Breaking Free: Loretta's Journey to Inner Peace Through Sound Baths

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRIn this podcast episode, Matt hosts Loretta, who shares her journey and transformation through the experience of several sound baths. Each session has helped her realize the importance of mental wellness alongside physical health. Through sound baths, Loretta learned to let go of outdated thought patterns and embrace a new, more balanced way of life. The podcast delves into the calming effects and insights provided by sound baths as Loretta narrates her transition from being reactive to adopting a grounded existence. Special guest Shell joins in the fourth session to experience the tandem effects of the sound bath. Matt and Loretta discuss the impact of these sessions on stress reduction, self-awareness, and emotional resilience. The episode also introduces a simple breathing exercise with humming to incorporate into daily practice for fostering tranquility. The narrative captures Loretta's ongoing journey towards inner peace, offering listeners insights into how sound therapy can bring balance and clarity.

Mitbringsel

  • 🎵 Sound baths offer a deep, immersive experience that aids relaxation and mental clarity.
  • 🧘‍♀️ Loretta has learned to let go of dramatic responses and outdated thinking.
  • 🛠️ Old habits and ways of thinking can be transformed through regular sound therapies.
  • 🚦 Stress reduction is a major benefit of participating in sound baths regularly.
  • 🗣️ Open communication and understanding are crucial to shifting into more balanced thought patterns.
  • 🌿 Incorporating healthy lifestyle choices complements mental wellness practices like sound baths.
  • 🙏 Sound baths highlight the importance of returning to one's core self and innate peace.
  • 🎯 Clarity and stability in one's life can be achieved with consistent self-care and mindfulness.
  • 🔄 Embracing changes leads to personal growth and a grounded existence.
  • 🌈 Post-sound bath experiences can enhance sensory perception, making everyday experiences more vibrant.

Zeitleiste

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Introduction to the soundbath experience and the special guest Loretta, who is on her fourth session of a series. The focus is on how soundbaths help in personal transformation, particularly in mental health, and the ability to choose reactions to life's challenges.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Loretta discusses her significant realization during her fourth soundbath about making conscious choices in life, letting go of old patterns, and embracing a healthier life framework. It’s about fully committing to these changes rather than balancing them with past habits.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Discussion on episodes from previous soundbaths where Loretta learned to maintain a positive state despite life's challenges. Through soundbaths, she realizes a new ‘operating system’ for managing her responses to stress and the importance of intentional living.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Loretta articulates the need to abandon outdated modes of reaction and choose a path that incorporates healthier habits. Soundbaths have helped highlight the essence of true well-being, leading to intentional management of stress and living in the present moment.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    There’s a philosophical discussion about love being intrinsic and the importance of not fitting into societal boxes. Recognizing others’ projections and stepping away from those predefined roles creates peace and authenticity in relationships and oneself.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Reflecting on pre-soundbath tendencies and the importance of self-love, the conversation demystifies societal expectations. The soundbath aids Loretta in understanding her intrinsic value and releases the need to conform to external validations.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Post-soundbath reflections show Loretta's deep relaxation and personal insights gained. The importance of surrender and letting go of stress is emphasized, showcasing how newfound insights aid in personal growth and resilience.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    The unique experience of a duel soundbath session is discussed. Loretta notes the relaxing impact, lack of self-consciousness, and the harmony with another participant. Specific therapeutic elements like gongs and tuning forks add deeper layers to the experience.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    Loretta discusses how soundbaths affect physical sensations positively, highlighting the practice's ability to alleviate pain and tension. There's also a focus on nurturing creativity and maintaining these enhanced states into daily life activities.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:51:30

    The episode ends with practical advice on managing stress through conscious breathing and the benefits of regular soundbath practice for well-being. Loretta looks forward to integrating these insights into her daily life and creative work.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is a sound bath?

    A sound bath is a therapeutic and meditative experience where participants are immersed in soothing sound waves created by instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and chimes.

  • How many sound baths has Loretta participated in?

    Loretta has participated in four out of her planned six consecutive sound baths.

  • What realization did Loretta have during the sound baths?

    Loretta realized the importance of mental well-being, understanding that she doesn’t have to engage with drama, and can let go of outdated thinking patterns.

  • What is the main theme of the podcast episode?

    The main theme is exploring the benefits and insights gained from sound baths and how they aid in personal growth and emotional resilience.

  • How has the sound bath affected Loretta's life?

    It has given her clarity and helped her to understand and change her old reactive patterns, leading her to a more grounded and calm state.

  • What is the overall benefit of participating in a sound bath?

    Participants often experience relaxation, mental clarity, and a connection to inner peace through the resonant sounds.

  • Does the podcast offer any specific breathing techniques?

    Yes, the podcast suggests a breathing exercise involving inhalation and exhalation with humming to help ease stress and promote relaxation.

  • Who is the guest alongside Loretta in the sound bath session?

    The guest mentioned alongside Loretta is Shell, who also participated in the sound bath during the episode.

