What's Your Best Path Through Work Stress? 

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  You’re enjoying a day off from work, but then see your boss is calling. What's your reaction to the caller ID?

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    You get so aggravated you can practically feel your blood boil.
  • B.
    You start running through all the different scenarios in your head about why work’s calling and none of them are good.
  • C.
    You start pacing and are so worried about work that now there’s no way you can reconnect with what you were doing before work so rudely interrupted.
  • D.
    You immediately feel your neck and shoulders tighten up.
• 2.
  Your workplace announces they’re going to provide one stress management activity during work hours to all employees decided by majority vote. Which activity would you choose?

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  • A.
    Yoga class.
  • B.
    Guided mindfulness meditation.
  • C.
    The ultimate massage chair experience that includes a guided visualization accompanied by nature sounds.
  • D.
    Live music performance.
• 3.
  What's your sense of dread like when Sunday gets ruined because you remember tomorrow's Monday and you have to go work in the morning?

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  • A.
    Sense of dread experienced as a wave of work worries crashing over you.
  • B.
    Sense of dread so strong that even though there is weekend fun going on all around you, you feel completely disconnected from it.
  • C.
    Sense of dread felt in the pit of your stomach.
  • D.
    Sense of dread that’s a combination of the above choices.
• 4.
  You know you’re having trouble with work stress when:

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  • A.
    You have a hard time letting go of how upset you are with the company’s latest policy.
  • B.
    Nothing keeps your interest and all you can think about is work.
  • C.
    You can’t get excited about dinner plans with friends because that work to do list is still running through your head. Not to mention that list never stops growing, so it’s got you feeling nauseous, too.
  • D.
    You feel tension in your neck and shoulders the whole commute home.
• 5.
  You can hardly believe it, but you’re taking the afternoon off work for self-care. You’re going to:

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  • A.
    Vent over coffee with a good friend.
  • B.
    Get a massage.
  • C.
    Therapy appointment, gym, and quality time with loved ones that night.
  • D.
    Go for a walk to clear your mind.
• 6.
  Your boss scheduled a same day meeting with you, which is highly unusual. You:

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  • A.
    Feel restless and need to walk around the office.
  • B.
    Worry that your boss is about to give you bad news.
  • C.
    You use your lunch break to walk through a nearby park with a loved one, which always puts your mind at ease.
  • D.
    Vent with your work bestie.
• 7.
  *Poof!* Your fairy godmother is here and she's going to grant you one wish to help with work stress! What would light you up the most?

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  • A.
    To actually enjoy myself without feeling burdened by work.
  • B.
    To finally be free of work taking up so much space in my head during my time off.
  • C.
    To get rid of these awful feelings of tension and exhaustion.
  • D.
    Can I wish for more wishes? I think I’m gonna need all of the above.
• 8.
  How would you like to feel after engaging in stress relief practices?

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    Clear minded.
  • B.
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    Relaxed body.
  • C.
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    Sense of inner peace.
  • D.
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    Sign me up for all of the above.
• 9.
  What would you like the most help with from stress relief strategies? 

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  • A.
    Calming my stressed body.
  • B.
    Quieting my busy brain.
  • C.
    Feeling reconnected.
  • D.
    I really need it all.
• 10.
  Imagine you just won a free ticket to a stress relief retreat. Which retreat would you choose?

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    “Helping women quiet their inner critic.”
  • B.
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    “Relaxation strategies for your stressed-out body.”
  • C.
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    “Reclaim your inner peace.”
  • D.
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    “A weekend of compassion for your mind, body, and spirit.”

