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Discover the Difference 10 Minutes of Mindfulness Makes

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When you discover that mindfulness increases your clarity and reduces anxiety, you’ll realize that it actually adds quality time to your day.

Allow yourself to find a mindful state for even just a few minutes. You’ll clear everyday information overload and reset your stress.

Research has shown that mindfulness builds new skills to manage stress, increases imagination and creativity, and boosts patience and tolerance.1

Some research even suggests that mindfulness may help people manage symptoms of conditions including1:

  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Depression
  • Heart disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Sleep problems
  • Tension headaches

Download this meditation and try it for 7 days in a row.

To experience the more profound effects of mindfulness—like increased focus and a greater sense of ease—many people benefit from a regular meditation practice.

You don’t need a special place to practice. And you don’t need more than 10 minutes.

Here’s how to make it work for you:

  1. Download this special 10-minute guided body scan meditation.
  2. Listen and experience it each day for 7 days.
  3. Immediately after each session, jot down some notes about your experience. Focus on your feelings, thoughts, emotions, or new sensations in your body.

References

1. Mayo Clinic. Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858