What this video is about
You wake up and your chest is already tight. The day has not started and your mind is running ahead of it. This short meditation does not ask you to calm down. It asks you to notice what is here, breathe a little slower, and take one small step.
Bliss, the voice companion in CalmSpace.ai, guides it. You can do it in bed, sitting on the edge of the bed, or standing at the kitchen counter while the kettle boils. Three minutes, eyes open or closed.
If mornings like this are common for you, the guided meditations in CalmSpace.ai include a 7-day anxiety program in Bliss's voice, and you can talk to her about the morning itself, by voice or by typing, free every day.
What happens in the video
- Name the feeling. Not "I am anxious" but "there is anxiety here this morning". A small distance helps.
- Two slow breaths, the breath out a little longer than the breath in.
- A minute of grounding in the senses: what you can feel against your skin, hear in the room, see in the light.
- The reframe: your mind races because it is trying to keep you safe. It is not broken. It is working hard.
- One question to carry into the day: what would help right now?
Go further
The guide behind this video: Guided meditations in CalmSpace.ai. To try it with Bliss, sign up free at app.calmspace.ai or get the iPhone app. CalmSpace.ai is a calm app, not a medical service; if you are in crisis, the app shows the crisis line for your country.
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