Best day yet!
Hey Best Day Yet listeners!
This is a power episode!
That means it's a mini episode jam-packed with extra powerful affirmations that you can listen to over and over anytime you need them.
If you are challenged with being patient and kind to your friends and siblings,
This might be the perfect practice for you to do all the time.
Today we're going to practice loving kindness and send it to someone who might really need it.
If you're not seated yet,
Take a seat somewhere comfortable and put one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly.
Close your eyes and take a big breath through your nose and let out a sigh.
And another big breath through your nose and let out another big sigh.
Now imagine you're lying on top of a green hill.
You're lying in a bed of grass and the sky above you is a beautiful bright blue.
You can see the sun round and bright.
Sun's shining down on you,
Warming up your body.
As you breathe in,
Imagine that a little bit of that sunshine starts to fill up your toes and feet.
Breathe out and feel your toes and feet relax.
Breathe in more sunshine.
It moves up through your legs and hips.
Breathe out your legs and hips relax.
Breathe in,
Fill up your tummy and your chest with warm,
Loving sunshine.
Breathe out your tummy and chest relax.
Breathe in,
Feel your arms and fingers glowing with warm sunshine.
Breathe out,
Your arms and fingers are calm and relaxed.
Breathe in your neck and face fill up with sunshine.
Breathe out and feel your face smiling and relaxed.
Breathe in and your whole body fills up with sunshine.
Breathe out and feel your whole body relax.
Before we say our words,
Just lay here in the grass a moment and feel your whole body filled up with bright,
Loving sunshine and deep relaxation.
In loving kindness meditation,
You'll be sending kind thoughts to somebody who needs them.
Parents and teachers talk a lot about kindness,
But it's really hard for us to be kind with other kids if we're not already in the habit of being very kind to ourselves.
So before we send anybody else kindness,
We're going to send loving thoughts to ourselves.
When you say or think these words,
Try to really mean them.
I promise you,
You deserve them.
Repeat these words.
You can say them silently,
Whisper them or say them out loud.
May I be happy.
May I be peaceful.
May I be kind.
May I be kind.
Allow these words to fill you up with good feelings.
Next we're going to send these words to someone who is sometimes hard to be kind to.
We all have people like this in our lives.
Maybe it's a friend or a sibling.
Maybe it's someone who bothers you all the time.
Did someone like this come to mind?
Take a moment to picture that person.
Picture the way they walk,
The way they wear their hair.
Today for this moment,
You're going to give this person a break.
As you say or think each of these words,
Imagine those words are floating over to that person,
Landing on them and helping them feel a little better.
May you be happy.
May you be happy.
May you be peaceful.
May you be peaceful.
May you be kind.
May you be kind.
Now imagine the words can spread through the walls of your car or home,
Out into the streets,
Through your city or town,
And then throughout the entire world.
As you're saying the words,
Imagine them touching everything they meet,
Each person and animal,
Insect and plant.
As you say them,
Imagine your words touching every living thing and helping them feel better.
Ready?
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be kind.
May all beings be kind.
Loving kindness is a great tool for helping you be more patient with other people.
You can use these words anytime you're feeling angry,
Frustrated or annoyed with someone else.
When you feel yourself getting angry or frustrated with someone,
Take at least one deep belly breath before you respond.
If you're ready for an advanced challenge,
Take three.
Our time is up.
May you be happy.
May you be peaceful.
May you be kind.
Today and every day,
I wish you the best day yet.