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    have you ever considered what it's like
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    to immerse yourself in a soundbath well
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    today I have you covered join me as I
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    invite a special guest to dive into the
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    unique experience of a soundbath and
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    spill all the details on the after
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    [Music]
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    bath welcome to the after bath where we
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    explore unique experiences and wellness
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    practices I'm your host Matt
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    today we have a special episode where
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    we'll be diving into the world of
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    soundbuds if you've ever wondered what
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    it's like to be immersed in soothing
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    sound waves you're in for retreat today
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    we're joining Loretta on her
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    transformative Journey as she immerses
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    herself in the fourth of six consecutive
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    sound baths each bringing a close to
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    Inner Peace and
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    self-discovery through these sessions
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    the lator has had a powerful realization
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    while diet and exercise are essential
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    true well-being also requires nurturing
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    her mental health each sound bath has
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    revealed new insights and now she is at
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    a turning point when drama arises in her
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    life Loretta now understands that she
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    has a choice to either engage or let go
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    empowered by this awareness she no
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    longer feels trapped by life's ups and
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    downs Loretta recognizes her old ways of
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    thinking as an outdated operating system
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    and is stepping into a more grounded
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    less reactive way of being but will this
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    latest soundbath help her sustain her
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    new found Cal or will the pull of old
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    habits resurface when life tests her
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    again join us to explore her journey of
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    growth and
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    resilience well yeah Loretta welcome
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    back thank you this is your fourth sound
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    bath it is wow it's a bit of a turning
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    point it I feel um yes yeah switch has
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    been flicked amazing okay tell me about
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    that uh just a I suppose a realization
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    um that there is a a clear choice that
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    what I was trying to reconcile with um I
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    suppose when I walk out of an experience
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    like the soundbath yeah
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    um and when I try to bring it back into
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    my normal dayto days yeah and have the
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    to magically just meld together and and
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    work as one I was finding that really
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    challenging Y and I had a realization
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    it's only a day or two ago
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    that this one this the one that I've
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    been living for
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    decades um doesn't gel well with being
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    told to sort of change its way the
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    pattern is strong yes um it's quite
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    solid it's a welln track yes and uh I'm
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    telling it to you know sort of come on
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    change your ways you got to got to
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    soften up those edges and do this and do
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    that but I feel like I have to accept
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    I've got to let that go yeah I have to
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    actually change that whole format yes I
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    was trying to adapt and do a little bit
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    of a half half you know one foot in one
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    Camp one foot in the other and say I'm
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    sure this is going to work yeah I'm sure
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    but no I actually now think all the all
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    the um beautiful patterns that are now
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    part of my life that I do crave the
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    healthy eating uh the good sleeping
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    routines um better ways of communicating
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    a whole range of healthier ways yeah uh
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    are a great framework yeah which I will
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    stay with Y um but were maintenance for
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    a very
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    stressful life yeah they were just
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    keeping everything just okay like yeah
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    yeah and they did get me through yeah
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    but I've
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    realized a lot more of that framework
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    has to crumble away yeah so that
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    includes certain reactions yeah to
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    stresses in life yeah um certain
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    patterns of that RAC energy not doing me
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    any favors yeah uh and that's that's
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    hard that's that's a really hard one in
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    living in Melbourne and it's you have to
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    navigate through always congested
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    traffic at this point cuz we're going
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    through a big
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    change um High demands on time of
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    expectations of
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    um quick we need this and you got to get
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    so just the physical demands but also I
