{"id":1082,"date":"2010-05-25T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/fresh-morning-safe-island-meditation.html"},"modified":"2010-05-25T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-safe-island-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/fresh-morning-safe-island-meditation.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: “Safe Island” Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve always been struck by Thich Nhat Hanh’s simple description of mindfulness as a “safe island,” something always available to us, to which we can always return.<\/p>\n

Try a “safe island” meditation today by choosing a word or image that’s your harbor, your emotional home.  It can be “calm,” “peace,” “quiet,” anything that relaxes and comforts you.<\/p>\n

Any time you feel stress creep in today, remember to land on your “safe island” each time you exhale.  Imagine yourself floating onto a feathery pad of shelter and support each time you breathe out into your word.  <\/p>\n

On your inhales, you can either draw in another “safe island,” or choose a different descriptor for your exhale word on each breath.  For example, “deep calm,” “simple calm,” “healing calm.” <\/p>\n

See if taking a couple of “safe island” breaths can help ease some of your stress today!<\/p>\n

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