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Planting seeds: The Power of Mindfulness Trailer

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    So mindfulness is first of all
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    the energy that helps you to recognize
    the conditions of happiness.
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    Anyone can help remind us that
    we can be happy right here and right now.
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    So who is going to
    do that in our daily life?
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    The answer is:
    You have to do that!
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    You are the one who has to do that.
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    You remind yourself that you have
    enough conditions to be happy
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    right here and right now.
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    And you remind the person next to you.
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    And he reminds the person
    who is next to him.
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    So that is the practice of mindfulness.
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    ♫ Guitar music ♫
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    Sam, what's this?
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    It looks really cool!
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    Hold on, Iz.
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    Sam, I really think you should see this!
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    (Narrator) If you are reading this,
    it is because I want to tell you my story.
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    Well, not just my story.
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    I want to tell you about something
    that I discovered this summer.
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    I mean, it is not really a thing.
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    It is more of a...
    Well, it's hard to describe.
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    ♫ Acoustic Guitar music ♫
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    ♫ We are standing like a mountain,
    calm safe and free ♫
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    ♫ We are standing like a mountain,
    as high as you can see ♫
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    ♫ I've got a pebble in my pocket,
    maybe one or two ♫
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    ♫ I've got a pebble in my pocket,
    hey look, here's one for you ♫
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    When are some moments
    when we need solidity?
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    When do we really need
    that mountain energy in us?
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    (Child) When we are being bullied!
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    (Sister) Why do we need
    the mountain in us then?
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    So they can't hurt you.
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    How can it help to be a mountain
    when we are being bullied?
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    Because you stay still and
    they don't push you on the ground.
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    (Bell)
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    (Sister) Mindfulness is to know what is
    happening in yourself and your environment.
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    taking care of yourself,
    treasuring yourself,
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    listening to yourself,
    and loving yourself.
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    Mindfulness is love.
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    (Bell)
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    For me, mindfulness
    has brought so much peace
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    and awareness of who I am and
    what I am doing in the world.
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    For children to have that insight,
    means a lot to me.
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    I want to make it available
    for young children.
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    They can be aware of their breath,
    they can calm their body.
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    They can be aware of their emotion.
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    So when difficulties arise in
    their family or their school,
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    they have a way
    to transform the situation,
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    to transform their suffering.
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    I don't think that children are
    not ready yet to do that.
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    It can be one of the times
    when we suffer the most.
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    Giving the tools to cultivate mindfulness
    through a movie like this,
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    is like giving one of the greatest gifts
    to the young people of our world.
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    ♫ And I feel there is space,
    deep inside of me ♫
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    Breathing in, I see myself as a mountain.
    Breathing out, I feel solid.
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    Mountain, solid.
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    (Breathing)
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    (Br. Phap Lai) For teachers
    the classroom can be a wonderful place,
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    but it can sometimes be stressful.
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    A teacher might find herself
    with a class full of children she loves,
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    but things are not happening
    in peaceful and calm way.
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    Some of the practices
    you learn in this film,
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    can transform the classroom
    into a happy classroom,
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    a classroom the teachers
    and children really enjoy.
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    They become more calm,
    more attentive to what is being taught
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    and more attentive to each other.
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    And they really enjoy to be
    together in the class
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    and make a kind of community.
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    ♫ May you be peaceful,
    may you be at ease ♫
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    ♫ with love in your heart and all round ♫
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    ♫ You can sing your love ♫
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    ♫ You can dance your love ♫
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    ♫ You can play your love ♫
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    ♫ Today, my love ♫
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Planting seeds: The Power of Mindfulness Trailer
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Spanish
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05:06

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