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    suppose even on a um on communication
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    levels of you know quick response to I
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    sent you that yesterday yeah
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    or I I texted you and I haven't heard
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    back or all those Next Level
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    expectations that we've all got Lay It
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    Up on what we're already doing so it's
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    made for a very um stressy tense yes way
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    of living and I've just realized I have
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    to change it all up
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    yeah yeah so the soundbath
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    approach it's interesting how week one
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    week two week three taught me some
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    things and week one was the biggest
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    realization that I can come back to a
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    state that is quite
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    um it's
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    small going back to who I am the core of
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    who I am yeah and it had a lot of that
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    child like me held in in that lovely
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    golden um way that I went through the
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    afternoon yep and I was navigating
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    through the hospital and every
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    interaction was just sweet yeah every
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    not it lost the coarseness and the
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    harshness that I've you know experienced
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    days and days before yeah and and it
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    felt so golden like in it's such a
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    stressful time you know hb's there in a
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    hospital bed and where not knowing
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    what's happening with his heart and
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    having to wait for uh surgeons to to
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    inform us and and nurses to um take care
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    of the day to day so it was on that
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    level it should have been very stressful
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    that afternoon like you'd be having a
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    meltdown right absolutely I would have
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    been having a meltdown yes all the the
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    you know you're flooded with all the
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    what if this what if that's going on but
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    it was anything but and it was um a
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    level of golden
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    sweetness and I thought geez if you live
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    like this all the time if how could that
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    be possible so it does it was a reminder
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    of a way of being yes and not
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    necessarily being you know forever a
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    child in the world and because we've got
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    responsibilities we've got things that
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    you still have to uh do you just still
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    need to eat right yeah exactly and
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    everything that's involved with getting
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    that meal onto the table so it's like
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    um I thought is is there a way and it it
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    stayed with me all all afternoon into
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    that night for the next day
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    or yeah the next couple of
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    days the second soundbath yeah opposite
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    right when I came home yeah and
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    and there was
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    a situation where it was uh such a tense
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    issue with my husband and we it was a
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    flare up and a whole range and it just
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    shook me out of that Golden State
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    straight away
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    yeah in within that was a lesson that in
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    in reflection I didn't have to let go of
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    that state yeah I actually gave into
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    the opposite yeah
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    and you know the natural way of
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    interacting in that scenario I felt for
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    that I just went into the old style of
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    um I suppose that com combative um you
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    know one versus one yeah that kind of
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    thing going on and then so that that
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    state didn't last long enough but I
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    still was able to you know sort of get
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    back to okay all right got through that
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    now get into my creative practice now do
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    this I have to and I was able to sort of
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    tap back into it here and there through
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    the week the third one a similar
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    situation happened yep when I came home
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    yep but this time rather than
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    allowing um myself to hook into an
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    argument I I chose to stand still and
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    and and see it as this is not about me
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    yep I can see this clearly this time
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    yeah yeah I'm in a different framework
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    I'm it's almost like two different
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    operating systems that aren't working
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    together anymore yes
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    and I totally understood both of our
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    perspectives but I just said once the
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    dust settles I really want to talk this
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    through yeah but right now it's not
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    going to do either of us any favors if
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    we go um yeah Toe to Toe on it yeah so
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    it's interesting how the three weeks
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    that's taught me that level of choice to
