6-minute reset: Relax your mind and body anytime

Have you ever found yourself looking for a quick reset following a stress spike?

We all have them from time to time; some more than others. Stress is inevitable in life, so it’s about how you respond and calm your central nervous system.

In this blog post, I’ll share one of my bitesize relaxation techniques for stress. This 6-minute reset exercise can help you relieve stress and get you back on track with your day.

Step 1: Relax your upper body

Your state of mind is determined to a large extent based on your muscular tension level. If you would like to feel better emotionally & mentally the best thing to do first is to begin relaxing your upper body muscle tension a little at a time as you exhale fully over and over again very slowly and comfortably. 

Begin that now. 

The process of exhaling and relaxing a little more in your upper body several times can reset your Central Nervous System (CNS) to a calmer state of mind in 2-6 minutes time. 

This Resetting of your CNS can deliver you more control right now over your intrusive thoughts, obsessive worry, physical & emotional pain & annoying habits & fears. Resetting your CNS often everyday will improve your memory recall, your performance at  work or in your relationships, your creative problem solving, your test taking, your healing time, your communication style, your romance, and stabilize your mood. 

By relaxing several times each day you will begin to notice how your decisions are adjusting slowly to become a better match with your overall preferences for yourself and your lifestyle because calmer decisions are not impulsive or immediately gratifying to you, either one. 

Calmer decisions are more gratifying to you in the long run.

Step 2: Practise non-judgmental thinking

Sit in a comfortable place and continue relaxing your shoulders and your rib cage front and back a little bit and exhale completely. You can place your hand gently on your solar plexus muscles where your left and right rib cages join in the center below your heart to aid further relaxation of this important region of your chest wall. 

Relax deeply as you exhale fully. 

Without any judgment or blaming yourself for your difficulties, think about them right now. 

Step 3: Allow your thoughts to become clouds

Relax your shoulders, ribs, solar plexus and chest wall a little more as you exhale completely. Relax the muscles underneath your hand just a little more deeply so that your ribs come apart a little bit more as & exhale fully. Imagine your thoughts on your difficulty are passing through your mind effortlessly just like the clouds pass across the sky. 

Quietly allow your mental flow of thought on this difficulty or habit to become more effortless to you.

Step 4: Acknowledge any pain or discomfort

Be aware and nonjudgmental of your pain or uncomfortable thoughts and emotions right now. 

Relax your upper body muscles a little more anyway, even though you may be uncomfortable. 

Just relax your muscle tension in your shoulders and chest wall a little bit more anyway as you exhale fully right now.

Return to yourself

Now collect and recover your mental awareness of your overall personal preferences on the difficulties or habits you have been thinking about. 

Persist in letting go of judgment, blame, doom, muscle tension & exhale fully. Just become aware of what you want to see happen overall on your topic or pain or habit. 

We are only as emotionally upset or physically tense as we are far away from what we are wanting. 

What is it you want to see happen on this important matter? 

Think about what you are wanting to have happen on this matter as you continue to relax your 

upper body and the muscles of your chest wall and solar plexus a little more on each exhale. 

Remember, knowing what you want is more important & empowering than getting it; & hardships prove you are a normal human experiencing your life normally. 

Use this 6 Minute Reset Relaxation Exercise 2-3 times daily for the steady improvement of your daily life habits and difficulties. 

You have completed the 6 Minute Reset Relaxation Exercise.