Grounded in the Chaos 5 Minutes of Calm
Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief
Calming Anxiety
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@exhalewithmartin
My First Mindful Walk - https://youtu.be/RIC6hGe21b8?si=4KaCK2Bzcgf332cp
Feeling the weight of a busy day?
Leave the noise of the "rushing life" behind and step into the stillness of the North Devon woods with me and Bess.
This isn't a structured therapy session; it's a glimmer—a pure moment of mindfulness designed to ground your nervous system. In this nine-minute walk, we explore the simple, miraculous details that trees offer when we slow down enough to notice them: the aroma of wild garlic, the sunlight streaming through new leaves, and the ancient, knurled texture of oak bark.
🌲 In This Session, We Explore:
- Nature’s Pace: Why trees never rush, and what an oak sapling can teach us about patience.
- Sensory Grounding: The "sublime" sounds of wind in the treetops and the distinct scent of spring sap.
- Finding Your Tree: My personal practice of saying "hello" to a specific tree on every walk.
- Digital Detox: Replacing social media noise with the grounding sound of a woodland stream.
- I am grounded, even when the world is not.
- I do not need to control everything to feel safe.
- Stillness is always available to me.
- I return to myself, again and again, and that is enough.
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Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before we begin, a quick one. |
| 0:03.4 | This Sunday, over on the Exhale with Martin YouTube channel, |
| 0:07.8 | I've put something a little different together for you. |
| 0:11.3 | It's 10 minutes, just a camera walking through the woods, |
| 0:15.0 | no face, no studio, just us, |
| 0:18.1 | the trees and a conversation about grounding yourself in the world around you. |
| 0:23.5 | The link is in the show notes. Head over there after this. You might find it does something |
| 0:29.6 | unexpected. Right now, the world outside might feel loud, fast and overwhelming. Like there's too much moving, too much noise, |
| 0:40.7 | and no clear floor beneath your feet. This session is for that moment. Let's start with the |
| 0:48.3 | breath, in through the nose, and then hold for two, and then out for six. Ready? In two, three, four, hold two. |
| 1:02.0 | Exhale, two, three, four, five, six. Relax and release. |
| 1:11.6 | Let's do it again. |
| 1:13.6 | Ready with me. |
| 1:15.6 | In, |
| 1:16.6 | 2, 3, 4. |
| 1:19.6 | Hold 2. |
| 1:22.6 | Release. |
| 1:23.6 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. |
| 1:30.0 | The ratio, longer out than in, is the direct signal to your vagus nerve. |
| 1:37.2 | Now I want you to feel the surface beneath you right now. |
| 1:41.4 | The chair, the floor, whatever is holding you. Press your feet gently |
| 1:47.8 | into the ground. Notice the weight of your own body. You are here. You are present. You are not |
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