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Mind Path

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  Your Style Is… Guided MeditationYou have a keen visual sense and a powerful mind. Guided meditations help to settle your thoughts and take you on a story-fueled journey of expansion. A guided meditation can be done in person or recorded as an audio or video meditation. It features the voice of a narrator or instructor to lead you through the experience. This style of meditation often includes visualization and music. When you listen to a guided meditation, you can let go of the need to control. You can relax and let yourself be guided. This style helps to still the monkey mind. You can let go of thinking about what you need to do next or what you didn't do before you sat down to meditate. This will help your active mind stay totally present. It'll also keep you from getting bored. Another reason you'd love guided meditation? You have a strong individuality and you process the world around you through story. Guided meditations put you in the center of the story. So seek out guided meditations that take you on a journey. Click this link for a library of guided meditations. Other meditation styles that would work well for you (click the links to find out more):• Walking Meditation• Transcendental Meditation• Mantra Meditation“Touch your inner space, which is nothingness, as silent and empty as the sky; it is your inner sky. Once you settle down in your inner sky, you have come home, and a great maturity arises in your actions, in your behavior. Then whatever you do has grace in it. Then whatever you do is a poetry in itself. You live poetry; your walking becomes dancing, your silence becomes music.” — Osho✨ Ready. Set. Bliss. ✨Here Are 3 Powerful Ways to Establish Your Meditation Practice1. Pick your placeCreate a space in your home that's devoted to meditation. This doesn't have to be a huge space. Whether it's a corner of your living room or a rock in your garden… Pick a spot that's your meditation spot.Returning to your meditation spot again and again can help you to go deeper into meditation. It's also a signal that you've carved out a space in your life for meditation. It's said that meditating consistently in one space also builds up a spiritual energy in the area. Whether or not you can feel this shift in energy, claiming a space for your meditation can help you stay consistent, and gives your mind and body less external information to focus on what you sit down to meditate.2. Stretch it outThere's a reason the physical practice of yoga comes before meditation in ancient traditions (many reasons, in fact).Stretching or practicing yoga before you meditate makes it easier for you to maintain the stillness and long spine of a meditation posture. In addition to making a seated practice easier on the body… Yoga postures also prime the mind, body, and energy for meditation. You may have noticed that after practicing yoga you're literally in a different mental state. You're more grounded and naturally calm. If you can enter into this relaxed state before you begin meditating, you're likely going to go deeper into your meditation practice. 3. Find your comfortable seatJust as there are many styles of meditation, there are tons of ways to sit in meditation. By the way there are also meditation styles that aren't seated at all! Yep, you can try walking meditations, tree meditations, and even meditating while you go about other daily activities. While some meditation styles are more traditional in terms of seated posture, make it easy on yourself to keep showing up to your seat. Discover what works for you and your body. If a traditional lotus-seated posture is uncomfortable or makes your legs fall asleep, you may consider a meditation bench or sitting upright in a chair. ⭐ Bonus tip: If it's super loud where you live, consider getting noise cancelling headphones for meditation⭐Meditate With MeNamaste! I'm Denise Jasper, meditation teacher, yogi, and vegan chef.I've been practicing meditation for the last 15 years. I've trained in Ananda Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and Metta Meditation. I believe that through meditation we discover ourselves. Underneath the noise of the mind… there is a well of peace and stillness. It's my mission to help others discover that place of serenity within. Here Are Some Supportive Resources To Dive Deeper Into Your Meditation Practice 🐬1. If you'd like to cultivate calmness, listen to my interview on Ananda Radio. I discuss how to carve out a spiritual practice no matter how busy you are (or how busy your mind is). I share my tried and true methods for finding more peace in your life… simply.Want to learn how to meditate? Head on over to my Youtube channel: Meditate with Denise. The intention behind Meditate with Denise is to provide different styles of meditation so that you can discover what best works for you. The channel has helped 1000s of people start and maintain their meditation practice. We're a global movement of kind-hearted, peace-loving souls. 3. Interested in one-on-one meditation guidance? Book a free consultation with me. I'll create a custom meditation plan for you to commit to this life-enhancing habit. Whether you've never meditated before or you've been developing your practice for years… this session will help you enhance your practice. 🌸 Intention Setting 🌸Now that we're connected, head on over to your inbox a free guided meditation by yours truly and a link to come back to these results whenever you want. You'll also receive a very special surprise from yours truly. Over the next several days, I'll be sharing meditation videos and techniques based on your meditation style, so that you can really ground your meditation practice into reality. If you're feeling called, I invite you to set an intention now for this new meditation practice. Is there a word that describes this intention? Or a feeling you'd like to have? Plant the seeds of that intention, friend. I am here to celebrate and support you. It's my intention that you discover a meditation practice that truly serves you. A practice that helps you to find calmness, bliss, and peace. In Joy,-Denise
• 2.
  Body Path

