The One Minute Stress Buster

The great mystics and now neuroscience tells us that stress and anxiety vanish when we are fully present. In the quiet of the present moment, the false image of yourself fades. The image of threatening fades. The judgments you have about yourself and project onto other people fade. Your fear of failure fades and what takes its place is the happiness you can experience right here, right now, when you are not afraid of anything. This one-minute exercise helps you locate the present moment.

Transcript

The quiet stillness and intelligence of inner peace is a radically different experience than the stress so many people endure every day.

One way we can cultivate that quality of presence,

That peace,

Is to take short timeouts for peace two or three times a day for a minute or more.

There's a tool for doing that,

And it's called the brain break.

Imagine you are hard at work and your tired brain tells you it's time for a break.

And here's how you take that break.

You simply stop and step away from the world for a moment.

You let go of what you were thinking and doing,

And you allow your mind and body to relax a little,

And then to relax a little more.

You mentally let go of everything.

No worries,

No problems,

No goals,

No one to please,

Nothing to change or fix.

You just let everything go for a moment and allow your mind and your heart to open wide.

Then watch how peace begins to emerge as your experience all by itself.

Reviews

Just hearing this gentle voice in and of itself relieves stress.

A very simple helpful suggestion. I will definitely try this today. Thank you ☮️

Another great lesson! Thank you! 😊

Great 👍 tool for stress on the job Don. Thanks 🙏