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This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang, happy Friday, bonus meditation

time. As you may remember this week, one of our guests was my old friend and former ABC

news colleague Robin Roberts, longtime co-anchor of Good Morning America. And one of the things

we talked about was her idea of having a joy mindset. And this is something I've always

found fascinating. The idea that joy, which can sound a little twee or triggly, is actually

a skill. So today we're going to go into the joy boot camp, the joy dojo as it were with

our meditation teacher, dojoer, la Sarmiento, who graduated from spirit rock meditation centers,

community, Dharma leader training program, and is the guiding teacher of the insight meditation

community of Washington's BIPOC and LGBTQIA plus soundbuss. Here we go now with la Sarmiento.

Hi, this is La. I once heard that life is too important to take seriously. As adults, we can

often feel bogged down by so many responsibilities that we forget or take for granted our capacity

for joy. The essence of joy is simply the ability to delight in being alive. Let's get

our joy on. Find a posture that your body would most enjoy that is both relaxed and alert.

Take some fuller breaths as you allow your eyes to close or create a soft gaze downwards.

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