There is power in bringing presence to your business meeting.
The intention of this meditation for meetings will help you bring your team,
Your colleagues,
Your employees,
Your clients together if you so choose,
In a way that harnesses the insights,
The awareness,
And the connection to heighten the outcome of your gathering,
Of your conversation,
And of your business meeting.
When we begin with presence,
When we invite and give space for others to arrive fully in our bodies,
In our minds,
And in our spirits,
We're able to slow down,
To really hear one another,
And to hear the quiet whispers that are at the center of our being,
That bring wisdom to the meeting.
By inviting each other's presence,
Quieting the noise and the to-do's or the residue from the prior meeting,
We clear the palette and we make way for our intention to come forth.
It's quite easy and you can do it as long as you wish.
Three to five minutes is all that's usually needed to give people permission to arrive.
And align their intention with the highest outcome for the purpose of the meeting.
What is the intention of us coming together?
What does the outcome or the highest expression of this time that we're spending together,
What does that look and feel like?
When we do that,
We acknowledge the power that we are,
And we empower each other and our teams as conscious leaders to be more present and intentional in their day to day.
Notice when you do do this,
Whether it's on a zoom meeting or in a live human meeting,
The quality of the outcome and the quality of the conversation that takes place as a result of doing so.
Notice it,
Monitor it,
And then play with it.
There's really no right or wrong way to invite each other's presence and stillness to become.
For when we become still,
When we slow down,
We can literally speed up in our efficiency,
In our productivity,
And in the feeling of enjoyment of the work that we get to do each day.
So I'm going to model a way,
A meditation for meetings that you can either use directly or play with to find your own way.
So invite everybody to fully arrive.
And if you are on zoom,
Or teams to mute yourself,
So there's no distraction or noise in the background.
And if you are live in person,
Wherever you are,
Just get comfortable in the furniture or in the sitting position that you find yourself in.
And then gently close your eyes.
Notice your breath.
This incredible gift of life that we've all been given today.
Maybe with intention,
You deepen your inhale,
Feeling your chest and heart space expand as you intentionally allow your exhale to release any tension,
Stress,
Worry,
Or residue from the previous meeting to leave your body and being.
Taking a few deep breaths,
And a few deep exhales in your own time.
We invite ourselves to fully arrive here,
Present.
And we drop for a moment from our headspace to our heart space.
Asking our minds to quiet and to open.
Asking our hearts to feel as they connect with one another.
And then allow any distractions or noise,
The monkey mind to just be invited to quiet so we can fully be present with a conversation today.
We invite an intention for this meeting to come forth into our awareness.
The highest outcome of what we're here to decide,
What we're here to talk through,
What we're here to process together.
And allow that intention to embody you with a feeling of expansion of your highest hope of what would make this meeting worth your time,
Worth your attention,
And most importantly worth your presence.
Breathing in that intention as if it is already so.
And then allowing a sense of gratitude for the people that you get to commune with today.
For the opportunity to be here,
To be used,
To matter,
To provide meaning,
To provide growth,
Understanding,
And insight.
Giving your fellow colleagues and clients a warm wave of gratitude and giving yourself it too.
You are open to receive and you're open to co-create this intention that you see.
Taking another deep breath to anchor in and then bring your awareness back into the room or space that you reside in.
Wiggling your toes and feet and maybe your fingers and then fluttering and opening your eyes.
And then taking a moment to share,
To speak,
To express your intention for this meeting today,
The highest outcome for being together.
Have an incredible meeting.
You're worth it and your presence is power.
Your intention matters and wherever you place your attention,
Things grow where we focus forms.
It is so.
Thank you.
