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Now onto the show.
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In today's episode we'll practice an exercise that
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uses differences in textures, both currently experienced ones
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and those from our real memories, to reconnect
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you to the present.
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Then we'll explore using anger as a motivator.
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Welcome to the Daily Reconnect.
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It's March 10th and I'm your host Janda
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Han.
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This short episode is designed to help you
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reconnect with the present when feeling detached or
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out of sync with the world around you.
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Together we'll re-engage with the wild chaos,
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our physical selves and our inner thoughts.
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Let's reconnect with what's real.
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After our exercise we'll find the energy to
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embrace our day and persist in the ongoing
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challenge that is modern existence.
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Use whatever resonates with you during this practice
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and just discard anything that doesn't feel right.
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You can adapt as we go along.
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This moment is yours to center and rebalance
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and that's what truly matters today.
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You can choose to use something physically from
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your space or you can visualize something if
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you want.
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You can use real textures or you can
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use imagined ones if you prefer.
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We'll do one of each in the exercises
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but you can use all of one or
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the others if you would like to.
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Instead use whatever you have in your space
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whether or not it's urban or indoors.
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So take a deep breath and let's begin
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with the exercise.
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Start by finding a comfortable position for you.
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It can be standing or seated or if
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you're walking find a pace that is comfortable
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to sustain for this exercise.
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Now bring your attention to the sensations in
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your feet.
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Notice the texture of the floor or the
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ground beneath you.
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Is it soft or hard rough or smooth?
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Is it uneven?
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Is it sticky?
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Allow your feet to sink into that sensation
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feeling the weight and the pressure of your
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body in relation to the ground or the
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floor beneath you.
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As you sit or stand or walk let
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your feet become heavy and connect with the
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ground fully.
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Next we will move your awareness to the
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rest of your body.
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Notice the texture of your clothing.
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Is it comfortable or uncomfortable?
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Notice any variations.
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A sweater, your socks, your pantaloons.
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Now notice the sensation of the air on
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your hands and face and how it compares
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to the texture of your clothing.
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For a few moments allow yourself to become
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fully immersed in the tactile experience that's in
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this present moment.
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And now let's use a memory of your
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senses preferably comfortable ones but it's up to
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you.
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If you have a strong tactile sensation to
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draw from let's use that.
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If you don't have one immediately available try
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to think about a time that you were
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in nature.
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Think of touching the bark of a tree,
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the fur of a past pet or the
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memory of warm sand or a warm patio
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on your bare feet.
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Take a moment to visualize that scene from
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your real lived memory.
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Notice the various textures that are present in
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that scene.
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Think about their qualities.
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Notice any emotions that these textures might bring
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up with them.
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Now take another deep breath and when you're
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ready come back to the present.
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Slowly open your eyes if they were closed
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and notice how you feel and take this
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sense of grounding and connection with you throughout
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your day.
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And now we will move on to a
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little bit of motivation.
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So this week in all three episodes we
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will honor anger and use it as a
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tool for positive meaningful motivation.
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So let's get started with that.
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As you begin to reconnect with the present
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moment I invite you to notice what emotions
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are arising within you.
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Maybe from our exercise or maybe from your
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current lived experience.
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Perhaps there's a sense of peace after our
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exercise but perhaps there's also anger or frustration
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or indignation at the state of our world.
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I want you to know something important that
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that anger deserves to be honored.
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In a society that often tells us to
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suppress that anger, especially if we belong to
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certain marginalized groups, recognizing anger as a valid
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thing in and of itself is like an
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act of reclamation.
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Your anger is not a disconnection from presence.
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It can be a profound indication that you
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are deeply connected to things that matter.
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Anger arises when our values are violated.
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When we witness injustice or exploitation is experienced
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or needless suffering is something that we see,
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anger is a natural healthy response to those
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things.
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It's your inner compass that is pointing towards
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what needs healing or attention or transformation.
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The systems of capitalism and fascism would prefer
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us to direct our anger inward as shame
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or outward as division against one another.
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These systems benefit when we're isolated in our
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anger, when we believe that it's just our
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individual personal problem to manage alone.
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But what if instead we allowed that anger
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to guide us back into connection?
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What if we shared honestly and discovered how
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many other people feel the same way?
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In identifying and naming our anger together, we
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can begin to identify our shared values like
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dignity or care, sustainability or acceptance of diversity
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or mutual support.
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Today I encourage you to sit with this
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question.
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What is my anger telling me about what
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matters most to me in this moment?
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Notice the values that you think about following
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that question.
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You can reach out to just one other
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person and share what you've discovered and ask
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them what values they have that drive their
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anger or frustration.
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And this simple exchange might be the beginning
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of collective understanding and this is part of
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what makes meaningful action.
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Remember that throughout history transformative movements weren't built
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on suppressed emotions or forced or toxic positivity.
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They were fueled by people who allowed themselves
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to feel deeply, to name and point out
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injustice, to channel their energy into sustained collective
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action.
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Your anger when recognized and shared with others
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becomes not something that's destructive but something that
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can be a powerful catalyst for connecting with
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each other and moving forward.
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It reminds us that we just care too
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much about these things to remain silent or
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complacent.
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It energizes us when the work of change
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feels like too much.
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As you move throughout your day, carry your
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anger as gifts.
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Not burdens that need to be suppressed but
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powerful indicators that you are aware of things
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and that you are alive to the things
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that matter.
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You're not alone in these feelings and together
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if we are guided by the values that
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we share, we have a lot of power
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together to make change.
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You're present and you're part of something greater,
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of a world that could be better again
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but it's certainly better with you in it
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and there's a lot of different ways to
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go about these things.
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So that's it for today, Monday March 10th.
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Thank you so much for joining me and
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let's connect again on Wednesday.
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Thank you for listening to The Daily Reconnect.
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