Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

Just 5 Minutes to Change Your Brain

7 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational excerpt, Speaker A shares practical advice on integrating short meditation and visualization into daily life and performance preparation. The key recommendations are: start each day with a 5‑minute meditation upon waking to build a sustainable habit; use brief, on‑the‑spot meditations whenever stress arises during the day; employ visualization techniques combined with physical warm‑up (e.g., running, rehearsing mentally) the day before and even moments before a performance or audition, especially for lengthy pieces like a 40‑minute concerto. Speaker B acknowledges Speaker A’s expertise in visualization, reinforcing the value of these practices for stage confidence and execution. The dialogue emphasizes a realistic, incremental approach to mental training that supports artistic performance.

So for meditation, I definitely will recommend starting the day waking up, like just do 5 minutes because a lot of people like, oh, I'm going to do 30 minutes of this, 30 minutes of that, longer than they can handle at first. Yes. So just start with 5 minutes when you wake up. I try to do it during the day as well. Like whenever there's a moment where I feel stressed, I just stop.
Good for you. Yeah. I remember you were awesome at visualization. I remember teaching you. Going to performances or auditions, and I had you sitting in the green room or wherever you were warming up. And you were an expert at it by the time we were through, right?
Yeah, I still do that. Even the day before a performance, I go work out. And even for a concerto that's like 40 minutes long, I run and I really think about like how I'm going to play on stage and really kind of visualize that. So it's tough, but it's— it really helped me so much.