Hello and welcome.
I'm Brittany Marie,
And this is the Sanctuary Within series.
As we step into a new year,
This is a moment to pause,
Not to rush forward,
But to stand where you are with honesty,
To acknowledge what you released in the past year,
To acknowledge what you outgrew,
What no longer gets to come with you.
This meditation isn't about fixing yourself.
It's about remembering who you are when you stop playing small and fully stand in your power.
This is a space to set intention with clarity,
To speak truth without force,
And to rise.
Grounded,
Sturdy like the earth,
Clear like the sky,
Guided by the quiet authority of the Goddess and God within.
Take a breath.
Allow yourself to land.
Here we begin and welcome the new year.
Take a deep breath in.
Open mouth release.
Arrive.
Allow your body to settle.
However it arrives,
It is enough.
Let the weight of you meet the earth.
Release.
And surrender into it fully.
No effort.
No holding.
Just gravity.
Breathe.
Breathe not to change anything.
Breathe to arrive.
This moment knows your name.
We crossed a threshold.
Releasing a year that asked everything of you.
Releasing old cycles that cracked us open.
That now can finally be released.
2025 did not come gently.
But you did not leave.
You broke patterns that once felt inevitable.
You told the truth when it would have been easier to stay quiet.
You chose yourself.
Again and again.
Even when your voice shook.
Let those moments be acknowledged.
And let your body hear this.
I survived.
What was no longer meant to be permanent.
Let that sink.
And let the past year loosen its grip.
You do not need to carry it forward.
You do not need to prove anything.
You are here.
Another year.
Behind us.
And another year in front of us.
Now what will you do with this year?
Bring awareness to your belly,
The place where instinct lives.
Intuition where yes and no are born free of language.
Feel how tired this place has been from overgiving.
From explaining.
From bending just to be digestible.
This year,
Your no is holy.
Clean.
Unapologetic.
A no that protects your life force.
Ain't no.
That makes room for truth.
Let it land in the body.
No is not a rejection.
The word no.
Is in itself.
Self-respect.
Now bring awareness to your throat.
Feel your throat.
Your jaw.
The long line of your nuts.
So much is held here.
So many words swallowed to keep the peace.
This year,
Your voice comes home.
Not loud.
Not defensive.
But clear.
Bold.
Confident.
Grounding and sturdy.
This year you are done editing yourself for comfort.
Your truth does not need to be palatable to be real.
Let your voice be felt.
Let yourself be heard.
Stand in your truth.
And speak.
First in the body and then out into the world.
Fear.
May still visit.
But it no longer gets to decide.
On the other side of fear is not punishment.
It is information.
It is answer.
It is clarity.
This year,
May you ask?
You ask for what you want.
You ask for what you need.
You ask because your desire is intelligence.
You ask because you are worthy.
Do not let fear guide your path.
Remember.
On the other side of fear.
Is an answer.
Is clarity.
It is light within the darkness.
Once we understand fear.
When we notice that our shadow is our friend.
Then.
.
.
Can we walk?
From the darkness into the light.
And let the light guide our path.
Whatever the answer.
You trust yourself to meet it.
You trust yourself over fear.
And you walk through fear.
With love.
With confidence,
With clarity,
With truth,
And authenticity.
Now on an inhale,
Feel yourself rise,
Not by force.
But by alignment.
Like the falcon lifting on warm air,
Effortless,
Because it remembers how its wings work.
It remembers.
It can fly.
You are not here to play small.
You are not here to hide your medicine.
You are not here to live half-expressed.
This year you rise.
You rise in authenticity.
You rise in devotion to your truth.
You rise in service to the highest good.
You rise,
Not above others.
But fully.
Compassionately.
Into yourself.
Bring your hands to your heart.
Ask the body.
Not the mind.
But your body.
This vessel that carries your soul.
How well I live this year.
Let the answer come simply.
Gently.
Honestly.
You are choosing practices that nourish your body.
That nourish your nervous system.
Boundaries that protect your energy.
And truth.
That keeps you free.
This is not a resolution.
This is a remembering.
This is a coming home.
Now take a moment to breathe.
Let your intention take shape now.
You may whisper it.
You may feel it.
You may say to yourself or out loud.
This is the year I rise.
This is the year I stopped playing little.
This is the year I stand in my truth.
I speak clearly.
I choose alignment and love over fear.
This is the year I live as my authentic self.
For the good of all.
Now allow this attention to settle into your bones and to yourselves.
Into the quiet places that already know.
And just be.
Feeling your body,
Feeling what we have released.
And feeling the openness of the intentions we are bringing into this new year.
And when you're ready,
Feel the space around you.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Feel the air above you.
Feel the clothes on the skin caress you.
Wake up to the sensations.
That play with the body.
Feel the breath moving through you.
And any noises that surround you.
And just bring awareness.
You are not leaving this moment.
You are carrying it forward.
This year has already begun.
And you.
Are already rising.
