An Antidote for Anxiety | Bonus Meditation with Sebene Selassie

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Find freedom from obsessive loops of fear by getting grounded in the body, dropping the stories, and bringing some kindness to the struggle.

About Sebene Selassie:

Growing up, Sebene felt like a big weirdo. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and raised in white neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., she was a tomboy Black girl who loved Monty Python and UB40. She never believed she belonged. Thirty years ago, she began studying Buddhism as an undergraduate at McGill University where she majored in Comparative Religious Studies. Now, Sebene is a teacher, author, and speaker who teaches that meditation can help us remember our inherent sense of belonging, that our individual freedom affects absolutely everyone and everything, and that our collective freedom depends on each and every one of us.

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0:00.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape
0:09.8	and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among
0:17.2	others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.
0:23.9	And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.
0:29.8	It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.
0:36.0	So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Briden and
0:41.2	are available early and ad free on Amazon Music or by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple
0:46.5	Podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:58.9	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey everybody, it's Friday, which means
1:07.7	it's bonus meditation time. We've been seeing some dangerous spikes and anxiety these days
1:14.1	throughout the population. So today we've got a meditation that might help if you're
1:18.5	one of the sufferers as I am. My friend and the great meditation teacher, Seven A.
1:24.7	Salassi is going to teach us how to get out of our heads and into our bodies. So we can
1:28.8	have a different relationship to all of our swirling stories. Seven A is a core meditation
1:33.7	teacher on the 10% happier app and a former guest, repeat guest on this podcast. She was
1:39.0	born in Ethiopia and raised in Washington, DC. She started studying Buddhism three decades
1:44.0	ago as an undergrad at McGill University and she is the author of a recent and fantastic
1:50.2	book called You Belong, a Call for Connection. Alright, here we go now with Seven A.
1:57.2	Hi, this is Seven A. For many of us, when we get gripped by stress or anxiety, it's
2:04.7	hard not to be completely swept up by strong emotions. Getting grounded in our bodies
2:11.1	is a way to recognize what is really happening in the present moment, helping us drop the
2:16.4	stories and see what is actually occurring right now. Only then can we recognize that this
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