SOS 2-Minute Anxiety Relief

Welcome to this short two-minute anxiety release.

Before we get into any part of the meditation,

I want you to take a deep breath in and hold for six seconds as I tell you this truth.

You are going to be okay.

The pain you are feeling will soon be a distant memory.

Slowly exhale.

If you're in a place where you can close your eyes,

Do so now.

If not,

That is totally fine.

Now wherever you are,

I want you to feel your feet.

If you're sitting,

Feel them softly rest against the ground.

If you're walking,

Feel them pressing against the ground as you take each step.

Anxiety can so easily take us away from what truly matters,

Which is the present moment.

When we focus on exactly where our feet are,

We're looking only at what we can control,

Which is right here and right now.

We cannot change our past and the future is out of our present control.

Take another deep breath and hold it for five seconds.

Feel your stomach and chest filled with air.

As you release the air,

I want you to say either out louder to yourself,

I'm going to be okay.

Before you take one more deep breath in,

I want you to take any tension you feel.

Maybe it's in your legs,

Your shoulders,

Your chest,

Or anywhere else in your body.

I want you to think about it as small circular cell like figure sitting in your body.

As you take a deep breath in,

Imagine these small circles of anxiety rising up through your windpipe away from the places that you feel tension.

As they're now near your mouth,

Exhale them out into the air,

Never to return.

See these cells of anxiety completely leaving your body.

Anytime you feel a tension or pressure from anxiety,

Do this stress exiting exercise.

Now bring yourself back into the present moment.

Feel your feet.

Wiggle your toes and fingers.

You are going to be okay.

This will soon be a distant memory.

Go now and stay grounded in the present.

God bless you.