2 Minute Re-Centering Mindfulness Meditation for De-stressing

This is a two minute meditation for the purpose of re-centering yourself after stressful events or interactions. It's not designed to be instead of your everyday practice but to be used in addition when needing to re-center yourself in a short space of time.

Transcript:

Allow yourself to be still for a moment and start breathing deeply in through the nose and out through the mouth.

Don't worry about how loud your breathing is or if anyone can hear your breathing.

And there's no need to try and ignore any noise or distractions around you or to try to hard to clear your mind.

Imagine yourself as rock in the middle of a stream. All the noise and commotion that may or may not be around you just washes over you without having any effect on you.

Focus on your breath. Think about how anything that has negatively affected your day up until this point and with each out breath you are simply going to imaging any unnecessary stress these events are causing you to feel just ease away. Breathe in and observe how you feel, breathe out and feel it easing from your mind.

Now still breathing deeply take a moment to visualize how you want the rest of your day to go.

Imagine achieving any goals and successes at the end of the day and how that will make you feel. Create a mental picture of what that looks like and take a moment to play that out in your mind.

Whenever your ready, bring the exercise to a close and open your eyes.