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Jesse Israel

lines on the record: 20
first: 2020-03-25
most recent: 2020-03-25
sittings or episodes: 1
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“Couple things. The first has been having practices where I could just cultivate the self like meditation, like eating clean, like movement, exercise, taking care of myself first and foremost has been a really big part of that. But the second piece, this may be the most important piece has been for me to just be accepting of the fact that I feel anxiety sometimes, even when I lead 15,000 person mass meditations, I still feel anxiety. I still get stress. I feel depressed sometimes. And when I'm able to accept that and almost love that as part of who I am, it melts. So it's been a blend of these practices that have allowed me to feel better in life.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think that societally we have a concept that we need to be always taking care of other people, doing other things, which is great, but what winds up happening is I think people start to feel guilty or a sense of shame around taking care of themselves. But the truth is, and I think a lot of people here know this, you can't really show up for other people if we're not taking care of ourselves.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think that, like I mentioned in my talk, it's so rare that we have these moments without distractions. So when we create the space to give ourselves that and finally have it, it feels good. The body wants it. And I think that's just the body saying thank you. I want more of this.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And send your self-love. Feeling the sensations of self love in your body We take a final moment of gratitude for what we shared together today. Take a moment of gratitude for our bodies. For our ability to breathe. For the gift that is life. And in your own time while remaining quiet. Begins very slowly open your eyes. And as you take your time to come back to the room, just start to look around at all the people that we're experiencing today with. Look at the people in front of you, behind you, up top, down below. See this group full of 15,000 people that got to share this together that are now going to bring this goodness that we created here today into the rest of the day. Sharing this with the people that we love and remembering that we are all in this together. Thank you everybody for meditating. Jackie Cantwell”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Taking a moment to just soak up how incredibly rare this is to be in a sold-out arena of 15,000 people in complete stillness and silence. While we continue to keep the eyes closed, we end the practice. By thinking about someone that you love. Could be someone that's alive, someone that's passed away. Think about this person, see this person, see them smiling. And send this person your love Feeling into your heart opening And I'll think about someone that you may be having a tough time with, you may be experiencing a challenge with. Imagine yourself giving this person a smile, even if that feels challenging. Send this person your love. And now you're thinking about an area in your life where you may be beating yourself up or tough on yourself, an area where you could bring more gentleness or compassion to your life.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Without foreseen or controlling your breath, just noticing how your chest pulses. Now, noticing your heart. Notice any sensations or emotions you may be feeling in your heart. And if anything is coming up for you, just allow yourself to feel it. Be with whatever emotions maybe they're. And while you're noticing this sensations in your heart, simultaneously notice your breath. Like I mentioned earlier, if you find that your mind is wandering, it's totally natural. You notice that your mind has wandered. Very gently, bring your attention back to the sound holes. easy with yourself as we take a moment of quiet The balls fill the space. As you continue to keep your eyes closed, as the bowls fade out, we're going to take 60 seconds of total silence in the arena.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Move your attention past your shins to your knees. Noticing your thighs. Noticing your hips Allow gravity to pull you down into your seat. Notice the weight of your body in your chair. Notice in your lower back. Middle Noticing your shoulders. Notice where your neck meets your shoulders, allowing yourself to release any tension you may be feeling there. Move in your attention up the back of your neck to the top of your head. Now, noticing your Noticing your lips. See if you can notice the weight of your tongue in your mouth. Bringing your attention to your nose Notice the air very gently moving in and out of your nostrils or your mouth while you breathe. I'm noticing your chest. It's in your chest just very gently rising and falling as you breathe in your unnatural rhythm.”
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“Not only is that pretty incredible, but there's a lot of bodies in here. So if we hear a cell phone go off, if we hear people cough or sneeze, we're going to welcome those sounds into our practice today. So to begin, I'd like for you to sit comfortably in your seat Allow your feet to rest on the floor. You can put your hands in your lap. On your thighs, whatever feels most comfortable to you. Making sure that your back is resting against the cushion. And as we start to settle into quiet, you can begin to close your eyes. You'll start to hear the sound of the sound bowls fill into the arena. Just take a moment to listen to the sound, to notice how it feels in your body. Moving into our mindfulness practice, bring your attention to your Notice the sensation of the skin of your feet against your socks or your shoes.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I'll guide you through a simple mindfulness meditation practice. So for those of you that have never meditated before, you're in good hands. And before we begin, I want to address a common misconception. When it comes to meditation, I often hear people say, meditation is not for me. My brain always wanders. And what I want to make clear is that it's okay if your mind wanders. This is how our brains work. It's totally natural. Know that you're still experiencing the benefits that we just discussed when you find that your mind has wandered, just lovingly, gently bring your attention back to my voice, to the sound of the balls, be easy with yourself, and let this be a process. The other thing that I'll say is we are doing this with 15,000 people in a sold-out arena.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“In the face of a society that says, yes, yes, yes, more, more, more. The more we do it differently, More we can shift culture away from this idea that resting is lazy. Not something to feel ashamed about. It's not something to feel guilty about. It's something to own So if there's anything that I hope you'll take away from today, it's that you are worthy of quiet. Deserve rest. So as we move into our meditation this morning, take permission to celebrate yourself just as you are in this beautiful moment of quiet. Thank you. So now we're going to experience our mass meditation together. It's going to be a large scale moment of quiet. Jackie Cantwell from the Big Quiet will be playing the soundballs. And these are instruments that emit a frequency that allow the mind and the body to settle.