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I felt super relaxed, and I felt like a human. When I do it [Transcendental Meditation] my anxiety goes away completely, and my heart goes back to normal

Children of the Night: Moving Past Life on the Streets

Teenage girls rescued from prostitution

Video Transcript:

Living on the street was tormenting. It was like, everyday you had to look behind your back. Every single second you had to walk really fast. Make sure you knew who was around you, make sure you knew everything. Pimps were after you, other girls were after you, tricks... and you couldn't trust them.

Just stressful situations 24/7 and it's like nobody had your back, nobody cared. It was just a cold dark place, and it was like 'you're going to do this, and if you don't do it, you're going to get beat up, you're going to get hit,' and you might even die.

I learned Transcendental Meditation about six months ago. It sounded really cool but I never thought that I could do it. Before I started Transcendental Mediation I had a really negative energy, but that was just because I felt that I had to have that mentality to protect myself. I had to have that vibe to tell people “watch out, don't mess with me”, because I had to have that vibe to survive.

The first time I did it, it was like the most calming experience I have ever had in my whole life. I didn't want to tell anybody... like, I didn't want to admit to anybody, but I really liked it and I kept doing it.

And pretty soon I started to feel way calmer and more relaxed, and less looking over my shoulder. I started to become a lot happier, really a lot happier.

I felt like my happiness rose to high altitudes. I felt super relaxed, and I felt like a human. When I do it my anxiety goes away completely, and my heart goes back to normal. It helps me to look at things in a different way.

I felt super relaxed, and I felt like a human. When I do it my anxiety goes away completely, and my heart goes back to normal

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