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FITNESS TIPS : Calm Down Any Time, Any Place
Meditate and calm your mind

Topic: Inspiration
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Think meditating requires the patience, dedication, and endless free time of a Tibetan monk? Here are three simple ways to work this mind-calming, heart-strengthening discipline into your daily routine, no matter how confirmed a type A you are.

Walking Meditation
Focus on your breathing; count your steps. Become aware of how your feet and legs move. Celebrate each movement as a miracle of silent communication between your brain and your body.

Mindfulness
Concentrate all your energy on whatever you're doing now, even something as mundane as washing dishes. Consider each element of the activity as if you were moving in slow motion. If other thoughts interrupt, gently bring your mind back to your task.

Mantra
In Sanskrit, man means mind and tra means deliverance. Repeating a mantra--a word, phrase, or sound--creates a sound vibration that could deliver you from worldly cares. Choose a prayer, word, or sound that invokes a spiritual feeling. Sit comfortably and breathe deeply as you chant it silently.

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