27. Meditation for Stress & Anxiety | A Ziva Guided Meditation by Emily Fletcher

Podcast Summary

• Meditation for Stress and Anxiety: Practice muscle melting body scan, visualization, and pep talk meditation to reduce stress, relax muscles, and improve performance

  The meditation for stress and anxiety, as shared by the speaker, is a powerful tool to reduce stress and improve performance. The meditation involves a muscle melting body scan, a visualization, and a pep talk. It can be used in various situations, such as before a high stakes meeting, after a difficult day, or even first thing in the morning. The practice helps calm down the nervous system, relax muscles, and bring attention inward. The speaker encourages listeners to find a comfortable position, breathe deeply, and let go of thoughts during the meditation. By doing so, one can leave the meditation feeling confident and ready to perform at their best.

• Mindful Sound and Body Scan Meditation: This meditation practice encourages awareness of sounds and sensations, bringing focus to different body parts, and promoting relaxation through breath and surrender.

  This meditation practice invites us to include all sounds and sensations around us without judgment, allowing for a more immersive and stress-reducing experience. We are encouraged to bring awareness to different parts of the body, starting from the top of the head, down to our feet, imagining a warm, white light melting tension and stress away. Each breath brings softness, expansion, and release to specific muscle groups, culminating in a full-body relaxation. By allowing vulnerability and surrender, we can let go of accumulated stress and tension, promoting a deeper sense of calm and relaxation.

• Connect with body and expand awareness: Mindfulness meditation helps us connect with our bodies, release stress, and expand awareness beyond ourselves by focusing on breath and visualizing warm white light washing through us.

  Practicing mindfulness meditation, such as the guided imagery provided, can help us connect with our bodies, release stress, and expand our awareness beyond ourselves. By focusing on our breath and visualizing warm white light washing through us, we can feel grounded, surrendered, and connected to the present moment. As we allow our awareness to expand beyond our bodies, we can send love and connectedness out to the world, starting from our room, building, town, country, planet, and even the universe. This practice reminds us that we are all connected, and that we are all part of the same energy.

• Visualize and prepare for important events: Use visualization to create positive memories and feelings before important events to help us show up as our best selves

  We can harness the power of visualization to prepare for important events and feel more confident, calm, and magnetic. By connecting with universal energy, expanding our awareness, and allowing ourselves to feel our emotions, we can transform fear and anxiety into fuel. We can imagine ourselves in the moment before the event, using a "magic wand" to create our ideal scenario, and focus on how we want to make others feel. The brain cannot distinguish between imagined and real memories, so we can create positive memories and feelings before an event to help us show up as our best selves.

• Embrace your power and trust in yourself: Invest in yourself, let go of fear and attachment, trust nature, embrace fear and play big, happiness not dependent on outcome

  You have the power to step into your greatness and trust that you are meant to deliver your unique gifts to the world. By investing in yourself and letting go of fear and attachment to outcome, you can inspire others to do the same and trust that nature is on your side. Remember, bravery is not the absence of fear, but feeling it and doing it anyway. Trust in your lifetime of experience and the fact that every step of the journey is an opportunity for growth. Don't let perfection or control hold you back from playing big and leaving it all on the stage. Embrace the fear and trust that your happiness is not dependent on the outcome of any one event.

• Prioritize inner happiness and join a community for support: Practice inner confidence, strength, openness, and surrender through meditation. Join a community for monthly 'bliss activation' to reduce stress and access inner bliss. Happiness is your birthright.

  Happiness is an internal state that exists in the present moment, and it's important to prioritize it by letting go of fears and doubts. You have the power to show up in the world as the best version of yourself and make your future self proud. Practicing confidence, strength, openness, and surrender through meditation can help reduce stress and allow you to access your inner bliss. Joining a community of like-minded individuals for a monthly "bliss activation" can also provide support and encouragement in this journey. Remember, bliss is your birthright, and reducing stress is key to experiencing it consistently. So take a deep breath, let go of what's holding you back, and join the movement towards collective bliss. Visit ziva meditation.com/activate to learn more and join the next bliss activation for free.