Ep 28. A Two-Minute Mindfulness Exercise for Anxiety

Not Another Anxiety Show

Kelli Walker

Therapy, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Health, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Anxiety, Claireweekes, Counseling, Brenebrown, Research, Meditation, Panicattacks, Science, Selfhelp, Stress

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2017

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Feeling a bit "meh" about mindfulness? If so, this is the perfect time to give it a try as Kelli guides you through a quick, simple, and relatively painless two-minute mindfulness exercise. Best part is this exercise can be used any time and anywhere.

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0:00.0	Hey guys. Welcome to episode 28 of Not Another Anxiety Show. I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and today's episode is a little different.
0:20.5	It'll actually be just me leading
0:22.1	you through a two-minute mindfulness exercise. I figure we talk about mindfulness enough on the show
0:27.9	that I thought at time to share a quick and simple exercise in practicing this deliberate awareness,
0:33.5	otherwise known as mindfulness. Before we jump into the exercise, I want to share a gentle reminder.
0:41.2	The goal of this exercise isn't to get rid of anxiety, make anxiety go away, or to calm down.
0:47.1	Yes, you heard me right.
0:49.3	The goal of this exercise is actually to meet anxiety with a little bit of openness and curiosity,
0:55.3	to look at it from another angle and perhaps relate to it in a slightly different way.
1:00.9	And you can do this exercise any place or any time, with your eyes open or closed, while walking,
1:06.2	commuting, or sitting. Obviously, this probably goes without saying, but if you're driving, please keep your
1:11.9	eyes open. So, with your eyes open or closed, imagine yourself in the middle of a green field
1:20.4	with rolling hills. It's springtime, so there are bright yellow dandelions poking up everywhere.
1:32.5	The sky is a vivid blue, especially as it contrasts against the bright green grass.
1:42.5	You feel the warm sunshine on your bear skin.
1:47.0	Within a few minutes, you notice clouds quickly rolling in.
1:54.0	You start to feel a slight breeze and chill as the sun is hidden behind the clouds.
2:03.6	You feel cool droplets of rain hitting your face.
2:12.6	Maybe this unexpected rainstorm leaves you feeling uncomfortable or frustrated
2:22.3	or even annoyed at yourself for not venturing out better prepared.
2:31.1	Maybe the unexpected rainstorm leaves you feeling grateful.
2:35.0	The sun was very warm after all, and now the cool rain brings relief.
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