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    stay within something that you know is
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    nourishing to your system you know and
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    understand it deeply how it's um
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    something to cultivate and uh that's
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    that's the clarity I'm now getting that
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    um I was clinging on to a a an operating
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    system that for me now it's outdated cuz
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    it's not going to do well for me if I
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    keep going like that over the next even
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    the next 5 years it will set me up so
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    poorly for old age yeah I will be
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    so tight and sore and yeah
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    um just in a very uncomfortable way of
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    navigating through the world
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    yes to make the decision now to not want
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    that I can see how I can choose the
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    other path yeah and it does
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    include the the way that I'm eating it
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    does
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    include uh the different sleeping habits
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    and other healthier habits yeah um but
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    it also needs to have bought within a
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    proper Embrace of that
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    vibrational understanding of when it's
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    getting thrown off kilter that I'm very
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    conscious of it and I'm confident enough
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    that I can pull back into um protecting
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    that y with that and that's not saying
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    ah you're just going to detached to
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    Fairyland it's not that at all it's just
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    saying no you actually be more grounded
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    more grounded more there more present
  • 00:11:53
    more present yeah present more aware yes
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    yeah Less in your head less stuck in
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    fear yes
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    yeah and therefore leading to less aggro
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    cuz the previous one hooks me into such
  • 00:12:09
    a state of aggravation like
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    anger seething because I'm not
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    understood y or I'm misunderstood or I'm
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    um trying to prove myself or any of that
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    kind of energy it's just not me anymore
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    I don't want that anymore
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    yeah I I'm now accepting who I am yeah
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    what I'm about yeah and when I had that
  • 00:12:40
    sort of Golden State when I in the first
  • 00:12:43
    after the first soundbath walking
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    through that hospital it it was the core
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    of me walking through there it was a
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    lovely go like the the charm yeah uh the
  • 00:12:54
    Kinder version of me and I need to
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    cultivate
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    and remind myself that she's she's so
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    there yeah yeah yeah exactly exactly yes
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    I guess the I guess
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    maybe um the way I see it is
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    that uh say pre sambath there's a real
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    need to feel close to other people and
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    um there's tissues behind you if you
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    wish um and uh and that closeness is
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    like you might say I need to feel
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    love but you forget that well you are
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    love you you your whole being is made of
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    love you can't fit in any more love even
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    if you tried even if you know someone
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    gave you you know yeah I haven't thought
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    of that course yeah yeah a track load of
  • 00:13:46
    love you where would you put it
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    yeah yeah so you're as big as you're
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    going to get and when you feel that
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    amount of love then what comes from that
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    is you don't need to play someone else's
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    puppet M you don't need to be cuz what
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    happens as we all do is that we put each
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    other in boxes you know we look at each
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    other and we say oh yeah you're a female
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    of this age of this class of this you
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    know culture whatever and then you start
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    making guesses oh yeah this is what I'm
  • 00:14:25
    going to get out of you and if I don't
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    I'm going to be a little bit uh maybe
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    afraid because I it it will be going
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    beyond the box that I've put you in yes
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    so exactly and we do that to everyone
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    that we're around you know like I'll do
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    it to my wife my wife will do it to me
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    and um and I'll expect my wife to behave
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    a particular way she's my wife and if
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    she doesn't behave like my wife I'll get
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    disappointed because I'll say this is
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    not the wife that I want
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    which is totally ridiculous that whole
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    thing is just putting each other in
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    boxes yes and um when you step away from
  • 00:15:08
    that and you go you know what I don't
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    need to put anyone in a box exactly and
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    and then I also don't need to behave in
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    someone else's box the way they want me
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    to behave I like that you mentioned that
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    yeah exactly and it's not that you then
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    become distant it's just that you
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    can be more at peace with the way people
