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Five short guided meditation scripts and timers for one- to ten-minute practices

Five short guided meditation scripts and timers for one- to ten-minute practices

Five ready-to-use short guided meditation scripts span 1–10 minutes, with a truncated one-minute cue and explicit body-scan, loving-kindness, and values-reflection excerpts for volunteers, teachers, and coaches.

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