This is a mindfulness meditation,
The mums who are doing those chores and those repetitive tasks around the house,
Washing up,
Cleaning clothes,
Vacuuming the house or doing school lunches.
It's a six minute meditation to try and help you to move into a calm and relaxed parasympathetic state.
Your nervous system as a parent is often on fire.
In a sympathetic state you are in what they call flight,
Fight or freeze.
This raises alert inside your body.
The first thing that we can do to combat this is with some controlled breathing.
So let's take three deep breaths.
Starting breathing through your nose and filling your belly.
A long slow deep breath in.
Pause and then breathe out through your mouth allowing it to make a whooshing sound.
Let's do that again.
A long slow deep breath in.
One more.
Notice a feeling.
There's a little calm or peaceful energy flowing through your body.
I want you to take a moment,
Just pause what you're doing and allow your gaze to soften.
Just allow your eyes to go where they want to go.
It might get blurry or fuzzy or your eyes might go cross.
Just take a moment to really think about what you're doing.
Think about what you're touching,
The texture,
How does it feel in your hands.
Is it warm or is it cold?
Is it soft or is it sharp?
Notice the colors and the sounds.
Notice any smells or any kind of sensory items that you can feel,
Touch,
See or smell.
Really dive in deep to this.
Observing all the little textures.
If you have thoughts coming into your head about other things,
Try to let them go.
In meditation we often use the concept of a cloud.
Just let those ideas,
Those thoughts,
Let them drift past like a cloud.
It's okay that they come,
Just let them go.
This moment is for you.
It's just some me time and those thoughts are only here to disturb you.
I want you to take a long slow deep breath in and release and one more slow deep breath in.
Let it go.
Really focus on the things that you're doing.
Go and be the beautiful and the calm soul that you are.
Have a beautiful day.
