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Today we'll be doing a meditation that will help you embrace your best self. You truly are a gift, not only

to the world, but most of all yourself. My hope is that this heartwarming meditation will deepen your sense of

self-appreciation and it will help you remember how wonderful you truly are.

So if you're in bed, use this moment to roll over and climb out of bed.

And wherever you find yourself, settle into a comfortable position that you would like to meditate in.

I recommend that you meditate sitting and sitting upright. that's simply because you're going to

up right.

That's simply because you're going to relax,

but you don't want to fall asleep.

However, I recognize we all have different preferences and different spaces.

So find a position that the side for now.

You chose to be here for the next 10 minutes or so,

to meditate and be by yourself. So whatever you were doing before and anything you have to do afterwards,

just put that to the side for now

and commit to being here.

Everything else will still be there when you're done.

Now take a deep breath in, fill all the way into your chest and your belly.

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