Mid-day Slump Reset, Day 4: "The Five-Minute Reset" meditation series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Congratulations on reaching the middle of the week! Today's practice is specifically for releasing the stress that often builds up by midday. It's a vital pause button that allows you to release accumulated tension and re-enter the afternoon feeling renewed and energized.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S SERIES: "THE FIVE-MINUTE RESET"
Welcome to The 5-Minute Reset, your daily dose of calm in a chaotic world. This series is designed for anyone who feels they don't have enough time to meditate, proving that even a few minutes can profoundly change your day. Each episode is a focused, bite-sized practice that will help you de-stress, re-center, and reclaim a sense of peace, no matter how busy you are. By the end of this week, you'll have a powerful toolkit of quick techniques to use anytime, anywhere.
This is day 4 of a 7-day meditation series, "The Five-Minute Reset," episodes 3367-3373.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Go on a Conscious Breathing Quest!
Throughout this week, your challenge is to practice one conscious breath before reacting. When you feel stress, anger, or frustration rise, simply pause for a moment and take a single, deep, intentional breath. This simple action creates a small but powerful space between stimulus and response, allowing you to choose a calmer reaction instead of an automatic one. Practice this awareness consistently throughout your week to create a new, healthier habit.
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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.Let go of repetitive negative thoughts.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 3,370 of the daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I'm always honored to welcome you back. |
| 0:15.8 | And this is a week where you are on a special quest to give yourself a daily reset. |
| 0:26.6 | So we are midweek at day four of this series and the theme is the five minute reset today. You're guided using a simple technique to help you manage the |
| 0:44.9 | mid-afternoon slump. You might even call it the mid-week slump. It is mid-week as I share |
| 0:52.9 | day four of this week's series with you. And I want to share with you |
| 1:00.1 | the technique that's always featured in day four of a series and that is the mudra. A mudra is a way |
| 1:10.6 | you position your hands or you can position your body as well, but I |
| 1:15.6 | share more hand mudras with you. It's often referred to as yoga in your hands because you have a lot of nerve |
| 1:26.6 | endings on your fingertips and within your hands. |
| 1:30.9 | And when you stimulate them in a particular way, according to the ancient yogis 5,000 years ago, |
| 1:41.1 | the belief is that the different nerve endings within your hands, just like acupressure |
| 1:49.0 | or acupuncture, stimulates your nervous system in a particular way. So your mood for today, |
| 1:57.4 | I think you're going to like this one, it helps to activate wealth and abundance. |
| 2:05.7 | Now, prosperity can mean many things to you. |
| 2:09.7 | For me and for this series, that is meaning my focus, my clarity, and my energy. And so as you consider your mid-afternoon or mid-week |
| 2:23.1 | slump, if you do this hand mudra, it offers you an additional way to support your meditation |
| 2:30.9 | ritual. It's a simple hand-mudra to to do and I'll guide you through it now. |
| 2:36.9 | It's always on the slowdown guide that I share with the Sipin' Om meditation app users. And you can see |
| 2:49.0 | every technique for each day on this slowdown guide as well as a recommended book, a recommended herb, and a recommended yoga pose. |
| 3:03.6 | And your chakra, your breathing technique, your affirmation, the challenge for the week. |
| 3:09.3 | All of this is on the slowdown guide. |
| 3:11.6 | It's a powerful tool. |
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