Shadowing Practice: The ONLY Way to Cure Anxiety – Ousama Alshurafa Explains. - Learn English Speaking with Video

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why do you think that

when you're really anxious to get something I ordered this thing on Amazon

and it was like prime delivery bro

so it's gonna arrive in like 48 hours man

because I've got like Amazon Prime bro

and then he orders a really anxious to can't wait till

I get it can't wait I get it can't wait till

I get it check the mail did it arrive yet check the app orders

Is it here yet?

No. It's out for delivery.

That line's not moving.

It needs to move.

You're just sitting there.

You're like, you're like a crack.

Taking up heroin.

You're like all up in your head, right?

And then the bottom line is what?

You finally get it.

The package arrived.

Take out the knife.

You open it up and what do you find?

There it is.

And then there's this immense sense of just like relief.

And you think like, I'm so happy right now.

Because I finally got what I wanted.

That's not why you're happy.

You're happy because all this time that you were waiting to get that thing, there was a lot of resistance in your head.

There was a lot of, you didn't want to be here and now.

You couldn't, when is it going to come?

When is it going to come?

Your mind is just rushing, right?

You have this anxiety.

You're excited to get it.

And then finally, when you get it, so the mind just, and you dip into the now.

Because the now is the absence of resistance to what is.

And when you're constantly in your head, You're not in the now.

You're in the construct of past or construct of future, memory and imagination.

And you're a ping pong ball between those two.

So that's what builds anxiety.

But when you're anchored in the moment because you finally got what you wanted,

that relief is the release of tension,

of resistance to what is because you no longer need to resist the now because here it is.

And you dip into infinity and that happiness is best you returning to your true nature.

You understand?

So that's why, why do you think time passes really fast when you enjoy what you're doing?

Because you're like, your attention is kind of brought into the thing at hand.

So you love to fix things you're a jeweler

and as you're working and like really enjoying your craft

so your attention is brought into the now

and you're no longer worried about what's the the what's coming

or you know reminiscing about the past

or you're like what's gonna you're fully here and now so

when you're fully here and now there's no what mind activity as much and when you're not plugged into the matrix

What do you think unplugging from the matrix means?

Living in the now means being your true self.

And so when you unplug from the matrix and you're here and now, you're in the present moment.

So you time travel, so to speak.

You're beyond time.

And so you're like, oh, where did that hour go?

But when you're just like, I don't want to be here.

You're sitting in classroom.

Remember those school years?

I'm like, when is this class going to fit?

Because you're up in here.

So time feels like it's like really, really slow.

And the hour feels like ages.

See how it works?

So if you want to, you know, like what is dhikr?

dhikr is being presence remembrance but what are you remembering that remembrance of like wait a second

I am the ruh so rather than like you're sitting there

and you're like when you're in a true state of remembrance and you're anchored in the present moment

if you have access to what it's a window unto the divine

You feel serenity.

أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ Also here could mean in the state of presence.

تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبِ The hearts find tranquility.

They find peace.

Because as -salam is here and now.

Oof.

So it's really hard being somewhere you don't want to be.

Really easy being somewhere you want to be.

Life takes a completely different spin, you know.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The ONLY Way to Cure Anxiety – Ousama Alshurafa Explains”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: finally, remembrance, matrix, resistance, sitting. This video has 82 sentences and 709 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:21. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 16 of its 82 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
arrive verb	/əˈɹaɪv/	To reach; to get to a certain place.
matrix noun	/ˈmeɪ.tɹɪks/	The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
remembrance noun	/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/	The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
anxiety noun	/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/	An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
anxious adjective	/ˈæŋkʃəs/	Nervous and worried.
anchor noun	/ˈæŋ.kəː/	A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
construct verb	/ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/	To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
rush verb	/ɹʌʃ/	To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
package noun	/ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/	Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
happiness noun	/ˈhæpinɪs/	The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
crack noun	/kɹæk/	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
knife noun	/ˈnaɪ̯f/	A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
spin verb	/spɪn/	To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
absence noun	/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/	A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
craft noun	/ˈkɹæft/	Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
take out verb	To remove.
take up verb	To pick up.

Sentences worth repeating

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

You're like, you're like a crack.
You open it up and what do you find?
You couldn't, when is it going to come?
What do you think unplugging from the matrix means?
I'm like, when is this class going to fit?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, tension /ˈtɛnʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, infinity /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/, serenity /səˈɹɛnɪti/, tranquility /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like arrive, matrix, remembrance.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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