en try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or thMy first coach introduced me to the idea of ‘being’. I had no idea what she was on about or why on earth I’d want to sit still at all. Things to see, people to do – busy, busy, rush rush rush. Not enough hours in the day. Being open to trying new things though, I sat still. And fidgeted. And got bored. And exercised my impatience ;-).

And persevered. After some time, something magical happened – I started to look forward to those minutes of stillness in an otherwise chaotic life. I started to relax. Then I found some meditations that appealed to me, and started to do them, and I relaxed some more. And something else quite magical happened.

In those moments of stillness, inspiration came.

It’s like when you try to think in a crowded room – it’s noisy, there’s stuff going on all over the place and it is really difficult to concentrate. Your brain is like that crowded room – loads of thoughts, and reminders, and stuff going on constantly. The telly and radio are on, there are people around, there’s no peace. No wonder your brain feels overwhelmed.

If, like me, you think ‘I don’t have time to sit still’ this exercise is DEFINITELY for you! If you can’t find 5 minutes in your day, then try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or the

And exercised my impatience ;-).

And persevered. After some time, something magical happened – I started to look forward to those minutes of stillness in an otherwise chaotic life. I started to relax. Then I found some meditations that appealed to me, and started to do them, and I relaxed some more. And something else quite magical happened.

In those moments of stillness, inspiration came.

It’s like when you try to think in a crowded room – it’s noisy, there’s stuff going on all over the place and it is really difficult to concentrate. Your brain is like that crowded room – loads of thoughts, and reminders, and stuff going on constantly. The telly and radio are on, there are people around, there’s no peace. No wonder your brain feels overwhelmed.

If, like me, you think ‘I don’t have time to sit still’ this exercise is DEFINITELY for you! If you can’t find 5 minutes in your day, then try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or th

e. And something else quite magical happened.

In those moments of stillness, inspiration came.

It’s like when you try to think in a crowded room – it’s noisy, there’s stuff going on all over the place and it is really difficult to concentrate. Your brain is like that crowded room – loads of thoughts, and reminders, and stuff going on constantly. The telly and radio are on, there are people around, there’s no peace. No wonder your brain feels overwhelmed.

If, like me, you think ‘I don’t have time to sit still’ this exercise is DEFINITELY for you! If you can’t find 5 minutes in your day, then try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or th

ughts, and reminders, and stuff going on constantly. The telly and radio are on, there are people around, there’s no peace. No wonder your brain feels overwhelmed.

If, like me, you think ‘I don’t have time to sit still’ this exercise is DEFINITELY for you! If you can’t find 5 minutes in your day, then try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or th

en try for one minute. But make sure you do it. I have often used the ‘I’ll do it in a minute’ procrastination excuse, and I know that this excuse is not helpful. It doesn’t take long. I no longer meditate. I just sit and watch the world go by for a few minutes - watching the clouds, or the stars, or the wind in the trees is like balm to soothe my frazzled mind.

Now IS a good time to be still, in fact now is the perfect time to be still. From just one minute of ‘brain rest’, you will come back refreshed, rested and feeling better. You will find your brain will come up with all sorts of ‘new’ stuff, just from that little rest. In moments of quietness, you create the space for your heart and your intuition to be heard.

This is quite possibly the most important and useful exercise for managing stress I have ever been taught. Make it your own, and allow yourself to be still without thinking or worrying or 'doing' for an amount of time that feels easy...I hope you will find the time to ‘be’ today.