Mindfulness.com
Meditation
See all Meditation

Browse

Top articles

How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners

10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation

What is Meditation?

Mindful LivingSleep
CommunityFor Work

00:00

00:00

Cory Muscara

4.7

Duration

Scan the following QR code with your camera app to open it on your phone

Change Your Patterns

Personalized support for learning how to integrate mindfulness into your life. Delivered fresh everyday by our world renowned experts. Choose meditation duration:

Hey, welcome back to

your Daily Mindfulness.

In today's session, we're going

to explore changing our patterns.

So we all have patterns of conditioning,

various scripts that direct our lives.

If X happens, then do Y.

A lot of these are subconscious and

they're almost like psycho-emotional

algorithms that tell us how to

behave, how to think, how to emote.

But many of these scripts were put in

place for good reason when we were young.

So imagine a child, he hears his father

come home after drinking and out of fear

he hides in his room to protect himself.

But if in an adult, he hides

every time he feels fear, he can't

grow in the same way he needs to.

This is an example of a script

that once served us, but is

no longer serving its purpose.

Sometimes we need to let go of these

patterns, but it's important that we have

an honest conversation with ourselves

and first ask permission from the

part of ourself that wrote the script.

So you might say, I see you.

Thank you for trying to

help me in this moment.

Thank you for telling

me what I need to do.

I know you're still trying to

help me, but I don't think this

is the right response right now.

I appreciate you being there when I

needed you at a certain point in my

life, but I'm not that person anymore.

I'm ready to become someone new.

I'm wondering if you can help me do this.

So in this way, we're having a

conversation with the subconscious

part of us that still has a positive

intention, that's trying to help us,

that's trying to serve us in some way.

It's not trying to make your life

miserable, even if you feel like the

pattern or conditioning is frustrating.

It's just running an old script.

And before it will let go of

that, it needs to know that

you see it, that you value it.

It wants to be your ally.

And so when you treat it in that

way, when you let it know what you

need, it's much more likely to get

on your team and help you move in the

new direction that you want to go.

Be gentle with this part of you.

It is trying to serve you.

The more we fight it, the more we

resist it, the more it's going to come

up and say, no, no, no, you need me.

So letting it know that you see it,

that you value it, you appreciate it,

but want to use it in a new way is

the way that we can actually start

to rewrite these scripts, serving

the person that we're trying to

become, not the person we once were.

We'll talk more about

this in the meditation.

As always, thank you for your practice.

I'll talk to you soon and take care.

Get Unlimited Access

Start your mindfulness journey today.

A Mindfulness Plus+ subscription gives you unlimited access to a world of premium mindfulness content.

  • Over 1,800 meditations, sleep, calm music, naturescapes and more
  • Daily mindfulness video meditations 365 days a year
  • 100s of courses and tools to help manage anxiety, sleep and stress

Get started today

Start your 7-day free trial
Or sign up with

Email Missing

We couldn’t detect your email with the SSO provider you have selected.
or

Mindfulness Guarantee

We are here to make a positive impact on the world. We never want to sell you something that hasn’t helped you live a better life. That’s why if you’re unhappy with any purchase from us, you have 30 days to get a full refund and your money back.

If you subscribed to Mindfulness Plus+ and are unhappy with your purchase, please get in contact with us within the 30-day period and we’ll refund your purchase.


Learn more about our Mindfulness Guarantee.

Mindfulness

Bring balance into your everyday life.

We believe in a world where everybody has access to the life-changing skills of mindfulness.

  • 2,000+ Guided Meditations
  • Daily Coaching
  • Sleep Content
  • Mindful Exercises
  • Mindful Radio
  • 10+ Courses from world-class teachers

Private Browsing

Added to your cart!

Checkout

Claim your free access

Create a mindfulness account and we’ll unlock this premium session in your account forever.

or continue with
By continuing, you agree to our terms of service and privacy policy.

Do you already have an account?

Start a free trial to play this session

7-Days free trial, cancel anytime.

Finish personalizing your account

Complete a few quick questions to make your own personalized mindfulness plan.