When the mask makes you panic

Five minutes to breathe instead of yell at the neighbors over politics. How to be compassionate in a tense time, five minutes at a time.

Hang in there loves. For folks with anxiety and panic attacks, wearing a mask may make your body & brain think that a panic attack is coming. Here are some thoughts on how to rethink what your body is sensing. Thank you for doing your part and for trying this instead of giving up and taking the mask off. I appreciate you.

When I first started this podcast I couldn’t quite get the hang of episodes versus recordings. Apparently this little guy has been hanging out in another episode like a tag along for a year or so. Enjoy!

What’s the difference between spacing out and meditating? This is the one for all those who think they can’t clear their thoughts or think of nothing. A beginner’s mediation that works for all. This is also for those who struggle to stay, who struggle with suicidal thoughts. Choose to stay. We need you. We love you.

You know how they say “Don’t leave five minutes before the miracle?” Here’s a meditation for when 5 minutes seems impossible. For Grief, for loneliness, for recovery, for everything. A mediation for when day by day seems like too much to ask. Here’s how to get through breathing breath. This one has a heavy assist from Hannah the Handicat, learn more about her soon on the website.

A quickie for those who have chronic pain or auto-immune flares - a meditation for those who have chronic pain. For those who’ve been told to practice “mindfulness” to manage chronic pain & find that was- maybe “not useful.” Sometimes It’s the fear of the pain coming that can drain the color out of your life. This mediation helps scan the body to learn how to find your cues for a flare up coming. As always reach out via the email meditationmaggie at gmail dot com and send a request for what you need. Odds are, a lot of other folks need it too.

Practicing mediation is a series of efforts to bring your attention back to the present. But what if your attention pulls and strains like a big worried dog? What if it meanders and hops like a bouncy puppy? Knowing the difference and what works to bring it back for you can help you build your skills. Here’s a quick meditation on distraction versus worry. Let us know what you think by heading over to our website fiveminutemeditation.fitness.wordpress.com. And please rate and review so others can find these quick meditations.

We’re back from hiatus and have a new meditation to help with the long dark hours of winter. Curl up and get ready to relax with this spin on darkness as a good thing, a safe place to rest. Let us know what you think pop over to the website at fiveminutemeditations.wordpress.com.

For all the times you’ve been told to “stop worrying! Find your center!” And all the people who feel like they have no core- that things shift too quickly and they are still wobbly - here’s a quick meditation. For those who feel like they have no center, like a human donut, this is for you.