7-Minute Morning Meditation For Releasing The Inner Critic

The worst thing to hear first thing in the morning is the inner thoughts of self-judgment and criticism, or even worse to wake up with thoughts surrounding the judgment of other people. It can be absolutely draining. In this meditation we will take a moment to reflect on these feelings and ask ourselves, who would we be without them, while setting an intention based on releasing them. I invite you to journal and write along if it comes to you naturally!

Transcript

Hi,

My name is Liza,

And this is a mindful morning to help release the inner critic.

A lot of the times we wake up in the morning with criticism towards ourselves or others.

And criticism without action or just pure judgment without the idea of discernment isn't really helpful first thing in the morning,

Especially if we're beating ourselves up.

For today,

The overall theme of releasing the inner critic,

Releasing internal and external judgment will help us ground down to our overall intention for the day,

The morning,

The week.

So go ahead,

Come into a comfortable seated position or come to lie on down.

Take a nice big deep inhale into the body and exhale.

Big deep inhale and exhale.

Last big deep breath in and exhale.

Take a moment to find gratitude in simply waking up this morning.

Take a moment of pride for making your way to this meditation.

Take a nice big deep inhale and exhale.

Take a moment of compassion,

Especially if you woke up with some thoughts that were beating yourself up or beating others up.

Clear the mind of thoughts that do not serve you.

Let go.

And in this beautiful space of connecting to your thoughts,

Connecting to your pride,

Your compassion,

Your gratitude,

Begin to meditate on the times or the words or the thoughts or the feelings that come up when you are judging yourself,

When you are hard on yourself,

The negative things you might say,

How most of those things you may never say to someone you love,

Someone you care about.

Take a nice big deep inhale into those feelings and exhale.

And ask yourself,

Who would I be without this energy of judgment?

What would I be doing?

Who would I be serving?

How can I release this energy of judgment today?

Big deep inhale,

Gentle exhale.

From here,

Begin to meditate upon the thoughts,

The feelings,

The words that come up when you judge others.

Take a moment to breathe into these feelings without judging yourself or criticizing or beating yourself up.

Judgment is normal.

We just want to fuel that energy into something greater.

So go ahead and meditate on these feelings.

Breathe in.

Exhale.

And ask yourself,

Who would I be today without these feelings of judgment?

What would I be doing?

What would I be focusing on in my own realm of happiness?

What could occupy my mind and my heart instead of this feeling of judgment?

And who would I be serving?

Take a nice big deep inhale into your body and exhale.

Breathing in peace,

Love,

Exhaling judgment.

And go ahead and set an intention based on these thoughts,

Based on the things you have meditated on.

May this intention serve you for the remainder of your day,

Your week,

Your month,

Even maybe your year.

Great work my friend,

Many blessings.

Have an amazing day.

Namaste.

Reviews

Thank you Lisa for such a helpful meditation. Your words have helped with releasing what is not helpful.
Namaste 🙏 ✨️

Dear Liza, thank you for sharing once again your Divine voice with us. This short meditation is perfect for setting the tone for an exquisite day! Namaste!✨💫🙏🏾💫✨

Good reminder and practice of releasing judgment. Sometimes difficult to do in our present clime. Thank you for your teachings and guidance. 🙏 Namaste

Beautiful practice. Releasing judgement leads to kindness for self and others and a life of freedom. ♥️

Who would I be without this energy of judgment? Just a lovable guy.

Really needed to hear this today. Will save for when judgy feelings arise. Thanks

Such a great reminder first thing in the morning - thank you :)

This will make a good daily practice, because my inner critic holds way too much space. Thank you🌸

Thank you for this moment to release self judgement.🙏🏼

Thanks for introducing me to freedom from judgement. I think it will revolutionize my relationships!

Thank you for this meditation. I was beating myself up for what I haven't done. I wouldn't say those things to someone I love. My future is today. Not what I should have done yesterday or can do tomorrow. I will focus on today. Thank you

Positive way to get started in the right frame of mind. 🙏🏼

As usual, Liza quickly gets to the heart of the matter. Leaving me stronger than when I started.

Lovely as always! Thank you for all that you share! ❤️

I love Liza’s meditations! Enjoyed that this wasn’t trying to clear my thoughts but to help rearrange them into something more beautiful and kind instead.

Such beautiful guidance Liz🙏🏼 I wanted to start my morning, before leaving bed, with a practice to help quiet my inner critic prior to standing into this new day. This practice is a nice length and packed with more than I imagined. It helped me explore, identify and lessen the energy I give my inner critic. I appreciated the tone that guided me to explore, without stuffing it back down, acknowledging it and imagining what would it bring to let go of the energy I give it. Gentle, compassionate and helpful. I am grateful to have found you, your offerings have been of great help on my journey. I do miss your live events, I know one will work with my schedule soon. Have a beautiful day! Much Love, light & an abundance of gratitude 🙏🏼🔅~Michelle

Great way to start my morning on a positive note. Thank you.

I appreciate the thoughtfulness of this meditation, and the sense of positivity I left it with. Thank you so much!

Calming. Heard this on the train. Great way to sit with my judge

This meditation reminded me to be kinder to myself and others.