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MEDITATIONS
for any mood
GISELE
Whether you’re tired or wired, BÜNDCHEN
Dear Universe author Sarah Prout
has a mantra for you
FOR WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED
Harvard researchers estimate that list goes on of things that you
80 per cent of doctors’ visits are probably don’t want to manifest.
caused by stress. It’s also estimated A gentle approach to guiding your
that more than one in five thoughts and emotions is the best
American adults took medications solution. Make the journey out of
for psychiatric disorders such as your head and into your heart.
anxiety and depression in 2010. Make yourself a cup of holy basil
Stress is a silent killer, and this is (tulsi) tea, which contains herbal
why it’s so important to create adaptogens to relieve stress, and
regular self-care rituals in order set aside time daily to meditate
to calm down, chill out, and and connect with The Universe.
remember that we have the
power to guide our emotions. MANTRA
Dear Universe, I now release this
REMEMBER energy of stress and replace it with
When you feel stressed, it’s a self-compassion and trust that
reminder that if you change your everything is taken care of in my
thoughts, you change your reality. life. I am now grounded in my
On a physical level, stress in your heart space and reminded of
body will result in illness because the importance of self-care
you’re producing a hormone called each and every day.
cortisol. This leads to weight gain, So be it, so it is.
poor sleep, low sex drive, and the
Edited
e xtract from Dear
Universe by Sarah
U
Prout (Hachette
Australia,
$29.99).
