The 5-Minute Reset: A Simple Meditation for Busy Minds

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Welcome to a quick five minute reset. The meditation for non-meditators and those

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that cannot shut off their mind.

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So first of all, let's just relax into this moment.

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Just allow your shoulders to relax. Allow your arms to relax.

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Allow your face to relax.

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And bring your focus to your breath.

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Notice that you're breathing in

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And notice you're breathing out.

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And remember you don't have to force your body to relax. Just allow your muscles to relax and they know

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what to do.

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And as you feel your body relaxing on each out breath, just imagine breathing in calm and breathing out relax.

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And relax.

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Allow your face to relax.

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And even the muscles around your eyes and your jaw and your neck.

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Notice how everything becomes slightly quieter.

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Notice you don't have to do anything to quieten your mind. You just have to allow your body to relax

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and bring your attention to your breath. And your mind automatically goes quiet by itself.

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And if your mind does wander, just smile. And thank you for the thought. Really appreciate it. And just bring

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it back to your breath.

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Your mind's got a job. Your mind's job is to think.

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We shouldn't ever get frustrated with the mind thinking. We just give it something to do and just invite it

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to sit with us while we just focus on our breath,

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breathing in calm, breathing out relaxed.

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And if something does grab your attention like a sound coming in, a taste or maybe an itch, just appreciate

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the fact that it was there, that you were able to notice it and smile and bring it back to

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your breath. I'm breathing in and

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I'm breathing out.

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You don't have to do anything with your breath.

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Your body knows how to breathe.

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And in a moment, we're just going to come back and look around and be part of the environment again.

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And there you go. We've just meditated. We've just had that quiet moment. And notice how your mind quietens

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down all by itself. When we sit down to try and quieten the mind, the mind thinks that's like a

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party. But if we sit down and quiet in the body, the mind just goes okay I can do this.

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It's

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a nice little trick to have. Whenever you need a little time out, just go and relax. Breathe in calm.

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Breathe out, relax. And there you go. I'm Steven Webb, the host of Stillness in the Storms podcast. Podcast

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that helps you to think differently and have a little more inner peace in life. And if these help you

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