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hello and welcome to lingo Marina

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and welcome to this guided meditation

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if you feel

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that you're working on your English

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twice as hard as you used to but you

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still don't see any progress

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if your excitement to learn

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begins to fade

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listen to this meditation carefully

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because what you're experiencing right

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now

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is very common

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and it's normal

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it is okay to feel stuck

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it is okay to feel complacent

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you've reached a so-called language

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learning plateau

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the good news is

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this meditation can help you

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it can help you become excited

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and motivated

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to learn English

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to make English language classes part of

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your daily routine

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take a deep breath in

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and then out

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inhale

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and exhale

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what is your reason

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for learning English

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breathe in all the happy moments related

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to speaking English

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foreign

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how your knowledge of English has

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benefited you maybe you found the love

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of your life

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during an English course

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maybe you went on your first solo trip

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abroad

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because you felt confident

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in using your English abilities

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English has brought some positive

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changes

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to your life

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they may not necessarily be huge

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life-changing events

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but they are vital to you

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and your story

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think about them to Recall why you're

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learning English

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I'll start with a first reason

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the ability to communicate with at least

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one

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billion people

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living on Earth today

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speaking fluently is a goal

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but it's also a process

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it takes time to reach fluency

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and therefore you should enjoy every

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second

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of this process

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if you don't like a certain part of your

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learning routine

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or if you're tired of it

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change it up

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and incorporate things that you

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and joy

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this

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is the first rule

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for moving on

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bring back

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the joy

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of learning English

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the second rule

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is to focus on vocabulary

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you can already communicate with people

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in English

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praise yourself for that

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foreign

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you've learned a foreign language

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and not everyone can do this

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nor has the patience for it

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you didn't give up at the beginning

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and you won't give up today you need to

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learn more vocabulary to speak even more

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accurately

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without feeling like you're always

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searching for the right expressions

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learn the common words and collocations

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that native speakers use

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and not just what's in the textbooks

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immerse yourself in English

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read in English

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watch videos in English

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and listen

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in English

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make your life all about English

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and you'll pick up much needed

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vocabulary

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and get so used to English that you'll

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even begin thinking

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in English

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wouldn't that be fantastic

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thinking in English while not living in

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an English-speaking country

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and that's achievable by immersing

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yourself in the language

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so here is a third rule

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expose yourself

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to English

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the purpose of any language

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and this is the only purpose of any

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language

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is to be able

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to communicate with people

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not to take tests

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not to prove something to someone

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just to communicate

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when you're learning English speak it

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no matter how many mistakes you make or

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what accent you have

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speak it English is just a way to

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communicate

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and not a way to measure your

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intelligence

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don't be afraid

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speak it whenever you can

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speak English while you're alone in your

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room

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speak it with your teacher

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find a study buddy and only speak

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English with them

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regardless of how many hours you spent

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learning new words and mastering grammar

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it will be all in vain if you don't put

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the language in a practice

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what are you afraid of

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other people judging you

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maybe you are judging yourself

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go ahead and speak

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make mistakes

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forget words

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that's a part of the learning process

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just speak

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it's the fourth

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and most essential rule to overcoming

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the plateau

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breathe in all the times you manage to

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communicate in English

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despite all the difficulties

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recall that feeling of happiness

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do you remember how proud you were of

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yourself

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[Music]

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make yourself proud

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every day

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just by speaking English

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for a ten

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minutes now I wanted to wrap up this

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meditation by reminding you

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that on this journey

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you're only competing with yourself in

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the past

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in the beginning

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you couldn't even speak and step by step

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you learned the most basic phrases

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then more complicated ones and started

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to express

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your opinion

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you've made astonishing progress so far

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reward yourself

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now say

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I've done

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a great job

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I overcame

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a lot of difficulties

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I'm a die-hard

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English learner and a go-getter

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there's plateau

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is not a barrier

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this Plateau is just an obstacle

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an obstacle that I will

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overcome

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I am not going to stop

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learning English inhale

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and exhale

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rewarding yourself is a significant part

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of the learning process

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and the fifth role of overcoming the

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plateau

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reward yourself for every Milestone even

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the small ones

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because you're truly doing an

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outstanding job

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now I want you to focus on your emotions

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again

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recall all the positive things English

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has brought to your life

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pick the one you love the most and

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relive it right now and when you're

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ready

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open your eyes and say

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my only limit is my mind

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and my mind

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is Limitless

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thank you so much for joining me for

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this practice today I hope I motivated

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you to continue learning English

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if you like this meditation I'd be

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really grateful if you wrote a comment

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down below and subscribe to my channel

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thank you