Meditation Mountain - Meditation for Stress Relief ~ 10 Minutes to Reduce Anxiety

Episode Date: February 21, 2021

This 10 minute guided meditation for stress has been designed not only to help relieve stress and reduce anxiety, but also to promote deep relaxation and mental calm. Use this meditation whenever overwhelm or overthinking causes you more stress than normal. Trying to reduce stress in the moment is always tough. Being mindful of situations that raise your stress levels is a skill that even the best stress management teachers struggle with. So the first thing to do is not to beat yourself up as that will only add to your problems. Dealing with stress happens in 2 parts. The obvious in the moment part when you're overthinking, feeling overwhelmed and like you can't cope is the second part. The first is what we focus on here. The first part is shaping your mind, conscious and subconscious through the use of guided meditations for stress. So that when you find yourself in the second part, deep in the moment when all you want is some stress relief your mind has the tools both consciously and subconsciously to help you deal with things a little better. Guided meditations for stress reduction aren't a cure or a magic fix. They're a system to help give you the tools you need to handle your own mind in whatever stressful situations you find yourself in. Reducing stress through meditation is a powerful technique that many people use daily because it works. Learning how to relieve your stress in a matter of minutes means that no matter where you are or what situation you find yourself in you hold the keys and the power to make sure you're not overcome by stress and can push your mind and body towards a more positive frame of mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Meditation Mountain. This session is to help ease your mind and let go of anxiety, stress, and worries. To begin, I want you to remove any distractions around you. Turn off any devices that may interrupt you and make yourself comfortable in a quiet space. make sure that you are warm and the general temperature of the room is pleasant for this session you can lie down on your back

or sit upright in a chair now that you are comfortable gently close your eyes and check your mental state is your mind very active just become aware of it if it is restless let it be restless for now.

And if it is calm, that's okay too. Take a moment to simply acknowledge your present mental state as it is. Now pay attention to your body. How does it feel right now? Do you notice any particular tension or pain? Let's take a few deep breaths. inhaling and exhaling through your nose. If you feel any tension, use your exhalation to let go.

If there's any worries, stress, or anxiety in your mind, use your exhalation as an opportunity to release. Breathe in and breathe out. Relaxing and letting go. Let any stress dissolve as you breathe out. And again, breathe in, bringing clarity and peace to your mind. And breathe out, feeling all your tensions, mental and sense. physical, melting away. Let's practice in this way for a few moments and as you start to settle down.

Bring to your mind the image of a mountain. It could be a mountain that you have seen or any imaginary mountain. Picture it clearly in your mind. In all its magical. strong and tall. Can you see its shape? Its colors. Now imagine rain falling down over the mountain. The wind blowing, the sound of the rain and the wind. And notice how the mountain remains unmoved, balanced, and strong. Being deeply grounded, being deeply grounded. and strong. The mountain stays undisturbed, accepting, and whole. See if you can bring up in yourself all these qualities. Imagine how would it feel like to be a mountain, strong, grounded, undisturbed. You can find all these qualities within yourself. You have all these qualities. You have all these

qualities and no matter what kind of storm comes your way you can always tap into this mountain-like calm and harmony keep the image of the mountain in your mind and stay there feeling grounded strong and at ease for a few moments now let's be bring our awareness back to the body, feeling its weight, and shifting your attention to the palms of your hands. Do you feel any sensations there? Maybe tingling, maybe some vibration, just become aware of any sensation around your hands and stay present with them for a moment. And whenever you feel ready, let's take a few deep breaths again. Then slowly, begin to move your fingers, your wrists, and your shoulders.

Make any movements your body needs. And when you feel ready, gently open your eyes. Thank you for practicing with me today. Thank you.