Hello,
Welcome.
I'm so glad you've chosen to be here.
This is a guided meditation focusing on anxiety.
Let's start by finding a comfortable position,
Settle in,
And when you're ready,
Close your eyes.
Feelings of anxiety can appear in times of stress,
Or even for no reason at all.
There are several types of anxiety,
But for this meditation,
We are going to focus on feelings of fight or flight.
We can start to feel panic when fight or flight kicks in,
And we feel like we're trapped,
Not able to do either.
When anxiety kicks in,
We have the option to react or respond.
Today,
We're going to practice some breathing exercises to help to relax and ease any anxiety you may be feeling.
Let's start by taking a slow,
Deep breath through the nose and release it slowly through the mouth.
Let's repeat that.
Breathe in slowly through the nose and release the breath slowly through the mouth.
Continue taking slow,
Deep breaths through the nose,
Releasing slowly through the mouth.
Try to clear your mind when you inhale and imagine pushing everything away on the exhale.
As you're clearing your mind,
Try to relax.
Allow your body just to let go.
We're going to be working in a little faster of a pace because these breathing exercises can be done when you're in public.
Just to help you to relax,
Clear the anxiety.
Just let everything go,
Allowing your breath now to return to normal.
In your mind,
I want you to create a happy place.
If you already have a happy place,
I want you to go there.
This is the place in your mind where you feel at peace.
It's interesting.
I am a beach person.
I love the beach,
But yet my mind created space is in a meadow,
Top of a hill.
And when I need to go away into my mind,
I go to this place,
Just this peaceful meadow.
Create your space.
This is your mind space,
The place you escape to when you close your eyes,
Clear your mind and focus on your breathing.
This is your escape when anxiety visits you.
Let's take a few moments and stay in this space.
Just breathe and focus on the calm and the peace.
On each inhale,
Mentally say calm slowly.
On each exhale,
Mentally say peace slowly.
Spend a few moments focusing on calm and peace.
Inhale,
Calm.
Exhale,
Peace.
Let's take a few moments.
Now,
That wherever you are,
These breathing exercises can calm you.
As I mentioned in the beginning,
Sometimes we don't know what triggers anxiety or panic attacks,
But now you have a way to respond to the situation instead of reacting.
Let's take a few slow,
Deep inhales and exhales and then return your attention to the room.
Let's take a few slow,
Deep inhales and exhales.
When you're ready,
Open your eyes.
I hope you have an amazingly blessed day and I hope to meditate with you again soon.
