Letting the lightness in: Stories of re-emergence
Meditative Story
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🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
All our problems haven’t magically vanished after the dark year gone by, but perhaps we’ve begun a new chapter, a slow re-awakening. In this collection of short stories, Rohan finds moments from four storytellers – Diana Nyad, Nalini Nadkarni, Franklin Leonard, and Florence Williams – that explore the singular moments that set us on a new path. Sometimes, it’s a single, pointed question. Other times, it’s an unexpected invitation. And sometimes, that moment arrives in a full-on blizzard.
Listen to Meditative Story episodes featured in this episode:
Diana Nyad: http://listen.meditativestory.com/DianaNyadCompilation
Nalini Nadkarni: http://listen.meditativestory.com/NaliniNadkarniCompilation
Franklin Leonard: http://listen.meditativestory.com/FranklinLeonardCompilation
Florence Williams: http://listen.meditativestory.com/FlorenceWilliamsCompilation
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, Rohan here, your host of Meditative Story. |
| 0:04.1 | Darren, Mary Beth and the team are working with new storytellers for Upcoming Season, |
| 0:08.8 | which begins very soon. |
| 0:11.6 | In the meantime, we always find taking a moment to look back at some of the richest |
| 0:15.6 | experiences of the season we're bringing to a close gives us a chance to hold on to |
| 0:19.8 | those moments before we move on. |
| 0:22.6 | I think you're going to love this between Season Content we've curated. |
| 0:26.0 | And as always, please reach out at helloatmeditativestory.com if you have any ideas about storytellers |
| 0:32.6 | or anything you'd like to share with us. |
| 0:36.3 | Please take a few moments to settle in. |
| 0:39.3 | Find a position where you're really comfortable. |
| 0:46.9 | I don't need to remind you of the uncertainty and anxiety and in some cases profound |
| 0:51.8 | difficulty we've all been through over the last year and change. |
| 0:56.0 | But I think we've all felt a shift in recent weeks. |
| 0:59.5 | After so much hardness, something lighter seems to be creeping into the frame. |
| 1:05.0 | All our problems haven't magically vanished. |
| 1:07.9 | But lately I've felt a level of hope and optimism that's refreshing. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm drawn to short scenes from our past season because they speak in a way to that change |
| 1:17.5 | I'm feeling. |
| 1:19.2 | The stories of emerging, of re-awakening in some cases. |
| 1:24.4 | Stories of new chapters beginning and I really appreciate reminders of what that looks |
| 1:28.6 | like and feels like. |
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