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This Is A Practice | Begin Again

by Meredith Hooke

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In this short excerpt from our Weekly Sangha on IT, a reminder that our practice is to always begin again. It doesn't matter what happened, how you got lost - what's important is that we begin again and again and again.

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Transcript

This is a practice,

Right?

And it's just we keep,

We fall off,

Get back on.

We fall off,

We get back on.

Begin again,

Begin again,

Begin again,

Begin again,

Begin again.

One million,

Two billion,

Five trillion times,

Begin again.

Every time you recognize,

You know,

Oh I got a little lost there.

I was pushing back on it.

Okay,

That's okay.

It's the,

It's the seeing it and acknowledging,

Ah,

Okay,

That's what was happening.

Okay,

So begin again.

I've been fighting this,

You know,

Maybe you were fighting the anxiety for the last three hours.

Okay,

So don't,

Don't beat yourself up for the next three hours because you were fighting it.

Just,

Ah,

I recognize I'm fighting it.

Okay.

Sweetheart,

This is tough.

Let's be with this,

Right?

Pet ourselves.

Be kind.

Breathe.

And you can talk yourself through it,

Right?

As you're going through it,

Like self-compassion,

Talking to yourself kindly.

Okay,

Sweetheart,

We can breathe,

We can feel this.

We're back.

Does not matter that we spent three hours resisting it,

Does not matter,

That's,

That's the past.

We're back.

Begin again.

Begin again.

Begin again.

It's a practice.

Meet your Teacher

Meredith Hooke23232 El Sgto, B.C.S., Mexico

4.8 (228)

Recent Reviews

Wendy

January 10, 2026

Love this!

Mia

December 9, 2025

Exactly right! Life is a practice. Our lives are a journey, not a destination. We need to practice everything; not to get it right, but to do it over and over and over again; because that’s what life is all about. It is our persistence that strengthens our happiness. Thank you for this short yet powerful meditation. Namaste 🙏

Hilary

October 26, 2025

Great reminders. Grateful for awareness. Can begin again, and again, and again at any time, in any stage, in any momen begin again. Release judgment, soften, have compassion…Thank you.

Jackie

October 20, 2025

So comforting, thank you

Ed

August 3, 2025

Thank you.

Nicolas

June 24, 2025

What a great reminder. I feel sometimes like I should have {Begin Again!} tattooed on the back of my hand so I'm guaranteed to see it a thousand times a day. That might be just enough to get it to sink in. Thank you! 🙏

Debbie

June 21, 2025

So very true. It really is that simple. Love that this is in a little but powerful morsel which can be practiced anywhere anytime. At a stoplight. In the Checkout line. Anywhere. 🙏💖

Алина

June 16, 2025

Thank you

jesse

August 2, 2024

I’m a greatful humble Christian actor singer with courage kindness and a purpose to help and bring people together with my talents genourosity and purpose amen and so it is

Jesse

July 4, 2024

This brief talk gets to the heart of being human, picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and doing it over and over again. Life is a practice. I get it now. Thank🙏you 💕Jesse

Alice

May 15, 2024

love this shorter version reminding me to begin again 🥰🌺🌞🥰🌺🌞🥰🌺🌞

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