Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity - Kindness Guided Morning Meditation

Episode Date: December 4, 2023

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Welcome to Wake Me Up. Change your life by changing your morning. Wake Me Up is made possible due to the generous support of our premium members and our sponsors. If you'd like to enjoy exclusive access to the entire Wake Me Up catalog and listen completely ad-free, then check out Wake Me Up Premium. Hey friend, and welcome to Wake Me Up. In this episode, I'll be guiding you through a really wonderful kindness meditation in just about 10 minutes,

not only are you going to be calm, relaxed, and ready for a great day, but you're going to recognize why you deserve kindness, why everyone else in the world deserves kindness too, and you'll be excited to go about your day spreading it. So go ahead and find a comfortable position that you'd like to meditate in.

And if you're starting this from bed, I do recommend that you at least roll over and sit up. but you know you can do this meditation in any position that you'd like. And once you've found that comfortable position, just allow yourself to settle in, mentally set aside anything else you've got going on. It'll still be there when you're done. Take a nice, deep breath in,

fill all the way up, hold at the top, and then exhale, release, and just go ahead and slowly close your eyes. Use this first moment just to continue settling in. Release any tension that you're holding onto. Soften the muscles of your face. Drop your jaw and relax your shoulders down. And recognize that you chose to be here for a reason.

There's something inside of you that was called to this meditation. So just take a moment to acknowledge whatever that is. Now let's take a few more nice deep breaths together just to continue slowing the body and the mind down. So inhale all the way through your chest down to your belly. Hold. And then exhale, release, and let that exhale be slower than the inhale.

It can help to just. Let the air fall out. You don't need to push anything. Once more now. Inhale. Hold and release. Perfect. Now bring to mind someone from your past who was kind to you.

Someone who looked out for you and helped you to find your way in life. And it might have been in a big way or it might be a small way. It doesn't really matter. Perhaps it was apparent. or a grandparent, a teacher, coach, friend, or mentor. Anyone who treated you with kindness, patience, and care. And recall a specific moment when they were especially kind to you. Feel the warmth of that love and acceptance again right now

and appreciate that they didn't have to treat you in this positive way. It was a choice that they made because they thought that you deserved it. And that's true. You do. Because you are generally a well-intentioned human, trying to do the best that you can with what you've been given. And a good-natured soul like that certainly deserves to be treated with kindness, respect, and care. Imagine directing that same kindness towards,

yourself. Right here, right now, no matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what phase of life you're in, you're going through stuff and you deserve to be treated with that same kindness, care and respect for everything that you're going through. And all of the things that you've already been through. You're doing the best you can. So feel that good feeling of self-love, and consider what it might look like if you did treat yourself with this kindness and patience and care. Envision all of the beautiful things that might happen and all of the ways that your life may change for the better and feel all of the good feelings that will come when you do treat yourself that way and extend that same feeling of care,

kindness and respect towards everyone else in the world, because the truth is, everyone deserves it. All of us came here to life without knowing or asking. We came into circumstances that we didn't choose. We're all doing the best we can with what we've got. And good-natured, well-intentioned beings like that deserve to be treated kindly. feel all of those good feelings that you'll have when you do treat everyone else this way and envision all of the beautiful things that will happen in this world. When we all treat each other with kindness,

we've only got about one more moment before it's time to wrap up. So why not just use it to enjoy this feeling of kindness that you've created towards yourself and others. It's time to wrap up now. So begin to bring yourself back. Notice whatever's supporting you, whether that's a chair, the floor, or anything else. Notice any sounds going on around you.

And that sensation of the air on your skin, take one final deep breath in. Fill all the way up, hold at the top, and then exhale, release. And whenever you're ready, You can slowly open your eyes and just take a second to gather yourself and come out of that. Well, my friend, I hope your heart is full of love after that meditation, not only for yourself but for everyone else.

Although it may not seem like it at times, I firmly believe that we are all doing the best with what we've been given. So try to treat yourself and others with a bit more kindness, a bit more patience and understanding, for all of the circumstances that aren't going in your favor and all of the things that you've had to overcome. If we can treat ourselves and others like this, then this world is going to become a much more beautiful place to be.

Thanks so much for choosing to be here. It always means a lot to have you. If you enjoyed this episode, then make sure that you follow or subscribe to wake me up wherever you're listening. And do take a second to leave a comment or review and let me know what you thought. I hope to see you back here soon,

and until next time, go out and have an absolutely fantastic day.