I Am: Feel Your Future Self In The Body

Most affirmations fail because they stay in your head. This practice moves them into your body.

You will choose three qualities you want to become. You will turn them into simple "I am" statements. Then you will say them out loud, slowly, until you feel a shift somewhere physical. A warmth in the chest. A steadiness in the spine. A release in the shoulders.

That felt sense matters. When an identity statement creates a real body response, your nervous system starts treating it as true. This is how identity-based change takes root. You are not just repeating words. You are giving your brain evidence.

At the end, you will notice what you felt and where you felt it. That awareness is the anchor you return to.

Best used daily, especially in the morning or before something that asks you to show up as your next-level self.

You will need: a quiet space and permission to speak out loud.

Music is Restful Hearts by Elm Lake.

Transcript

I love you. And no matter what you're going through, I pray and hope. That this resonates with you. You So settle in. Get comfortable. Whether you're sitting up or lying down. Take a deep breath in through the nose. And exhale through the mouth. Prolong the exhale. Inhale through the nose. Exhale. You Feel your shoulders drop. One more time. Inhale. Excel. And then I'll go. I want you to bring to mind three attributes or things that you want to become. For example, Focused. Disciplined Abundant Strong. We're going to be putting them into affirmations. We're going to recite them. And become aware of what you feel when you say them. Become aware of what you feel and where you feel it. This will allow your body. To feel what it's like to be that thing that you want to be. My three words are going to be focused, Disciplined, And abundant. First round. You're going to put I am before the word that you chose and out loud repeat it over and over and over. There's no set amount. There's no number that you need to achieve just until you feel that thing. I am focused. I am focused. I am focused. Keep repeating. Once you feel something in your body, Take note. What do you feel? Is it tightness in a certain area? Is it tunnel vision in your head? Is it. . . The feeling of lightness in a specific body part. What is it that you feel and where do you feel it? Maybe it's a tightness in your chest. Or a grounded energy in your feet. But take note of what you feel. You And when you're ready, Drop the affirmation. No more repeating it. And just be. Feel what it's like to be that thing. Bring your awareness to wherever it makes you feel. Next, We're going to bring the second word that you chose. Bring that to mind. Put I am before it, Put it in past tense, And start out loud. I am disciplined. I am disciplined. I am disciplined. Keep going. Until you feel something somewhere. And you can mark it. The word that you want to be. Really feel it in your body. For me, Discipline saw light around my body, But very grounded in my feet. Stable. What do you feel about the word that you chose? Where do you feel it? And then just feel it. And now drop the affirmation and just be present. Bring to mind the third word. That you chose. Same thing, Put it in past tense, Put I am before it, And repeat, Out loud. I am abundant. I am abundant. I am abundant. Keep going. Once you feel something, Take note. And then bring your awareness to that spot, That feeling, And amplify it. Drop the affirmation. Drop the feelings, Emotions, The awareness, And just be. You When we attach feelings and a body part to a word or an affirmation, We're able to feel it. We're able to locate it and say this is how I'm feeling, This is what this feeling or emotion or word looks like in my body. That will help you distinguish what you're feeling later in life. But it also gives you a taste of what's to come. Do this every morning until you become the three things. That you chose. It works. I love you, And no matter what you're going through, I pray and hope that this resonated.