Morning Wake Up

Often, as soon as we wake up, our minds can be unintentionally full of anxieties, racing thoughts and worries about the coming day. In this practice, with her calm voice, Jane reminds us to stop and ground ourselves in the present moment, setting an intention for the day. So that throughout the day, we can be more present and calm with whatever comes our way.

Photo by Masaaki Komori on Unsplash

Transcript

As you lie there in your bed,

Whether it's on your back,

Your front or your side,

Let yourself wake up nice and slowly.

Start to notice the sensations of where your body touches the surface that you're lying on.

Are your hips gently pressing into the bed?

How does your head feel as it gently touches the pillow?

Begin to notice any thoughts that you are having.

They could be positive or negative.

Instead of getting locked into whatever thought you're having,

Gently bring your attention to your breathing.

For a minute,

Be like a curious scientist and just notice how you're breathing without judging it or criticizing it.

If you can,

Allow your breath to become a little softer and a little gentler.

On your next out-breath,

Breathe all the air out of your tummy.

And slowly and mindfully,

Let it refill on the next in-breath.

Now just before you get out of bed,

Set yourself a kind intention for the day.

Keep it simple.

It could be that you intend to check in regularly with your breathing throughout the day.

Or it could be that you intend to start each new action with mindfulness.

Calmly breathing in and out before you clean your teeth.

Get in the car or pick up the phone.

In your mind's eye or out loud,

Say the intention to yourself right now,

Such as,

Today,

I intend to check in regularly with my breathing.

Taking the time to do this,

Wires the intention in a little more firmly to your brain.

Then allow yourself to slowly and mindfully get out of bed.

Slowly putting your feet on the floor and slowly rising off the bed to calmly and peacefully enter your day.

Reviews

Wonderful way to start this new day. I'm grateful this meditation found me this morning to get me going in a positive direction. Thank you very much. Have a beautiful day 🙏 ❤️ 🙂

Love this gentle and loving way to start a new day. Thank you. 🙏❤️

A blessing to have found this useful tool of calmness & inspiration.

Adam

Her voice was nice and soft to start the day with energy but calm

Great way to start my day as I did gentle stretches and bed yoga. Thank you!

Love this in the morning bc I don't fall back asleep doing it! 🙃

Simple but effective 🙏🏻❤️

This was wonderful!! Thank you 😊

A simple and most helpful meditation for waking up, thank you.

A nice easy way to enter your day!

Perfect for when you’re feeling too sleepy to meditate first thing! Thank you 🙏🏼

Simple, pleasant, and peaceful. I would like to work on checking in with my breath throughout the day so I was inspired by that intention, thank you 🙏🏻

A great way to help me get up and moving in a gentle and guilt/anxiety free way. Thank you.

This will be an excellent way to start the day - Deciding an intention and taking a breath before action throughout the day. This mindfulness will be a challenging one. Thank you for this contribution!

Ibloved the oart of really setting an intention for the day. Mine was to be blissful no matter what comes my way. Thank you

Now I just have to get the people in my house to start the day calmly and peacefully! 😂

Perfect on a cold morning when I don't want to get out of bed.

Perfect to start the day with a positive intention, thank you ❤️