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  Your Style is… Mantra MeditationYou're creative, energetic, and full of bright ideas. Because you're a passionate, creative person Mantra Meditation will help you tap into your sense of divine devotion, and let all the other thoughts slip away.A mantra (meaning "mind vehicle") is a word, phrase, or syllable that's repeated silently in meditation. With a straight spine and your gaze fixed at the point between your eyebrows, repeat the mantra over and over again. Click here to learn more about which mantra to use. You've got a knack for words and communication is one of your superpowers. When you turn this power inward with mantra, you can enter into deep states of poise and relaxation. This style helps to still the monkey mind. Even if other thoughts arise during the mantra meditation, coming back to the mantra helps to still the waters.Mantras hold powerful spiritual energy, and if you can be devotional in your approach to the mantra, repeating with love in your heart… you might be amazed by the depth and beauty of the experience. For a deeper exploration of mantra meditation, check out this meditation video. Other meditation styles that would work well for you (click the links to find out more):• Transcendental Meditation• Spiritual Meditation• Walking Meditation"If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state." — Ramana Maharshi✨ Ready. Set. Bliss. ✨Here Are 3 Powerful Ways to Establish Your Meditation Practice1. Pick your placeCreate a space in your home that's devoted to meditation. This doesn't have to be a huge space. Whether it's a corner of your living room or a rock in your garden… Pick a spot that's your meditation spot.Returning to your meditation spot again and again can help you to go deeper into meditation. It's also a signal that you've carved out a space in your life for meditation. It's said that meditating consistently in one space also builds up a spiritual energy in the area. Whether or not you can feel this shift in energy, claiming a space for your meditation can help you stay consistent, and gives your mind and body less external information to focus on what you sit down to meditate.2. Stretch it outThere's a reason the physical practice of yoga comes before meditation in ancient traditions (many reasons, in fact).Stretching or practicing yoga before you meditate makes it easier for you to maintain the stillness and long spine of a meditation posture. In addition to making a seated practice easier on the body… Yoga postures also prime the mind, body, and energy for meditation. You may have noticed that after practicing yoga you're literally in a different mental state. You're more grounded and naturally calm. If you can enter into this relaxed state before you begin meditating, you're likely going to go deeper into your meditation practice. 3. Find your comfortable seatJust as there are many styles of meditation, there are tons of ways to sit in meditation. By the way there are also meditation styles that aren't seated at all! Yep, you can try walking meditations, tree meditations, and even meditating while you go about other daily activities. While some meditation styles are more traditional in terms of seated posture, make it easy on yourself to keep showing up to your seat. Discover what works for you and your body. If a traditional lotus-seated posture is uncomfortable or makes your legs fall asleep, you may consider a meditation bench or sitting upright in a chair. ⭐ Bonus tip: If it's super loud where you live, consider getting noise cancelling headphones for meditation⭐Meditate With MeNamaste! I'm Denise Jasper, meditation teacher, yogi, and vegan chef.I've been practicing meditation for the last 15 years. I've trained in Ananda Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and Metta Meditation. I believe that through meditation we discover ourselves. Underneath the noise of the mind… there is a well of peace and stillness. It's my mission to help others discover that place of serenity within. Here Are Some Supportive Resources To Dive Deeper Into Your Meditation Practice 🐬1. If you'd like to cultivate calmness, listen to my interview on Ananda Radio. I discuss how to carve out a spiritual practice no matter how busy you are (or how busy your mind is). I share my tried and true methods for finding more peace in your life… simply.Want to learn how to meditate? Head on over to my Youtube channel: Meditate with Denise. The intention behind Meditate with Denise is to provide different styles of meditation so that you can discover what best works for you. The channel has helped 1000s of people start and maintain their meditation practice. We're a global movement of kind-hearted, peace-loving souls. 3. Interested in one-on-one meditation guidance? Book a free consultation with me. I'll create a custom meditation plan for you to commit to this life-enhancing habit. Whether you've never meditated before or you've been developing your practice for years… this session will help you enhance your practice. 🌸 Intention Setting 🌸Now that we're connected, head on over to your inbox a free guided meditation by yours truly and a link to come back to these results whenever you want. You'll also receive a very special surprise from yours truly. Over the next several days, I'll be sharing meditation videos and techniques based on your meditation style, so that you can really ground your meditation practice into reality. If you're feeling called, I invite you to set an intention now for this new meditation practice. Is there a word that describes this intention? Or a feeling you'd like to have? Plant the seeds of that intention, friend. I am here to celebrate and support you. It's my intention that you discover a meditation practice that truly serves you. A practice that helps you to find calmness, bliss, and peace. In Joy,-Denise
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  Spirit Path

