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Hello, I'm Steven Webb, and welcome to Inner Peace Meditations.
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This is a short one for when anxiety has shown up and you need that little space to be able
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to deal with it before moving on. So find a place to sit. You can be on a bus, in
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a car park, at your desk, anywhere would do.
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And if it's safe to, let your eyes close or just soften your gaze.
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And just become aware of your breath. You
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don't need to do anything with it. Your
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body knows how to breathe.
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Especially knows how to breathe when you're going through things.
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It's been doing it for a long time without
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you getting involved.
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And now just notice the weight of you. Wherever
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you are,
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the chair, the seat, the floor, something is holding you up
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And maybe just allow your shoulders drop just an inch or so.
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Whatever it is in them, you don't have to carry it for these few minutes,
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You have permission to be distracted when your mind wanders, that's fine. Just come back
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Now. The anxiety is
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there You know it is. That's why you press play. You
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don't have to fix it. You don't have to push it away. Just notice it's here.
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And in your own unique quiet way, just say hello to it
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hello, anxiety you're
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here
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And notice what happens when you greet it instead of fighting it.
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Maybe nothing. Maybe a tiny softening. Just notice
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And now ask it very gently. Why are you here?
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You're not demanding an answer. You're just asking like you'd ask a friend who turned up at the door looking
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pale, what's going on? What brought you?
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And just listen. You don't have to think the answer. Sometimes anxiety speaks in a sentence,
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sometimes in the feeling sometimes in a memory, sometimes it doesn't speak at all.
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It just sits with you.
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That's okay.
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Whatever it offers, just receive it
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you're not its enemy you're the one who answered the door.
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Maybe you're the one that is looking out for.
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And just be aware of your breath, breathing in calm, breathing
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out, relax.
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And if it helps, this may be another question you can ask.
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What would you like from me right now?
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Maybe it just needs to be heard.
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Maybe it needs to know you'll keep going.
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Maybe it needs to sit beside you for a moment longer.
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Maybe it doesn't know.
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There's no wrong answer.
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You are not the anxiety. You are the one noticing the anxiety. You are the witness,
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the listener,
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the one who answered the door.
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And Maybe just placing your hand on your heart if it feels right,
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and just say these things in your head or just feeling throughout your body. May I be peaceful, may
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I be safe,
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may I trust this moment.
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And just feeling that throughout your body, what it's like to live from that place. Now, may
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I be peaceful? May I be safe? May I trust this moment
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Notice the room around you, the sounds, the air on your skin to
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a slightly deeper breath. Wiggle your fingers and toes if you like. One when you're ready, gently
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open your eyes and look at whatever is in front of you. And you can come back to this any
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time Just the simple hello and recognising that you're not the anxiety you're the one that's opening the door to
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it you're the adult in the room, so to speak
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I'm Steven Webb and This meditation, like all of mine, is kept free because of the people who support the
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work.
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If you'd like to do that, you can find me on StevenWebb.uk.
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Equally, you can send me a message.
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Perhaps I can help in some small way. I always read and answer.
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Take care. Bye for now.
