Relieve Anxiety & Stress Challenge: Day 8 - A Little Pause

This short meditation will help you stop for a while. This is an invitation to simply relax. A moment to connect with your body and your thoughts, without judgment. Just simply be here and now.

You can integrate this practice with your activities.

Transcript

Welcome!

Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle into a comfortable position.

You may close your eyes or keep them slightly open allowing the spine to lift,

The shoulders to soften.

Today we will practice simply stopping.

Begin by taking a full breath in and a long breath out.

Notice what it's like to just stop,

To simply be still and present in this moment.

You may notice thoughts,

Bodily sensations,

Sounds.

Just noticing what it's like to be alive in just this moment.

Simply stopping.

Time you find the mind somewhere else,

Play with inviting a sense of stopping.

Let's continue practicing like this for a little while.

And as we are near the end,

Finish with a deep breath in and a long breath out.

To integrate this practice you can try a minute to arrive practice.

When you start a new activity today,

Maybe a work meeting,

Maybe a meal,

Practice stopping and practicing one minute of silence to give yourself time to stop and become more present to this next activity.

And try to reflect this question.

What impact is stopping and practicing a minute of silence have on your next activity?

Thank you for being here with me today.