High on stress but pressed for time?
Even meditation teachers trained in the art of self-soothing dont always have bandwidth to unwind for an hour.
Thats why its so important to keep a handful of five-minute meditations in your back pocket.
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Jenna Monaco is a certified meditation teacher and stress coach.
This activation in the nervous system is triggered by slow and deep breathing.
This really matters when the present moment has you dwelling in afear of the unknown.
Jenna Monaco is a certified meditation teacher and stress coach.
Five-minute meditation for Letting Go
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Focus on your breathing
Now, were beginning to settling into the present moment.
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Other five-minute meditations for a quick and effective reset
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Compassion Meditation
A compassion meditation like LovingKindness allows us to provide self-gentleness when we feel isolated or overwhelmed.
And by the way, neuroscientistsloveit for honing in on thefeel-good prosocial spheres of the brain.
Mindful Breathing Meditation
Theres a reason why people tell you to just breathe when youre feeling panicked.
Weaving abreathwork meditationinto your hectic day can be a very literal sigh of relief.
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Jenna Monaco is a certified meditation teacher and stress coach.