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  Your Style is... Metta MeditationYou're positive, community-oriented, and a great friend everyone would love to have in their corner. You naturally exude loving kindness. Which is why Metta Meditation (aka "loving kindness" meditation) is positively perfect for you. Metta is a cornerstone of Buddhism. The intention behind meta is to create a "boundless warm-hearted feeling." Metta meditation involves extending loving-kindness to yourself and others through a series of statements repeated either silently or out loud. Metta traditionally begins with extending loving kindness to yourself.The repeated phrase looks like this:"May I be safeMay I be healthy May I be happy May I live with ease"When you practice, imagine holding yourself in the grace of the words. After sending metta to yourself, you traditionally send metta to others (friends, family, people who challenge you, and even the entire world). If this is piquing your interest, find out more about the metta practice here.You're a natural born guide, nurturer, and coach. When you practice metta, you can extend as much love to yourself as you do to everyone else. You can relax into the warmth of your own heart. This style also helps you to feel more compassion for yourself. It's a deep practice of self-love. Check out this video of a metta meditation, so you can start practicing today. Other meditation styles that would work well for you (click the links to find out more):• Walking Meditation• Transcendental Meditation• Mantra Meditation"To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within."— Sharon Salzberg✨ Ready. Set. Bliss. ✨Here Are 3 Powerful Ways to Establish Your Meditation Practice1. Pick your placeCreate a space in your home that's devoted to meditation. This doesn't have to be a huge space. Whether it's a corner of your living room or a rock in your garden… Pick a spot that's your meditation spot.Returning to your meditation spot again and again can help you to go deeper into meditation. It's also a signal that you've carved out a space in your life for meditation. It's said that meditating consistently in one space also builds up a spiritual energy in the area. Whether or not you can feel this shift in energy, claiming a space for your meditation can help you stay consistent, and gives your mind and body less external information to focus on what you sit down to meditate.2. Stretch it outThere's a reason the physical practice of yoga comes before meditation in ancient traditions (many reasons, in fact).Stretching or practicing yoga before you meditate makes it easier for you to maintain the stillness and long spine of a meditation posture. In addition to making a seated practice easier on the body… Yoga postures also prime the mind, body, and energy for meditation. You may have noticed that after practicing yoga you're literally in a different mental state. You're more grounded and naturally calm. If you can enter into this relaxed state before you begin meditating, you're likely going to go deeper into your meditation practice. 3. Find your comfortable seatJust as there are many styles of meditation, there are tons of ways to sit in meditation. By the way there are also meditation styles that aren't seated at all! Yep, you can try walking meditations, tree meditations, and even meditating while you go about other daily activities. While some meditation styles are more traditional in terms of seated posture, make it easy on yourself to keep showing up to your seat. Discover what works for you and your body. If a traditional lotus-seated posture is uncomfortable or makes your legs fall asleep, you may consider a meditation bench or sitting upright in a chair. ⭐ Bonus tip: If it's super loud where you live, consider getting noise cancelling headphones for meditation⭐Meditate With MeNamaste! I'm Denise Jasper, meditation teacher, yogi, and vegan chef.I've been practicing meditation for the last 15 years. I've trained in Ananda Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and Metta Meditation. I believe that through meditation we discover ourselves. Underneath the noise of the mind… there is a well of peace and stillness. It's my mission to help others discover that place of serenity within. Here Are Some Supportive Resources To Dive Deeper Into Your Meditation Practice 🐬1. If you'd like to cultivate calmness, listen to my interview on Ananda Radio. I discuss how to carve out a spiritual practice no matter how busy you are (or how busy your mind is). I share my tried and true methods for finding more peace in your life… simply.Want to learn how to meditate? Head on over to my Youtube channel: Meditate with Denise. The intention behind Meditate with Denise is to provide different styles of meditation so that you can discover what best works for you. The channel has helped 1000s of people start and maintain their meditation practice. We're a global movement of kind-hearted, peace-loving souls. 3. Interested in one-on-one meditation guidance? Book a free consultation with me. I'll create a custom meditation plan for you to commit to this life-enhancing habit. Whether you've never meditated before or you've been developing your practice for years… this session will help you enhance your practice. 🌸 Intention Setting 🌸Now that we're connected, head on over to your inbox a free guided meditation by yours truly and a link to come back to these results whenever you want. You'll also receive a very special surprise from yours truly. Over the next several days, I'll be sharing meditation videos and techniques based on your meditation style, so that you can really ground your meditation practice into reality. If you're feeling called, I invite you to set an intention now for this new meditation practice. Is there a word that describes this intention? Or a feeling you'd like to have? Plant the seeds of that intention, friend. I am here to celebrate and support you. It's my intention that you discover a meditation practice that truly serves you. A practice that helps you to find calmness, bliss, and peace. In Joy,-Denise
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  Harmony Path

