Five Minutes of Mindfulness Meditation to Manage Stress and Anxiety

Mindfulness meditation is a practice that allows you to bring calm to your mind and your body as you let go of negative thoughts, and allow the thoughts which keep racing through your mind to slow down. Just get a comfortable seat, wear comfortable clothes and focus on your breathing.

In this episode, PK leads you through a 5-minute Daily Mindfulness practice that can be done at any time of the day. Believe it or not, just a few minutes 3-4 times a week can help build a habit that can lead to significant benefits. Just relax, breathe, and follow her voice as your guide. So, get ready to meditate!

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Transcript

Peggie Kirkland 0:00
Inspiring Gen X women to demonstrate their love of self, by their engagement in audacious acts of self care. This is the Momma's motivational messages podcast with Dr. Peggie Kirkland.

Peggie Kirkland 0:30
Hi everyone. It's Peggie Kirkland, or PK, as my daughter likes to call me when she's trying to be cute. Right now, I just want to leave you with a five-minutes simple breathing meditation that will help you to remain calm, until I bring you some more nuggets of wisdom.

Peggie Kirkland 0:53
You know, everyone can set aside five minutes each day, to increase your focus, to open your mind. And to achieve your desired goals. All you need to do is relax, breathe, and follow my voice as your guide. I will teach you important and simple methods and meditation that will benefit every aspect of your life.

Peggie Kirkland 1:22
Daily mindfulness practices can be done at any time of the day. And I encourage you to try this on a daily basis. So you can fully experience the great changes that you're making to your life. By doing so. I'll share with you a few benefits that meditation brings you in your journey towards success. Meditation can enhance your learning and memory retention. Put a stop to recurring pessimistic thinking, build your mental capacity, focus and accuracy and tame your negative emotions through your awareness. It can also help you in creating fulfilling relationships in managing stress and eliminating anxiety while you tap into your creative side, putting you in control. So let's begin.

Peggie Kirkland 2:28
I'd like you to get into a very comfortable position and make sure that you will not be disturbed. Breathing is the most important thing that we do. It is keeping us alive. Yet most of us do not notice our breath all day and some of us for several years. That's why it is so crucial to our physical and mental health to oxygenate our bodies fully and consciously. So let's take five deep and full breaths together. One, fully inhale positive energy and exhale by just letting go of your breath into a state of relaxation.To inhale goodness and exhale into relaxation free inhale acceptance and exhale any judgement for inhale health and clarity and exhale into a serenity and five, fully inhale desire and achievement and exhale into complete relaxation. Letting go of all concerns from daily life

Peggie Kirkland 4:24
Good.Now just become aware now of your body and feel the space around you. Notice how the space around you hugs to your shape. Notice the feeling of your weight pressing down and see if you can feel the earth below you. As if it's pressing up supporting you. Good.

Peggie Kirkland 4:56
Now become aware of the very top of your head and put all of your focus there noticing any sensations you have they're now moving down, focus on your eyes and feel how they feel. And notice the tiny movements they're making. These movements relax you further. Notice now your nose and feel the air passing through as you breathe in and out noticing now your mouth and taking your awareness down your neck. And if you notice any tension, just ask it to release. Notice the sensations in your body is making you very relaxed and comfortable. Become aware of your chest and lungs, expanding and contracting with your breath. Perhaps you can feel your heart beating, pumping with love.

Peggie Kirkland 6:16
Now, send your focus down your arms all the way to each fingertip. feeling the sensations of touch in your fingertips. Your focus is now in your abdomen, and all of your vital organs. Just notice how your belly feels and how it's digesting. Notice your pelvis and hips and the sensations of your weight pressing down. This takes you deeper into a state of relaxation. Your awareness goes down each leg, over your knees and down all the way to your feet and to each toe. Good. You have now become aware of every part of your body. This is meditative. I urge you to take five minutes every day to yourself to practice mindfulness. It will allow you to work through the problems you face. such as stress, lack of confidence, procrastination, fear of failure,and much more.

Peggie Kirkland 7:42
So until we get together again. I asked you to pause, breathe and take some time to regroup. This is PK sending you much light and a whole lot of love.

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