Let It Go | Your 10-Minute Midday Reset - Guided Meditation,
Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief
Calming Anxiety
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The middle of the day is often when "striving and managing" turns into physical and mental fatigue. Today, we invite you to hit the pause button. This 10-minute midday reset is a clean slate for your mind and body, designed to clear mental clutter and help you let it go before you head into your afternoon.
Using somatic grounding and vagus nerve resets, Martin guides you through a process of nervous system regulation that restores your capacity to handle the rest of your day with grace.
Time Chapters
- 0:00 – Finding your clean slate in the middle of the day.
- 1:09 – The "Open Palm" Somatic Hack for deep relaxation.
- 2:48 – Visualizing your "Orb of Safety" and clearing the fog.
- 4:05 – The Lighthouse Breath: Blowing away the midday static.
- 5:23 – Affirmations to hardwire peace into your soul.
- 7:18 – 3 Daily Caring Tips for a better afternoon.
- 8:52 – Integration and returning to the room.
- "I am choosing to let it go."
- "The morning is behind me, I am present in the now."
- "I have all the time I need to be calm and effective."
- Hydrate to Regulate: Drink a glass of water immediately following this session. Midday anxiety is often a signal of mild dehydration.
- The 20-20-20 Rule: Look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds to reset your optical nerves and break screen-stare tension.
- A Moment of Kind Thought: Spark a natural vagus nerve reset by thinking of one person you appreciate—and don't forget to smile.
- Deepen Your Practice: Join over 2,300 guided sessions and the full Anxiety Circuit Breaker course at CalmingAnxiety.fm.
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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 | Welcome to Let It Go, your 10-minute midday reset. |
| 0:05.0 | It's the middle of the day you've been doing, striving and managing. |
| 0:12.0 | But now it's time to just let it go. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to your 10-minute midday reset, whether the morning was a triumph or a trial, this moment is your clean slate. |
| 0:28.2 | We're going to clear the mental clutter and find your center again. |
| 0:33.7 | Hi there, I'm Martin, clinical hypnotherapist, former paramedic and creator of calming anxiety. |
| 0:41.3 | There are over 2,300 guided sessions just for you to explore and enjoy, so do subscribe |
| 0:49.3 | and make mindfulness part of your daily routine. |
| 0:53.3 | To start this midday reset, we'll use a somatic trick to signal to your brain that the work mode can pause. |
| 1:03.0 | So find your quiet place where you won't be disturbed for a while. |
| 1:10.0 | You can sit or lie down, whichever you prefer, |
| 1:13.6 | and if it's safe, close your eyes. |
| 1:18.6 | If you're sitting, place your hands on your lap, palms facing up. |
| 1:25.6 | This is a safety signal to the body. It's nearly impossible to maintain |
| 1:32.8 | a high stress armour when your hands are open and receptive. Take a deep breath in and as |
| 1:42.4 | you exhale, feel your shoulders drop away from your ears. |
| 1:48.3 | You are literally telling your body to let it go. |
| 1:54.8 | Now take another breath in, this time hold the two seconds at the top and then as you breathe out, make an audible sigh |
| 2:04.6 | like taking that final big yawn at the end of the day as you get into bed. |
| 2:12.6 | Allow yourself to let go of the early morning tension, the stress of the negativity, and just honour all |
| 2:25.3 | that you are with this beautiful gift of time to heal and reset the soul. |
| 2:40.0 | And within this moment of peace, imagine being bathed in a golden light, an aura, a bubble of comfort and care. |
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