5-Minute Calm: A More Peaceful, Rested, and Relaxed You in Just 5 Minutes a Day

by Adams Media

This quick, portable guide features more than 200 practical, effective ways to calm the mind, reduce stress, and erase tension in your body in less than five minutes.

In 5-Minute Calm you’ll learn to relax your anxious mind and release tension in your body through quick and easy mindfulness exercises and techniques. Through guided breathing, meditation, visualization, and more, you’ll find a place of calm in just five short minutes. This newfound peace can allow you to reengage with the world in a meaningful, productive way. Whether you’re facing a frazzled morning at home, a hectic day at work, or a daunting project deadline, this on-the-go stress-reducing guide can help you disengage for a few minutes, find a moment of peace, and get back to your day.

Genres: Mental Health, Adult

288 pages, Paperback

Published January 2, 2018

Reviews

[Pía López Copetti · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s the book to read if you want to discover ways to meditate. In my case I’ll apply some, but overall I prefer guided meditations from apps.

[Laura Salas]

I thought this would be a book with little 5-minute meditations or tiny exercises to do. Instead, at least as far as I got into it, each one was more like an introduction to an enormous practice--a whole different school of meditation or mindfulness or something to look into. I felt my stress and to-do list growing with each page, which is the opposite of what I was looking for! Maybe I just didn't go far enough into the book, but I find myself not wanting to turn another page and gain another project to work on...