Pressing Pause: A Quick Calm For Overstimulation & Overwhelm

This short meditation is permission to pause whatever is going on in life. It’s an invitation to set down whatever you are carrying and return to a moment of calm.

Noticing the breath and the stability of the body, a spaciousness is discovered that we can relax into beneath all the noise.

This is a gentle reset for the overwhelming moments, the days that feel too full, and when you just need a calm space to remember the ease that exists within when you can choose to turn off for a moment.

Transcript

It's time to pause. Close your eyes. And in doing so, You are taking a pause from the stimulation of your day. Whatever your mind has to say about this, It can wait. All the worries can be put on pause. Notice how your body feels with your eyes closed, Sitting or laying down. And just notice how gravity feels in this moment as you allow yourself to sink down into your body in this moment of pause. Exhale all of your air out. And take a nice deep full belly breath in The deepest breath you've taken all day, Nice and easy, Nice and full. And let it all go. Noticing your body sinking down deeper in this moment. I choose my power to pause my day. I choose myself. I choose my breath. I am worthy of pause. On your next inhale, Breathe full and deep into your belly. Letting your breath rise up into your chest and your heart. Feel this breath, Your life force filling up your body. And then let it all go. Dropping. The impulse to jump up and unpause. You are sinking deeper down into this moment. Noticing the impulses as they arise, And choosing to breathe and pause and love yourself here, Now, In this moment. Taking another nice, Deep, Full belly, Conscious breath. Up into your belly and chest, Filling up your body with this presence of yours. And then let it all go, Sinking down. Even deeper. Can you notice the back of your head? Bringing your attention to the back of your body, Going down the back of your head, Down the back of your neck, Feeling the backs of your shoulders. Going down the back body now, Feeling your spine. Just noticing your sit bones, Noticing the backs of your legs. Can you rest deeper back, Back, Back? Now, Sinking deeper. I choose this moment to pause and remember. That all is well right here and now in my inner world. Because I choose it. I choose to pause and remember this spaciousness. I choose to pause and remember. The back body and the spaciousness of my breath and gravity holding me. Giving thanks to yourself for taking a moment to pause and remember the simplicity of closing your eyes and consciously breathing into your own spaciousness.