SOS Anxiety Release

Feeling anxious and nervous? Perhaps about to perform? This active meditation is designed to quickly and easily calm, focus, center, and ground you so that you can give your best. With practice, you can do this on your own within a minute. This has even been used by elite athletes prior to competing to focus, ground and go on to win top medals. For a longer version, please see my 12-minute "HELP Stress & Anxiety Buster" meditation on Insight Timer.

Pose Instructions: 1. Cross your left ankle over your right. Extend your arms out in front of you, palms facing outward and thumbs pointed down. Cross your right hand over your left, interlace your fingers, and turn your hands in and up so that your hands are resting under your chin. Now place the tip of your tongue behind the ridge on the roof of your mouth. 2. Set your feet flat on the floor. Place your fingers in a steeple position, prayer-like without the palms touching while still touching your tongue to the roof of your mouth.

Transcript

Make yourself comfortable standing or sitting.

Cross your left ankle over your right.

Extend your arms out in front of you,

Palms facing outward and thumbs pointed down.

Cross your right hand over your left,

Interlace your fingers and turn your hands in and up so that your hands are resting under your chin.

Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth in the midline.

And as you take long,

Slow breaths in through your nose,

Close your eyes if you are able to do so.

Settling in and settling down.

Visualize your breath entering in through your left foot and following it all the way up your spine to the top of your head.

And slowly release it back down and out your right foot.

And breathing in again through your left foot all the way up to the top of your head.

And release it back down through your right foot.

And one more time breathing in again through your right foot all the way up to the top of your head.

And release it back down through your left foot.

Now release that posture,

Setting your feet flat on the floor.

Place your fingers in a steeple position,

Prayer like,

Without the palms touching.

While continuing to hold the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth.

And your deep,

Grounded breathing.

Taking three deep breaths in this position.

Now release the steeple position of your hand.

And allow your breathing to return to normal and reorient.

Knowing that you can return to this place of peace anytime you desire.

Reviews

this genuinely helped. thank you
good instructions.

Thank you for the reminder to cross my feet and hands. I forgot about this practice and will be using it more often.

Surprisingly helpful given how quick it is! Thank you

Not what i was expecting, but really good at taking someones focus

Very good thank you but felt a bit strange stood in the kitchen like that. It worked thoe.

Exactly what I needed. I was feeling super triggered and now I feel at peace.

Was a great way to keep my mind busy during a panic attack. Thank you

I’ve been meditating for years and have never encountered anything as powerful for anxiety as this. Love how short it is too. Thank you.

So effective. My anxiety has been piqued all day and this was super calming and effective. Hoping it’ll help me sleep and maybe do it again in the morning if it returns

short simple remedy to start my day

So bloody perfect. Short and succinct. Just what I needed. Thank you ✨❤️ This saved me.

Feel so much calmer in such a short space of time. Thank you. Will definitely return.

it was lovely, thank you

Irene, I truly enjoyed this short meditation and will introduce it to my 13-year old when she is feeling nervous about school. Thank you!

Surprisingly effective for such a short meditation. Beautiful, thank you!

A simple meditation but super effective.

Absolutely brilliant. Short sweet and simple. Just perfect. Thankyou 💜💜

WOW, that really helped! Thank you