Welcome to a moment of meditation.
Thank you so much for joining me.
My name is Carrie with JJ Dack.
I hope you celebrate yourself for giving yourself this gift of a moment of meditation.
This is a demonstration of self-care,
Of self-love.
Today we're going to be doing a real-life simulation meditation.
This is probably not like any other meditation you've done,
Unless you've done this one before,
But I'm going to show you how to do this.
The meditation will include times where you are in a state of doing and other times where you are in a state of meditation.
You're going to need something to write with and something to write on.
So if you don't have those,
Go ahead,
Pause the session and go get them.
I find this meditation helpful because it really provides me with information about different ways of meditating from my experience of doing.
What do I mean by doing versus meditation?
Doing is pretty much any state other than meditation.
For this meditation,
Your state of doing will be thinking about all the things you need to do over the next few days,
And you'll be writing these things down.
It doesn't sound like the normal meditation,
Right?
We're actually going to have you think about all the things that you need to do instead of trying to stop those thoughts.
The meditation part of this is really where you're using a technique that encourages a state of awareness and focused attention,
And it's all within yourself.
You'll be able to choose which technique you use.
It can be a breathing meditation,
A counting meditation,
A body scan,
Really anything that allows you to remain present,
Letting go of the activity of the mind and of the thinking process.
I will begin by saying think,
And that's where I want you to pick up that pen or pencil and start writing down as many things as possible that you need to do in the coming week.
What are the tasks that you need to complete?
Who do you need to meet with?
Bills you need to pay,
Phone calls you need to make,
Anything that you need to do.
You can also break each of these tasks into subtasks and anything that follows as a result of that.
So who do you need to call and when?
After about one minute,
I'm going to say meditate.
Then you're going to drop your pen or pencil,
Close your eyes,
And move into your meditation technique.
So if that's a breathing technique,
You're going to start focusing on your breath.
If it's a body scan,
You decide,
Are you going to start at your toes or at the tip of your head?
After about another minute,
I'll say think,
And then you're going to go back to writing all the things you need to do.
I'll take you back and forth between thinking and meditating a few times during the session.
So let's get started.
Think,
Go ahead and pick up your pen and pencil and start writing your list.
Okay.
And this is a card that you will sign up when you finish the session.
Okay,
Meditate.
Go ahead,
Drop that pen or pencil,
Close your eyes and move into your chosen meditation technique.
Whatever you choose,
Bring your full awareness into whatever focal point you have chosen.
Keep it there.
Feel,
Breathe,
Connect.
Very present.
Your mind has wandered.
Bring it back to your focal point.
Bring it back to your meditation.
Okay,
Think.
Go back into thinking.
You can open your eyes,
Grab the pen and get back to your list.
Who do you need to meet?
What do you need to do?
What tasks do you need to accomplish?
Create as many items as possible.
Good,
Let's move back into meditate.
Drop the pen,
Close your eyes,
Back into meditation.
Really connecting with your awareness,
Attention,
Focal point,
Letting go of everything and anything.
Your mind is wandering.
Bring it back to your focal point,
Back to your meditation.
Think.
Go back into thinking.
You can open your eyes,
Grab that pen,
Get back to your list.
What do you need to do?
What tasks do you need to accomplish?
Create as many items as possible.
Good,
Meditate.
Drop the pen,
Close your eyes,
Get back into your meditation.
Fully connect to your awareness,
Your attention.
Move your focus inside,
Letting go of everything.
You're just being very present.
Your mind has wandered.
Bring it back to your focal point.
Bring it back to your meditation.
Okay,
We're done.
You can take a few seconds,
Take your time,
And when you're ready,
Go ahead and open your eyes.
So that was a very conscious,
Very focused movement from the real life activity into meditation a few times.
It's interesting for you to observe and contemplate.
How did it feel?
How did it feel to move from the first thinking phase into the first phase of meditation?
How did it feel to move back from meditation into the activity the first time?
Was the activity different the other times once you'd done some meditation?
Was it easy or difficult to move from the activity into meditation?
Those are all questions you want to contemplate because they have a huge impact on your actual experience during the day as you go through your personal tasks and you navigate from that state of doing any activity into the state of meditation back and forth,
Back and forth.
What did you discover?
I want to thank you so much for joining me today.
I hope you enjoyed this moment of meditation.
Take what you learned here about moving from a state of doing to a state of meditation and see how it plays out in the rest of your day,
The rest of your week.
Please join us next time for our next moment of meditation.
