How you start your day is how you experience your day. You can start it with an alarm clock, aggressive music, reading your emails, or seeing your friends’ activities on all social media. When you start the day frazzled, distracted, and stressed, you can expect the day to follow the same course. Starting your day with a positive morning meditation, on the other hand, will set the tone for a calm, mindful, and productive day.

The early morning meditation is a classic meditation practice that takes advantage of the first light of the day to help you wake up both physically and spiritually. As soon as you open your eyes, you make the most of the fact that your mind is calmer. It’s a perfect way to start a harmonious day no matter if it’s a guided morning meditation, an I am meditation, or a silent one. All it comes down to is a mental exercise that reminds you of the imperceptible movements of your body and your breath.

It is also a Zen ritual that allows you to set an intention for your day. Morning meditations allow you to define what you want to accomplish. Far from being a to-do list, it is a reminder of what you think you need to do for yourself. A benevolent intention to give you the strength to achieve what you need. Ideal for self-motivation in busy times, this intention should always be directed towards your well-being. With humility, you will wish yourself to succeed in countering the obstacles, move away from negative thoughts, and abandon the weight of all that doesn’t serve you.

Here are our tips for integrating this practice into your daily life and especially what this meditation will bring you.

Getting in tune with yourself

The idea is to not react to the flow of thoughts that suffocate your brain and prevent you from being truly focused on what you are doing. A waking up meditation is unique in that it allows you to take a break to listen to yourself and become aware of your body, your thinking patterns, your breathing. In a word, your inner program. It is also a good way to get your body and mind moving without rushing. And there’s no need to feel guilty about it. It’s not selfish to want to take care of yourself as you start your day. If anything, it will allow you to be more available to others, as you will be more in tune with yourself. It will help you to remain patient and to better understand the reactions of your loved ones!

Focusing on what’s really important

Is stress eating you up? Are you overwhelmed by digressive ideas and too many thoughts that prevent you from making decisions? The morning meditation for anxiety will help you! Meditating as soon as you wake up will allow you to:

• Ease the mental load, worries, and illusive projections
• Be more efficient and organized in your thinking
• Approach all situations and people with more acuity

Managing your time more effectively

With morning meditation, you will optimize your efforts and take the necessary distance to better organize your day and prioritize things in order of importance. You will find the resources to delegate less urgent tasks. Why do you think meditation is now taught in companies? Better control of your agenda, more efficient decisions: it allows you to go through with what you undertake smoothly and to boost your self-confidence!

Putting you in a better mood

There is nothing like taking 10 minutes for a morning mindfulness practice to fill up your mood. The reasons are very simple: through this practice, you gain maximum relaxation and positive energy. It will help you to take a step back from outside events, and maybe even smile about them! In fact, if you compare a day with morning meditation and a day without, you will really see the difference. Your daily life will not be experienced in the same way.

Meditating gets you used to increase concentration

Meditation increases your ability to focus, improves your attention span, and increases your ability to find creative solutions to problems. By restructuring your morning to include mindfulness practices, you are also more likely to have higher energy and be more proactive. It has been shown that people who complete their goals in the morning are more successful in their careers overall, as they are more productive.

You are responsible for your own life

By having a wake up meditation routine, you show yourself and the Universe that you intend to be fully responsible for your actions and the course of your day and therefore your life. Thanks to the personal development that this brings you, you act more and more in full consciousness and you create your reality instead of falling victim to it. Also, by starting your day with something that makes you proud of yourself, you set the trajectory for more victories throughout your day. That’s positive reinforcement for you. You initiate a mindset that you want to incorporate into your daily activities.

It’s easier to get into the habit of meditating in the morning

The advantage of doing a morning guided meditation or your own silent practice is that you have less time to make excuses. You are still relaxed from the night, so it will be easier to allow the body to relax during your meditation and your ability to sit will be enhanced. By having a morning meditation routine, you ensure that you get through the practice. You are sure to have a more peaceful day and to face the difficult moments of your journey with more calm and wisdom.

How to find the right time for a daily morning meditation?

Here are some tips to help you set up this ritual and get started with morning meditation.

• It’s best to be quiet, at a time when you are mentally available to discover its benefits and enjoy all its advantages
• Before breakfast (unless you are quickly hypoglycemic when you wake up), morning meditation allows you to gently get your body back on track
• If you can’t find that time in your busy day, wake up 10 minutes earlier and it’s a done deal

And the ultimate key to making this morning meditation ritual a lasting one and getting the most out of it: practice regularly!