Hello,
Beautiful soul.
Welcome to the BU Meditations.
I'm your host,
Brittany Marie.
Today,
We are here to celebrate your birthday,
Your life,
Your breath,
Your body,
Your path,
The gift of being you,
And the gift of being alive.
This is your personal new year,
A sacred beginning,
A moment to honor the life you have lived,
The life moving through you now.
And a beautiful new year opening before you.
So give yourself permission to fully arrive.
To receive this day,
This blessing,
And the celebration of your life.
It's your birthday.
And today,
Endless meditation is all about you.
You are alive.
Your body is a miracle.
Your life is a special gift.
This is your year to meet,
Shape,
Bless,
Explore,
And most importantly,
Receive.
Today,
We celebrate you.
So take a moment.
Settle into the space around you.
Feel the weight of your body being supported by the earth below you.
Allow the shoulders to melt.
Soften through the jaw,
The mouth and the eyes.
Rest your hands in a way that feels open,
Easy.
Supported.
Bring your awareness to your breath.
Feel this quiet current of life moving through you In yoga,
This life force is known as prana.
The energy of aliveness.
The sacred breath that has been with you since the very beginning.
On the day you were born.
You took your first breath.
And today,
Here you are.
Living.
Breathing.
Growing.
Becoming.
Receive that for a moment.
The same life force that carried you into this world is still moving through you now.
With each breath.
Arrive more fully into this day.
Your birthday.
Into this body,
This vessel.
Into this new year of life.
It is a year ready to be lived.
A year ready to be explored.
A year ready to be shaped by the joy.
Your courage,
Your choices,
Your love,
And your willingness to receive.
And today,
We celebrate that.
The breath.
The Body.
The life force.
The gift of being here.
The gift of being alive.
And the gift of being you.
Feel the beauty of that.
Breathe into that.
There has never been another you.
No one else with your exact spirit.
No one else with your exact laugh.
Your exact way of seeing the world.
Your exact fire and tenacity.
Your exact tenderness and care?
Your exact path.
Today is a celebration of that miracle.
Bring awareness to your heart space.
Place your right hand on your chest and the left on top.
Breathe in.
And sense the center of the chest.
The warmth,
The rhythm.
The quiet wisdom that lives there.
This heart has gathered stories,
Lessons,
Joy,
Courage,
Love,
And strength.
This heart has expanded with beauty.
Has grown with each chapter.
And has carried you through into this very moment.
And now,
It gets to enter a brand new year.
A fresh cycle,
A new doorway.
A living invitation.
Take another moment.
And breathe into this heart space.
Receive the power of this day.
You have lived.
You are living,
And there is so much life still calling your name.
Beauty to witness,
Love to receive.
Places to stand.
Dreams to remember,
Laughter to feel through your whole body.
New versions of yourself waiting to rise.
Feel all that is possible.
Feel all the energy.
Feel it as life saying yes.
Now imagine.
That you are standing at the entrance of your new personal year.
Before you as a path filled with light.
The path is alive.
And it may bring new people.
New places,
New wisdom.
New adventures,
New blessings.
And new chances.
To choose.
Yourself.
Trust yourself.
And become more fully who you are.
Picture a soft morning sun rising over the path ahead.
Warm light spilling across the horizon.
Gold gently touching the earth.
Gently touching your body.
And that gold.
Gently touching your heart.
This light carries the blessing of your birthday.
It carries energy of renewal.
It carries the reminder of life that is offering itself to you.
In the moments of wonder.
And the ordinary sweetness.
And the kindness of the right people.
In the places that make you feel awake and alive.
And the opportunities that reach out to you.
The joy that surprises you.
And the moments that remind you how good it feels to be here.
And to be alive.
Allow yourself to receive this light.
Allow the warmth to move across your shoulders.
Allow it to fill the heart space.
Feel it travel through the body,
The hips,
The legs,
All the way down to your feet.
Feel the warmth of the light move from within.
Let it awaken you from within.
Celebrate it from within.
A day to honor the body that carries you.
The heart that guides you.
The spirit that keeps expanding,
And the life that is still unfolding.
Bring awareness to your body now.
This body is the vessel for your next adventure,
Your next chapter,
Your next solar return.
These hands touch,
Create,
Hold,
Offer,
And receive.
These feet carry you towards new places.
These eyes that witness beauty.
This heart that continues to love.
This mind that continues to imagine.
And the spirit that continues to grow.
Honor your body as sacred.
Because it is alive,
And it is yours.
Because through this body,
You get to experience life.
Sun on your skin,
Music in your chest,
Laughter in the belly.
The sweet air and lungs,
Bare feet on the earth.
The first steps into somewhere new.
The feeling of possibility rising once again.
This is life,
And this is a gift.
This is a celebration.
Receive the gratitude that naturally comes from remembering.
That I get to be here.
I get to live this day.
I get to enter another year.
I get to keep becoming.
