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Speaker 1: I don't usually lead with this, but when I first

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started getting into Yoga Nidra, when I really started to

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deepen my practice, I felt this calling. I felt this

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calling that I wanted to learn more. But surprisingly it

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wasn't because I wanted to become a teacher or a guide.

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It was because I was preparing for death. After being

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diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. I had to

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face the reality that I might not be here for

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much longer, and it was because of that I wanted

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to have all the tools that I needed to prepare

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myself for that final resting pose. That experience changed everything

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for me, and what happened during that was something that

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my soul, my heart calls to share with all of you,

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which is why the training I offer now exists for

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anyone who feels called to either embody yoga Nindra or

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maybe you are desiring to share it with the world.

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This practice is not just something that you do, it's

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something that you feel. And if you feel like there's

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something that you can't quite explain from this practice, I

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want you to stay with me here.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Most of us that find Yoga Nidra are arriving in

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the same way something in your life might not be working, sleep, relationship,

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a health crisis, grief, or a reality you feel like

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you didn't choose. And then there may be this time

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where you start to feel like maybe you didn't find

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this practice, maybe this practice found you, and you want

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to know more, not just more about yoga nindra, but

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a more depth within yourself, like what is this thing?

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Speaker 2: Why is it working? And then a sense of peace.

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Speaker 1: And then alongside that sometimes there's an experience that comes

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in quietly or loudly which is calling you to carry

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it forward. But this is where it gets a little

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bit tricky because most people are starting to look for

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a yoga ninja teacher training at this point, and what

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you start to notice there's a curriculum, there's a history,

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a technique, anatomy of this practice, and all of that

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is important, But the thing that you start to recognize

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as you go through these trainings is that that's not

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really the point. The point is coming back to you

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understanding you. You start to realize it's not how much

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you know, but are you really living. So in order

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to give you a full picture, I need to take

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you back when I was diagnosed, I had already been

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in the wellness world for quite some time. I knew

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the things, had the tools, I had the practices, and honestly,

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I thought that I was pretty good at rest, but

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I didn't understand what rest meant on a deep soul level.

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so that it appeared that you were well.

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Speaker 2: And then cancer came.

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Speaker 1: None of that mattered, because cancer doesn't really care about

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your morning routine. I remember a specific moment in my

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treatment where I realized I might not make it through this.

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I knew I needed something that wasn't going to just

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talk me out of the fear with positive thinking or

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another technique. I needed to be able to sit with

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everything that was coming up, the anger, the fear, the

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resentment in some cases, the ability to feel like I

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couldn't forgive certain aspects of my life, certain parts of

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my history, but also being able to sit with the joy,

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being able to sit with the peace, being able to

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Speaker 2: And showed me I could do that.

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Speaker 1: And it wasn't because it made it easier, but it

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allowed me to contain all of these aspects of myself

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that maybe I suppressed, maybe that I push it down,

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and instead of doing the work, I could be with myself,

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no more distractions, no more scrolling, just truly being from

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Speaker 2: I started to really meet the shadows.

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Speaker 1: And in Young's work we talk about the shadows as

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these parts of ourselves that we reject, these parts of

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ourselves that we alienate or push away because we don't.

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Speaker 1: And it's often because it feels dangerous or shameful. And

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in most spiritual practices they're like, go.

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Speaker 1: But as you've heard me say before, the darkness in

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me honors and sees the darkness within you. Because without

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that darkness we could not know our light, we could

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not shine our light. And so I went into that

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cave and Yoganidra was what guided me through. The beautiful

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part was that it actually felt safe for once to

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look at it. And there's something about that Yoganidra state,

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that space in between the waking and the dreaming, that

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was a pure reflection of the grief of the loss

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of the unknown. And I call that part of what

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that wants to stick up for you, one that's ready

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to ride at dawn. And it's in that space of

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the conscious and unconscious, that liminal dreamy state, that you

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can resolve some of what feels heavy. So to me,

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my cancer became a gift. This practice became a gift,

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and I feel like it saved my life, and I'm

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not saying that it's going to save everyone's life. It

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saved the way that I thought about life, It saved

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the way that I feel about life. I did survive cancer,

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but more importantly, I came back as myself. I was

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able to feel the wholeness of life, what really matters,

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what's really important, And it turns out that's what I

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needed to go through in order to be fully present

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with people and fully present with myself. So yeah, no,

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I didn't actually want to necessarily become a teacher. And

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so much of what I teach has grown from that experience,

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that is ripened from that experience, and that's why I

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feel so called to guide others. So when I built

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the Yoganager teacher training, I actually built it backwards. Most

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people will try and teach you things from learning and

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understanding through information.

