Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your anxiety.

Meditation is one of the quickest and easiest ways to relax and clear your mind. Meditation is one of the quickest and easiest ways to relax and clear your mind, to free yourself from anxious thought patterns and high levels of stress challenging your general sense of well-being.

But as we've discussed previously on anxiety Slayer, when you're feeling anxious and your mind's disturbed, it can be very difficult to sit down and meditate for long periods of time.

Before the mind clears, it tends to like to voice what's going on inside it and if your mind is

overrun by anxious or negative thoughts they're the last things you want to hear that

actually adds to the experience of anxiety

rather than giving you any relief.

So in this podcast I want to talk about very gentle small steps into the practice of meditation.

And ways where you can take short meditation breaks throughout your day, but gradually calm your mind and relax your body without

you feeling that you have to sit for uncomfortable long periods of time in

silence. You can start with very short periods of time in silence. You can start with very short periods of time just two or

three minutes a day or two or three minutes a few times a day. Short spells dedicated to taking a pause and slowing things down.

Here's a very simple way to begin.

Take a long, slow, deep breath in and feel the air fill your lungs as your belly expands outwards and say to yourself

Breathing

When your lungs are completely full, hold your breath for a second or two, and then release the breath slowly, allowing your belly to sink back in and say to yourself,

calm.

You can say this inside your mind or under your breath, however you feel most comfortable.

We'll repeat this simple exercise for five to ten breaths and keep your full attention on your

breathing and on the words that you're using to anchor yourself in a state of calm relaxation.

So again, taking a deep breath in and saying breathing, and then as you exhale, long, slow exhale, calm.

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