5-minute reset to start afresh.
Please don't listen while driving.
If you're in a car,
Make sure you're safely parked.
Before we begin.
Take a moment to notice how you feel.
Perhaps your mind is busy.
Perhaps something has happened that you would like to leave behind.
Or perhaps you simply need a little space.
What have we brought you here?
You don't need to solve it right now.
Notice that the last few seconds have already passed.
You didn't have to let them go.
Time did that for you.
Now listen for the next sound.
It may be close by or somewhere in the distance.
Notice how it arrives and then It passes.
The next sound is new.
It doesn't carry anything from the one before it.
Now,
Feel your next breath arrive.
This breath doesn't know what happened earlier today.
It doesn't know about that conversation you keep thinking about.
The decision you need to make.
Or the thing you wish had gone differently.
It simply arrives.
And for this moment,
That is enough.
So.
.
.
Maybe starting afresh is not something you have to wait for.
Maybe it is already happening.
With every sound,
Every breath.
And every new moment.
So for the next few minutes.
Give yourself permission to begin again.
Let your thoughts be here.
You don't need to fight them or force them to disappear.
Some thoughts may need your attention later and that's okay.
Some may need to be accepted.
Others may be ready to pass.
For now.
Let's just notice them.
And then bring your attention back to what you can feel.
The air against your skin,
The surface beneath you.
Or the quiet movement of your breath.
Let these sensations take up a little more space.
Now let's imagine what starting afresh might look like for you.
There is no right answer.
Let yourself be creative.
Where would you want to be in this moment?
It could be.
Looking at the beautiful sunrise slowly bringing color into the sky the calming movement of the sea.
A dramatic storm clearing the air.
Or the deep quiet and silence of a forest in the rain.
Just choose a place that helps you feel happy,
Content.
And peaceful.
You don't need to see it perfectly.
Just allow yourself to sense that you are there.
Notice the colors,
Listen to the sounds.
Feel the air around you.
Let yourself be there.
Just sit there.
With nothing to solve and nowhere else to be.
Now it's time to go back.
Notice the surface beneath you again.
Listen to the sounds around you.
You're back at home,
In the office,
Safely parked in your car,
Or simply where you were before.
If your eyes have been closed,
Gently open them now.
Take a moment to look at the colors around you.
Perhaps.
They seem a little brighter.
And if they don't,
That's okay too.
You have still given yourself five minutes of space.
Take whatever sense of calm you have found into the next part of your day.
You don't need to change everything.
You only need to be present in the next moment as it arrives.
Your fresh start begins here.
Thank you.
