Sometimes the best gift we can give ourselves is just a moment set aside for quiet, breath, and reminding ourselves of who we really are.

In this gentle guided practice, Kimberly Brown uses simple repeated phrases to ground attention and offer a place to rest and reset.

Note that this practice includes longer pauses of complete silence for reflection and presence. If you want more time, feel free to pause the recording as you go.

Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and author. She leads classes and retreats that emphasize the power of compassion and kindness meditation to reconnect us to ourselves and others. She studies in both the Tibetan and Insight schools of Buddhism and is a certified mindfulness instructor. Her book Happy Relationships: 25 Buddhist Practices to Transform Your Connection with Your Partner, Family, and Friends, is published with Prometheus Books. You can learn more about Kimberly on her website, www.meditationwithheart.com.

The transcription of this guided meditation will be online at Mindful.org next week.

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Show Notes

Find more from Kimberly Brown here and read her recent (and timely) article on Mindful.org.

Go Deeper

Want to learn more about how taking intentional breaks can make your days better? These two articles are a great place to start:

• Break Up Your Work Day with Purposeful Pauses
• How to Get Good Pause

For more practice, try this 12-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Calm and Clarity that you can turn to when you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed and need a break.

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