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  Your Style is... Mindfulness MeditationYou have a keen intelligence and a powerful mind. Mindfulness meditation harnesses your observational powers. It'll help you go beyond the mind and into stillness. Mindfulness meditation comes out of the Buddhist tradition. It is a practice of silence, stillness, and observing your thoughts. Like many meditation styles, this style can take many forms. One of the simplest ways to practice mindfulness meditation is to take a comfortable seat with a long spine. Set a timer, starting with 5 minutes and then working your way up to 10 or 15. Close your eyes and simply notice your breath without trying to change it. Pay attention to the rise and fall of your breath. When a thought arises, simply label that thought "thinking" and return your attention to the breath. Zen meditation is a more formal approach to mindfulness meditation. Because you appreciate structure and attention to detail, Zen meditation is likely to work well for you. Another reason you'd love mindfulness meditation? It's about cultivating a judgement-free zone. Whether your mind is full of thoughts or still as a lake, there is no such thing as "good" or "bad" here. Self-compassion, self-kindness, and self-inquiry are the goals. This will help you release any perfectionistic tendencies you have, my hardworking friend. An added bonus is that you're likely to return to your day with new focus and mental clarity. Click this link for a library of mindfulness meditations. Other meditation styles that would work well for you (click the links to find out more):• Walking Meditation• Transcendental Meditation• Mantra Meditation"Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it." — Sylvia Boorstein✨ Ready. Set. Bliss. ✨Here Are 3 Powerful Ways to Establish Your Meditation Practice1. Pick your placeCreate a space in your home that's devoted to meditation. This doesn't have to be a huge space. Whether it's a corner of your living room or a rock in your garden… Pick a spot that's your meditation spot.Returning to your meditation spot again and again can help you to go deeper into meditation. It's also a signal that you've carved out a space in your life for meditation. It's said that meditating consistently in one space also builds up a spiritual energy in the area.Whether or not you can feel this shift in energy, claiming a space for your meditation can help you stay consistent, and gives your mind and body less external information to focus on what you sit down to meditate.2. Stretch it outThere's a reason the physical practice of yoga comes before meditation in ancient traditions (many reasons, in fact).Stretching or practicing yoga before you meditate makes it easier for you to maintain the stillness and long spine of a meditation posture. In addition to making a seated practice easier on the body… Yoga postures also prime the mind, body, and energy for meditation. You may have noticed that after practicing yoga you're literally in a different mental state. You're more grounded and naturally calm. If you can enter into this relaxed state before you begin meditating, you're likely going to go deeper into your meditation practice. 3. Find your comfortable seatJust as there are many styles of meditation, there are tons of ways to sit in meditation. By the way there are also meditation styles that aren't seated at all! Yep, you can try walking meditations, tree meditations, and even meditating while you go about other daily activities. While some meditation styles are more traditional in terms of seated posture, make it easy on yourself to keep showing up to your seat. Discover what works for you and your body. If a traditional lotus-seated posture is uncomfortable or makes your legs fall asleep, you may consider a meditation bench or sitting upright in a chair. ⭐ Bonus tip: If it's super loud where you live, consider getting noise cancelling headphones for meditation⭐Meditate With MeNamaste! I'm Denise Jasper, meditation teacher, yogi, and vegan chef.I've been practicing meditation for the last 15 years. I've trained in Ananda Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and Metta Meditation. I believe that through meditation we discover ourselves. Underneath the noise of the mind… there is a well of peace and stillness. It's my mission to help others discover that place of serenity within. Here Are Some Supportive Resources To Dive Deeper Into Your Meditation Practice 🐬1. If you'd like to cultivate calmness, listen to my interview on Ananda Radio. I discuss how to carve out a spiritual practice no matter how busy you are (or how busy your mind is). I share my tried and true methods for finding more peace in your life… simply.Want to learn how to meditate? Head on over to my Youtube channel: Meditate with Denise. The intention behind Meditate with Denise is to provide different styles of meditation so that you can discover what best works for you. The channel has helped 1000s of people start and maintain their meditation practice. We're a global movement of kind-hearted, peace-loving souls. 3. Interested in one-on-one meditation guidance? Book a free consultation with me. I'll create a custom meditation plan for you to commit to this life-enhancing habit. Whether you've never meditated before or you've been developing your practice for years… this session will help you enhance your practice. 🌸 Intention Setting 🌸Now that we're connected, head on over to your inbox a free guided meditation by yours truly and a link to come back to these results whenever you want. You'll also receive a very special surprise from yours truly. Over the next several days, I'll be sharing meditation videos and techniques based on your meditation style, so that you can really ground your meditation practice into reality. If you're feeling called, I invite you to set an intention now for this new meditation practice. Is there a word that describes this intention? Or a feeling you'd like to have? Plant the seeds of that intention, friend. I am here to celebrate and support you. It's my intention that you discover a meditation practice that truly serves you. A practice that helps you to find calmness, bliss, and peace. In Joy,-Denise