This is Mary Maddox with meditationwases.com.

This SOS anxiety meditation is especially helpful when a stressful situation has triggered fear and anxiety.

It's our gift to you from our new meditation Rx app.

The app was designed to help with stress relief for people with serious illness and their loved ones.

Many of the meditations on the app can be used for other situations as well.

We hope you find the meditation helpful.

This SOS guided meditation is for when you're feeling overwhelmed with fear and anxiety.

It's natural that you'd be feeling that under the circumstances.

The fight or flight response has been triggered by the extreme stress.

And then the mind starts having all kinds of thoughts that make the anxiety worse.

So in this meditation, I'll encourage you to let go of the thoughts.

Now begin by finding a comfortable position, either sitting or lying down.

Move around a bit to find a position in which you can relax the most.

And now close your eyes.

Allow yourself to experience whatever it is that you're feeling right now in this moment.

If strong fear and anxiety are present, notice how they feel.

Notice where you feel them in your body.

Your mind may be spinning with thoughts whenever you notice that you're absorbed in thought.

Just let that go. Allow the mind to come back to the meditation.

Now we'll take some nice deep breaths,

feeling the lungs with air and relax into the exhalation of the breath.

Notice that it feels good to breathe in.

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