Meditation Support: Setting an Intention
Setting an intention can be challenging. Often, we are overwhelmed with where to focus our attention. Here is a meditation and journaling exercise to help you create an intention . Step ONE: Take some quiet time, light a candle, and do a journal dump of the issues on your mind. This may include: to do items, past situations, upcoming stressors, things you wish you'd done differently, things you are excited about, things you are ashamed of... all of it. Write it all down. Step TWO: Sleep on it. Once you have purged all of the clutter of your mind, take a night to rest. Step THREE: The next day, re-read your journal entry with a highlighter. Highlight the words/phrases that are still on the forefront of your mind the next day. There may be many thoughts. Pick ONE. (you can come back to this page for more ideas on your next intentional meditation). Step FOUR: On the very next page of your journal write about one of these items. What is it? How does it make you...
