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00:19 >> I knew something was shifting with my students
00:22 when someone was really upset.
00:24 And he said, "I just need to breathe.
00:27 I just need to take a moment."
00:28 I was like, "Wow, what if I would have been practicing
00:31 since I was 12?"
00:32 >> Like, it's pretty tough to grow up out here.
00:36 >> It's a struggle, but like, you can do it.
00:40 >> Like, when you feel powerful,
00:42 you can do all the things that you want.
00:43 >> But the only way you can do that is you exercise
00:46 that power that's within you.
00:48 >> That's where the mindfulness comes in.
00:50 >> My dream was that they can take that, internalize it,
00:53 and then share it with others.
00:54 >> Because we feel that we're all one.
00:57 We're all in this together, aren't we?
00:59 Don't you give up.
01:02 >> We do those things to free our mind,
01:04 to emancipate our minds.
01:07 >> Here with me, I have three of East Oakland's finest.
01:10 [ Cheering ]
01:12 >> I'm mighty strong.
01:13 >> You say positive things about yourself.
01:16 >> My body is strong.
01:18 >> Just a smooth, quiet place.
01:21 >> I am about to fade.
01:23 >> Just, you know, getting through some type of stuff.
01:26 >> I am hope, I am hope, I am hope, I am hope.
01:28 >> Just going up in life.
01:31 >> I am hope, I am hope, I am hope, I am hope.
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