Episode 2: How to Rest on the Go

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Life can get overwhelming with busy schedules and endless to-do lists, leaving us feeling uncentered and disconnected. In this guided meditation, learn a simple, three-step practice called Resting on the Go to help you recenter, reconnect, and move through your day with greater peace, balance, and joy.

You’ll discover how to:

1. Focus on your breath to ground yourself in the present moment.
2. Use the power of a gentle smile to release calming endorphins and quiet your mind.
3. Offer yourself a loving mantra, such as “May I be at peace,” to anchor your spirit.

This quick and effective practice helps you develop a felt sense of calm and clarity in your body, creating a deep connection between your mind, body, and spirit. Whether at work, at home, or on the go, this meditation is your tool for finding rest and renewal anytime, anywhere.

Take a moment for yourself and experience the peace waiting within.

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Episode Transcript

Brian Plachta (00:01):
Thanks for taking a moment to pause in the middle
of your day and just listen tothis guided meditation, which I
hope you'll be able to integrateinto your life whenever you need
to rest on the go.
Our lives get so busy during theday.
We're accomplishing our task,we're making sure we get

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everything done on our to dolists, and what happens is we
get uncentered.
We get overwhelmed by life.
When that happens, it'simportant to pick up a tool I
call rest on the go, which youcan use to recenter yourself, to
root yourself again in thepresent moment, so you can move

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on into the day with greaterpeace, joy, balance.
So here's three simple stepsthat you can use whenever you
need to.
Just connect with your innerself and your inner teacher,
God, the Holy Spirit.

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The first step is to just closeyour eyes.
Just take a moment to rest therewith your eyes closed and notice
your breathing.
Notice your breath flowing inand out.

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Your breath is the Spirit of Godflowing in and through you from
the moment of your birth.
Every breath you take is theSpirit flowing within and
through you.
So just rest there for a moment,noticing the flow of your

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breath.
Next, offer yourself a simplesmile.
Just put a gentle smile on yourface.
Scientists say that when wesmile, it releases the calming
endorphins in our brain.

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And those endorphins calm thebody.
They quiet the mind.
And just really flood us with asense of inner peace.
Slowing us down for just amoment.
Notice, as you place that smileon your face, the calming

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endorphins just gently floodingand flowing through your body,
from your head, all the waydown, through your chest, your
stomach, your legs, and yourfeet.

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Just let that smile fill youwith calm, with peace.
Next, offer yourself a prayermantra, just a simple phrase,

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such as, May I be at peace.
May I be still.
May I be happy.
Whatever you need in thismoment.
Just offer that to yourself as aloving kindness gesture.

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May I be whatever it is you needin this moment.
As you offer that phrase toyourself, the mind can only
think one thought at a time.
And so offering the mind thissimple phrase allows the mind to

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sink into the heart space.
As you just focus on yourmantra, may I be at peace, may I
be happy, may I be calm.
Whatever it is you need, justwhisper it gently to yourself.

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And next, notice the felt senseof whatever it is you offered
yourself.
If it's peace, for example, whatdoes peace feel like within your
body?
Do you feel it in your heartspace, that gentle peace?

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Do you notice it maybe in yourstomach, your gut?
What is the felt sense in yourbody of whatever you offered
yourself?
Whatever virtue you offeredyourself in loving kindness,

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stay with that felt sense inyour body.
Let it just have its way withyou.
As you do that, you'redeveloping a muscle memory in
your body of what that virtuefeels like, a felt sense of

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peace.
Our love, our calm, ourhappiness.
This meditation, called Restingon the Go, is something you can
come back to as often as youneed throughout the day.

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And the simple steps are simplyto find a quiet place, close
your eyes.
Focus on your breath.
Then bring a smile to your face.

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Offer yourself a loving kindnessmantra.
May I be whatever you need.
And then notice the felt sensein your body of whatever it is
you offered yourself.

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In doing this practice.
You're connecting the mind, thebody, and your spirit.
You're allowing yourself to reston the go.
May you enjoy this practice as away of experiencing the felt
sense of resting on the go.

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Blessings to you always.