{"id":8879,"date":"2019-11-08T06:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deconstructingyourself.com\/?p=8879"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:28:34","slug":"meditating-down-the-stack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deconstructingyourself.com\/meditating-down-the-stack.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditating Down the Stack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meditating Down the Stack\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnKpwU5SKgE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Guided mindfulness meditation from the surface of awareness to the very source of awareness.  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