Hello and welcome to your meditation.
We're going to take some time today to shift from living our days on autopilot into actively choosing our lives again.
Find a comfortable place to sit and reflect.
Close your eyes if you'd like.
And start to arrive in this moment.
Just for you.
Take a few cleansing breaths.
For so many of us,
Our routines are what help keep us grounded.
Once we do things a certain way,
And it works well for us.
We tend to make that cadence or set of tasks part of our daily patterns.
And that can be wonderful in making sure that we aren't using excess energy every single day trying to reinvent the wheel.
However,
Sometimes we might find ourselves in what we might call a rut.
Living each day similar to the last.
Going through the motions but not actually consciously making the decisions our soul might be craving.
Feeling like we're in a self-driving car that just keeps going and we're in the back seat along for the ride.
Today,
We are consciously choosing to shift this.
First and foremost,
Let's not beat ourselves up over being on autopilot.
There's no need to judge ourselves for getting into that pattern.
Or be upset over how long we've been coasting along with our eyes half open.
The first thing we want to do.
Is simply become aware that we've been on autopilot.
And the fact that you are even sitting here in this meditation.
Is part of that awareness.
Let's name in our minds.
Where we're finding ourselves.
So gently say to yourself.
I've been on autopilot.
It's helped me to make my days doable.
I don't need to be upset with myself for being on autopilot.
I'm just noticing that I've been in this pattern.
I'm simply becoming consciously aware.
That I've been on autopilot.
The fact that you are acknowledging this means that you are already taking steps to make a change.
Awareness is a key piece for shifting ourselves back into the driver's seat.
Now,
Let's step into our future self for a moment.
Even if that future self is the self of five minutes from now.
It's the self that now has awareness.
And now that you have awareness.
You can't go back to that past self.
It's impossible.
You're already stepping into your future self.
See if you can shift your posture ever so slightly to reflect something different.
Sit in the embodiment of a readiness to choose something new.
Maybe that's straightening your spine and sitting a little taller.
Or rolling your shoulders back a little bit.
Lifting the chin with a bit of confidence.
Opening your heart a tiny bit more.
Sit in a way that is not an autopilot response.
But one of choice and intention.
Say to yourself in your mind.
I choose to step out of autopilot.
And do something different today.
That my future self will thank me for.
Let's repeat that together two more times.
I choose to step out of autopilot.
And do something differently today.
That my future self will thank me for.
I choose to step out of autopilot.
And do something different today.
That my future self will thank me for.
Now rather than thinking about all the things we want to change about our lives.
Let's focus on just one thing.
What is one aspect of your life that you'd like to start doing differently?
Something you'd like to change up.
Maybe you'd like to start taking morning walks.
Or maybe you'd like to drink more water throughout the day.
Or start getting ready for bed earlier.
So you aren't spending time spiraling down a scrolling rabbit hole or getting sucked into just one more episode when you know your body craves more sleep.
What is one thing that you'd like to change up in your life?
Now,
Let's make a resolution to take a small action towards the thing we'd like to do differently.
Maybe you tell yourself,
When I finish this meditation,
I will set a reminder on my phone.
Or when I finish this meditation,
I will pour myself that glass of water.
What is one tiny thing that you haven't been doing in your autopilot routine?
That you will do differently today.
It only takes one small action.
In a different direction.
To shift your mode from autopilot to autopilot.
To intentional creation of your life.
It won't all come at once.
But you have already taken a small step towards moving in the direction you want to go in.
Keep showing up with awareness Continue embodying the posture of the future self you want to be.
And right now.
As we finish our session together.
Take one small step.
Towards the shift you'd like to make in your life.
As soon as we're done.
And then maybe plan for the next small step.
Those tiny shifts add up over time.
The way my husband explains it is that you don't have to turn the ship around all at once.
Even if you point yourself just one degree.
In a different direction?
Over time,
You will end up in a completely different place than where you were heading in to begin with.
Make that one degree shift in your life today.
And over time.
The choice to step out of autopilot.
Again and again.
And again.
Will guide you into the beautiful,
Intentional life you want to be living.
You've already made the choice.
Now,
Let's start living it.
Thank you so much for showing up for yourself today with attention and a willingness to step out of the comfort of your normal patterns on autopilot.
I look forward to sharing another practice with you again soon and continuing our journey together of choosing our next step in life.
I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.
