Hello and thank you for joining me for this meditation entitled Cultivating Creativity.
This meditation will focus on tapping into your innate creative flow,
Moving away from perfectionism and moving towards having more fun.
To begin,
I invite you to come into a comfortable position in your body.
So that can be laying down,
Sitting down,
On a chair,
On a cushion,
Wherever you find yourself.
Just bring some awareness that your legs are comfortable,
That your seat feels nice and secure,
And that your spine is nice and straight.
And in this meditation,
I like to rest my hands with palms facing upward,
But if you'd like to,
You can also have your palms facing down.
And it's your choice whether you'd like to close your eyes or simply rest your gaze very easy out in front of you.
As we come into this space together,
I invite you to release any expectations because we go through so much of every day full of to-do lists and expectations.
So just for these next few moments,
Grant yourself the gift of no expectations,
Of no to-do list,
And know that it's safe to just be.
So I invite you to begin by just speaking these next few phrases with me to ground ourselves into our practice.
And you can do this either aloud or in your head.
I grant myself permission to just be.
I grant myself permission to be present,
Present with my breath and present in my body.
I grant myself compassion and gentleness.
I do not have to be tomorrow.
I do not have to be yesterday.
I can just be right here.
I can just be right now.
And I invite you to just begin by noticing where you feel your breath.
Where do you feel your breath in your body?
Maybe you feel it coming in through your nose and cooling the back of your throat,
Making its way down into your lungs.
Maybe you feel your belly rising and falling or your chest rising and falling.
Just noticing with no judgment,
Not seeking to change anything.
Just noticing where you feel your breath in your body in this moment.
And just take a moment to fall into the rhythm of your breath,
The movement of it.
That inhale,
Exhale,
Ebb and flow,
That sacred magical breath.
Allow yourself to be held by it,
Embraced by it,
Be fully present with it and fully present in it.
And as you continue to breathe,
I invite you to begin to recall a feeling.
Remember that feeling you had when you were a small child and you did things purely because they were fun.
You had nothing to prove.
You weren't thinking about making money.
You didn't think you had to be perfect.
You had no expectations of greatness or perfection.
There was no fear of failure or of success.
You simply had fun in the moment.
Invite that feeling in.
Touch that feeling.
Tap in to that playfulness,
That curiosity,
That joy.
Feel it in your body rising up.
This is your innate creativity.
It's always been with you and you were sent here with it.
See and feel this creativity,
This flowing creative energy.
See it as light.
Feel it as light all around you,
Flowing out of you and into you simultaneously.
See this creative,
Flowing,
Energetic light flowing out of your chest,
Out of your heart center,
Flowing out of your crown and into your crown.
See it moving all around you.
You do not have to search for it.
You do not have to seek it.
It exists with you in every moment and always has because you are a creative.
You are a creator.
And know that you are worthy of this feeling of playfulness,
Exploration,
Sun.
These are not things just reserved for children.
We are all meant to be fun and playful and free and flowing creatively.
And with that feeling,
That light within you,
All around you,
I invite you to finish this phrase and just allow the answer to come to you.
If I didn't have to do it perfectly,
I would try.
Just ask yourself that question once again and without seeking the answer,
No judgment for what comes to you or doesn't come to you.
Just finish this phrase.
If I did not have to do it perfectly,
I would try.
And just allowing whatever answer flows to you to flow to you with no judgment.
And I invite you to close out our practice today with some affirmations.
And just allow the energy of the words,
The power of the words,
To be with you,
To flow from you,
To hang in the space around you.
And you can speak these either louder in your head.
My creativity is innate.
I am a creative being.
The light of creativity flows from me with ease.
I know that the more creativity I use,
The more I have.
I know my creativity is a connection to spirit.
I am deeply connected to the source of my creativity.
There is no shame in my creative process.
I know I do not have to be perfect.
I just have to try.
I give myself permission to make mistakes.
I give myself permission to create freely.
I am talented.
I am curious.
I am joyful.
I am playful.
I commit to nurturing my creativity today.
I let my creative energy flow without fear.
My creativity heals myself and others.
My creativity always leads me to truth and love.
And just allowing those words to shift you,
To free you,
To grant you permission.
And you can just bring some awareness back to your breath.
Bring some awareness to the sounds around you.
Bring some awareness to the sensations on your skin.
And when you're ready,
You can slowly open your eyes and move into the rest of your day.
And I invite you to make time today to have fun,
To play,
To create with no expectations and no judgment.
Because you're worthy of that.
Know that you are loved.
And I thank you for being here and joining me.
