What did it feel like to have this person
care and show compassion and love towards

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me?

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As you're remembering the details of this
experience,

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see if you can tap into the feeling that
you felt at that time.

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What does it feel like to be loved and
cared about?

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What does it feel like to receive
compassion from another?

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Where do you feel these feelings?

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As you're tapping into this feeling,
see if you can savor it.

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See if you can let it settle into
yourself.

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See if you can allow it to fill your
whole entire body.

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Now I invite you to shift your attention
to a loved one in your life who you care

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deeply about.

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Someone you feel very close to,
someone you care about greatly.

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A loved one could be a partner,
a family member, it could even be a pet.

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And as you're thinking about this person
or this pet,

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see if you can extend that feeling of
care and compassion to them.

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Extend feelings of care, compassion,
kindness, love to that loved one.

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You can do this by offering well-being,
happiness and peace to this loved one.

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Using those words,
may you enjoy well-being,

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happiness and peace,
or by simply imagining this loved one is

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well, happy and peaceful.

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Extending this compassion,
this care for this loved one,

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may you enjoy well-being,
happiness and peace.

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Noticing what that feels like to extend
compassion to a loved one. In a moment

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I'm going to ring the bell again to
signal the end of the practice.

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And take your time coming out of this
practice

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[Tish strikes bell/chime softly one time]
[Bell/chime sound]

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[Soft piano music]