At-Work Quick Relaxation Break

Feeling stressed, anxious, or burned out at work? This short relaxation track is perfect when you're feeling overwhelmed with it all. You can take a quick break and listen it right at your desk, and you'll feel more relaxed and calmer. It's important to take time to acknowledge our feelings and allow ourselves compassion and grace, especially as we try to navigate work, family, and other responsibilities at a time of seemingly relentless global bad news. Thank you for spending this time with me.

Transcript

So let's just start by relaxing a little bit.

Maybe set our shoulders back a little bit,

Sit up straight.

Move your head from side to side if you need to.

Whatever feels good to you and your body.

Let your jaw relax.

Kind of rubbing the side of your jaw or your chin.

Whatever you need to do to just let that jaw relax.

Let your shoulders relax.

Just take a nice deep breath in through your nose,

Out through your mouth.

Just get really comfortable now.

Put your head down on your desk if you want to.

Grab a pillow or a sweater or something to hold onto.

Whatever is just going to make you really comfortable,

Really peaceful.

Close those eyes.

Just notice how you're feeling right now.

Just allow that feeling to be there,

Whatever it is.

Now picture yourself covered in a warm,

Cozy,

Heavy gray blanket.

You're so comfortable and this blanket is wrapped right around you.

It's warm and heavy and cozy and soft and covering you in comfort and grace because you're doing so well.

You deserve grace.

You deserve compassion.

As you're here picturing yourself under this blanket,

Just say to yourself,

I love you.

Say all my feelings are valid.

As that blanket keeps you nice and warm and cozy and weighted,

Say,

I deserve compassion and I send compassion to everyone around me.

I deserve peace and I send peace to everyone around me.

I deserve love and I send love to everyone around me.

I am compassion.

I am peace.

I am love.

Take a nice deep breath in through the nose.

Hold for a moment.

Out through the mouth.

One more.

In through the nose,

Nice and deep and nourishing.

Out through the mouth.

Whenever you're ready,

You can open your eyes,

Sit back up,

Do whatever feels good in your body right now.

Reviews

I enjoyed this little break to refresh. The length is great - my work days can get overwhelming with tasks and clients and I can't always take a long break. This helps me find some quick quiet and mentally reset.

This was a great quick reset during my work day. It’s been a very busy day and this helped me to slow down and recenter. Thank you!