SOS Calm #1 — A 16 Minute Meditation to Help you Feel Calm and Grounded

Breathing

Ashley Turner guides listeners through breathing exercises designed to foster relaxation and create inner space. By focusing on the breath, one can cultivate a sense of radical acceptance, allowing things to be as they are without the need to control or change them. This practice involves lengthening the inhale and extending the exhale, which helps in releasing tension and anxiety.

Letting things be exactly as they are. Letting someone else be exactly as they are. Letting yourself be exactly as you are.

--- Ashley Turner

Through this mindful breathing, Turner encourages embracing the present moment and surrendering to life's uncertainties 1 2.

   

Awareness

Body awareness is a key component of Ashley Turner's meditation practice, helping individuals tune into their physical sensations to release tension. By adopting a comfortable meditation posture, one can begin to notice areas of tightness, such as the shoulders or jaw, and consciously relax them. This process of unwinding the body is complemented by deep breathing, which further enhances relaxation.

In meditation, we can work from the outside in meaning we can create more ease, more comfort, more peace in the physical body.

--- Ashley Turner

Turner emphasizes that this awareness not only affects the physical body but also influences mental and emotional states, promoting a holistic sense of peace 3 1.