Welcome.
Find a comfortable position,
Either seated with your feet anchored on the floor or lying down with your body fully supported.
Feel the surface beneath you receiving your weight without effort.
Let your eyes soften or close as if dimming lights inside,
You're stepping into a quiet beginning of a new cycle.
Notice the air around you,
Cool or warm on your skin.
Sense the hush of the room,
The subtle sound that reminds you you're safe enough to rest.
Allow yourself to arrive slowly without needing to be anything other than here.
Bring awareness to your breath.
Inhale gently through your nose,
Noticing the coolness entering.
And exhale softly through your mouth,
Feeling the warmth leave your body.
Let the rhythm begin to lengthen like a quiet tide in the dark.
With each exhale,
Imagine releasing the leftover static of the year behind you.
Not pushing anything away,
Just letting your system loosen its grip.
Each breath,
A small opening.
Feel the support beneath you,
Your back,
Your hips,
Your legs,
The weight of your feet.
Let yourself settle heavier as if sinking to a soft,
Endless night.
Turn your attention to the parts of you that may still be holding old patterns from the past year.
A part that tries too hard.
A part that hides.
A part that overthinks.
A part that fears repeating old mistakes.
Without judgment,
Greet each part gently.
You might say inwardly,
Thank you for trying to keep me safe.
Feel the way your body responds when you offer that understanding.
Notice where these parts live in your body.
Maybe striving sits high in your chest.
Avoidance in the shoulders.
Fear in the stomach.
Old stories behind the eyes or jaw.
Let your breath move into these places.
Not forcing them to change.
Simply offering warmth and permission to loosen.
This is where clearing begins.
Take a slow,
Gentle breath in.
And as you exhale,
Imagine the old year's weight dissolving into the dark around you.
A safe place for release.
Your body knows how to let go when given time.
With each breath,
Feel yourself softening into a clean slate.
A quiet openness.
A night sky without a single mark.
Imagine that you are standing under a vast,
Moonless sky.
A new moon night.
Deep,
Velvet black.
Stretching infinitely above you.
Stars shimmer like ambers scattered across the darkness.
The air is crisp and cool against your skin.
It carries the feeling of fresh possibilities.
The silence before creation.
The moment the world holds its breath.
Feel the ground beneath your bare feet.
Cool soil.
Damp earth.
Alive with quiet potential.
The darkness is not empty.
It's fertile.
In your hands,
You hold a single seed.
Small.
Smooth.
Surprisingly heavy for its size.
Inside it lives a direction.
Something true in you that is ready to grow.
Kneel down and brush away a small patch of earth.
The soil parts easily.
Welcoming what you bring.
Place the seed gently into the ground.
Cover it with care.
As your hands rest on the earth,
Whisper inwardly,
I clear what no longer serves me.
Let these words sink into the soil and into your body.
Shift your focus now to how you want to feel in this new cycle.
Not what you want to achieve,
But how you want to inhabit your days.
Let words or sensations rise slowly,
Like shapes forming in the dark.
Calm.
Clear.
Connected.
Creative.
Focus.
Free.
Steady.
Soft.
Imagine now the version of you who already lives with these qualities.
They stand a few steps away,
Illuminated by a quiet inner glow.
Their presence is steady,
Grounded,
Unmistakably aligned.
Watch how this version of you moves through a day.
How they breathe.
How they choose.
How they pause.
How they rest.
Notice the ease,
The clarity,
The quiet confidence woven through their actions.
You're not trying to become someone new.
You are allowing this deeper,
Already whole version of you to come forward.
Feel that truth settling warmly in your chest.
If part of you whispers doubt,
Uncertainty about change,
Fear of old patterns returning,
Acknowledge that part with compassion.
Place a gentle breath there and whisper inwardly,
I am becoming the one who trusts the return of light.
Let that phrase echo through your ribs,
Your spine,
Your belly.
Notice how your body softens at the edges.
Your jaw loosens.
Your shoulders drop.
Your breath deepens.
From this quiet clarity,
Let one intention rise.
A direction,
Not a demand.
A quality to inhabit,
Not a task to complete.
When it arrives,
Hold it gently.
Try it on your body.
See how it feels in your chest,
Your stomach,
Your breath.
If it fits,
Keep it.
If not,
Let it flow away like a dark feather.
Let a second intention rise,
And maybe a third,
Small,
Honest,
In body directions,
The kind that shape identity from within.
Now,
Place each intention somewhere symbolic,
One you plant again into the earth beside the sea.
One you tuck into your chest,
Feeling it settle under your hand.
One you lift towards the sky,
Letting it glow like a faint new star.
Whisper inwardly,
These intentions are alive with me,
Or I'm becoming the one who honors these directions.
Feel your breath deepen.
Your posture lengthen.
Your presence shift into alignment.
These subtle changes are the beginning.
Imagine now a narrow path unfolding ahead of you,
Not brightly lit,
Just a soft glow at your feet,
Illuminated by your intentions.
You can see only a few steps ahead at a time,
But something in you knows that this is enough.
Take one step forward in your mind,
Then another.
Feel the calm steadiness in your body as you move.
Your intentions walk with you like lanterns,
Calm,
Warm,
Guiding.
There's no rush here,
No pressure,
Just a gentle orientation towards what feels true.
Begin to return awareness to your physical body.
Feel the weight of your hips,
Legs,
And feet.
The support beneath your back,
The air touching your skin.
Feel your breath as it is now,
Slower,
Deeper,
Steadier,
Your system recalibrated,
Your inner compass quietly aligned.
If it feels right,
Place a hand over your heart.
Whisper one intention you choose,
Letting it echo in your body.
Then whisper another.
Let your chest respond with warmth or spaciousness.
Take a deeper inhale through your nose,
And exhale fully through your mouth,
Releasing any last remnants of the old year.
Slowly begin to wiggle your fingers and toes.
Roll your shoulders gently.
Let your eyes open in their own time.
Returning to the room with clarity and calm.
As you move forward,
Remember the new moon sky,
The seed in the soil,
The glow in your chest,
And the lanterns at your feet.
Your intentions are alive within you.
Let them guide you gently into the cycle ahead.
