Have a listen to a calm and even automated voice telling you about the weather.

More motel post cards, you guys.

Try an experiment in dialing down the fight or flight overload of anxiety, looking at smiling faces. Tell your brainstem that you’re not in danger and the other apes accept and protect you.

Smiling faces from Flickr Commons. Watch for a while and relax.

I was going to save this up for a future list, but it has TWO relaxing clean rooms!

Holiday East Motor Hotel, Harrisburg

Pretend that you have a deep craving to smoke and go outside for a few minutes. Repeat throughout the day. Tip: don’t actually smoke. Tip: don’t stand near smokers. Breathe deeply. Be where you’re at.

Better than a tank full of salty water, the Willauer Box. I wish there were any more information I could track down about this. Until then, visualize it.

From Bad Postcards.
Downtowner Motel
Penn Hills Lodge
Golf and Country Club Motor Hotel

For a more modern feel in your meditation, why not focus on a clean and empty motel room? Listen to highway sounds or air conditioner hum and empty your mind.

From James Lileks’ The American Motel.
Yuma Flamingo
Space Age Lodge
El Centro
Cloud Motel
The Rainbow
HoJo
University Motel
Cloverland Motel
Town House Motel
Tower Court
Sands
Unnamed
Quality
Smith’s
Imperial
Flamingo
Little America
Town Campus Motel