Repeat.
Silently,
I am alive.
I am grateful.
I am ready to receive the beauty that is meant for me.
Again.
I am alive.
I am grateful.
I am open to this new year.
I am ready to receive the beauty meant for me.
Feel those words move through your body.
Feel them settle into your heart.
And now imagine gathering the qualities that you want to carry into this new year of life.
Courage.
Joy.
Confidence.
Softness.
Adventure.
Love.
Clarity.
Playfulness.
Peace.
Devotion to your own life.
The devotion of you.
Picture each quality like a small light in your hands.
One by one they gathered.
Each one becoming a part of the blessing you carry forward.
Hold them close to your heart.
Breathe into them.
And silently say.
.
.
This year.
I choose to meet life with an open heart.
This year,
I choose to notice.
The beauty that surrounds me.
This year,
I choose to make room for more joy.
This year,
I choose to receive the gifts life brings me.
This year,
I choose to become more fully myself.
Feel the strength in those words.
The quiet power of choice.
The power of how you met your life.
The power of how you walk into the new year.
Your birthday is a celebration of where you have been,
A blessing over where you are going.
The person you are becoming.
The dreams you are remembering.
The joy you are making space for.
The love you are learning to receive.
And the life you are still here to live.
So much of yourself still ready to be known.
Allow that to wake something up inside.
A spark,
A smile,
A warmth in your chest.
Now picture the year ahead as a table.
Being prepared with gifts.
Some as people.
Summer's places.
Some as quiet realizations,
Some as laughter,
Some as courage.
Some as doors opening at the exact right time.
Receive the support of life.
Welcome all that is meant to nourish you.
Trust the timing of what unfolds.
This year can be lived.
It can be met.
It can be shaped,
Blessed,
Explored,
Received.
Take a breath into the word received.
Receive.
Receive the breath.
Receive this day.
Receive the gift of being alive.
Receive the celebration of your life.
Now,
If you haven't already,
Place one or both hands over your heart.
Feel your own presence beneath your palms.
This is you.
Here,
Alive,
Breathing.
Entering a whole new year of life.
Offer yourself these words.
Happy birthday to me.
I celebrate my life.
I celebrate the breath in my body.
I celebrate the fire in my spirit.
I celebrate the wisdom I have gathered.
And I celebrate the beauty still ahead.
Take a moment to pause.
Again.
I celebrate my life.
I celebrate this new year.
I celebrate who I am becoming.
And I celebrate all that is possible.
Again.
I celebrate my life.
I celebrate this new year.
I celebrate who I am becoming.
I celebrate all that is possible.
Feel those words move through you like sunlight.
Allow them to brighten your heart.
Allow them to open your body.
Allow them to wake up the spirit within.
Reminding you that life is something to be lived.
To be touched,
To dance with,
To taste,
To bless,
To explore,
To love,
To receive.
And today,
We celebrate your life,
Your body,
Your breath,
Your path,
Your magic,
Your becoming.
Your birthday.
Now receive this birthday blessing.
May this new year of life bring you beautiful surprises.
May it bring you places your spirit feels awake and alive.
May it bring you laughter that opens your heart.
May it bring a love that feels steady,
Honest,
And kind.
May it bring courage for every place you are ready to grow.
May it bring rest that restores the body.
May it bring clarity that feels clean and true.
May it bring adventure that expands your soul.
May it bring peace into the places ready to soften.
May it bring joy that feels real.
In your body.
May it bring reminders again and again that life is a gift worth opening.
May you meet this year with open eyes.
May you recognize the beauty as it arrives.
May you trust the invitations that feel true.
May you choose yourself with more love.
May you move through this chapter with gratitude,
Confidence,
Wonder,
And grace.
And may this birthday mark the beginning of a year that feels more honest,
More alive,
More expansive,
And more deeply yours.
Take a moment to pause.
Take that in.
Your life is worth celebrating.
Fully.
With reverence.
Gratitude and joy.
With both feet in this wild,
Beautiful,
Precious human experience.
Take a moment to breathe all that is in.
And exhale open mouth release.
If your body is resting deeply now,
You may remain here.
Stay with the warmth of this blessing.
Rest in the rhythm of your breath.
Allow the words to become quiet.
And receive this moment as a gift.
If you are ready to return.
Begin to follow my voice back into the space around you.
Feeling once again the support beneath you.
The sense of the air on your skin.
And bringing awareness back into your body.
Awareness to your feet,
Your hands,
Your face and your heart.
Invites small movements into the fingers and toes.
Maybe take one fuller breath.
And return slowly.
Carry this with you.
It is your birthday.
You are alive.
Your body is a miracle.
Your life is a gift.
This year is yours to meet,
Shape,
Bless,
Explore,
And receive.
Today and every day.
May you remember.
The beauty of being here.
The beauty of your life.
The beauty of being you.
Happy birthday,
You beautiful soul.
Namaste.
