Quick Relaxation Practice For Beginners And Busy Professionals

This is an easy short practice for those on the go or those that are trying to learn how to meditate and want something simple yet effective. This meditation will guide you through a quick body scan that will help relax your body and your mind from head to toe.

Transcript

Hi everyone the purpose of this meditation is going to be to get you in the habit of doing a longer meditation one that's going to slow your brain waves down a little bit and the overall benefit of this meditation is to help you alleviate your stress.

So I want you to begin by taking a deep breath and I want you to hold it for five seconds if you can.

Exhale and relax.

Take another deep breath as deep as you can and hold it.

Count for five seconds.

And as you exhale just imagine pulling out all of your stress.

Take a third deep breath and hold it.

And as you exhale blow out any stress that you've been holding on to saying to yourself relax now.

This is your new solution to stress.

Whenever you become stressed in the future you simply take three fully in and deep breaths holding it at the top of the inhalation for five seconds and when you exhale blow out any stresses that you feel.

And on the third breath as you exhale you simply say to yourself relax now.

I am now going to guide you into a body scan induction.

If you don't remember what a body scan is it's guiding you to relax from your head to the tip of your toes.

Begin by slowly blinking your eyes and with each number I say blink once.

10,

9,

8,

7,

6,

5,

4,

3,

2,

1,

And 0.

Allow your eyes to gently close and when you do this you will feel a wave of relaxation sweep over you.

Now I'd like for you to focus on the sensations at the top of your head.

Just notice how the very top of your head feels.

And now let your focus move down to your eyes.

Just notice how your eyes feel and as you exhale your eyes feel and ask them to relax even more.

The little movement in your eyes is called rapid eye movement and is completely normal.

These small eye movements allow for you to feel calm.

Notice how the back of your head feels against the surface that it is touching.

How heavy does your head feel right now?

Let your focus move to your nose and feel the slight sensations of air moving in and out with your breath.

When you breathe in imagine that you are being filled with calmness and when you breathe out imagine that your body feels heavy and deeply relaxed.

Very good.

Now focus on your ears.

Notice how they feel and what they hear around you.

Try to hear every single noise that you can.

When the sounds come into your ears,

Practice little waves of relaxation taking you even deeper.

Notice the sound of my voice and how soothing it is.

From here forward you can only hear my voice guiding you.

All other sounds passing through only take you deeper into a state of relaxation.

Now focus on your mouth.

How does it feel and what do you notice?

Can you sense the flavor of something you've recently tasted?

Perhaps you can imagine biting into the flesh of a fresh slice of lemon and you notice how your mouth waters.

Very good.

And move your focus down now to your neck and if there's any tension just ask it to release a little more.

Notice how your body feels.

Let your 1950' little more.

Notice how your neck feels right now and just feel all of the sensations in your neck.

Now focus on your shoulders and move your attention slowly going down each arm down all the way to each fingertip.

What are your fingertips touching right now?

Feel the sensation on your fingertips.

Nice.

Allow your focus to go to your chest relaxing this area as well as your upper back and if you notice any tension just ask it nicely to release just a little.

Now imagine you are focusing on your heart and feeling it beating strongly supporting you.

Relax your heart and notice how good it feels to do so and now focus on your lungs.

Feel them gently expanding and contracting with your breath delivering oxygen to your body and at the same time releasing any toxins that you no longer want to carry in your body.

Allow your focus to move down your vital organs and your digestive system and I want you to just notice your belly and how it feels.

Just observe it working and digesting effortlessly for you.

Now notice your lower back and how it's pressing against the surface you are on and if you feel any tension just say please relax just a little more.

Focus now on your pelvis and hips and notice any sensations you are having there.

This takes you even deeper into a state of relaxation allowing your focus to move down each leg now slowly relaxing each leg as well.

Your legs have been taking you so many places over the years and they deserve to fully relax.

Notice this wonderful wave of relaxation moving down your knees and down your lower legs all the way to your feet and the very tip of each toe.

Good you're doing so well.

Now that you have relaxed your body so well I'm going to count down from 10 and with each descending number your conscious mind will relax even more so letting go of any beliefs that hold you back from your goal.

Imagine that you were standing at the top of a set of stairs and when I begin counting you will walk down the stairs.

Okay ten nine eight seven six five four three two one and zero.

Good it's natural that your conscious mind gives less and less importance to the words that I'm saying allowing your subconscious mind to be present right now.

From now on you choose to be relaxed you choose to be calm you choose to be in control of all you do because your health is very important to you.

Remember that it is natural for you to be healthy and happy it is unnatural for you to have sickness,

Misery,

Stress,

And anxiety.

Now hear yourself saying each day in every way I get better and better.

In order to make change I challenge myself.

Change is not comfortable in fact it is inconvenient so if I feel comfortable with the change I am making I am probably not extending myself enough.

When I have a negative thought I acknowledge that I feel this way and I release it.

When another negative thought arises I catch it quickly and I say with confidence I acknowledge that part of me feels this way but this thought does not help me right now.

Each day in every way I get better and better.

Whenever I'm presented with feelings of stress I know my breath is there to soothe me and guide me into relaxation.

Every single day I become more aware of all the good things going on in my community and in the world around me.

When I feel that darkness is surrounding me I know that the way to see light is to take three deep breaths relaxing my mind my body by doing so.

Each day in every way I get better and better.

In order to make great change I challenge my thoughts.

From now on I challenge every single negative and unproductive thought that arises.

From this point forward whenever you find yourself having negative unproductive thoughts you will immediately say to yourself the word stop.

Let me repeat that to you so that it is perfectly clear.

Whenever you find yourself having negative unproductive thoughts you will immediately say to yourself the word stop and as soon as you say the word stop you will find that the negative thoughts you are having will disappear.

This gives you the opportunity to start a new positive thought process.

Notice how you feel right now and take great note of exactly how you feel right now.

Good.

Now let's come to conscious awareness and bring back everything that you learned today for the better.

One slowly coming back to the present moment.

Two.

Three.

Four.

You're feeling fresh new energy and it's coming in with every breath that you breathe in.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Bringing back all that you have learned today.

Eight.

Nine.

Almost there.

And ten.

Welcome back.

Good.

You are doing very powerful work by practicing this meditation daily without skipping a day for at least 21 consecutive days.

This is the way you change your life for the better.

Thank you and good job today.