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Meditation 81 · 2 August 2025 · 3:14

Quickly Back to Calm – A Gentle 3 Minute Reset

Three minutes, sitting or standing, for the moment it has all got a bit much and you cannot leave the room.

Subject: Quick Calm

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Inner Peace Meditations · Meditation 81

Length3:14
SubjectQuick Calm
Best timeWhen it has all got a bit much and you cannot leave
PositionSitting or standing, wherever you are
StyleGuided, three minutes, nothing to picture. Music underneath

Three minutes, sitting or standing, for the moment it has all got a bit much and you cannot leave the room.

About 3 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.

Let gravity have the weight of you. Notice you are already breathing. You are not the thoughts, and you are not the story about how today is going. Let this moment be enough, let yourself be enough, and then go back in.

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Thank you for sitting with me.

Steven

Who this is for

Three minutes, for the moment it is too much and you cannot walk out of the room.

Overwhelmed, anxious, or just needing to put your feet back on the ground before the next thing starts.

What happens in this meditation

Hands wherever they fall. Notice you are already breathing, and do nothing about it.

Then let gravity have the weight of you. You do not relax the body. You let it, which is easier and works better.

Then one reminder. You are not your thoughts, and you are not the story about how today is going. You are here, and that is all.

Let this moment be enough. Let yourself be enough. Then back into it.

How to get the most from it

Three minutes, no imagery, and it works standing up with your eyes open.

Save it somewhere you can reach quickly. This is not one to plan for, it is one to grab.

Do it a few times when nothing is wrong, so it is already familiar by the time you need it in a hurry.

Questions people ask

Is three minutes long enough?

For getting your feet back under you, yes. It is not doing the same job as a longer sit and it is not trying to.

Can I do it with my eyes open?

Yes. There is nothing to picture, so keep them open if you are somewhere public or need to stay aware.

What if my mind wanders in three minutes?

It will. Bring it back and smile at it. That is not the practice going wrong, that is the practice.

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The transcript

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quick · stress · breath

Read the transcript

This is a little guided meditation, just for those moments

when you just need to take a step back.

And you may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or you just

got a couple of minutes and you need to find a little calmness

and ground yourself.

So just become comfortable whatever position you're in.

Allow your hands to rest wherever they fall, naturally.

And now just notice that you're breathing.

You don't need to do anything with your breath.

Just let the body breathe.

It knows how to breathe.

Just feel the ground beneath you, whether it's a chair or your

feet on the floor.

Allow gravity to do what it does with the body.

Just allow it to soften and relax.

You don't need to do anything to relax, just allow the body to

do it.

And in this moment, you are not your thoughts, you are not the

stories or your expectations.

You are simply here, alive and whole.

If your mind drifts, that's fine.

Just gently bring it back and smile.

Breathing in, calm, breathing out.

Relax.

And every single time you become aware, just allow your body

and your shoulders to relax a little more.

Allow your breath to become what it wants to be.

And let this moment be enough.

Let yourself be enough.

If you have a thought, you don't need to do anything with it.

And just take this on to the rest of the day.

You have thoughts, but you're not those thoughts.

You have feelings, but you're not those feelings.

And whatever comes up, you don't always have to do something

with it.

Sometimes you can just breathe in, calm, breathe out, relax, and

just thank your body for this moment.

Now just gently open your eyes.

If you close them, move your shoulders a bit and stretch your

arms.

Feel the room around you and come back into your breath and carry

this calm moment forward with you.

Thank you.

I appreciate you taking this time out.

I'm Stephen and I really appreciate your support.

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