Give Your Brain A Break - by Maya Lombarts

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Give Your Brain A Break

With Maya Lombarts

This 10-day meditation challenge helps you to give your brain a break, even when life gets too busy. In 10 days, you will learn several techniques like meditation, visualization and breathing to calm down your nervous system and press the pause button. 5 minutes a day is enough to make a difference in your brain chemistry, you’ll see!


Meet your Teacher

Maya Lombarts is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, a Certified Astrologer, and a big fan of journaling. Maya is from Belgium, living in Peru. She loves singing, colorful tea cups, and salsa dancing.

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10 Days

2.5k students

4.8 stars

6 min / day

SOS

English


Lesson 1

Day 1 - Give Your Brain A Break

Welcome to day 1 of the 10-Day Mini Meditation Challenge! Let's dive in and give yourself a well-deserved break from everything you have going on in life. Just 5 minutes a day can refuel that energy bucket and calm down the nervous system. Enjoy! Make this promise to yourself to take 5 minutes a day to come back to these audio series and train your ability to unplug, no matter how busy your day is.

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Lesson 2

Day 2 - Visualization

Welcome to day 2 of the 10-Day Mini Meditation Challenge. Today we're using our imagination to travel to a relaxing place and calm down our nervous system. Enjoy the trip!

Lesson 3

Day 3 - Life Is A Rollercoaster Ride

Welcome to day 3 of the 10-Day Mini Meditation Challenge. Life is a never-ending rollercoaster of highs and lows. What can you do today to feel more at ease with the changes in life? How can you stop overthinking and follow your intuition to get where you want to go? Get comfy, sit back and take a moment to reflect.

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Lesson 4

Day 4 - Out Of Your Head, Into Your Body

Welcome to day 4 already - time flies! What is your body feeling like today? Have you paid any attention to your body at all since you woke up? Let's take a moment to give yourselves the attention we deserve. Turn off all distractions and enjoy this 4th audio!

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Lesson 5

Day 5 - I Am Awesome!

You're doing awesome! 5 days of mini moments of meditation! It is time to step back, fuel your fire, and give yourself a huge high five for checking in with your body and your brain.

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Lesson 6

Day 6 - Activate Your Vagus Nerve

Hey chievers! Welcome to day 6! Have you ever heard of the vagus nerve? No? Well, it's time you learn about what it is and how to work with it. Get ready to pull yourself out of overwhelm and stress whenever you need to with this simple exercise. Enjoy!

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Lesson 7

Day 7 - Accept Your Limits In Order To Expand

Welcome to day 7 of the 10-day Mini Meditation Challenge. As high achievers we want to constantly improve, change, fix what's wrong ... It's an awesome skill and desire to move forward in life. But there is something you need to do FIRST. Learn all about it in today's audio!

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Lesson 8

Day 8 - Rest Is Productive

Wow, day 8 already! Let's take a moment to do nothing. Wait, nothing?? I know, sounds scary. Before you get all panicky and want to grab that to-do list to do something productive instead, give it 5 minutes to listen to this audio and you'll see what I'm talking about ;)

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Lesson 9

Day 9 - Change Your Perfectionism

Drop whatever you're doing right now, because you have done enough. Let's check in with our thoughts and the things we say to ourselves, and flip those around. Enjoy!

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Lesson 10

Day 10 - You Are A Healthy High Achiever

You are an amazing driven person. And you've given yourself 10 mini-breaks to unwind, regroup and relax. How are you feeling today? Whenever you're ready, get comfy for 5 minutes, and give yourself a well-deserved break.

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4.8 (81)

Recent Reviews

Jk

January 24, 2026

Excellent. With my busy mind it was a great way to start my day. Encouraging, gentle and supportive. Thank you 😊

Katerine

July 15, 2025

Really enjoyed the variety of techniques and messages shared during this series! It provided a great set of tools, and a reminder that they can be quickly called upon during times of overwhelm.

Lucy

January 19, 2025

A wonderful course

Teenylyn

January 15, 2025

She is so easy to listen to. Her voice is soothing and her words are always kind and gentle.

Ida

December 12, 2024

I really loved her guidance; such important insights and a gentle voice. I have been part of Mayas community for years, I really recommend her as a coach.❤️

Simon

October 20, 2024

Perfect - short but effective. Thank you 🙏

Arinda

September 25, 2024

This course taught me how to release those thoughts in my mind that was blocking me from the Sunshine of the Spirit.

Ros

August 9, 2024

Excellent particularly the last session🙏

Dena

July 25, 2024

Thank you Maya for your meditations…..it’s as if you know me and exactly what I need! Thank please keep more coming! ❤️

Sari

March 17, 2024

Thank you for a lovely course! 🙏✨😃

Sabrina

March 1, 2024

Great mini course !! Perfect daily nuggets of wisdom I can take with me! Very calming music and soothing while helping me reflect and see important insights! TY!

Laura

December 9, 2023

Enjoyed this course! Love Maya’s calm yet energizing tone of voice. Each session was around 5-6 minutes. I looked forward to this time each morning and will re-listen again and again.

Jess

September 30, 2023

This course was such a refreshing break in my day! Maya's warm, encouraging energy helped me realize that ac little goes a long way when it comes to meditation. I came away from this course with a sense of ease and kindness to myself.

Linda

September 9, 2023

This is a wonderful relaxing course ❤️❤️❤️❤️❣️❣️❣️

Emily

August 30, 2023

She gives encouragement and practical tips to slow down and refocus so you can go back refreshed and renewed to the task at hand.

Scott

April 5, 2023

Was good to take just 5 mins when life gets busy.

Mark

February 21, 2023

Really helpful

Angela

February 7, 2023

Deceptively bite-sized sessions are so impactful. I can see myself playing sessions 8 and 9 often. The whole course was very gentle and full of insight and self nurturing guidance.

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