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    are because you go oh I see you're just
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    confused there the way you think I am
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    yes and that's okay I'm just I'm just
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    not playing that role yeah and if you're
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    getting upset about that that that's
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    okay that's not me that's just something
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    for you to learn yeah it's a projection
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    it's a projection yeah yeah so but I
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    think um probably what what what I used
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    to do was that I would want people to be
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    maintained within the boxes that I
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    created for them and I would want to be
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    liked so I'd be happily playing
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    someone's version of me yeah yes but
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    it's just doesn't it's not possible
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    because oh yeah it's so restrictive
  • 00:16:19
    people's boxes change all the time and
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    you don't always know you know like how
  • 00:16:24
    do you want me to behave
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    I'm I thought I was doing all the right
  • 00:16:29
    things but now now you've changed and I
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    don't know how to behave yes and that's
  • 00:16:36
    right up in your face when you um the
  • 00:16:38
    family Dynamics with you know the
  • 00:16:40
    brothers and sisters you've grown up
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    with yeah and you know you all go on
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    your own different paths and whenever
  • 00:16:46
    you come back together a lot of them are
  • 00:16:48
    like what you know you you're this and
  • 00:16:52
    I'm like no I'm not I never was yeah
  • 00:16:55
    yeah in your mind may be many years ago
  • 00:16:58
    but not anymore or maybe not even then
  • 00:17:02
    yeah yeah it was just this little box
  • 00:17:04
    set of expectations because of the
  • 00:17:06
    gender role or because of the age cuz
  • 00:17:09
    you you know I'm the older one and
  • 00:17:11
    that's right you're my little sister and
  • 00:17:13
    all that sort of stuff going on like a
  • 00:17:15
    little
  • 00:17:17
    sister so yeah but yeah it is that funny
  • 00:17:20
    thing um there are you know like
  • 00:17:25
    certain um points that are
  • 00:17:30
    like I know when I get together with um
  • 00:17:32
    my brothers that yeah there there still
  • 00:17:35
    is some of this role playing yeah and
  • 00:17:37
    you're not aware of it until it comes
  • 00:17:38
    right up in your
  • 00:17:40
    face like around Christmas Yeah
  • 00:17:42
    Christmas yeah yeah the I think a
  • 00:17:45
    hospital emergency is the uh overrun
  • 00:17:48
    with broken noses apparently that's the
  • 00:17:51
    the stat
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    [Music]
  • 00:17:54
    yeah yeah so and uh you wouldn't be
  • 00:17:58
    expecting adults to be breaking noses
  • 00:18:01
    you'd probably think that would probably
  • 00:18:02
    come from you know like
  • 00:18:06
    teenagers um but no adults behaving like
  • 00:18:10
    teenagers yeah yeah still stuck in their
  • 00:18:13
    teenage box yeah yeah so
  • 00:18:18
    um so yeah it's an interesting thing to
  • 00:18:25
    feel
  • 00:18:26
    very loved by yourself and to feel that
  • 00:18:30
    love and feel very settled and very calm
  • 00:18:32
    and go oh you know what I don't need
  • 00:18:35
    anyone to give me this I've already got
  • 00:18:39
    it yeah I've already got
  • 00:18:42
    it not I'm not fully there but I'm just
  • 00:18:46
    yeah
  • 00:18:48
    just yeah yeah yeah you just need to
  • 00:18:50
    keep returning to it yeah I mean that's
  • 00:18:53
    that's the thing that we all need to do
  • 00:18:55
    every day keep returning to it and go oh
  • 00:18:57
    yeah that's right
  • 00:18:59
    I'm totally whole I'm not missing
  • 00:19:02
    anything yeah yeah yeah yeah that new
  • 00:19:06
    watch is not going to make me feel new
  • 00:19:08
    more complete yeah yeah this car is not
  • 00:19:12
    going to make me feel more than not
  • 00:19:14
    having the car yeah all of these things
  • 00:19:18
    that we project onto people even you
  • 00:19:20
    know you might think I'd really like to
  • 00:19:22
    ask this person out on a date and if
  • 00:19:24
    they don't agree then I'll feel like my
  • 00:19:27
    confidence has been shattered that's
  • 00:19:30
    just a projection yeah yeah
  • 00:19:34
    um so yeah when you feel totally loved
  • 00:19:38
    by yourself it's very fing very fing
  • 00:19:43
    yeah yeah it's very good well we should
  • 00:19:47
    go experience some of that now right we
  • 00:19:49
    should okay let's go for it
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    [Music]
  • 00:19:55
    okay imagine a moment carved out just
  • 00:19:58
    for you reclined in gentle Stillness you
  • 00:20:02
    are cradled by waves of pure resonant
  • 00:20:05
    tones to beton singing balls gongs and
  • 00:20:08
    Chimes weaving their magic each sound
  • 00:20:12
    becomes a loving Embrace reaching into
  • 00:20:14
    the deepest corners of your being
  • 00:20:16
    dissolving tension and inviting Serenity
  • 00:20:20
    in this Sacred Space the outside world
  • 00:20:23
    melts away the chatter of the Mind
  • 00:20:25
    quiets replaced by the soft hum of heart
  • 00:20:28
    Harmony flowing through you it's not
  • 00:20:30
    just an escape it's a homecoming a
  • 00:20:34
    reminder of your innate balance strength
  • 00:20:37
    and connection to the infinite here
  • 00:20:40
    relaxation is just the beginning a sound
  • 00:20:43
    bath is a radiant pause in life's Rhythm
  • 00:20:46
    offering renewal Clarity and peace
  • 00:20:50
    whether you're seeking a moment of
  • 00:20:52
    Stillness or a deeper connection to
  • 00:20:54
    yourself this is your time step through
  • 00:20:57
    the doorway and let the whispers of the
  • 00:20:59
    universe guide you back to your Center
  • 00:21:01
    this is your invitation to a lot this is
  • 00:21:05
    your invitation to realign recharge and
  • 00:21:08
    remember the essence of who you are well
  • 00:21:12
    yeah welcome back Loretta this is post
  • 00:21:14
    soundbath that is it is yeah so that was
  • 00:21:18
    a bit of a different one today cuz we
  • 00:21:19
    had a we had a guest with us we did yeah
  • 00:21:23
    so you had a tandem sand bath yeah a
  • 00:21:25
    unique experience yeah yeah usually I do
  • 00:21:29
    a lot of group
  • 00:21:30
    SBS so you know up to 35 people or
  • 00:21:34
    whatnot and um so but I always think
  • 00:21:37
    that the individual soundbath should
  • 00:21:39
    probably go a little bit deeper yes um
  • 00:21:42
    but yeah I'm wondering what it was like
  • 00:21:44
    just the two of
  • 00:21:45
    you um I'm still I starting to think of
  • 00:21:49
    how that felt different and definitely
  • 00:21:54
    um the presence of someone else next to
  • 00:21:57
    you in the early stages yeah and even at
  • 00:22:01
    the beginning when sh was giggling she
  • 00:22:03
    said you know it's like having a
  • 00:22:05
    sleepover when I was nine and it was
  • 00:22:08
    kind of that set me in a good state in
  • 00:22:12
    terms of framing it of getting back to
  • 00:22:15
    an Essence that I'm I'm really happy to
  • 00:22:18
    to touch base again with yeah so it set
  • 00:22:21
    the tone for me I don't know how that
  • 00:22:23
    works for shelle but um and then as your
  • 00:22:27
    sequence progressed yeah um it was just
  • 00:22:31
    like a normal sound bath yeah oh that's
  • 00:22:34
    good previous ones there was no
  • 00:22:38
    no self-consciousness or interference in
  • 00:22:41
    any way it was just lovely just bathing
  • 00:22:45
    in the the resonance that was waving
  • 00:22:47
    through yeah yeah it is a funny thing
  • 00:22:50
    when you're when you're around here
  • 00:22:51
    there's a certain amount of that animal
  • 00:22:53
    instinct to to be protective you know
  • 00:22:56
    like oh I don't want to offend someone
  • 00:22:59
    or I I don't want to have them interfere
  • 00:23:03
