Hi. Welcome to a time of being still and being loved. My name is Alisa Keaton.

Go ahead and take a moment to place your body in a seated position.

If it feels better for you to lie down, you can do that too.

Make it your intention to stay present in whichever posture you take.

If lying down would make you more conducive to falling asleep, well, that's okay.

Maybe it's sleep you need. But if it's your intention to be here,

to stay present, to feel your feelings and know your thoughts, to connect to your breath,

and most importantly, the spirit of God, the breath of the Almighty that holds you together.

And choose the posture that will work for you.

Go ahead and wiggle your body some to get upright. Have a long spine from tail to crown.

And now begin to notice the breath.

In and out, in and out.

Let the breath soften you, anchor you.

And if you begin to wander and thought, maybe just come back to in and out.

In this time, it's our intention to fill our mind with God, his word, and fill our bodies,

our souls with his spirit. And the definition of mindfulness is to be present to this moment,

without judgment, anxiety or fear.

If anxiety or fear or heaviness shows up, notice it and maybe scoop it up

out of your space of your heart or your belly or wherever you feel it.

Scoop it up and place it in a container at the side of you.

So somewhere that can house and hold that emotion, or we can come back to it once this time

together has ended. God, we thank you. We thank you for our very breath. We thank you for our mind

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