Stress can not be totally eradicated, that we kind of know by now. And we might also know that there are 2 types of stress: \”the good\” and \”the bad\” stress. The good one is the one that motivates us to move forward for our achievements. The bad one is the one that creates anxiety, rumination and so on. This is the one that we are working to reduce with meditation.
If you are in a situation where you can\’t really meditate, the easiest and quickest thing you can do is to breath slowly and deeply a few good times. In an anxiety situation, try the 4-5-6 scheme, where you breath in for 4 seconds – keep your breath for 5 -and release for 6 seconds. Depending on the urgency of your situation, do this sequence for 6 to 12 times (it will take you between 1,5 to 3 minutes). If you feel these sequence is too hard on your breathing, then go to the next lower level: 3-4-5 seconds.
But for normal situations, where there is no emergency and no real anxiety, I have this segment for you.
It\’s a mindfulness meditation segment from the famous MBSR course, which for me has worked wonders. I have taken this MBSR course in January 2022, as a consequence of a trauma that I needed to heal myself from. The course normally takes 8 weeks long, and some of the weeks I felt like repeating, because they were really helpful and I really needed them at that point in my life. I wrote about my experience in more detail in this article.
Credit for the breathing meditation goes to Dr. Dave Potter
I have been practicing mindfulness meditation – daily – for about 9 months, when I felt so well, that I quit – I did not meditate daily anymore. I have tried, but I simply could not stick to the daily routine anymore. Talking to a guide, I found out that I should not blame myself – I\’m simply in a different phase of my life and I probably require some other sort of relaxation method. One has to try until one finds something helpful, if that is whet we need.
But what I can honestly say to you is that those 9 months of daily meditation have worked like a safety net for me for almost 2 years after I quit. Which I think is amazing.
So help yourself to this meditation segment and if you feel it might be something for you, you are welcome to stick to it – it can only be beneficial.
In the end, what it’s most important is that it’s pretty much up to us to feel better on a more steady basis – and that is something so empowering, relieving and to be grateful for, I guess. So I hope you will come back to find out what you can do to gain a more sustainable feeling of contentment in your life. And if you want to invest in developing your own potential, I will be very glad to be your partner on this most rewarding path.
Thank you for stopping by and I really hope to see you soon!