Hi and welcome.
This will be a short guided meditation focusing on reframing your thought patterns in a time of uncertainty.
To begin,
Find a comfortable place within your space to sit or lie down in for just a few moments.
To be in a chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Maybe it's sitting on the floor cross-legged style or even lying down on your back.
Anywhere that feels good to you that allows you to just pause for a few moments.
If you're seated,
Let your hands rest facing up on your knees.
If you're lying down,
Let your hands rest gently by your side.
Close your eyes if you haven't already.
Let your shoulders melt away from your ears.
Feel the weight of your sits bones rooting into the ground beneath you.
Begin to draw your attention and awareness to your breath as you inhale through your nose and exhale through your nose.
Drawing all of your attention and awareness to your inhale and your exhale.
Feel your belly fill up just like a balloon each time that you inhale through your nose and let it deflate each time that you exhale through your nose.
Start to shift your awareness into your third eye center,
The space right between your eyebrows.
As you focus your attention here,
Thoughts may begin to creep into your mind.
It's okay that those thoughts are there.
Let them enter into your mind's eye and begin to notice them one by one.
Perhaps you were thinking of the many things that you were planning on accomplishing this year.
Maybe it was a race or a PR that you were trying to set for yourself.
Instead of being disappointed about the races that you were planning on running being canceled.
Maybe you focus on how wonderful it is to not have a schedule week after week to train under.
Think of all the early mornings that you have back on your weekends.
For the PR that you're trying to set,
Could you refocus your time working towards endurance or the enjoyment of just running instead of striving to hit a specific time?
What can you take away from these experiences and now put a positive spin on it?
Do you now have a greater appreciation for being able to spend time outside in nature?
Can you now reconnect with friends for fun runs instead of having a long run on a weekend?
Are the ways that you can still challenge yourself with less pressure?
Could it be setting a monthly distance goal for yourself?
Maybe it's exploring a new neighborhood on foot that you otherwise might not have.
Can you get back to the track for speed workouts on your own time schedule?
Is it a long run during the workday to just break away from your computer?
Where can you find a new outlook?
Think about what really resonates with you.
A few different ideas have been offered up,
But maybe there's something else that pops up into your mind's eye as you really think about this for yourself.
As you embark on your next run,
Whether it's on a treadmill or outside,
Really think about how you can change your perspective.
What are you more appreciative of now that you might have taken for granted before?
Really think about this as you move through your next run.
When you return home,
Maybe you sit for just a few minutes and let these ideas sink in.
Perhaps you jot down a few notes that came up for you either on your phone or in your journal.
Where can you refocus your thought patterns to find the silver lining?
Begin to shift your focus back to your third eye center to the space right between your eyebrows.
Inhale through your nose.
Exhale through your nose.
Inhale through your nose.
Exhale through your nose.
Inhale.
When you're ready,
Begin to come back into your physical body.
Begin to draw small movements into your fingers and into your toes.
Really rock your head from side to side.
Draw larger movements into your body,
Stretching whatever feels right to you.
Start to take your focus off of your breath and back to the space that you're sitting or lying within.
If you're not already there,
Begin to make your way up to a seated position.
When you're ready,
Begin to blink your eyes open.
Know that you can come back to these ideas throughout your week whenever you find your mind beginning to wander towards the uncertain times.
You can always just close your eyes,
Come back to your breath,
Come back to your why,
And find the positive outlook that there still is.
Thank you so much for your time.
