Tips For How to Slow Down in a Fast-Paced World

Do you live in a world that celebrates being busy all the time?

Full calendars, constant notifications, multitasking, have they become your norm?

But beneath that surface noise, do you often find yourself wanting a bit more peace and quiet? A moment to just be without doing, achieving, or rushing?

Today’s episode is about finding your inner stillness, how to slow down when everything around you feels like it’s moving way too fast.

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Episode Transcript

(00:01):
Do you live in a world thatcelebrates being busy all the
time?
Full calendars, constantnotifications, multitasking.
Have they become your norm?
I.
But beneath that surface noise,do you often find yourself
wanting a bit more peace andquiet a moment to just be
without doing, achieving orrushing?

(00:24):
Today's episode is all aboutfinding you're inner stillness.
How to slow down when everythingaround you feels like it's
moving way too fast.
Welcome to the Serene MindsetHub Podcast.
I'm Christina.
Yoga meditation.
A mindfulness coach stillnesscan feel out of reach when your

(00:46):
to-do list is endless and yourbrain's running at full speed.
But the truth is stillnessdoesn't always mean you have to
stop everything or escape to acabin in the woods.
It can also be simply finding amoment of peace and quiet within
yourself while life carries onaround you.

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It can be as easy as sitting fora couple of minutes without
checking your phone or drinkinga cup of tea while watching the
steam rise instead ofmultitasking, it's the pause,
the gap, the inhale and exhale,When you start choosing to
pause, your nervous systemstarts to soften.

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Your thoughts settle.
You respond to life, not justreact to it.
So just how do you find thatelusive moment of peace and
quiet when everything around youis loud and demanding.
Let's try something right now.
A short mudra practice to helpyou come back to center ya

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mudra.
Mudra are hand gestures.
If you've not heard of thembefore, I invite you to take a
comfortable seat, bring the tipof your thumb and first finger
together in a circle.
And rest your hands.

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Palm facing downwards on yourthighs.
This is Yna mudra, the gestureof knowledge and wisdom.
Let your other fingers extendout naturally.
Close your eyes if that feelsokay, or soften your gaze.

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Feel the points where yourfingers touch.
Just observe them.
Let your breath be natural.
No need to change it.
Just sit and be.

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Feel the weight of your hands onyour legs.
Feel the quiet underneath thethoughts.
Feel the steadiness that'salready here in your mind.

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Spend a few more moments in thismudra before bringing yourself
back to the room and gentlyopening your eyes.
Even just a minute like this canhelp you to shift your energy
from scattered to centered.
Thank you for listening.
See you in the next episode.