New Year's Meditation For Choosing Your Word Of The Year

In this meditation, I guide to into your heart and encourage you to reflect on the past year and clear your energy. Then we look at the year ahead and what word resonates with your intentions. Maybe it is peace if you have experienced chaos, courage if you feel lacking in confidence, or love if you are on a journey of personal development. This word will become your teacher, guide, and path of growth as you move through the year.

Self Love Meditation music composed by Music of Wisdom - Licensed from Meditation Music Library.

Transcript

Beautiful,

So you're very welcome to our New Year's meditation and today we're going to be going inwards,

We're going to be really connecting in deeply in our inner world,

Into our heart.

We're going to be choosing a word of the year.

This word will become your lesson,

Your guide,

Your teacher,

In so many different ways.

So getting yourself nice and comfortable into your,

You can lie down or sit down for this meditation,

But just find a nice quiet and comfortable space where you won't be disturbed.

Relaxing your body and closing your eyes,

Taking a nice deep breath in through your nose,

Allowing your chest and abdomen to expand fully and then exhale slowly and breathing in again.

Exhaling slowly,

Another nice long deep breath and exhaling slowly,

Any tension or stress being released now.

Continue to breathe deeply,

Rhythmically for me and imagine a soft golden light surrounding you.

This light represents positive energy and renewal for the upcoming year and with each breath I want you to feel this light entering your body,

Filling you with warmth and tranquility as well as being surrounded by this beautiful gold energy,

Breathing it in so it's filling each and every cell of your body.

And imagine this beautiful light now clearing away any negativity or any stagnant energy within you,

Any remnants of last year.

We let them go.

We bring the lessons with us deep in our heart.

We let go in order to make space,

To make room for new opportunities,

New experiences,

Bringing your full awareness to your heart center now.

This gorgeous space in the middle of our chest.

I want you to visualize a beautiful flower blooming in this space,

Radiating love and compassion.

You can see maybe a rose opening petal by petal,

An orchid.

What is your favorite flower?

As you inhale,

Feel your heart expanding with each breath that you take and as your heart expands allow yourself to just surrender to the moment,

Release,

Relax,

Let go.

Just allowing yourself to become fully present.

And the first thing I want you to do is turn gratitude in towards yourself for showing up for yourself today on the first day of the year,

Setting the precedent,

The energetic signature for the year ahead.

And I want you to just place your awareness on each exhalation now,

Releasing any emotions that might be coming through or any thoughts that may be weighing you down.

Using the in-breath as a support system and on each out-breath,

We let go.

Now taking a moment to reflect on the past year,

Acknowledging,

Accepting the challenges,

But also celebrating the victories,

Allowing anything lingering to surface without judgment.

And I want you to imagine a gentle breeze carrying away these emotions,

Leaving you feeling light and free.

Now as you reflect on your intentions for 2024,

Your aspirations for the coming days,

Weeks and months ahead,

I want you to think about what quality or mindset would support you in achieving your goals.

What kind of person do you have to show up and be each day?

And I'm going to invite you to choose a word of the year,

A word that resonates with where you are personally on your journey.

It could be a word like peace,

If that's something that you have had very little of.

If you feel stunted,

It could be growth.

Or if you don't feel confident,

It could be a word like courage.

If you're someone that always needs to be reassured,

Maybe trust could be a word to work with in 2024.

And once you've chosen your word,

I'm going to invite you to repeat it silently to yourself,

Letting it really sink into your consciousness.

So almost like a mantra.

For example,

If it's peace,

You slowly say peace,

Peace,

Peace.

And so for the next few minutes in silence,

I want you to repeat the word silently to yourself,

Staying connected deep into your heart space.

Staying connected to your heart center with each deepening breath,

Allow your heart to connect with the essence of your chosen word.

Really feel it becoming a part of you,

Guiding you throughout the year.

Taking a few more deep breaths here for me.

And when you're ready,

You can gently open your eyes.

And I'm going to invite you to carry the positive energy and intention with you as you step into this beautiful new year.

And may this meditation today bring clarity,

Renewal,

And a deep connection to your heart as you embark on the journey of a new year ahead.