Monday Meditation: What’s Your Why?

Lately, I’ve been feeling the pull to recommit to a daily 20-minute sit. I’ve still been practicing—mindfully moving through the day, checking in with my breath and body—but I haven’t been showing up for that formal, devoted sit each morning. And I miss it.

So I’ve been sitting with the question: Why?

Why meditate in the first place?

Why commit to anything, especially when it asks something of us?

Because waking up at 6am isn’t always easy.

Because the world is loud.

Because there are a million reasons not to.

But when I get quiet and really listen, my why becomes clear:

✨ I want to reduce the stress that hums through my body all day—my Oura Ring tells me I’m in the stress zone more often than not.

✨ I want clarity—true, soul-level clarity that can’t be found through scrolling or striving, but only in stillness.

✨ And more than anything, I want union with God—with the Mystery, with the deep presence that lives beneath the noise.

That is my primary choice.

And when I stay anchored in that, the secondary choices—setting the alarm, not pressing snooze, sitting through the discomfort—become more manageable. Even meaningful.

So this week, I invite you to reflect:

What are you wanting to commit to right now?

And why?

Get really clear on your primary choice—what you’re truly choosing on a soul level. Because when that’s in place, the little choices that follow (the ones that feel hard or inconvenient) become more easeful—natural extensions of your deeper intention.

You’re not just waking up early.

You’re waking up to yourself.

With Love,

Gillian