ADHD Work Anxiety

This practice can be particularly helpful for you in managing work-related anxiety often experienced with ADHD. In this meditation, you'll cultivate a sense of ease, openness, and spaciousness, even amidst the chaos of work-related thoughts and emotions. Serving as an antidote for times of work-related stress and overwhelm, this practice provides a soothing refuge, helping you navigate through tasks with a clearer mind and a greater sense of calmness.

Transcript

Today I'll guide you through a practice to relieve work-related anxiety.

Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle.

Find a comfortable position that supports a naturally curved lower back and long spine.

Allow your eyes to close or keep them open with a soft gaze downward.

Take a breath in and a long breath out,

Breath in and out,

Inviting your body to relax now.

With each breath in,

Imagine inhaling all the positive energy and calmness your body needs and exhale,

Letting go of any tightness,

Tension or anxiety.

Bring the awareness to the mind and any work-related thoughts,

Any worries here,

And just allow them to come and go without clinging or pushing them away.

Bring the awareness back to your breath.

Just allow the breath to be natural now,

Noticing the inhale,

The pause,

And the exhale,

And the pause.

These slight moments of pause between each breath.

Feeling the air entering your nose and imagine that air going down to your lungs.

Feeling the lungs expand as they fill with air and relax again through each exhale.

Thoughts will arise again.

That's so common.

Just allow them to be.

Just allow them to be.

Returning the awareness then to the breath,

The breath in,

Pause,

The breath out,

And the pause.

Inviting a smile to your face and perhaps even placing your hand at your heart center,

At the center of the chest,

And mentally say,

May I be well.

May I be calm.

May I be well.

May I be calm.

Being here now,

Mentally saying,

I trust in my abilities and I'm able to handle any challenges that come my way.

I trust in my abilities.

I am able to handle any challenges that come my way.

I trust in my abilities.

I am able to handle any challenges that come my way.

I am resilient.

I am capable.

I am resilient.

I am capable.

I am resilient.

I am capable.

I accept myself just as I am.

I accept myself just as I am.

I accept myself just as I am.

Acknowledging how you feel now.

Knowing you can return to this meditation as many times as you choose.

And when you're ready,

Gently opening your eyes.

Reviews

Acceptance of self is to bear the suffering with presences of mind

This was great to help relieve the pre-work foreboding! Thank you

Thank you for this. I found it calming and helpful. 🙏❤️

I trust in my ability as I am able to handle any challenges that come my way. I accept myself just as I am. Thank you teacher

Just lovely and what I needed before work this morning.

Sandhya that was an incredible meditation. I teared up at the end with your acceptance mantra. For someone with ADHD, two young kids, professional services consultant in climate change I’m often overwhelmed with work anxiety and not ‘being’ good enough (even though I have all the letters after my name I could hope for). Reaffirming that I am resilient, can handle any challenge, and am enough as I am was very powerful. Thank you 🙏

Gentle and relaxing. Love that she mentions acceptance of self just as you are and the descriptions of the breath are calming and grounding. This is one I will return to.