The seedling sprouts.
Relax by giving yourself some time and space alone.
Close the door,
Dim the lights,
Turn off the phone.
Get comfortable and begin to breathe.
Breathe in through your nose and as you breathe,
Tune in to the beat of your heart.
Hear how its rhythm matches your breathing.
Slowing,
Slowing as you begin to relax,
Deepen and let go.
The rhythm of your heart and the rhythm of your breath are a dialogue,
A dance of sound and movement that keeps you alive.
You are alive and you are growing.
Imagine yourself as a seed,
Snuggled in the dark dirt,
Warm,
Protected and safe.
You start out as a kernel,
A nugget,
The core of what you will become.
Everything you are becoming is already in you,
Waiting to sprout.
But first you need to be nourished.
You need the right temperature.
You need the daily sun.
You need to rest.
You need water.
Not too much.
Not too little.
Just enough.
Your creativity is like this core.
Your creativity too needs to be nourished,
As you have been.
Your creativity needs a steady focus,
A regularity that maintained,
Like temperature,
Provides the right conditions for growth.
Your creativity needs intensity,
A daily intense focus like the sun that allows you to get something done.
Your creativity needs rest,
Regular breaks that,
Like night,
Allow the time for your soul to dream,
To wander,
To rejuvenate.
Your creativity needs water,
The quenching that comes from reading good books,
Having good friends,
Surrounding yourself with beauty.
And you are doing all this for yourself,
For your creative life.
And now you begin to sprout.
Imagine,
As the little seed cracks open and outbursts a shoot of the lightest green.
The shoot pushes its way up,
Up,
Up,
Through the dark dirt,
To the cool air and the warm light and the sun.
It begins to grow.
You begin to grow.
Feel this now in your own body,
How you are sprouting.
Feel where in your body you are beginning to push out,
To tingle with new growth,
To expand,
To reach for the air and the light.
Enjoy this feeling.
Be proud of your growth.
You are growing at exactly the right pace to be healthy and strong and capable.
You are sprouting.
When you are ready,
Wiggle your fingers and toes and slowly start to come back into the present,
Into your body,
Into now.
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