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How to find deep relief and peace in just 2 minutes

By Tony Piper, January 25, 2023

Feeling anxious, scared, angry, frustrated or any other kind of upset?

You can find deep relief and peace in just 2 minutes with this powerful but rarely-shared 5-step technique: 👇🏻

Step 1:

  • Get to a quiet place where you can safely close your eyes for a few minutes.

    • ✅ Toilet, Stairwell, empty Meeting Room

    • ❌ Driving, Presenting On Stage, In a meeting

Step 2:

  • Gently close your eyes. Don't scrunch them up.

  • Keep breathing normally.

Step 3:

  • Identify the physical sensations in your body.

    • There will be more than one.

    • Find them all.

  • Notice their

    • location

    • shape

    • size

    • texture

    • temperature

    • movement

  • Place a hand gently over the area with the strongest sensation.

  • Keep breathing normally.

Step 4:

  • Keep your awareness on the sensations.

  • Don't think about what's causing them or what they mean.

  • Just notice what you notice.

  • Keep breathing normally.

Step 5:

Keep noticing and breathing.

  • Do this for up to 2 minutes.

  • Stop when you feel relief.

  • Open your eyes.

  • Smile.

Summary:

  • close your eyes

  • identify the sensations in your body

  • notice what you notice about those sensations

  • don't think about what they mean

  • just notice what happens as you...

  • keep breathing and noticing for up to 2 minutes

  • until you experience relief

If you found this technique helpful:

  • let me know what happened for you

  • keep using it at every opportunity

  • share it with someone who needs it right now

  • share it with your network

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