A Calming Monday Morning Meditation To Start Your Week Right

Start your Monday with a moment of calm before the week begins. This short guided meditation opens with a few grounding deep breaths to help you release tension and settle into your body. From there, you'll be invited into a spacious stillness. no agenda, no tasks, just permission to simply be. Thoughts may come and go, and that's perfectly fine. Your only job is to have no job. Closing with the sound of a bell, this practice is a gentle and grounding way to set the tone for your week ahead.

Transcript

Welcome to this guided meditation for your Monday morning to help you relieve stress and anxiety before you start your work week. So go ahead and find a nice comfortable posture for yourself and then when you're ready you can close your eyes and if you'd rather keep your eyes open just having that soft gaze towards the ground in front of you. We can start off with just a few grounding deep breaths. So breathing in deeply and breathing out. Let's do another deep breath in and another deep exhale and then from there just allow your breath to return to its natural rhythm. There's no need to control the breath at this point. Just letting your body do the breathing and taking a few moments to check in with the body and just letting go of any tension or tightness. Seeing if you can soften and relax. So maybe relaxing the muscles in the face. Relaxing the muscles around the eye socket and see if you can let the shoulders drop just a little bit. Feeling that pull of gravity softening into your posture and from this place of stillness and relaxation just allow yourself to sit, To be there with nothing to do and nowhere to go. Can you give yourself this full permission to not have to go anywhere else, To not have to accomplish anything. If thoughts arise, That's fine. Just let the thoughts come and go. No need to push them away. No need to analyze them. Whenever your mind wanders off into thinking, Just let it go. No resistance. Your only task is to have no task. Whatever happens is fine. Just to sit with nothing to do and nowhere to go. Perhaps you'll notice your breathing. Maybe you'll notice some sounds in the environment. Just continue to be present with whatever arises. And to close this meditation I'll ring the bell. Just see if you can tune in to the sound of the bell. See if you can notice the moment when the bell stops ringing. In your own time opening your eyes. I hope you've enjoyed this Monday morning meditation for your workday and until next time, Take care.