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Mindfulness Tip of the Week

from The Brain Booth at GS Libraries

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5.5.2025

A 10-Minute Meditation for Deep Relaxation and Ease 

Find a quite space and walk yourself through this exercise:

1. Start by sitting upright and comfortably, dropping your gaze. Don’t force yourself to relax, but simply sit quietly and allow your mind to float freely until it settles down.
2. When we simply sit and breathe, we activate the body’s calming response. It allows the brain to display the calm smooth, harmonious waves called alpha brain waves – like the waves of the ocean, coming onto the shore and rolling back out. Coming in and going out. Breathing in and breathing out. Relax.
3. Drop your shoulders, relax the jaw, and unfurl your brow. Allow your mind to float freely until it settles down. Let thoughts come and go as they please.
4. Bring your attention back gently to your breath. Don’t exert yourself trying to block thoughts. Just remain passive and remind your body that we’re sitting now, we’re breathing now, we’re relaxing now. Sit quietly, stay with your breath. Like the waves of the ocean, breathing in, Breathing out. Let thoughts fade into the background. Relax. To be still, to be quiet, to be at ease. This is the gift of relaxation.

Read more here: A 10 – Minute Meditation for Deep Relaxation and Ease

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