5-Min Breathing Meditation: Release Stress & Old Habits

Are you feeling stressed over slipping back into an old habit you swore you were done with? In this 5-minute breathing meditation, Olivia guides you to soften the tension you’re carrying and meet yourself with compassion for the part of you that was simply looking for peace, grounding, and safety. Letting go of stress begins with forgiveness. Your past actions can stay in the past, and you can always begin again in this new moment. Come back whenever you need a reminder and a soft place to land.

Transcript

Closing your eyes now. Taking a deep inhale in from your nose. Holding. Exhaling slowly from your mouth. Once more, Taking a deep inhale in from your nose. Holding, Exhaling slowly from your mouth. Allowing your body to breathe you in through your nose. Slowly out through your mouth. Softening the muscles around your eyes. Around your forehead. Around your temples and your head. Noticing if you're carrying any tension around your cheeks around your jaw, Around your neck. Inhaling slowly through your nose. Exhaling slowly through your mouth. Sometimes the kindest thing that we can do to ourselves is give ourselves forgiveness. For falling to devices that bring us peace. That bring us grounding. And that bring us safety. Even though those things might be things that we know do not serve us. We know that there are vices that we sometimes cannot let go of. But the best thing that you can do is simply have compassion for yourself. In those moments you are simply seeking safety, You're seeking peace. And you're seeking a sense of groundedness. Let your past mistakes live in the past. Be here with me in this moment. With your beautiful breath. Taking a deep inhale in from your nose. Whole day. Exhaling slowly from your mouth. You can always begin again. You can always try again. Releasing any tension from your shoulders. From your arms. From your hands and from your fingers. Taking a deep inhale in from your nose. And exhaling slowly from your mouth. You have to lean your toes. Allowing this groundedness and this peace. And this forgiveness into your day.