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Simply by practicing these things, you're granting permission to others to do the same. Your families, your partners, your friends, your coworkers, they'll see you doing this. It only takes one person to say, hey, I'm doing it differently for other people to take notice and to start to make a change in their own lives. It creates a ripple. In my opinion, it's a form of leadership. And have you been through my own experiences with mental health and noise overload, I've been so moved by the power of quiet that I left my career in the music industry to spread this stuff to the masses, to gather people to share in meditation and community, and to speak about and teach these practices. What I've come to learn is that the truth is it takes courage to be quiet. It requires bravery to say, no, thank you.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Form a deeper connection to ourselves, which allows us to more meaningfully and confidently connect with others. From this place, we can be the best of who we really are, not only so we can feel good, but so we can contribute to the world around us in a way that is fulfilling and impactful. But it's not only meditation that brings this type of value to our lives, there are other quiet practices that anyone can do that are also incredibly beneficial, like creating blocks of phone free time. Yourself permission to just rest and take it easy. It's my personal favorite, setting boundaries with others that allow you to take the space you need for yourself.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So, when our bodies shift into the three relaxation response, we experience the opposite physiological changes of what's happened in fight or flight. So instead, our arteries dilate, blood flows more fluidly, dopamine and serotonin, which are the chemicals that allow us to feel a sense of happiness and well-being, pumps through our veins, our digestive and reproductive systems strengthen, our muscles loosen up. And as a result of a daily meditation practice, the nervous system operates in balance. The immune system strengthens, we sleep better, often looking and feeling younger. Instead of reacting stressfully to situations, we become thoughtfully responsive. Parts of the brain light up and thicken, allowing us to be more clear, present, compassionate, creative, powerful.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“My former career worked in the music industry. I found myself having panic attacks and experiencing debilitating anxiety regularly. I learned about meditation, began a daily practice of quiet and things got better fast. And as I looked into the research and science behind what was happening, I learned that practicing meditation turns off the fight or flight response. It switches on something called the relaxation response. It's also known as the parasympathetic nervous system. And this occurs as a result of the deep rest of the nervous nervous”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So it's no surprise today that 90% of doctor visits are related to stress. Insomnia has become an epidemic, and mental health levels are at an all-time low in our country. Often it feels like things are only getting more intense. Things are getting louder. But we're not helpless. Each and every one of us has the power to do something about it, to practice quiet.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“When you're sitting in traffic and a car is just blowing its horn at you, you feel your blood start to boil, it's fight or flight. And when you have that argument with your partner about the Amazon groceries delivery and the next thing you know, you're yelling at each other, it's fight or flight. And although these situations are obviously not life-threatening, the biological systems in our body have not evolved fast enough to tell the difference between a rude email and a tiger that's ready to have you for lunch. Living in a modern city or suburb, we can experience dozens of these triggers in a single day. And because it takes our body's metabolisms about 90 minutes to return to normal once the fight or flight response is over, for many of us are nervous systems or in a constant state of fight or flight.”
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“Digestive system and reproductive system would shut off completely, preserving energy for means of survival. Your arteries would narrow. Blood would thicken. So if you got bit by the tiger, you'd bleed less. Your muscles would tense up so you could use your bursts of strength to fight or to flee. When faced with a human-hungry predator, like a saber-toothed tiger, the fight or flight response is incredibly helpful in keeping us alive. Now jump forward to today. A short period of time. For most humans don't exist in tribes. In the modern world around us, things have changed drastically fast. Yet our bodies are still operating in the same way that they did when we were hunters and gatherers. So when you get that aggressive email from a colleague and get that fiery feeling in your stomach, fight or flight.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So fight or flight is a reaction in our bodies that occurs in response to a perceived attack or threat of survival. Now, when we're actually under attack fight or flight is critical, So to best understand how this works, let's take a look back again when we were hunters and gatherers living in tribes. And let's say that you were a member of the tribe headed out to hunt for the day's meal, and on the path you encountered a saber-toothed tiger. Fight or flight response would turn on instantly. Cortisol would start to pump through your veins, issuing an emergency warning to the entire body, enhancing the sensation of stress.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Glorifies being busy. And we're expected to be doing always. For many of us, this constant noise is exhausting. The burnout rate amongst U.S. adults is currently considered to be a modern phenomenon. But it wasn't always like this. For the great majority of our time on Earth as a human species, we lived in quieter times, in tribes. In fact, the amount of information that our tribal ancestors would process in an entire lifetime is equivalent to the amount of information and input that we process in one single day today. It's a lot of noise. And the burden that it's creating on our bodies and on our minds is real. But by show of hands, who's heard of the fight or flight response? A lot of people know it.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“In about 10 minutes, we are going to experience a mass meditation. 15,000 people in total quiet. It's one of the most profound yet simple experiences that we can share together as human beings But before we get quiet, let's talk about noise. Today, we live noisy lives. The second, we wake up to the sound of our alarms, we're processing a non-stop stream of input and information. Text messages, social media updates, likes, growing inboxes, news, politics, podcasts, and infinite assortment of Netflix offerings And that little red dot on your app, icon that seems to never go away. So we're told to work harder to achieve more, to move up, to not fall behind, to hustle, to be better. To be better parents, better kids, better partners, better students, better employees. We live in a culture that celebrates moreness.”
2020-03-25 · Oprah's Super Soul · Oprah and Jesse Israel: Your Life in Focus · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source