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Five-Minute Meditation for Inner Peace and Expanding Love · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

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  Lisa Hopkins: Hey there, if you might be looking for a little more peace and serenity in your world right now, here's a five-minute meditation that might just do the trick.
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  Lisa Hopkins: We're going to center on love and peace and finding serenity, so find a comfortable seated position or lie down whatever feels right for you in this moment, just ensuring that your spine is straight.
• 0:38
  Lisa Hopkins: When you're comfortable, go ahead and close your eyes gently and take a deep, deep breath in through your nose, feeling your lungs expand, and exhale slowly through your mouth, letting any tension melt away.
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  Lisa Hopkins: I'm going to repeat this, breathing two more times, breathing in deeply, inhaling peace and exhaling stress.
• 1:32
  Lisa Hopkins: I want you to shift your awareness now to your body.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Feel the weight of your body as it is supported by the chair or the surface beneath you.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Imagine roots extending from your body into the earth, anchoring you in the earth's grounding energy and, with each exhale, let go of any scattered thoughts.
• 2:15
  Lisa Hopkins: Again, with each inhale, visualize drawing in the earth's grounding energy and, on the exhale, let go of any scattered, messy thoughts.
• 2:53
  Lisa Hopkins: Now I want you to bring to mind someone or something that you deeply love, or gratitude, expanding in your chest and radiating warmth like a soft, glowing light.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Allow this light to grow, filling your entire body with its soothing presence.
• 3:23
  Lisa Hopkins: Visualize the light of love and peace expanding now beyond your body.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Imagine this light traveling outward from your center, outward, touching towards those you care about, and then extending further to your community, your city, your country and the world.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Country and the world Silently repeating may all beings be happy, may all beings be safe, may all beings be at peace.
• 4:51
  Lisa Hopkins: Now draw your attention back to yourself.
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  Lisa Hopkins: Feel the loving energy you sent outward flowing back to you now, a reminder that peace begins within.
• 5:10
  Lisa Hopkins: Rest in the stillness of this moment, knowing that your light and love make a difference in the world.
• 5:30
  Lisa Hopkins: Breathe in serenity and exhale harmony, gently bringing your awareness to the sounds around you and sensations in your body.
• 5:54
  Lisa Hopkins: Now Wiggle your fingers and toes, bringing movement back into your body.
• 6:04
  Lisa Hopkins: Take a final deep breath in and, as you exhale, open your eyes, carrying this sense of peace and love with you into your day.
• 6:25
  Lisa Hopkins: Namaste, my friends.