    with me in any way and yeah this just
  • 00:23:06
    that awareness
  • 00:23:09
    of
  • 00:23:11
    um maybe protecting your own experience
  • 00:23:16
    yes yeah that's it that's it but no it
  • 00:23:19
    just melted away um so I think your
  • 00:23:23
    tuning Forks at the beginning there the
  • 00:23:25
    lovely tuning Forks that started to
  • 00:23:28
    remind me just to um sort of catch those
  • 00:23:33
    waves rolling through and Y that stopped
  • 00:23:37
    any any other conversations that were
  • 00:23:39
    going on in my head or any other any
  • 00:23:41
    other concerns yeah yeah what I at least
  • 00:23:46
    what I find for myself is that you know
  • 00:23:49
    the chatter is always always there but
  • 00:23:51
    it's how much you engage with it you
  • 00:23:53
    know that mental chatter yes and um the
  • 00:23:56
    mental chatter is very good at knowing
  • 00:23:58
    your we spots
  • 00:24:00
    yeah and so we'll dredge up something
  • 00:24:03
    that we be like oh have you not thought
  • 00:24:04
    about
  • 00:24:05
    this well I had less chatter than any of
  • 00:24:10
    the sessions wow that's great yeah
  • 00:24:14
    fantastic very happy to relax and I even
  • 00:24:17
    thought um in that early stage because
  • 00:24:21
    this is a morning session normally I do
  • 00:24:22
    an afternoon session with you yes uh I
  • 00:24:25
    was in a different um state of aess yes
  • 00:24:29
    so the previous ones I do drop off to
  • 00:24:31
    sleep and I have ended up in that
  • 00:24:33
    embarrassing snoring state but this time
  • 00:24:37
    I stayed with it for a long time yeah
  • 00:24:40
    and only just I think just for a
  • 00:24:42
    fraction of a moment dropped
  • 00:24:44
    off at the tail end of one of the gong
  • 00:24:47
    sequences yes but um I pretty much was
  • 00:24:52
    was there enjoying that whole range yeah
  • 00:24:56
    yeah I had noticed that cuz i' been
  • 00:24:58
    looking up from time to time trying to
  • 00:25:00
    figure out right one of you has dropped
  • 00:25:02
    off who is it
  • 00:25:04
    [Laughter]
  • 00:25:06
    yeah and uh yeah it's it's yeah
  • 00:25:10
    interesting you know I guess what I'm
  • 00:25:12
    looking for as a sound bath practitioner
  • 00:25:16
    is has you're breathing oh okay yeah I'm
  • 00:25:20
    looking at you know the rise and fall of
  • 00:25:22
    tummy's diaphragms just to go right so
  • 00:25:25
    is it getting longer is it getting
  • 00:25:27
    deeper or is it
  • 00:25:30
    quickening um that's an indication if
  • 00:25:34
    there's a you know sometimes people find
  • 00:25:36
    that when there's particular bow played
  • 00:25:39
    it can spark something just like a small
  • 00:25:41
    amount of irritation or whatnot or I
  • 00:25:43
    might be hitting some
  • 00:25:46
    some aspect that's reminding you of
  • 00:25:49
    something I did notice that yeah so
  • 00:25:53
    those gongs went into a really big deep
  • 00:25:57
    sequence and I loved it it's very
  • 00:25:59
    cinematic for me it's it's like almost
  • 00:26:02
    uh
  • 00:26:03
    um um not Star Wars but
  • 00:26:09
    um what's the other big one it's like
  • 00:26:12
    Star Wars oh where it's uh is it
  • 00:26:16
    Skywalker and yeah yeah yeah yeah so um
  • 00:26:20
    that very out in far into space yes very
  • 00:26:24
    big deep energy um and then
  • 00:26:28
    there was one particular bowl that I
  • 00:26:30
    thought now that actually resonates
  • 00:26:33
    really differently in my head to
  • 00:26:35
    something more British and royal family
  • 00:26:39
    they're set at a different s of
  • 00:26:41
    vibration yeah and every time that was
  • 00:26:44
    struck I kept thinking that's that's
  • 00:26:47
    Regal but it's not Tibetan depth Regal
  • 00:26:51
    it's it's monarchy it's
  • 00:26:54
    um sort of a different yeah yeah yeah
  • 00:26:59
    it's a bit like I guess for me it's like
  • 00:27:01
    trying to get to some Purity that you
  • 00:27:05
    connect with that you can understand on
  • 00:27:09
    a
  • 00:27:10
    um maybe not so much a hierarchy but at
  • 00:27:14
    least something to Aspire to so you know
  • 00:27:18
    like on a god Consciousness yes yeah or
  • 00:27:21
    a high Consciousness definitely feel it
  • 00:27:24
    with the gongs yeah yeah yeah it like it
  • 00:27:28
    cuts through your
  • 00:27:30
    ego yeah all the nonsense it does and
  • 00:27:34
    but and it brings a strength with it
  • 00:27:35
    yeah I always feel after the end of that
  • 00:27:39
    sequence always feel Qui okay I'm ready
  • 00:27:42
    yeah yeah I'm I'm feeling really good
  • 00:27:44
    and strong and yeah I can take whatever
  • 00:27:47
    you throw at me bring it on yeah here we
  • 00:27:49
    are yeah yeah yes yeah yeah yeah it is
  • 00:27:54
    very interesting that it's um it's not
  • 00:27:57
    threat
  • 00:27:58
    in not in something where you feel oh my
  • 00:28:02
    life is threatened no like if you were
  • 00:28:05
    standing in the presence of a like a big
  • 00:28:07
    cat or an elephant where you'd feel oh
  • 00:28:10
    dear I'm in Strife yes no it's the
  • 00:28:14
    opposite yeah yeah it's like it gives
  • 00:28:17
    you strength exactly yeah yeah it's a
  • 00:28:20
    very interesting thing um it's probably
  • 00:28:23
    like standing in front of a a massive
  • 00:28:26
    mountain m and looking at it with awe
  • 00:28:30
    yes and thinking wow look how small I am
  • 00:28:33
    but then it supports you where you go
  • 00:28:36
    wow this is great yes I don't feel
  • 00:28:38
    threatened I feel inspired exactly
  • 00:28:41
    emboldened and brings you with it y yes
  • 00:28:45
    yeah yeah it's very good big fan of the
  • 00:28:48
    gongs yeah yeah um but you also came
  • 00:28:51
    around uh closer to our heads with the
  • 00:28:53
    tuning Forks yes and I could feel that
  • 00:28:56
    CU I'm ready to get some dental work
  • 00:28:59
    done and um no in a good way it actually
  • 00:29:02
    I could feel exactly where work needs
  • 00:29:06
    doing um and I could feel it relaxing
  • 00:29:10
    the jaw around it yeah imagine if you
  • 00:29:13
    had tuning fork work done before you had
  • 00:29:16
    the dental work done oh yeah you could
  • 00:29:17
    definitely do that yeah yeah absolutely
  • 00:29:20
    yeah yeah just as a uh you know um you
  • 00:29:24
    can get into a very very deep state
  • 00:29:26
    where you probably wouldn't even need it
  • 00:29:28
    any type of uh painkiller yeah yeah
  • 00:29:32
    you'd need to do it for a while and
  • 00:29:34
    you'd need to um be able to go very deep
  • 00:29:37
    with it and I also had a bit of a
  • 00:29:41
    headache that I've had for a while right
  • 00:29:43
    and I've you know you know what part of
  • 00:29:45
    the brain it is so when you were doing
  • 00:29:48
    the tuning fork yeah it was highlighting
  • 00:29:52
    the part of the brain but there was no
  • 00:29:54
    pain right so that was I was very
  • 00:29:58
    curious about that yeah so the the sound
  • 00:30:01
    waves that you were Charming with were
  • 00:30:05
    just kind of Rippling through it Y in a
  • 00:30:08
    soothing way soothing way
  • 00:30:11
    yeah yeah I guess what I've noticed for
  • 00:30:14
    myself is that
  • 00:30:16
    um pain is a is an indication that you
  • 00:30:20
    know of course that there's an issue
  • 00:30:22
    there that you got to take notice of and
  • 00:30:24
    if you go into the pain it can Aid in
  • 00:30:29
    relieving it yeah and so you don't
  • 00:30:32
    suffer as much or you don't suffer at
  • 00:30:35
    all yeah and it just merely becomes a a
  • 00:30:40
    sensation a and it's not even you
  • 00:30:43
    wouldn't even maybe label it pain then
  • 00:30:45
    but I feel a
  • 00:30:47
    sensation and it's a yeah and you become
  • 00:30:50
    very aware of it
  • 00:30:52
    um yeah relieving the suffering of pain
  • 00:30:55
    is very very useful yeah very
  • 00:30:59
    useful and so instead of you know going
  • 00:31:01
    oh I have pain and wanting to run away
  • 00:31:03
    you can go oh wow yeah pain oh this is
  • 00:31:07
    excruciating yeah but I don't need to
  • 00:31:09
    run away from it yeah yeah makes it very
  • 00:31:12
    manageable totally manageable it's like
  • 00:31:15
    I'm not saying that I had walked in with
  • 00:31:17
    a excruciating headache no but um I
  • 00:31:21
    don't feel anything there now yeah the
  • 00:31:23
    neck yeah it sooth the neck issue out
  • 00:31:26
    once again which keeps
  • 00:31:29
    so yeah I'm loving it from that
  • 00:31:32
    perspective fantastic fantastic yeah
  • 00:31:36
    yeah that's good yeah
  • 00:31:38
    um maybe it could be that
  • 00:31:43
    um you know as
  • 00:31:46
    you go about your
  • 00:31:49
    week you know the old habits of stress
  • 00:31:53
