Popular singer Alicia Keys has detailed the morning meditation she never fails to do everyday. She recently adviced fellow human beings to learn to look after themselves, and fans have been reacting.
Speaking at the Making Space: Wellness Day with Hoda Kotb, Keys shared how she mastered making time for herself without feeling guilty.
According to her, she constantly remembers how her grandmother was only able to focus on her own goals after her grandfather died, and the sad reality forced her to decide not to pause her life until she is old and alone.
Keys stated that while women are known to give and nurture without expecting much in return, she made up her mind to break the pattern.
“It’s a woman thing.
I think that was a big lesson.
Creating time, taking time, making time, making space, and learning what that looks like, and figuring it out,” she said.
Alicia Keys further noted that while it might take some getting used to for certain people, everyone deserves me-time.
The songstress concluded by saying that she meditates by using morning silence to release stress, ask for grace and create affirmations.
“Does that look like maybe Friday is a day that you don’t want to have any phone calls and meetings, like you actually just want to take the time to have a peaceful Friday?
Maybe you want to do things with your family … with yourself, and then that’s something that you’ve chosen to do. Whatever it is, you are designing what feels good for you and taking those moments.
I really do like silence in the morning. I love some type of tuning-in, some type of listening, some type of deep breathing.
And that could be I’m asking for grace, I’m asking for patience.
I love especially creating affirmations when I’m feeling … like I’m in a (slump) or kind of feeling anxious or worried about something. I will say, ‘I am safe,’ and ‘I’m protected.’
It always feels like I released a lot.
We can actually fill our souls and our spirits and be replenished and then come back into our lives and feel, you know, capable,” she added.
