This week's meditation mini is really great when we're feeling extra tense, or for those of us who

have more difficulty than others getting into a meditative state and relaxing, maybe because

you're at a heightened state of anxiety all of the time. This is great for that or for those just

off days. This is the Meditation Minis podcast

with your host, hypnotist, Shell Hamilton. Here's what I'd like you to do. Go ahead and close your

eyes, take a couple of deep breaths, and I'm going to walk you through the process, and then we're

going to do it together. and this process helps reset your

muscles at a more relaxed state physically just like when you pull a rubber band and you tense it up

and then you release it it releases back to a more relaxed state as well and that's what we're

going to do with the muscles of our body. If the muscles

around your chest are really, really tense and tight, then it's difficult to get nice,

deep breaths. If your shoulders are really tight and they're kind of halfway up to your ears,

then it's really difficult to get more relaxed because your physiology in your body says,

we're not relaxed. That would be a lie. Don't lie to us.

Let's get that body to be more physically relaxed so that the mind can be stronger and staying in

that state today. Now your eyes are already closed. I'm going to walk you through. Don't do it yet.

What we're going to do is this. You're going to make all of the muscles of your body really, really tight as you hold the breath.

So we'll take a deep breath in. Don't do it yet.

We'll take a deep breath in.

And then you're going to make fists of your hands.

You're going to tighten up your glutes.

You're going to tighten up your glutes, you're going to tighten your toes,

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