This is a guided meditation for transitioning into the beginning of your work day when working remotely from home during this period of crisis in which we find ourselves.
Although you may not have a commute to help you to transition your mind into the mode of work,
You do have your own innate capacity to focus your attention where you choose.
Begin by going to your remote workspace,
Whether it be a home office,
Bedroom,
Living room,
Or other space,
And either stand or sit and close your eyes and begin by taking one long deep breath in through your nose and one slow exhale through your mouth,
Letting any sound that may arise come out.
Take one more slow deep inhale filling your lungs and then release that air fully through your mouth,
And one more slow deep inhale through your nose filling your lungs with air and then without any effort let that air release through your mouth slowly and fully.
And now imagine yourself standing before a doorway into a bright open room that is your workspace.
Let yourself feel all of the thoughts and feelings of your personal life that are weighing on you and calling your attention to them.
They might be tasks at home,
Things unfinished,
Anxieties,
Fears from your personal life.
Let yourself feel them,
Notice them while standing at this doorway.
Take another deep breath in through your nose and then release out through your mouth.
Picture these aspects of your personal life,
Responsibilities,
Worries,
Desires,
And picture them as physical objects that you're holding in your hands as you stand in front of this doorway.
And then turn around,
Take these objects,
These representations of what is weighing on you in your personal life,
And gently,
Intentionally,
And respectfully put those objects down on a shelf with the intention of leaving them there safely for the time being before you enter your workspace,
Knowing that you can and will return to them later but will not be attending to them now.
And then visualize yourself turning back around to face that doorway with those objects having been placed on the shelf behind you.
And then deliberately and decisively step through the doorway fully into that room that is your space of work.
And once you pass through the doorway,
Stop.
Right after you pass through that threshold and say to yourself,
I am now in my workspace and when I am in my workspace,
I am working.
Picture those objects of personal concern that you place on the shelf outside the room and remind yourself that they are there and you are here,
Knowing that you can return to them when you need or choose to.
But that so long as you are in this space,
The space that you are in right now,
You have the capacity to focus your attention solely on work.
And before we end this meditation and you begin your workday,
Set your intention that if those items of personal concern call out to you at any time,
That you will pause and consider whether to respond to them.
And that if you do choose to respond to them,
You will consciously and intentionally exit that room that represents your space of work and re-enter the space outside of that space of work.
Pick up those objects of personal concern and then attend to them fully before returning back to your workspace in the same manner as we did at the beginning of this meditation.
Having set that intention,
Take a few steps into the center of this large,
Bright,
And spacious room that is your workspace.
And then having entered it fully with all of your attention,
Fully present in that space of work,
Open your eyes in the real world and start your workday.
