Let your body be the guide, by Andrea Gibson
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when your own body feels like the enemy? Spoken word artist and activist Andrea Gibson (You Better Be Lightning) spends years struggling with chronic illness, feeling as if their body is at odds with their anxious mind. It’s only when they learn to surrender control and embrace their physical sensations that they allow their body to guide them back to joy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Rohan. |
| 0:02.0 | With some exciting news to share, Meditative Story is now on YouTube, so you can now experience |
| 0:08.9 | full length stories with gorgeous visual backgrounds, short clips from our storytellers, and even |
| 0:14.7 | some meditation videos from me, which I love to record out in nature. |
| 0:20.1 | We hope you'll come along for this new venture. |
| 0:22.6 | You can follow the channel at meditativestory.com, fullslash youtube, that's meditativestory.com, |
| 0:30.4 | shortslash youtube. |
| 0:48.0 | A remix of Believe by Share comes on. |
| 0:51.8 | The dance floor erupts. |
| 0:54.0 | Do you believe in life after love? |
| 0:57.0 | From shout yes, some shout no, I lose myself in the music. |
| 1:03.8 | I start circling my arms, air traffic control style, it's one of my weird signature moves |
| 1:09.6 | I'm notorious for, it always makes my friends laugh, I just love it so much. |
| 1:25.8 | Spoken word artist and activist Andrea Gibson has an unexpected passion for basketball. |
| 1:33.5 | Flying across the court and finessing hard jump shots, they feel their anxieties melt |
| 1:39.0 | away. |
| 1:40.0 | But when Andrea is diagnosed with a chronic disease, their body slowly becomes their enemy. |
| 1:47.6 | In this week's meditative story, Andrea shares how in good times and bad, we can let |
| 1:53.6 | our body guide us back to joy. |
| 1:58.4 | Today's episode also deals with cancer diagnosis and treatment, so please take care if these |
| 2:05.4 | are sensitive subjects. |
| 2:09.2 | In this series we combine immersive first person stories, breath taking music and mindfulness |
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