The Mindful Path To Motivation: Change Your Energy

In this practice, you will reflect on a situation where you lack motivation, such as a work task or a relationship issue. You will ask yourself questions about your aspirations, the issue's importance, obstacles, and how you want to approach it. As you consider these questions, noticing your feelings and physical sensations will help you use these positive emotions as motivation to tackle the issue and set intentions for the future.

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Transcript

Hi friend, My name is Samantha. Let's do a short exercise to regain motivation when you are unmotivated. Let's begin by taking a moment to settle your body into a comfortable position. You may close your eyes or keep them slightly open with a soft focus, Looking downward a few feet in front of you. Allow your spine to lift and for your shoulders to soften. Today we will focus on finding motivation when it is lost. Let's begin by taking a full breath in and a long slow breath out. Allow the mind to rest on the breath. Call to mind something where you might be feeling a lack of motivation. Perhaps it's a task at work or a project you've been putting off at home. Maybe it's repairing a relationship issue with a colleague, Friend, Or family member. Listen to these questions lightly as you envision this issue and see what comes up. There's no need to figure anything out. If nothing comes to mind, Focus on the breath and notice what thoughts arise, Letting them pass through your mind as if carried by a gentle breeze. Ask yourself, When it comes to this issue, What is my greatest aspiration? What about this issue is most important to me? What might be getting in the way of me addressing this issue? How do I want to show up in relationship to this issue? Notice how you feel when you consider these questions, The specific sensations in your body, And again, There is nothing to figure out here. Just notice what comes up for you as you ask these questions. If this issue was in progress or completed, What would that mean to me? If this issue was in progress or completed, What would that feel like? See if you can really feel that feeling, Allowing yourself to absorb it fully. As you experience these feelings of accomplishment, Consider how to access this place again the next time you face this issue. How can you use these feelings as a source of focus? Can these feelings serve as motivation for you to engage? Finally ask yourself, What is my intention going forward? Let's finish with a full deep breath in and a long slow breath out. Slowly open your eyes and bring yourself back to the environment when you are ready. You are ready to go forward into the day with motivation, Knowing you can achieve great things. As we close out today, If you are especially struggling with motivation right now, I encourage you to do a bonus exercise. Here are two journal prompts to reflect on. These will help you when you are unmotivated and refocus. 1. An intention I'd like to hold for myself 2. Things I can let go of are Take care my friend

Reviews

Hello Samantha, I saved this practice awhile back and I listened to it this morning. I was able to let go of a couple of small tasks and gain more clarity about several work projects. Thank you!

That was so helpful and I love the journal prompts at the end. Thank you. ♥️

This meditation truly helped me This morning. I'll return frequently. Thank you so much.