Morning Meditation For A More Peaceful Day

This meditation will show you ways in which you can help yourself remain calm and peaceful throughout your day when faced with situations that may otherwise cause you stress or anxiety. A simple approach but a technique that will take time and patience to practice to become a natural response in your daily life.

Transcript

Good morning.

Thanks for joining me for this meditation.

Hopefully after this session you'll be equipped with some of the tools that I find useful to help you have a more peaceful day.

We'll be doing this by asking ourselves just three questions.

First of all,

Find yourself a comfortable position,

Ideally sitting upright if that's manageable for you,

With a straight but not rigid back,

A relaxed body,

Bringing focus to all those muscles that we often forget to check in on.

Starting with your face,

Your brow,

Around your jaw,

Even your ears.

Try and let those muscles just soften and relax.

And your shoulders,

Let them drop.

Let them be soft,

Loose and relaxed.

Now bring your attention to your breathing.

When was the last time you made a conscious decision to take a full deep breath,

Expanding your stomach and the muscles in your lower back?

Try it now and really feel all of those areas of your body move and gently stretch.

Hopefully that feels good.

We can only notice those feelings when we pay attention to what we're doing right in that moment.

Now I'm not going to ask you to continue taking deep breaths or even to breathe in any particular way.

All I ask is that if you feel distracted at any time,

You ask yourself the first of the three questions.

What is my breath doing right now?

And with that there's no request or need to change anything.

Simply ask yourself and pay attention to the moments after.

There is no right or wrong answer to this.

If you haven't already closed your eyes,

Allow them to gently close and take a few moments.

Spend some time with that question.

What is my breath doing right now?

If you can ask yourself that question,

What is my breath doing right now,

Even just once,

Today,

You'll be on your way to having a more peaceful day.

Large parts of our day are spent lost in thoughts,

Running on autopilot.

We've all had those times when we've driven or travelled somewhere only to arrive at our destination having no memory of the journey.

Or those occasions where we've left home in a hurry and worried that we've left the oven on or not locked the front door only to return to find we need to unlock the door and we had actually switched the oven off.

But we couldn't remember because we were on autopilot and not fully present.

If we were present,

We'd remember.

You can practice this theory by narrating the action to yourself as you perform it,

Switching off or locking the door.

This will keep you in the moment,

Creating a clear memory of the action and you should find that you don't then worry about it later.

We already do a lot of narrating throughout our day.

When we're lost in thought,

We're usually narrating to ourselves and more often than not narrating a fictional tale.

Ignoring facts and making judgements.

If we allow ourselves to listen to those stories,

We'll find it harder to be in the present moment and the present moment is the only place we can find peace.

The second question we can ask ourselves during the day in moments of distraction,

Especially when we are judging or narrating,

Is what do I actually know about this?

What do I actually know about this?

And that's whether it's someone cutting in front of us in traffic or on public transport or an email that we've read and decided someone's being a bit off with us.

Whatever it is that causes a judgement or a moment of stress,

Just ask what do I actually know about this?

We don't know if the person cutting in front has seen us.

They may be in a hurry.

We don't know.

Does it matter that they've cut in front?

Not really.

Have we completely misread the tone of the email perhaps?

Or did the sender intentionally write the email this way?

We don't know.

So let's just spend a few moments to think of some of those times from yesterday or the previous few days where you may have felt stress or anxious or even angry and ask yourself what do I actually know about this situation?

Watch your emotions and feelings whilst asking that question and allow them to soften as you consider what do I actually know about this?

The third question to help you have a more peaceful day is am I being kind?

This should be first addressed to yourself.

More often than not when we're judging a situation or other people,

It's with negativity.

And these negative stories we tell ourselves can cause the opposite effect of what we're trying to do here.

If we're to find peace,

We first have to be kind to ourselves.

And actively being kind to others is one of the most efficient ways of enjoying a more peaceful day.

Spend a few moments now revisiting those situations you thought of earlier and ask yourself am I being kind to both yourself and others?

