What Matters Most | Daily Centering Meditation

This meditation is perfect to help busy people relax, center themselves, and focus on what matters most. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, we can forget what is really important to us. We lose sight of the most important piece of living which so often involves being more present and connected to the people, sensations, and circumstances right in front of us.

Transcript

This meditation is designed to help you relax the mind and the body so you can focus your day on what matters most. You'll be invited to focus on the one thing for today that you feel is most important to you. You may want to write this down once the meditation is over. So let's begin the meditation by taking a comfortable upright position. Remain alert and at ease. Take a deep breath in. Hold for a moment and let it go. Take another deep breath in. Hold and slowly let it go. You may feel like closing your eyes at this time. First we're going to calm the mind in order to make space for that which matters most. Before we focus on any action or any doing, We want to connect with our being with stillness. Breathe in at a normal pace, Balancing the in-breath equally with the out-breath. Breathe in and breathe out. I'll speak some phrases to help you relax your mind. You may want to repeat these phrases in your own mind. Remember to keep breathing in and out as we repeat these phrases together. Here's the first phrase. I am here. There's nowhere else to go. There's nowhere else I need to be. Here's the next phrase. In this moment, There's nothing I need to change. There's nothing I need to do. In this moment, There are no problems that need to be solved. There's nothing to manage or control. So let's relax the body just a bit more now. Notice if there's any tension still in the body. Do what you can to release it, Keeping an upright position at ease and alert. Bring your awareness to your forehead and relaxing the forehead and the brow and the eyes, The eyelids, On down through your face to the jaw. Let your tongue relax. Loosen your neck down through your shoulders. See if you can open up and release the tension in your shoulders from the inside out. Allow there to be some opening and letting go. Send a gentle and relaxing breath throughout your arms, Down through your hands, Through your fingers. Continue to breathe in and out and relax the body all the way down through your belly. Just let your belly relax, Be loose. All the way down through your legs, Down to your feet and your toes. With the mind and body relaxed, Bring your awareness to that area of focus that you feel is most important for you today. What is the one thing for you personally today that you can take action on, That you want to take action on? What have you been wanting to accomplish? Maybe it's felt overwhelming in the past or too big to tackle. You're not sure where to begin. See if you can bring awareness to the simple and small actions that you can take today. Remember, This is what's important for you. Notice if your mind starts to wander, It starts to strategize, Starts to plan, Trying to figure things out. Notice it and come back to just this essence of that one thing without trying to figure out all the little steps involved. And also in this moment of calmness where we have more clear seeing, Bring your awareness to any possible challenges that you may face today as you seek to accomplish what you would like to accomplish today. Just notice them and kind of lean into that and trust that you'll be able to work through those different challenges, Not in a freak-out way, Not in a controlling way, But in a gentle and powerful way that allows you to move through the challenges and allows you to grow through those challenges. Just as we practice breathing in meditation, We come back to the breath as a focus point, An anchor. The invitation when challenges arise is to come back to this being, To this stillness. So notice that. Make a commitment now in this moment of calmness that you'll come back to stillness instead of being reactionary or instead of giving up and thinking it's too hard, That you can't do it. Make the choice now that you'll come back to ground yourself, To become still, To become calm and allow the right next action to arise, To come from within you. So as we close, Take another deep breath and express gratitude for this moment gratitude for what you will learn today, What you will experience today. And remember you can always come back to this place of stillness so you can recenter and refocus yourself. And as we close, You may want to write down that one thing that you want to create today, Accomplish today. Write that down. Take notes of anything else, Any other insights that you may have had during this meditation. May you be blessed in your efforts today. May you find peace and joy in all that you do. Namaste.