Welcome to 5 Minutes of Magic.
This is your time.
Your space,
Your moment to come home to yourself.
Let your body settle wherever you are.
If a few save,
Close your eyes.
We're going to begin with a breath that signals safety to your nervous system.
Breathe in through your nose for a count of four.
1… 2… 3… Hold gently for 7.
2 3 4.
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7.
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And exhale slowly through your mouth for 8.
Letting it all go.
Again,
Breathe in 1,
2,
3,
4.
Home.
And release all the way out.
Already something is shifting Now return to your normal breathing.
Anxiety lives in the future.
It is the mind running ahead.
Bracing for something that has not happened yet.
But right now,
In this moment.
You are here.
You are safe.
Nothing is required of you but this breath.
Now bring your awareness to the bottoms of your feet.
Feel them against the floor,
Against the surface,
Against the ground that has always,
Always held you.
Now feel the weight of your body.
Heavy This body has carried you through every hard thing.
Every uncertain moment.
Every day,
You weren't sure you can manage.
And here you are.
Still here.
Imagine now that with every exhale,
The anxious energy.
That buzzing,
Restless electricity begins to drain downward.
Down through your legs,
Through your feet,
Into the earth beneath you.
The Earth receives it without judgment.
She has held far heavier things than this.
And as that energy leaves.
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Something else moves in.
A quiet.
A warmth.
A knowing that moves through you like sunlight through still water.
You're not in danger.
You're not behind.
You're not too much or too little.
You are a human being.
In the body.
Doing your best.
And that.
Is more than enough.
Feel your breath moving in and out.
Steady.
Rhythmic.
Faithful.
It has never once abandoned you.
Not in your hardest moments.
Not in your darkest nights.
Your breath has always come back.
That is what calm feels like.
Not the absence of feeling.
But the presence of trust.
I am safe in this moment.
I release what is not mine to carry right now.
Calm is not something I find.
It is something I return to.
I am grounded.
I am steady.
I am here.
Now press both feet firmly into the ground.
Feel that connection.
Solid,
Steady.
Real.
Place one hand on your heart and one on your belly.
Feel the rise and fall of your breath.
This is your anchor.
Anytime today.
If the anxiety rises,
You know the way back now.
Gently open your eyes when you're ready.
You came back to yourself.
That is the practice.
That is the power.
And this is your magic.
