STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

Five Minutes to Inner Peace: A Guided Heart-Centered Meditation

• Lisa Hopkins, Wide Open Stages • Season 15 • Episode 4

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This short, restorative meditation guides listeners through a heart-centered practice designed to help them center themselves and shift their energy in under five minutes.

• Quality over quantity: even brief moments of focused breathing can be transformative
• Simple body relaxation techniques including softening shoulders, jaw, and forehead
• Heart-centered visualization with a warm, steady light that expands with each breath
• Gentle physical movements to transition back to daily activities
• Reminder that restoration doesn't require lengthy practice, just presence

Carry this sense of calm and restoration with you throughout the rest of your day. Namaste, my friends.


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Hey there . Today's meditation is short and restorative and will help you come back to yourself and center . Even a few moments of focused breathing can shift your energy .

Introduction to Quick Restoration

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This is about quality , not quantity . We don't need a long practice to feel its benefits , to feel restored . All that's required is presence . So , when you're ready , take a moment to sit comfortably , or lie down if you prefer , and close your eyes . Just settle in for a moment ,

Getting Settled and Breathing

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letting go of any expectations and bringing yourself to the present , simply listening to my voice .

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I won't keep you here too long . You can trust that you're going to feel better if you just let go gently inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth once again , a slow

Body Relaxation and Softening

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breath in holding gently at the top and release . With Each breath , imagine your body softening . Feel your body relaxing , your shoulders dropping , your jaw unclenching

Heart-Centered Visualization

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and your forehead smooth . Now bring awareness to your heart and picture a soft , steady light there , warm and calm . Put your hand on your heart if it feels right , and again , with that soft , steady light there , warm and calm . With every inhale that light expands and

Closing and Carrying Forward

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with each exhale it restores balance and ease throughout your body .

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Stay here for a few breaths , simply resting , simply being , and , when you're ready , take one more deep breath in , hold it at the top and then a long gentle exhale out , roll your shoulders back , roll your head clockwise and then counterclockwise , Open your mouth nice and wide , move your jaw back and forth , take another deep breath in and , as you exhale , open your eyes , feel the sense of calm and restoration and carry this with you throughout the rest of your day . Namaste , my friends , this has been less than five minutes . Be well , namaste .

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