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You don’t have to go anywhere, or spend any money, to experience an expansive   sense of free time… V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Relax, enjoy life, and let your creativity flow!

Here’s 3 easy FAST ways to get out of the grind — anytime — and into vacation mode.
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#1 Relax Deeply and Reconnect – in just 1 minute!

One of the easiest and fastest ways to get that “on vacation” feeling is the 1 minute meditation.

Yup, you can feel relaxed, peaceful, & grounded — in just 1 minute.

Here’s how.

Works anywhere, anytime — at work, a stressful moment at home, in the middle of the night… I’ve been using it and it’s absolutely brilliant:

Sit back and  relax and close your eyes.

Imagine a dot to your right & a dot to your left, both in your peripheral vision.

Focus on dot to right, & then dot to  left. (If you can’t see dots, just imagine them or sense them.)

Again, focus on dot to  right & then dot to left. Take your time.  Repeat for total of six times.

Then take deep breath in; & exhale fully.

From this more centered place in your body, observe your next 3 breaths. Enjoy this quiet space.

When you’re ready, open your eyes & slowly come back to the present.

Notice whatever you notice from this more centered place.

• • (to hear this as an audio, go to Stacey Mayo’s  “I’ll Pay You to Be Quiet Video Contest,”  recommended below. It’s her idea.)

#2. Lift your mood  – in 30 seconds!

Try skipping. You know…. SKIPPING!

Like Dorothy and the gang going arm-in-arm down the yellow brick road…

Next time you feel down or a bit blah, try skipping — even just ten steps. (Note: when you least feel like skipping is when you need it most.)

The action of skipping is joyful, light, and free; it automatically puts you in a more positive frame of mind.

Try it: it’s virtually impossible to skip without smiling!

Like an instant vacation…

#3: Go play with yourself.

(Now, that only sounds suspect if you have a dirty mind…)

I’m talking about making a “play date” with yourself.

Here’s how:

Set aside an hour to try out something new, something you’d like to play with — art supplies, a friend’s guitar, your daughter’s funky hair accessories, dancing to a favorite CD  — anything that strikes you as fun. And perhaps a bit adventurous.

(One time I took all the spices and herbs out of the kitchen and made them into mandala patterns on the back deck… What a delight for my senses of sight, smell, touch, & taste!)

The best playdates are unstructured and done on your own, so you can really explore freely.

It’s the freedom to play that makes the hour such a refreshing vacation from “regular life”…

Try it out, and let me know what happens!

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