Feeling Overwhelmed Before the Week Begins — Guided Meditation for Anxiety and Stress

Anxiety About the Week Ahead — Guided Meditation for a Busy Week or a Change of Routine | Extended Exhale Breathing

Anxiety about the week ahead can start before the week has even begun. Who needs what, where you have to be, how you'll fit it all in, or the unsettled feeling of a change of routine and a stretch of time you don't know what to do with. This 10-minute guided meditation for anxiety relief helps you put down a little of the weight of a week that hasn't happened yet.

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Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett. Together you'll settle into ordinary, unforced breathing, let the out-breath lengthen gently to calm the nervous system, ground yourself through your hands and feet when your mind races ahead, then repeat calming affirmations and take away three daily caring tips for anticipatory anxiety, a busy schedule, or a change of routine.

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – Carrying a week that hasn't happened yet

* 00:39 – Welcome to Calming Anxiety

* 01:01 – Find your quiet place

* 01:26 – Noticing the ordinary breath

* 02:05 – Softening hands and shoulders

* 02:36 – A longer, gentler out-breath

* 03:06 – Grounding through your feet