calm | INSTAGRAM | MAY 17

🎧 SOUND ON! Listen to an excerpt from Calm’s new meditation, Easing Depression, by renowned author, meditation teacher and Calm Guest Instructor Elisha Goldstein (@mindfullivingcollective). Link in bio.⠀ ⠀ “When experiencing depression, we tend to focus on self-critical, self-loathing, disconnected, hopeless and helpless thinking. There's an old saying, "energy flows where attention goes" and now with modern neuroscience discoveries we can add, "and that's how the brain grows." In my meditation Easing Depression, we turn our attention to a state of presence, experiencing the breath as something relaxing, soothing, and nourishing. ⠀ ⠀ We can then take this practice into daily life. When we catch our minds falling into depressive thoughts, we can shift our attention to strength, healing, and confidence. We can breathe in what we’re needing more of, breathe out what we don’t. And, eventually, we learn to relax.” — Elisha Goldstein⠀ ⠀ #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #anxiety #breathe #calm