Love Your Calm: Mini Meditations
Mini meditations to help you slow down and find your balance in this fast-paced world.
Feeling stressed, overwhelmed or a bit disconnected? You've found the perfect spot for mindfulness and self-care. If you're into personal growth or maybe just trying to reconnect with yourself, this award-winning podcast is for you!
Life can be hectic sometimes, and it often feels like there is no time to tend to your own needs. These quick and calming guided meditations can help calm anxiety, shift negative thinking, and help invite in more self-love and confidence. Most are around 8 minutes long, making them perfect for your busy day.
Meditation doesn't have to be intimidating. Anyone can do it. Join mental health therapist and coach, Hannah Castillo, as she guides you through these easy-to-follow sessions. Everyone is welcome, and no experience is necessary! Discover how a little mindfulness can help you find calm and reclaim inner peace.
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Love Your Calm: Mini Meditations
Take What You Need: A Meditation to reconnect
If you have been feeling stressed or overwhelmed lately, then this week's practice is for you.
Use this short, guided meditation to reconnect with yourself and take what you need. This is your practice-give yourself permission to set aside a few minutes and relax here.
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Hannah Castillo: Welcome to the Love Your Calm podcast. Mini Meditations to help you slow down and find your balance in this fast-paced world.
Hello and welcome.
If you've been feeling overwhelmed lately, this week's practice is for you.
Sometimes taking a few minutes to slow down and check in with yourself can make all the difference. It can help you to identify what else you may need.
I invite you to relax into this short meditation and use this practice to take what you need today.
Let's get started.
Take a moment to settle into a position that feels comfortable for you. Take any movements you may need and find a position that feels good for you today. If it feels safe for you, consider closing your eyes or softening your gaze.
Let's take one intentional breath here, together, completely breathing in through your nose. Hold here for a moment and exhale fully, releasing any worries or tension you may be holding.
As you begin to relax into your breath, let it flow naturally here. Each inhale invite in a sense of presence and with each exhale, let go of anything that may be weighing you down.
I invite you to take a moment to turn your attention within to begin to check in with yourself. How are you feeling in this moment? Acknowledge any emotions or sensations that arise. There's no need to change anything. Whether you feel calm,anxious, tired, or even energized, simply observe what is present within you.
Give yourself permission to begin to consider what you may need right now. Is it a moment of stillness? A glimmer of hope? An acknowledgement of gratitude, or perhaps some compassion for yourself? Allow your awareness to guide you in recognizing what would support you best in this moment. As you continue to breathe, remind yourself that it's okay to take what you need from this practice. There's no right or wrong way to feel. This space is yours to explore. It's okay to take this time to nurture yourself in whatever way feels best for you.
If your mind begins to wander, gently acknowledge those thoughts and return your focus to your breath. Remember that this time is about you and your needs.
Take one final round of breath here on your own, inviting in a sense of acceptance for where you are right now and for what you may need. And when you are ready, gently bring your awareness back to the space around you. Take any movements you may need and slowly in your own time, open your eyes. Carry this practice of checking in with yourself throughout your day, allowing yourself to take what you need.
Thank you for joining me today for this short meditation. My name is Hannah and it means so much to me that you've decided to spend a few minutes of your day meditating with me. I love the image of people all around the world meditating together, so thank you for helping me to create those pockets of calm.
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As always, thank you for helping me to spread the word that including a few minutes of meditation in your day really can make a difference.
Until next week...
