Set Intentions

Each time we sit for a few minutes, there’s an opportunity to let go of wherever we’ve gotten caught up in, come back, and realign ourselves with our best intentions and efforts. It might be a sense of bringing full awareness and attention to our experience, to the people around us, to a conversation with our children. It might be a sense of letting go of reactivity and coming back to resolve with more patience and clarity. All of that can be cultivated, sustained, and developed through any amount of time we spend in our mindfulness practice.

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Settle into a comfortable posture. You can lower your gaze or shut your eyes.

2 Check in with your intention. What is it you’d like to bring to the practice today?

Bring that sense of intention and awareness to your practice today. One way to do that can be within each inbreath, developing a sense of open awareness.

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With each outbreath, come up with a word that captures your intentions for yourself. Breathe in with awareness. Breathe out with your intentions for this moment.

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If your attention wanders, re-engage with your intention for the practice. If your mind gets caught up in distraction or reactivity or some sense of discomfort, that’s normal. Gently bring your attention back with awareness.

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Pause for a moment. Gently move on with your day, bringing the gifts of this practice with you.