Time: < 30 Minutes
STEP 1: Ideally, pick a consistent time to pray or meditate each day and put it on your calendar so it won’t be missed.
STEP 2: Try to find yourself a quiet space where you can think clearly. Close your eyes and take some deep breaths to clear your mind. Take time to be grateful for all that you have been given. Start off praying or meditating for 5 minutes and try to increase the time as you become more comfortable with it.
STEP 3: At work, take 60 seconds every hour to “quiet your mind and move” – stand and bounce, shake your body, stretch your back and neck, touch your toes, etc. The key is to make this a moving meditation by focusing inside and not trying to multi-task. Even if you’re in a meeting, you can quietly do stomach crunches or tap your feet to keep the energy moving in your body.
STEP 4: Meditation doesn’t mean you have to shut your brain down like flipping off a switch. It takes time but the main focus should be on the attention to yourself and quieting the mind. It’s okay to have thoughts, just allow them to float away and not get hung up by dwelling on them.