    creep back in and then you might find
  • 00:31:56
    yourself um holding yourself in a way
  • 00:31:59
    that increases the muscle tension
  • 00:32:01
    definitely and um and then once that
  • 00:32:04
    irritation occurs you might start to
  • 00:32:07
    mentally fixate on it which might
  • 00:32:09
    exacerbate it and you find the whole
  • 00:32:12
    experience getting
  • 00:32:14
    overwhelming
  • 00:32:16
    yeah
  • 00:32:18
    um you can use that as well you know if
  • 00:32:22
    you if you allow it to if you can allow
  • 00:32:26
    yourself to surrender to the pain
  • 00:32:28
    it will back
  • 00:32:30
    off um people generally do that when
  • 00:32:33
    pain gets so excruciating that they
  • 00:32:34
    can't handle it anymore and they have a
  • 00:32:36
    little you know like a little
  • 00:32:39
    moment and then they go oh well it can't
  • 00:32:42
    get any worse than this and then they
  • 00:32:44
    start to
  • 00:32:46
    relax but I think um before that moment
  • 00:32:49
    there's this fear of how bad is it going
  • 00:32:51
    to
  • 00:32:52
    get yes and that
  • 00:32:54
    anticipation makes it worse yes yeah and
  • 00:32:58
    once you've hit that threshold it's it's
  • 00:33:01
    as bad as it can get and you go oh oh
  • 00:33:05
    this is actually
  • 00:33:06
    okay and then you
  • 00:33:09
    relax so yeah it's a funny thing yeah so
  • 00:33:14
    yeah
  • 00:33:15
    running running towards pain rather than
  • 00:33:18
    running away from it surrendering to it
  • 00:33:21
    yeah not that you want to um look for it
  • 00:33:25
    but yeah don't run from it yeah
  • 00:33:29
    I'll try to keep it in mind
  • 00:33:31
    yeah yeah sitting sitting down and
  • 00:33:35
    um there is a headache trick that you
  • 00:33:38
    can use and that is by uh relabeling the
  • 00:33:43
    pain in different ways and then as you
  • 00:33:46
    become more accustomed to describing the
  • 00:33:48
    pain in lots of different ways you'll
  • 00:33:51
    find it begins to
  • 00:33:52
    lessen cuz you're not so much trying to
  • 00:33:56
    run away from it you're more like this
  • 00:33:57
    is interesting yeah so if you describe
  • 00:34:01
    it as a color or a shape or you know
  • 00:34:06
    does it feel warm or cool or rough or
  • 00:34:09
    smooth yeah okay yeah yeah can start to
  • 00:34:14
    diminish yeah I'll give that I'll try
  • 00:34:17
    that yeah it's an interesting thing yes
  • 00:34:19
    yeah yeah anything else coming up for
  • 00:34:23
    you um just feeling very relaxed yeah
  • 00:34:33
    um it did and it just felt lovely to be
  • 00:34:36
    um supportive yeah it felt lovely yeah
  • 00:34:41
    yeah yeah yeah of shell yeah yeah she
  • 00:34:44
    was the guest yes if anybody's wondering
  • 00:34:46
    who is this
  • 00:34:49
    shell yeah yes and she went through uh
  • 00:34:52
    this whole um experimental phase she
  • 00:34:56
    went through the six weeks yes at the
  • 00:34:58
    very beginning yes um
  • 00:35:02
    and yeah it's just gone through a rough
  • 00:35:05
    week so yeah get a little test yeah so
  • 00:35:08
    we thought we'd try a a jewel soundbath
  • 00:35:12
    session and see what that was like yes
  • 00:35:15
    yeah yeah seems very successful for you
  • 00:35:18
    I think it was pretty successful for
  • 00:35:20
    Shell as well she looked pretty Bliss
  • 00:35:21
    out she did she did yeah which is good
  • 00:35:26
    yeah and um anything that you're looking
  • 00:35:29
    forward to for the rest of the week now
  • 00:35:31
    that you want to carry the sand bath
  • 00:35:34
    into uh very definitely into my creative
  • 00:35:38
    work yeah very clear on my um my pattern
  • 00:35:44
    of work yeah so it has been forming over
  • 00:35:48
    the last couple of weeks yeah and it's
  • 00:35:51
    very doable now and it's
  • 00:35:53
    very uh I've been um
  • 00:35:57
    there's been a lot of stuff that I've
  • 00:35:59
    had to do with the flood and with uh
  • 00:36:02
    yeah Hospital stuff and yeah um
  • 00:36:05
    different Health needs but I can carve
  • 00:36:08
    out a good space and that's where I'm
  • 00:36:11
    carrying this yeah great um and the
  • 00:36:15
    creative work does involve uh nature so
  • 00:36:20
    this whole process has been
  • 00:36:22
    enriching um all all that I experience
  • 00:36:26
    in nature so it's come out a beautiful
  • 00:36:29
    time for my creative work yeah and I
  • 00:36:31
    remember you
  • 00:36:33
    saying uh pre bath we had a little chat
  • 00:36:37
    before our first interview you were
  • 00:36:39
    saying that after the soundbath colors
  • 00:36:43
    and detail seems more vibrant yeah
  • 00:36:45
    definitely yeah even the contrast from
  • 00:36:49
    walking into the sand bath last week
  • 00:36:51
    yeah um and then emerging out of the
  • 00:36:55
    experience the colors in your garden
  • 00:36:58
    there's a whole range of flowers as
  • 00:37:00
    oranges and pastel pinks and and reds
  • 00:37:04
    the Reds and pinks in the fuchia and
  • 00:37:06
    they were all just so rich and vibrant
  • 00:37:09
    yes um the greens are um iridescent
  • 00:37:14
    greeny you know and on the way in it was
  • 00:37:17
    it was just a lovely green garden and I
  • 00:37:20
    was still admiring but everything was
  • 00:37:23
    richer yeah
  • 00:37:25
    um even the vibration in the air yep
  • 00:37:30
    so it was impacting my senses in a way
  • 00:37:34
    that it kind of on reflection I'm I had
  • 00:37:38
    closed off some senses yes or that that
  • 00:37:42
    level of depth yeah and that sound bath
  • 00:37:46
    it's almost um yeah breathed space back
  • 00:37:50
    into it yeah or um relaxed me enough to
  • 00:37:56
    to be back into to the depth of it yes
  • 00:37:59
    yeah opening up to the experience again
  • 00:38:02
    it is a very interesting thing I found
  • 00:38:05
    that you know when when I've become
  • 00:38:08
    stressed um there's like a shutting down
  • 00:38:11
    of the system and you become very Tunnel
  • 00:38:14
    Vision on solving the issue at
  • 00:38:17
    hand and then the world gets starts to
  • 00:38:20
    become dark and around you because you
  • 00:38:23
    don't really see you're not you're not
  • 00:38:25
    concentrating on it you're just focused
  • 00:38:27
    on the mental activity of this
  • 00:38:30
    issue and then once that's gone the
  • 00:38:32
    world seems bigger and brighter and it
  • 00:38:36
    was a little bit shimmery as well yeah
  • 00:38:40
    even the um a dragonfly buzzing through
  • 00:38:42
    the air had a
  • 00:38:44
    different
  • 00:38:45
    yeah that you pick up on yes so yeah
  • 00:38:50
    yeah
  • 00:38:52
    um I would probably say it's uh similar
  • 00:38:55
    to what someone would experience if they
  • 00:38:57
    were on like um a psychedelic like
  • 00:39:00
    mushrooms and they would probably say I
  • 00:39:02
    am
  • 00:39:06
    hallucinating um or I'm getting
  • 00:39:09
    visuals and um I don't think that's the
  • 00:39:13
    correct thing I think what it is is that
  • 00:39:17
    what probably most people think is
  • 00:39:18
    normal is actually dull senses yes and
  • 00:39:23
    once you relax your senses
  • 00:39:27
    you know become more you lighten up and
  • 00:39:31
    you can sense
  • 00:39:33
    more so uh yeah I think
  • 00:39:37
    um normality for a lot of people is
  • 00:39:40
    actually
  • 00:39:41
    stress but because they're probably
  • 00:39:44
    living with it on a daily basis they
  • 00:39:47
    kind of think that this is the world yes
  • 00:39:50
    they're swimming in it yeah but it's
  • 00:39:53
    that classic joke you know the two the
  • 00:39:56
    uh the young fish that are swimming
  • 00:39:58
    along chatting to each other and the
  • 00:40:00
    older one swims by and
  • 00:40:02
    says
  • 00:40:04
    uh isn't the water feeling great today
  • 00:40:07
    yeah and as he swims by the other two
  • 00:40:09
    look at each other and go what's water
  • 00:40:15
    yeah you know we're oblivious to what
  • 00:40:18
    we're swimming in until it's pointed out
  • 00:40:20
    and it's like oh yeah yeah yeah we're
  • 00:40:24
    all stressed we're all wound up we're
  • 00:40:26
    all living like this is a normal yes
  • 00:40:30
    absolutely um but yeah when you
  • 00:40:33
    um when uh I
  • 00:40:36
    remember listening to a podcast about
  • 00:40:41
    cancer patients and a lot of cancer
  • 00:40:44
    patients
  • 00:40:46
    say uh when you when you know your time
  • 00:40:49
    is up everything starts to become you
  • 00:40:53
    appreciate everything and there's a a
  • 00:40:56
    calmness that comes over you and you
  • 00:40:59
    start to experience more of what's
  • 00:41:02
    really going on and
  • 00:41:05
    um and so they'll say it in a way that
  • 00:41:10
    most people have no no idea what's going
