Shadowing Practice: Jay Shetty's Morning Routine - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A morning routine is critical in order to set yourself up for the day.

It's the part of the day you control.

Control it as well as you can to make it as effective as you can so that you feel rested,

calm, ready and grounded for the day ahead.

There are upgrades and updates in my morning routine.

I focus on meditation, exercise, diet and sleep.

If I can set myself up for a strong foundation, I'm ready to take on the day no matter what they come.

Every day, every morning, I wake up at 4 a .m.

No, I don't.

Those days are long gone.

I wake up around 6 to 6 .30 a .m on a weekday and around 7 or 8, if I'm lucky, on a weekend.

If I could lie until noon on a weekend, I would definitely do it.

I have experienced an incredible connection between sleep, exercise, diet, and meditation and here's how I think about it.

I think about sleep as the core pillar of health.

If you're trying to solve your health and wellbeing, the first thing you should try and fix is your sleep.

And the reason I say that is because when you sleep well, you now don't crave foods that are quick sources of energy,

but aren't really great for your health.

So when I sleep poorly, I'm reaching for sugars for energy.

I'm reaching for carbs and fats to make me feel better to get through the rest of the day.

When I sleep really, really well, I'm naturally turning to veggies, proteins, healthier foods, because I don't need that extra energy from food.

Now, when I sleep well, I also have energy to want to work out.

And then when I go and work out and I'm eating well, I now feel better at the end of the day.

And then I naturally feel tired.

I'm really lucky.

I don't snooze.

I don't struggle to get out of bed in the morning.

But if you are someone who struggles to do that, this is one of my favorite hacks.

Record an alarm with your voice.

Because, see, when you wake up in the morning, the first thing you hear in your mind is your voice

that says go back to bed you're tired give yourself some more time

so you've got a voice in your head that's talking to you anyway record an alarm clock

so that when it goes off it's the opposite it's the voice

that says i can't wait for today i'm grateful for today

i'm excited for what i've got coming up today whatever it is

that you want to program your mind to think of first

thing in the morning instead of i'm tired go back to bed snooze

i promise you it'll work give it a go i generally wake up without an alarm

and I'll sleep between seven to eight hours any given night

but if I have a really important meeting

or something I can't miss then I will set an alarm as the latest backup I can wake up

but I'm usually up well before that.

My first thought of the day is be where your feet are.

Everything is competing for my attention and

so we're never where our feet are we are where our mind is and our mind is rarely present in the moment.

I then brush my teeth.

I I really hope everyone knows I brush my teeth.

We're not going to show you everything.

And I get into my morning meditation.

I'll often start by just getting outdoors to just get some air and some light.

When I lived as a monk, we practiced Surya Namaskar, which translates in English to sun salutations.

It's the honoring of the sun.

And so that practice of kickstarting this occasion rhythm has existed for hundreds of years now, if not more.

Getting some fresh air, getting sunlight first thing in the morning is a beautiful way of really feeling like my day's beginning.

I meditate for 90 minutes a day.

It's broken down into breathwork, visualization and mantra.

For me, breathing in the morning is a beautiful way to calm the body and calm the mind.

I find visualization is a great way of rehearsing the day, especially if I have a big podcast.

If I have an amazing guest coming on the show and I'm feeling a little nervous and anxious about it, I want to visualize meeting them.

I want to visualize being present with them in the conversation.

I'm not visualizing a perfect result.

I'm visualizing the process and the practice of being present.

And then finally, mantra.

This is the repetition of sacred sound.

This is the primary form of meditation in the East.

And it's usually practiced on beads where you repeat the mantra on each bead.

The mantra gives you a place to focus your attention and your senses are engaged.

So you're touching the beads, you're hearing the sound, you're speaking the mantra.

You might even light some incense so you have a beautiful scent.

And so the best types of meditations engage all your senses.

I still find it hard.

I've been meditating for 90 to 120 minutes for 20 years now and it has got easier.

But at the same time, it's still hard.

There are still days when I am ready to get up after 17 minutes.

And that's why breaking it up has become a really beautiful way of keeping that practice.

Now, if you've never meditated before or you're new to meditation, please do not try and do 90 minutes to 120 minutes.

Do not try this at home.

It will ruin your experience of meditation.

When I started and I was first trained in meditation, I started at 7 to 10 minutes,

which I believe is the sweet spot the goal of meditation is not to have an empty mind

which is often the misconception i think it's

pretty much impossible to have an empty mind what it is to have one pointed attention

this usually takes me up to 8am which is

when i start my workout

when i'm in la i'm doing strength training i do two days of push days two days of pull days

and one day of a leg day today i was at prevail

which is my friend ricky's gym everyone there's wonderful they're great energy and they're there to sweat.

Workout number one was dips, single arm chest presses, ab roll outs.

10. Good job.

I remember when you did it.

Cool.

The second part of my workout was we did an incline barbell bench press, a cable tricep overhead extension, and then we did weighted V -ups.

And then the third part of my workout, we did the weighted chain side planks.

This is painful.

It is so rough.

Woo!

