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August 17, 2020 8 mins
Enjoy a 5 minute meditation to relieve stress, clear your mind and reduce racing thoughts. Even 5 minutes can lower stress levels fast that impact your mental and physical well-being. Boost benefits more by listening when you're outside and enjoying some fresh air I lead you through a 5 minute meditation for busy people. You will experience awareness of breath, physical sensations, sounds and thoughts. Enjoy this guided 5 minute pause for presence as you rest in present moment awareness. This is a quick meditation for anxiety. It is an open monitoring meditation guided. Mindful meditation is an open monitoring meditation with heaps of research to supports its benefits. "Open monitoring" means that instead of concentrating on one thing specifically like a mantra, instead you observe what is happening as "objects of attention". You observe the breath, physical sensations, sounds, thoughts, etc with open awareness. I have years of experience teaching people how to start a meditation practice. In this video, I lead you through a mindfulness meditation for anxiety and stress. I'm a PTSD and panic attack survivor. I healed my PTSD through many practices, including mindfulness meditation. I'm trained in mindfulness meditation, mindfulness based stress reduction, yogic meditation, mantra meditation, I'm a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard University and Georgetown University, and a mindful health educator who worked at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Prevention Research Center for 15 years and is a best-selling author of 15 books on health and fitness. I'm a master trainer of fitness and wellness professionals and have presented at conferences worldwide. Like my channel? Subscribe! (click on green SA dot on video) or go to http://bit.ly/2t7Mj5m I post new videos each week featuring mindful and natural ways to help you look and feel more energetic, healthier, happier—naturally. Please leave comments or requests for tips to help you with your biggest challenges to reach your wellness and happiness goals. Email me at shirley@shirleyarcher.com Follow me here too: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirleyarcher/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shirleyarcher Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/shirley_arc... Tumblr: http://shirleyarcher.tumblr.com/ Facebook: http://www.shirleyarcher.com/facebook Shirley Archer is a mindful living coach, a mindful meditation instructor, a best-selling author of health and fitness books, and an award-winning trainer who helps people who want to avoid overwhelm, to feel great about themselves and to feel more energetic, healthier and happier, using natural methods.
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