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Speaker 2: What I like to share is.

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Speaker 1: The lived experience of the teachings to integrate it into

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your waking life. I can't tell you how many times

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I've had people come through this training and realize this

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is what they really needed, was to get back into

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their bodies, to get back into living, to see the

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poetry of life unfolding in front of them.

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Speaker 2: And this isn't a detour, you know.

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Speaker 1: Taking this training is taking you first into living and

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then into leading.

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Speaker 2: This is why I built it in two parts.

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Speaker 1: One is so that you can truly meet yourself, and

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then the embodiment comes, and from that embodiment there lies

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your teaching. In this you start to navigate your life

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through your own relationship with self, and that begins to

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expand into your relationship with everything around you. We start

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to regulate the nervous system, We start to restory our

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relationship with ourselves, and we can start to see this

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unfolding not just with our relationship with self, but how

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that works in relation to other We're orienting into the body,

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we're regulating our nervous system, and we integrate it in

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a way that brings us into our life fully. And

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then there's of course the optional module, which is the

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Speaker 1: This is available as a bonus because it's through that

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lived experience that I pass this teaching on to you.

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but it's there if you need it. Only after we've

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lived through the practice do we move into the leading

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of the practice. And this is where we expand our understanding.

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Speaker 2: In written word. We write the script, we rewrite the script, and.

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Speaker 1: We learn how to hold space for others in a

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regulated state. And when we transition from living to leading,

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we have that right of passage. We have that initiation

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of recognizing ourselves in the tension of opposites and move

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forward through the middle path. But we don't just do

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this through our words. We do this through our voice.

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And I'm going to be holding this container. It takes

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approximately three months to complete it, and for those joining

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that already are on the Yogic path, you will also

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receive one hundred Yoga Alliance credits. And I'm gonna be

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real with you for a second, because it's not just

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about the certificate or the piece of paper on the wall.

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because how you receive and hold space for yourself is

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what really matters. It's what this training is really about.

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I'm gonna have to hold space for myself and that

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might bring up a lot for you. So I just

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want to spend the next little while here talking about that,

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about supporting you in that some of you were maybe

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even thinking, you know, I'm not sure I want to teach,

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and same I didn't know either when I first started

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going into this work. But what I can share with

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you is that once you've completed the living module of

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Speaker 2: Not going to matter so much.

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Speaker 1: It's more about meeting yourself in a deeper way and

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you'll know what you're here to do. And if teaching

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is a part of it, amazing, But if anything, you'll

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have the foundations of this practice to live your life

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more fully and you don't have to have everything worked

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Speaker 1: If it's a genuine calling, the time usually has a

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this calling, that you're starting to notice the synchronicities and

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this video might have landed exactly when you needed to

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hear it, then I encourage you to apply. And if

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you're feeling a slight hesitation, then please join the Novenager community.

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Every week we're connecting with the conscious community of people

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who truly value rest, so you can start there and

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see what begins to unfold for you. And if after that,

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something in you knows that you're ready to take that

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next step forward, then apply for the novinidjer teacher training

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You'll take a couple of days for you to hear

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genuine fit, you'll be accepted. You'll receive your enrollment, and

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we'll find a place for you in the program. These

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of this work is intimate, and I want to say

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one more thing before I go. I never plan to

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be here, I never plan to be guiding others. I

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plan to rest, to heal, and I planned it my

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lowest to die. But what actually happened is that this practice,

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it brought me back to life and now it's offering

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something for me to give, to pass on, to share

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with you. So whether or not you stand in front

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of a room or you just do this for you,

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know that everything grows from here. Thank you for listening,

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Thank you for being here. Make sure to subscribe if

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just walking each other home. Thank you for listening. I

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hope you like this video and I wish to see

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you in the teacher training No miss car