Are you too busy to meditate? The clients, the team and the family all get your attention first, and the practice you know would change your game keeps landing last, until it doesn't get done at all.
If you're wondering how to make time to meditate, I'll tell you the story I've been telling myself, because I'm not immune to it either.
I told myself I didn't need to practise
I've told myself that because I've practised so much, I don't need to practise as much.
It sounds like mastery. What it cost me was being more aligned every day. I got overwhelmed, frustrated, and irritated more easily. I wasn't sticking to a plan.
I've had a practice for thirty years, and I still catch myself making excuses. If you've fallen off the wagon too, you're in good company.
You're already spending the time
On Receptive Radio™ this week, I said something I keep coming back to:
"You actually waste time trying to cope with being too busy."
Jennifer Sifert
When you have the excuse that you don't have enough time, but you're binge watching or doom scrolling, you actually do have the time. You're just not allocating it where you want to. I'm not judging. I've done them all. I wrote more about this pattern in why you've outgrown hard and busy.
What "I don't have time" really means
When a leader tells me they don't have time, what I hear underneath it is that they don't want to put themselves first.
They don't really know that they can create more freedom, capacity, expansion and spaciousness when they give themselves their own time to set up their day for success.
What changes on the days I practise
My own practice is a shaman's practice. On an ordinary morning, when I sit at my mesa, I close my eyes, look inwards, and journal or do consciousness expansion exercises. Most people don't have the same practice as me, and they don't need to. I've learned how to guide people in the simplest way to support themselves.
On the days I practise, there's more flow. I'm more open to receiving. I have more courage to ask, and to do the things that are revenue drivers instead of busy admin work.
It's easier with other people, too. When you're part of a group, showing up for the group means showing up for yourself.
Start with five minutes
The smallest first step is to sign up for the Life Force Activation™ two-week trial for $1.
Even if you can't make the full class or sit through all of it, come for five minutes. Then ten, then fifteen. You're building the muscle, and there's no judgment.
Questions about making time to meditate
How do I make time to meditate when I'm too busy?
Start with five minutes, then ten, then fifteen. Look at the time you're already spending coping with being busy, and give some of it to yourself.
What if I've practised for years and fell off?
Start again. I've practised for thirty years and still tell myself I don't need to. Building the muscle again is a lot easier when you already have the muscle memory installed, just like working out.
Do I have to meditate alone?
No. In a group, showing up for the group means showing up for yourself.
What story do you tell yourself about why you don't have time? Tell me in the comments.
