Morning Meditation - Five Breaths Before The Phone

Before the notifications, the demands, and everyone else's agenda set in, take five breaths to reclaim the first moments of your day. Look, this is the easiest habit with the biggest return, especially if you have the compulsion to pick up your phone at the beginning of the day.

Transcript

Before the day starts and the mind begins to encroach on the day ahead of you, Let's anchor your body, The phone can wait. Whatever's on it, It was there before you woke up, It'll still be there in 5 minutes. But this moment, The first moments of your day, Those are yours. 5 breaths, That's all. Sit up or stay where you are, Feet on the floor if you can. Phone face down or out of reach. Feel the morning, The quiet of it, Before the noise start. We're going to take 5 breaths, Slowly, With full attention. Breath 1, In through your nose. Breath out. Breath 2, Slower this time. Breath in. Let the exhale be long. Breath out. Breath 3, Feel your body settle. Breath in. Shoulders drop on the exhale. Breath out. Breath 4, Notice how different this feels. Breath in. Stay with it. Breath out. Breath 5, Make this one yours. Breath in. Breath out. All the way out. Breath out. See, The phone pulls you into everyone else's world, Immediately. Before you've even checked in with your own. Who do you want to be before the world gets to you this morning? Just sit with that. You just gave yourself something. 5 breaths of quiet, Before the demands, Before the input, Before anyone else's agenda. That's not small. Do it every morning, And watch how the day changes. When you're ready, Open your eyes. The phone will still be there. But so will you.