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4 Minute Mindful Reset

by Ellie Foden

Rated
4.5
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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When your day just feels like it's taking over you, reach for this short mindful reset. Four minutes of simple connection to help invite ease into the chaos that can be life. This is also suitable for complete beginners to meditation.

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Transcript

Welcome to this short practice to use on days when you haven't got a lot of time.

Maybe this is your first meditation or maybe you just need a moment to check in with yourself,

Pausing whatever you're doing and tuning inwards.

Then pausing wherever you are unless you're walking.

If you are sitting down then start to feel the support beneath your hips.

See if you can shift your posture a little bit so that you feel awake and alert for the next couple of minutes.

Just inquire within to begin with as to how's the weather inside you,

Inside your being.

Are you feeling clouded?

Are you feeling bright and sunny?

Somewhere in between,

How's the weather inside you?

And greet whatever the answer is with acceptance,

Not judgment.

And then tuning into your breathing,

Not changing it or controlling it.

Let's just watch the breath for a minute as it is.

And then that's for the next minute or so count your breath.

So as you inhale count to four.

Exhale for a count of five or maybe six.

Inhale counting for four.

Exhale for five or six.

Continuing that rhythm,

Inhaling and exhaling,

Keeping your exhale just a little bit longer than your inhale.

Take one more breath.

And then from wherever you are just set the intention to bring some of this groundedness into the rest of your day.

You can do this practice repeatedly throughout the day if you're particularly stressed and need that gentle reminder to come back to you,

To come back to your breath and just to calm things down.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Meet your Teacher

Ellie FodenBarcelona, Spain

4.5 (289)

Recent Reviews

Liddy

April 12, 2022

Awesome reminder to come back to you! Love this so much and it helps - simple and a mini retreat.

Anthony

March 23, 2022

Best ever

joe

March 20, 2022

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ That was beautiful thank you so much for that amazing reset 👌🏻Namaste my friend

Jinky

March 10, 2022

Perfect reset for those times when you just need to take a breath and slow down. This was really helpful for my morning today. So glad I came across this. Thank you!

Catherine

February 7, 2022

Loved it! Nice guiding style.

Cody

March 21, 2021

Very lovely quick mid-day break to reset the day, thanks so much! 😌🤙🏽

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