Begin by finding a comfortable position.
Allow the eyes to close and take one slow breath in through the nose and release it completely.
Feel the body settle into whatever is holding it,
The weight dropping down,
The shoulders releasing.
Notice a gentle warmth at the heart center and allow that warmth to spread slowly outward.
With each breath the mind begins to open,
Like a wide interior space,
Quiet and receptive.
Imagine standing at the threshold of that space,
A place inside you that is already clear,
Already awake,
Already creative.
This is the place your best work comes from.
Allow yourself to step inside it now.
Feel what it's like in your body when you are fully in the work,
That particular aliveness in the chest,
The mind moving with a quiet confidence.
Ideas arrive here without effort,
Not forced,
Not searched for,
Simply received.
Visualize yourself already deep in the work,
Fully present,
Time moving differently,
The outside world falling away.
Notice how natural this feels,
How familiar.
This state belongs to you,
It has always belonged to you.
A soft light moves through the mind,
Illuminating what wants to be made,
What wants to be expressed.
Your whole system is awake and ready.
Your instincts are alive,
Your attention is clear and steady.
Take one more slow breath in,
And as you exhale,
Allow yourself to carry this openness forward into the work,
Into the day,
Into whatever wants to come through you.
You are ready.
You have always been ready.