Welcome to The Daily Insight.
My name is Christina McMahon,
And I'm a teacher here on Insight Timer.
In today's meditation,
You'll spend some time savoring the love that is already present in your life so that you can walk through your day with a heart full of love,
Welcoming and inviting even more love to come to you,
Wishing you a restorative practice.
Find yourself in a comfortable meditation posture and gently close your eyes.
Bring a soft focus to your breathing and then shift your attention to your heart area.
We're going to focus on the feeling of love in your body.
What does love feel like to you?
Is it a warming up of your heart like a fireplace being lit?
A feeling of lightness on the inside?
If you're more visual,
Maybe there's a color that comes to mind for you when you focus on love.
Now let's begin to savor all of the different ways that you've experienced love in the past few days or weeks.
Bring to mind even small moments you've shared recently with those who are closest to your heart.
This could be good friends,
A child or a pet,
Maybe your family or a partner,
Your neighbors or the people you work with.
Feel the genuineness of those close connections,
The easy back and forth quality of your care for one another,
The trust and reassurance that you feel from your loved ones.
Allow some gratitude into your heart,
A light sense of gladness for having them in your life.
Now bring to mind how you have shown love to yourself recently.
Did you give yourself the gift of doing something you love or allow yourself to rest,
Taking a break from a busy day,
Such as taking the time to meditate today?
Allow that feeling of warmth or lightness to be here as you reflect on all the ways that you've shown love to yourself over the past few days or weeks.
Whenever you do this practice of savoring all the ways that love shows up in your life,
You remind yourself how full of love your heart already is whenever you pause to notice it.
Now bring to mind the ways you'd like more love to come into your life in the coming months.
This could be greater self-love or self-compassion,
New friends or maybe more quality time with your current circle of friends,
A new partner or a rejuvenation of your current relationship,
New work connections,
Strengthened bonds with your family,
Or an expansion of your family.
However you would like love to show up for you in the coming months,
Bring this to mind now.
And begin to repeat the following phrase,
I am open to receiving even more love into my heart.
I am open to receiving even more love into my heart.
I am open to receiving even more love into my heart.
Thank you for sharing this practice with me,
Wishing you a heart full of love today and every day.