As this recording comes to an end,

I hope you take with you those three questions and use them throughout your day.

They don't all have to be used at once.

Each one on its own can help you.

What is my breath doing right now?

What do I actually know about this?

Am I being kind?

I'd love to hear how you get on.

Please come back and review or leave me a message to let me know.

Thanks for joining me this morning.

I hope you enjoy a more peaceful day.

Reviews

“Do I actually know what’s going on?” is so relevant for me right now. I am so grateful for this meditation as I’m going through a challenging time with my husband. Yet I know it will resolve itself…

Great way to self regulate and finding peace within ❤️ thank you so much

I love that question ‘what is my breath doing right now’.

Great meditation for mindfulness. I will be back after I put those 3 questions into practice in my day. And I will save it so I remind myself daily of these crucial questions which make perfect sense. 🧡

Good lessons, nice pace and voice. Very lulling start to my day

This practice is extremely helpful in today's busy, noisy and often negative world around me.

A wonderful, thought provoking meditation to start the day. I often forget to just be in the moment when doing tasks and yes the classic - How did I get here? (Talking heads track is now in my head and will now be on repeat… 🙄😆). Always when I lock my car, as I am walking away I need to press that button again. Having an ADHD brain 🧠 🤯 - however, now having the tools and strategies for myself, my mind is learning to slow down. Thank you 🤩

Awesome I am going to listen to this for a month to make sure it sticks! ♥️❤️

10 days so far! So good it’s definitely worth it and I fine myself actually remembering to ask the questions and not be as reactive! ♥️♥️

Ok 30 days was good it’s a habit now!!! I ask myself these questions! I went through stages first all I asked was Ehat is my breath doing that was huge to help me stop from going off and then I started asking What do I really know! My least favorite cuz it holds me accountable! lol but it works! Lastly Am I being kind? That was a bit hard to be kind to me but it does help to remember it’s nicer/better to be kind to myself and others! Thank you! This was an excellent mini challenge for me! ♥️

Lovely voice. Excellent questions to ask myself throughout the day. Just what I needed this morning. Thank you.

I have been meditating for years, and this was definitely a different way of thinking. I will certainly give the three questions a try today. I appreciated the guidance and I love the silence which gave me time to think about it. Thank you.

What a refreshing kindly meditation for me today. I love the simple three questions that somehow didn’t occur to me although I practice meditation for quite some time. Thank you!

Great thoughts to start the day- thank you, Dali 🙏🏾🤗🌅💖

Aunque entiendo más o menos el inglés, me he quedado con las 3 preguntas para tener un día lo más pacífico posible 🥰 GRACIAS 🙏🏻

I love your 3 principles and have found myself applying the "What do I really know?" alot in traffic. When I ask the question, it gives some grace to others and helps my blood pressure. Thank you🙏

Hard to be kind when you call doctors, cell providers,banks and can't get a live person. When people ride your bumper, cut you off. They are tortured soles. I see it as being a moral compass for people and hold them accountable. Otherwise being kind to bad people is rewarding bad behavior and they go through life thinking they can continue bad behavior because nobody calls them out

Dali, this meditation really resonated with me. Thank you so much. 🙏🕊💜

Your voice and calming tone make a great start to the day, Dali! Thank you for this meditation guidance.
Donna

Good idea to have these 3 questions to bring ourselves some peace. Great. Questions. Thank you very much.

What a lovely way to gently move into self inquiry after noticing an anxious thought. I could feel myself softening after asking the questions in real time. Also, loved the reminder to be present with simple activities where I’m normally on autopilot. I’ll definitely take this into my day. Thank you for such thoughtful guidance Dali! 🙏🏾😊💝

Many thanks Dali for your guidance and wise words. There are many small islands of peace in the day...then something will trigger unsettling thoughts and reactions. Will use the three questions to help regain equilibrium. Work in progress! Blessings to you. Namaste🙏