And then we did 15 push -ups.

Lock this one, lock it up, lock it up.

Let's go.

That's a chest, triceps and abs day.

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I used to believe that I could only work out when I had energy, and I realized it wasn't the case.

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Working out gave me more energy.

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It's why when I'm on the road, I sometimes end up eating more pizzas, fries, burgers, whatever else it may be, because I'm not working out,

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I'm feeling tired, I'm wanting energy, and then I'm turning towards those sources.

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So if it's midnight in London, I'm ordering a margarita pizza and fries and then regretting it the next day.

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Yeah, that's happened a few times.

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And in New York as well, I think, actually.

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That happens in New York.

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So we just got back from the gym.

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I showered up and now I'm about to walk you through my skincare routine.

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So we're going to start with a quick face rinse.

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And then now we've got Dr. Dennis Gross.

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This is a cleanser.

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I absolutely love this cleanser.

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You can lather it on.

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And then now, vitamin C serum.

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This is the thing that I think is actually giving me a really nice glow.

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I feel like a little baby when I do this to myself.

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And then this is the secret formula.

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Shout out to Haley Bieber, Rode.

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This Rode milk is unbelievable.

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So to finish it off, sunscreen, so important when you live in LA when I first moved here,

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I didn't realize just how much sun exposure there was.

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There we go.

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Oh, wait, and some lip balm.

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This is Lucas Papua's ointment, whatever that is.

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It's papaya, I think.

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All right, now I need to do my hair, so get out of it.

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So breakfast was something I struggled with for a very, very long time.

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I'd either end up feeling sluggish or bloated.

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I found out a few years ago through an allergy test

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that I have a slight allergy to oats

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and for a long time i was eating oatmeal in the morning

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and i would end up feeling bloated after

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that i then turned to protein shakes and sometimes i'd feel bloated after

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that i finally actually created my own protein shake with joe

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and the juice it's called the muscle up and i will have

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that every morning this has got double plant protein

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it's got some date puree for the perfect amount of sweetness got creatine in it

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and it's almond milk and ice and so that's it simple ingredients.

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This is my morning breakfast straight after working out and it tastes amazing.

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And I also get my turmeric shot and ginger shot.

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When you're Indian, turmeric and ginger are like staples in the kitchen and my mum's always on my case saying, have you had your turmeric today?

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Have you had your ginger today?

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But this is the turmeric.

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It's anti -inflammatory, great for digestion and ginger's the same.

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Keeps me, ginger's always made me feel like I've got a strong immunity when I'm taking a ginger shot every day.

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There we go.

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And before I start my work day, I'm going to have my Bio -Optimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough.

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This is incredible for sleep, it's incredible for healthy stress recovery, it supports muscle function,

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it's also really really helped the fact that I don't get bloated

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and I don't have to take like 20 pills a day to get what I need.

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This is incredible.

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I started to realize that I really sought connection in the morning.

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I really sought this desire to want to feel camaraderie, belonging and love in the morning

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And I find that connecting with some of my best friends can be one of my favorite ways to do that.

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And I think for me, it's become a non -negotiable to want to talk to my best mates two or three times a week.

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It's allowed me to feel really connected to my friends that I grew up around,

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especially since we all live in different time zones now and my life has changed drastically.

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Oh, what's up, Jesse?

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What's up?

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It's good to see you, man.

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Congrats.

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And so that's a really nice way of feeling grounded, feeling connected, feeling seen, heard and understood.

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and I find that makes me feel really confident throughout the rest of the day

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and it makes me feel like I'm not.

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catching up with my friends, but that they're actually living life with me.

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And that's my morning routine.

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I focus on meditation, exercise, diet, and sleep.

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That's meds.

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I think what we forget is that our days are full of so much unpredictability and uncertainty.

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My morning is pretty much the only thing I actually have control over.

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So if I can set myself up for a strong foundation, then I'm ready to take on the day no matter what may come.

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I hope you have an awesome day.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Jay Shetty's Morning Routine”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sleep, meditation, feeling, energy. This video has 173 sentences and 1972 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:40. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
meditation noun	/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/	A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
mantra noun	/ˈmɑn.tɹə/	The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
routine noun	/ɹuˈtin/	A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
alarm noun	/əˈlɑɹm/	A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
workout noun	/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/	An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
ginger noun	/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/	The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
connect verb	/kəˈnɛkt/	To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
naturally adverb	/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/	In a natural manner.
muscle noun	/ˈmʌs.əl/	A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
pizza noun	/ˈpi.tsə/	A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
engage verb	/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/	To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
shake verb	/ˈʃeɪk/	To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
brush noun	/bɹʌʃ/	An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
allergy noun	/ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/	A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get through verb	/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/	To overcome; to endure.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

It's the part of the day you control.
We're not going to show you everything.
I'm not visualizing a perfect result.
I'd either end up feeling sluggish or bloated.
Have you had your ginger today?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 63 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, lather /ˈlæð.ɚ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, extension /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, immunity /ɪˈmjuːnəti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like meditation, mantra, routine.

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Sentences worth repeating

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