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Welcome to a guided meditation for instant anxiety relief.
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This is a really simple meditation. No music. Just follow my instructions.
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So just sit comfortably in the position you're in. Allow your shoulders to relax a little.
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Allow your body to relax into this moment.
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Allow your face to relax.
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And become aware of your breath.
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You're breathing in calm. You're breathing out relaxed.
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You don't have to do anything with your breath.
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You don't have to do anything with your body.
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Just sit and be aware.
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You're breathing in calm, breathing out relaxed.
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There's nothing else you need to do with this moment.
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You may notice some sounds. Just allow the sounds to be what they are.
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You may notice your mind wander to a thought or to something you may need to do. Just
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smile gently and... Bring it back to your breath.
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Breathing in calm.
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Breathing out relaxed.
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It's natural for the mind to wander.
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It's natural for the mind and the body to want to do something.
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But it's also natural just to be.
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Whatever arises in this moment, you don't have to do anything with it.
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And one of the easiest ways to deal with anxiety is to just be present with it.
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Okay, I'm feeling anxious. Let's just sit here with it.
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And even your anxiety, you don't have to do anything with it.
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Just be aware it's there.
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And as you breathe in calm and breathe out relaxed,
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You can imagine breathing in this anxiety. And
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as you breathe out, you can imagine the anxiety fading away.
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Breathing in calm,
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breathing out relax
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And as your body calms into this moment, so does your mind quiet and down and calm into this moment
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as well.
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And suddenly the place you're in feels more calmer.
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Suddenly your surroundings feel more calmer. Suddenly they go quieter.
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And suddenly it feels like the whole world goes quieter.
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And we feel connected to the earth below us.
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And as we breathe in calm and breathe out relaxed, the whole universe calms with us.
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Everything is okay in this moment.
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And it's worth remembering these affirmations. And when you say it back after me, feel it throughout your
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whole body.
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I am okay in this moment.
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I am okay in this moment.
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I am in control of how I respond to each moment.
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I am in control of how I respond in this moment.
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And we'll end the meditation with a simple.
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May I be content and at peace in any given moment.
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May I be content at peace in any given moment.
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May I be well.
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May I be well.
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May I be loved.
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May I be loved.
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And just shake out your arms, open your eyes and look around you and just feel how much calmer that
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feels. And remember when we're feeling a little anxious, Anxiety is okay. It's just a message
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that's telling us something. It's not something that we have to always do something with. Sometimes it's just a matter
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of seeing it and going high anxiety Let's just sit with it for a minute. We just bring our attention
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to our breath, bring our attention to the present moment, and the mind will calm, the body will calm, and
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what's really magic is your surroundings and The whole earth and the whole universe, it feels like it calms down
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with us. I'm Steven Webb, and I have another podcast as well, Stillness in the Storms, and
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that talks a little more in depth about this these kind of topics, and we go deeper into looking at
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life a little bit different. But if you'd like to download my Five Simple Practices for Inner Peace, or you'd
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like to donate a coffee if this helps, head over to thankyousteven.com. You are awesome. Thank
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you.
