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If You're a Busy Mom, You Need This 1-Minute Meditation

Updated: Sep 22

It literally takes longer to brush your teeth than to practice this quick, yet centering meditation for busy moms.


A woman with a bright pink yoga shirt and blue yoga pants with eyes closed in seated meditation on a teal yoga mat on a wooden deck with green trees and water in the background
Yes, busy mama, you can meditate! Photo © Copyright by Laura Brown Photography.

Can busy moms meditate? If you have one minute, you can.


The purpose of meditation is not to force your thoughts out of your mind. It’s to watch them with mindful observation—to see what comes up, what rises to the surface. And for busy moms, a lot rises to the surface. Sometimes all at once.


I’ve done this one-minute meditation everywhere—on a yoga mat, in bed, on a train, at the grocery store, filling up my car with gas. Now, it’s your turn!


Feeling anxious or stressed? Practice this simple meditation. Need a minute to regroup from the day? Yep, try this meditation. Can’t fall asleep because your mind is racing? You got it—do this meditation.


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Practice It: 1-Minute Meditation for Busy Moms

Try this meditation to quickly center yourself.


  • Close your eyes or keep them open with a soft gaze.

  • Draw your hands to your heart if you’re seated, or relax your arms at your sides if you’re standing.

  • Let go of the busyness of the outside world for a moment. Bring your attention to your breath. Watch it come. Watch it go.

  • Observe thoughts that enter your mind, but don’t attach to them. Notice how your mind quickly moves from one thought to the next, leaving a trail of dust from the previous thought.

  • Continue for one minute. Take another full, deep inhale and exhale and flutter your eyes open.


Hello, new perspective on life! This one-minute meditation can give you many more minutes of feeling calm and centered throughout your day. And the more you meditate, the more you benefit.


If you meditated for one minute every day, by this time next year you will have meditated for 365 minutes. When you add that up, that’s more than six hours of meditation in a year. That’s six hours you gave back to yourself almost effortlessly. And it all started with one minute.


Learn other meditations for busy moms in my award-winning book 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas.

Note that this website is for informational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Speak with your doctor before beginning any new exercise routine or wellness plan.

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