Happiness Break: Sketching Serenity, With Chris Murchison

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  I'm Dacher Keltner.

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  This is Happiness Break, a series by the Science of Happiness,

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  where we share short guided practices to help us develop more calm,

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  kindness, connection and resilience to stress.

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  Welcome.

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  This week we're just going to take a break to get out of our heads and focus on the light,

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  shape and lines of some object nearby and render it somehow on paper.

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  Even if you don't think you've got any talent, doing something creative like drawing,

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  painting or crafting can help us find flow where we can get absorbed in what we're doing and break out of the ruminative thought patterns we might be stuck in.

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  It can also unlock our imagination,

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  spurring new ideas and allowing us to connect the dots of our thoughts into in ways we might not have otherwise.

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  Guiding us today is meditation teacher and artist Chris Murkison.

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  So grab a piece of paper and something to draw with.

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  Here's Chris.

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  Welcome.

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  It's wonderful to be with you here today.

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  Let's begin by taking a few mindful breaths.

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  So I invite you to close your eyes or avert your glance for a moment.

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  And as you breathe,

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  bring your attention to this moment and to any thoughts passing through your mind,

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