Create Intentional Thoughts: A Daily Grounding Ritual

This short track is designed as a pocket of peace to start your day by inviting you to create an intention of thought for the day. Be kind to yourself and connect with your inner light.

Listen to this story and visualization when you want to take time out to breathe and reset. This pocket of peace will allow you to return to a sense of connection.

Take time for yourself. With love MamaJ

Transcript

So I'm going to now settle us down if you're ready and if you'd like to do that right now. Take a moment to get really present. Take a moment to feel yourself on your chair or your bed or wherever you are resting and get comfortable, You know, Sort of wriggle a little bit, Find a little bit, Can you get one one one degree more comfortable. Feel the furniture against your body. Feel your clothes against your skin. If it feels good to do so then close your eyes or lower your gaze. See if you can expand your hearing past the room that you're in. See if you can get a sense of the universal connection between us all. Take a moment to notice your breath. Without changing it, What's your breath doing? Is it shallow? Is it slow and deep? Allow it to settle a little and fall into a rhythm that suits you. Consider the principle of thought and how it is the creative force behind our experience of life and how thoughts shape how we perceive everything around us. Thought is transient, It's a transient energetic thing that comes through our minds and moves through our minds and moves on. Knowing that means that we don't have to stay stuck in any thought, But we could also cultivate a habit of listening to fresh thought. So as I lead you into a short visualization I'll ask you to be kind to yourself. Take a few moments to really appreciate yourself for being here, For showing up, For allowing yourself the space. Take a nice deep breath in and let it out. Take another deep breath in and let it slowly out. Take a third deep breath in and allow the breath to fill your body, Fill your tummy, Fill your lungs, Fill every inch of you and then let it out. Even if you've just arrived, Just take a few moments to settle in. You're in the right space at the right time. You're never late, You're never wrong. Now imagine yourself in a dark space, Quiet and still. You're safe, There's nothing to do, Nowhere to go, No expectations. If it feels good to do so you could put your hand on your chest and visualize or imagine a tiny spark of light inside your chest. Maybe you can see that light, Maybe you can feel it through your hand, Maybe you just know it's there. We're all different, We all hear things differently and see things differently and that's okay. But this light is there, Even if you can't see it or you can't feel it, Know that it's there because everybody has it. The light is small but steady. It represents hope. It knows that there is the potential for new thought to arise in any moment. The light sometimes pulsates as it sees thought going through your mind. With each breath and your attention imagine the spark growing and glowing just a little bit brighter. If you can, Allow yourself to feel the warmth of this hopeful light spreading through your body. Allow it to go right down to the tips of your toes and flow back up again to the top of your head, Spreading through every part of your body. If it helps you, Imagine that it's traveling with your breath or with your lifeblood. While we're here I'll tell you a little story. You can mute me if you prefer to sit alone with your light. I was walking with a client and we talked about how the birds fly and the murmuration when you see swallows flying and swooping and flying. And just after we talked about that then we saw birds flying in that murmuration. Hundreds of them flying in flow, Turning and changing directions and still flying around and making beautiful bird noises and flying and turning and swooping all in perfect harmony. And we forget that we're part of that life force, That we are in harmony every day. We forget because we use the power of thought against ourselves sometimes, Not deliberately, Often innocently. I'm here to remind you that your light is as bright as everybody else's light and it shines in its own unique way. And that you have a power, The power of thought to create your experience of life and that is an incredible gift. And sometimes we misuse our gift and that's okay. Sometimes we don't even notice we've got the gift and that's okay. But the gift belongs to you and you can use it however you want. In a few moments I'm going to invite you back to the room. So take your time, Wriggle your fingers, Wriggle your toes, Stretch a little bit, Move your head on your shoulders, Roll your shoulder, Have a little shimmy. When you're ready, Flutter open your eyes. Just notice where you are, Notice your surroundings, Give yourself thanks. Take a deep breath in, Love, Love, Love in and let a lot of love out. Let your breathing fall into a steady rhythm that suits you. So I'm going to leave you with this closing thought. Hope is always within you, Waiting to grow brighter with each new thought. Trust that this light will guide you.