Episode 2: How to Rest on the Go

Life can get overwhelming with busy schedules and endless to-do lists, leaving us feeling uncentered and disconnected. In this guided meditation, learn a simple, three-step practice called Resting on the Go to help you recenter, reconnect, and move through your day with greater peace, balance, and joy.

You’ll discover how to:

1. Focus on your breath to ground yourself in the present moment.
2. Use the power of a gentle smile to release calming endorphins and quiet your mind.
3. Offer yourself a loving mantra, such as “May I be at peace,” to anchor your spirit.

This quick and effective practice helps you develop a felt sense of calm and clarity in your body, creating a deep connection between your mind, body, and spirit. Whether at work, at home, or on the go, this meditation is your tool for finding rest and renewal anytime, anywhere.

Take a moment for yourself and experience the peace waiting within.

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Transcript

Brian Plachta: 0:01

Thanks for taking a moment to pause in the middle of your day and just listen to this guided meditation, which I hope you'll be able to integrate into your life whenever you need to rest on the go. Our lives get so busy during the day. We're accomplishing our task, we're making sure we get everything done on our to do lists, and what happens is we get uncentered. We get overwhelmed by life. When that happens, it's important to pick up a tool I call rest on the go, which you can use to recenter yourself, to root yourself again in the present moment, so you can move on into the day with greater peace, joy, balance. So here's three simple steps that you can use whenever you need to. Just connect with your inner self and your inner teacher, God, the Holy Spirit. The first step is to just close your eyes. Just take a moment to rest there with your eyes closed and notice your breathing. Notice your breath flowing in and out. Your breath is the Spirit of God flowing in and through you from the moment of your birth. Every breath you take is the Spirit flowing within and through you. So just rest there for a moment, noticing the flow of your breath. Next, offer yourself a simple smile. Just put a gentle smile on your face. Scientists say that when we smile, it releases the calming endorphins in our brain. And those endorphins calm the body. They quiet the mind. And just really flood us with a sense of inner peace. Slowing us down for just a moment. Notice, as you place that smile on your face, the calming endorphins just gently flooding and flowing through your body, from your head, all the way down, through your chest, your stomach, your legs, and your feet. Just let that smile fill you with calm, with peace. Next, offer yourself a prayer mantra, just a simple phrase, such as, May I be at peace. May I be still. May I be happy. Whatever you need in this moment. Just offer that to yourself as a loving kindness gesture. May I be whatever it is you need in this moment. As you offer that phrase to yourself, the mind can only think one thought at a time. And so offering the mind this simple phrase allows the mind to sink into the heart space. As you just focus on your mantra, may I be at peace, may I be happy, may I be calm. Whatever it is you need, just whisper it gently to yourself. And next, notice the felt sense of whatever it is you offered yourself. If it's peace, for example, what does peace feel like within your body? Do you feel it in your heart space, that gentle peace? Do you notice it maybe in your stomach, your gut? What is the felt sense in your body of whatever you offered yourself? Whatever virtue you offered yourself in loving kindness, stay with that felt sense in your body. Let it just have its way with you. As you do that, you're developing a muscle memory in your body of what that virtue feels like, a felt sense of peace. Our love, our calm, our happiness. This meditation, called Resting on the Go, is something you can come back to as often as you need throughout the day. And the simple steps are simply to find a quiet place, close your eyes. Focus on your breath. Then bring a smile to your face. Offer yourself a loving kindness mantra. May I be whatever you need. And then notice the felt sense in your body of whatever it is you offered yourself. In doing this practice. You're connecting the mind, the body, and your spirit. You're allowing yourself to rest on the go. May you enjoy this practice as a way of experiencing the felt sense of resting on the go. Blessings to you always.