  • 00:41:13
    on yeah you're totally asleep to the
  • 00:41:16
    real world yes and uh it's a bit sad
  • 00:41:19
    that you have to get that sick you need
  • 00:41:21
    to get to the point of where you're like
  • 00:41:23
    life is going to end that you're
  • 00:41:25
    actually going to start living exactly
  • 00:41:28
    yeah you don't have
  • 00:41:30
    to yeah can you get a shake up another
  • 00:41:34
    way or yeah yeah yeah yeah without it
  • 00:41:38
    being yeah um yeah anything else coming
  • 00:41:43
    up for
  • 00:41:54
    you resolve strength
  • 00:41:58
    yeah
  • 00:42:00
    um Clarity
  • 00:42:05
    yeah deeper
  • 00:42:10
    understanding and that I've spent I can
  • 00:42:13
    see it clearly now looking back that
  • 00:42:15
    I've spent decades in and I keep calling
  • 00:42:19
    it an operating system yeah well that is
  • 00:42:23
    it is it's like a Loretta 1.0
  • 00:42:28
    yeah and I kept you know pushing back
  • 00:42:32
    the updates it was like I've got enough
  • 00:42:35
    on my plate I don't yeah I don't want an
  • 00:42:37
    update I need an update right now um I
  • 00:42:40
    don't want my system to crash yeah but
  • 00:42:43
    you know when you put it off and put it
  • 00:42:45
    off and then you finally do have to
  • 00:42:46
    update yeah and your whole the computer
  • 00:42:49
    says no big time this is yeah this is
  • 00:42:53
    too much you you got to get all the
  • 00:42:55
    other updates before you can do this
  • 00:42:57
    leap yeah so I'm at that point saying
  • 00:43:02
    probably should have should have should
  • 00:43:04
    have should have done a whole heap of
  • 00:43:06
    things yeah
  • 00:43:09
    um I would have done well to do a
  • 00:43:12
    meditation practice back in my 20s sure
  • 00:43:16
    I would have done well to have um got
  • 00:43:20
    rid of all the junk food in my 20s and
  • 00:43:22
    30s yeah while doing jobs that were so
  • 00:43:25
    stressful and always running to
  • 00:43:27
    deadlines I was really jacking up my
  • 00:43:30
    adrenals to a point that um on one level
  • 00:43:34
    I was loving that that uh that drive
  • 00:43:38
    yeah and that race absolutely that Rush
  • 00:43:42
    yes and in your 20s you can deal with
  • 00:43:44
    that yeah on a daily daily basis and um
  • 00:43:48
    and still get through you know wake up
  • 00:43:52
    the next day let's do it again and
  • 00:43:53
    thrive on it yeah but uh you see
  • 00:43:58
    doesn't enjoy that for a prolonged
  • 00:44:01
    period so yes I should have updated the
  • 00:44:04
    system back then for all that uh harsh
  • 00:44:10
    High just quick paced living yeah
  • 00:44:15
    um so now that
  • 00:44:19
    Clarity um it is reminding me and it's
  • 00:44:22
    actually just getting clear now this is
  • 00:44:24
    this is a big change yeah yeah um and
  • 00:44:27
    very conscious very aware of before and
  • 00:44:32
    after yeah
  • 00:44:34
    and that creative work that I'm I'm
  • 00:44:37
    working on and building on I can see how
  • 00:44:41
    it will virtually become a meditation
  • 00:44:45
    practice within itself absolutely yeah
  • 00:44:49
    so yeah what I was wanting to do you
  • 00:44:52
    know how do I hold on to this and how do
  • 00:44:54
    I merge the two it just becomes yes
  • 00:44:59
    absolutely yeah yeah and it's just
  • 00:45:02
    practice yeah yeah and you know from
  • 00:45:05
    time to time you get a little test and
  • 00:45:07
    you'll you'll struggle for a little bit
  • 00:45:09
    and then you
  • 00:45:11
    remember and then you'll come back and
  • 00:45:13
    you'll be oh yeah okay that's good I
  • 00:45:15
    still have to get the tuning fork so
  • 00:45:17
    that I feel like those will be the
  • 00:45:18
    little for for me personally I know that
  • 00:45:22
    I need a um something physical and then
  • 00:45:26
    the vi ation of it will bring me back to
  • 00:45:30
    that that head space absolutely so my
  • 00:45:34
    next investment will be three little
  • 00:45:36
    tuning Forks into the pocket yeah that's
  • 00:45:39
    it yeah it's just practice it's just
  • 00:45:42
    practice if anybody out there is wanting
  • 00:45:46
    a practice the simplest practice you can
  • 00:45:49
    do is just do conscious
  • 00:45:53
    breathing just remember that the only
  • 00:45:56
    thing you need to do to keep yourself on
  • 00:45:58
    the planet is
  • 00:46:00
    breathe and so nice deep inhalation and
  • 00:46:05
    exhalation through your
  • 00:46:08
    nose and
  • 00:46:10
    um if you keep that in
  • 00:46:13
    check everything else is
  • 00:46:16
    manageable but if
  • 00:46:20
    you start
  • 00:46:23
    overthinking and your breathing becomes
  • 00:46:25
    shallow you you you you'll feel it yeah
  • 00:46:30
    so yeah simplest thing and if you want
  • 00:46:32
    to do a little upgrade on that just make
  • 00:46:34
    sure on the exhale you do a little
  • 00:46:37
    hum I love the hum I was doing that on
  • 00:46:40
    the drivein yeah so that 21 minute hum
  • 00:46:44
    yeah meditation yeah uh I still struggle
  • 00:46:47
    with fitting that in yeah into the week
  • 00:46:50
    and I I think there were two days there
  • 00:46:53
    that I was able to do it y um but when
  • 00:46:56
    I'm driving
  • 00:46:57
    yeah I'm doing the hum now yeah that's
  • 00:46:59
    it yeah yeah you can do the hum anytime
  • 00:47:02
    anytime all day long if you wish yeah
  • 00:47:05
    the hum is very useful yeah yeah I
  • 00:47:07
    usually find
  • 00:47:10
    that
  • 00:47:12
    um that sometimes when I'm getting late
  • 00:47:15
    into the afternoon and I'm getting
  • 00:47:17
    tired um I'll actually notice it in my
  • 00:47:21
    breathing and um it won't always come on
  • 00:47:25
    like I'm getting tired it might be more
  • 00:47:30
    like oh I can feel like a constriction
  • 00:47:33
    around my chest it's only very slight
  • 00:47:35
    it's only very minor it's slight
  • 00:47:36
    irritation but it's just enough to make
  • 00:47:38
    me go oh I'm becoming
  • 00:47:41
    aware I'm not breathing properly yes and
  • 00:47:45
    so once I start doing the humming and
  • 00:47:47
    it's like oh yeah okay I can keep pace
  • 00:47:51
    and I'll get my energy levels better
  • 00:47:54
    yeah yeah yeah and if it gets too much
  • 00:47:57
    and just lie down have a little sleep
  • 00:47:59
    yeah yeah well it does put me off to
  • 00:48:02
    sleep quickly yes I have noticed yeah
  • 00:48:07
    just yeah with a in breath longer out
  • 00:48:11
    breath with a hum yeah I'm just dropping
  • 00:48:14
    off to sleep
  • 00:48:15
    really
  • 00:48:17
    easily and it was a struggle in the past
  • 00:48:20
    so ah isn't that amazing so yeah yeah
  • 00:48:24
    I'll keep going with those ones yes
  • 00:48:27
    so a little demonstration of that if
  • 00:48:29
    anyone's curious we're just going to do
  • 00:48:31
    three breaths now a little hum at the
  • 00:48:33
    end
  • 00:48:35
    so just inhaling through your
  • 00:48:42
    nose just
  • 00:48:44
    as big a breath as you can manage and
  • 00:48:47
    then when it's ready to Exhale you just
  • 00:48:48
    hum
  • 00:48:56
    you don't have to be in Pitch with me
  • 00:48:58
    you can any any note will do we do
  • 00:49:02
    another
  • 00:49:06
    inhale and when you're ready to
  • 00:49:08
    [Music]
  • 00:49:17
    Exhale then one final
  • 00:49:23
    inhalation just as big as deep as you
  • 00:49:26
    can manage
  • 00:49:27
    and then when you're ready exhale with a
  • 00:49:31
    [Music]
  • 00:49:36
    [Laughter]
  • 00:49:39
    hum and then you just notice how your
  • 00:49:41
    body is
  • 00:49:43
    feeling you might find that now your
  • 00:49:46
    breathing is maybe a little
  • 00:49:48
    deeper a little slower a little
  • 00:49:55
    longer so if if you were to do 36
  • 00:49:58
    breaths of that that won't take very
  • 00:49:59
    long about 5 minutes you'll definitely
  • 00:50:01
    feel a state change so yeah good to do
  • 00:50:07
    that um whenever you're feeling you got
  • 00:50:11
    your feathers R
  • 00:50:13
    ruffled little stressed yeah yeah yeah
  • 00:50:15
    good good to do that yeah and there's no
  • 00:50:18
    issue there's like you can just keep
  • 00:50:20
    doing it and doing it and doing it for
  • 00:50:21
    as long as you
  • 00:50:23
    like yeah it's good practice thanks man
  • 00:50:26
    no worries thanks Loretta my pleasure
  • 00:50:29
    thank you fantastic so we'll look
  • 00:50:32
    forward to seeing you again for your
  • 00:50:34
    fifth yes yeah yes great next week
  • 00:50:37
    fantastic great thanks L thank you
  • 00:50:40
    cheers thank you for joining us today
  • 00:50:43
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    exploring new
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