20 Minute Morning Meditation | Self-Love + Gratitude

Feel more connected to your body, access more gratitude in your heart, and walk away knowing you are loved. This 20-minute guided meditation is a powerful way to start your day. This meditation will help you feel more grounded and clear and will help you access more peace and joy. If you’re looking for a deeper dive, it pairs well with some post-meditation journaling. Throw an extra 10 to 15 minutes on your timer and see what comes up for you afterward through pen and paper.

Transcript

Good morning and welcome to the Artist's Morning.

My name is Darius and I am so excited to be here with you this morning.

Wherever you are in the world,

Whatever's going on for you in your life,

We are here together this morning.

With today's meditation,

We are going to lovingly awaken the inner creator,

The inner artist that exists in all of us.

We are going to awaken our inner creator to a new level of consciousness and provide our inner creator with an opportunity to step into a new level of creativity,

Of focus,

Of joy,

And of power.

I'll guide you the whole way.

Find a nice,

Comfortable seat and if your eyes are open,

I invite you to gently close them now as we begin to go inwards together,

As we begin our journey this morning.

And just take a moment to land.

Give yourself space,

Patience,

And compassion.

Just to land in your seat,

In your body.

And into this present moment with me now.

Just a gentle reminder that there's no right or wrong way to meditate.

Whatever's going on for you,

Whether you're deeply grounded or your mind begins to race,

It's all okay.

You have permission to feel and think anything you choose.

Just remember,

It's a choice and you have the power to decide.

Take a moment to ground into our bodies now.

Start with your feet.

Notice the points of your feet that are making contact with the floor now.

Can you feel the stillness that is available to you?

As we work our way up,

Your ankles,

Your shins,

Your thighs,

Just beginning to cultivate a frequency,

An energy of gratitude.

Gratitude is the key that opens the gateway to this next level of consciousness.

Finding anything you can that brings you into the energy of gratitude.

As we work our way up your body,

Just feeling grateful perhaps that you've been able to travel with your feet and your legs through this world.

As we work our way up,

Perhaps placing your hands on your thighs and just gently rubbing them.

Sharing some gratitude through touch and affection for your legs.

Just feeling that in your body.

Thank you legs for everything you do.

Sharing a little gratitude for your adult parts in the middle.

Yes,

Even they do so much for you and we want to shower them with gratitude.

Working your way up your digestive system,

Your belly,

Your stomach.

Thank you for everything you do.

All the meals,

All the nutrients you place into our body.

Thank you.

Working your way up your lungs,

All those breaths.

Taking a nice deep breath now and just feeling the savoriness,

The deliciousness of that breath.

Breathing in.

Sharing gratitude for your beloved heart.

Everything it's felt.

All the excitement,

All the joy,

All the tenderness.

Thank you heart.

Working our way up,

Up,

Up your throat,

Your voice.

Everything you've said.

Every hello.

Every I love you.

Everything you've said through that voice.

Thank you voice.

Working our way up your mouth.

Everything you ate and all the smiles came through that mouth of yours.

Our arms,

Our forearms,

Our hands,

All the faces they've touched,

All the hands they've shaken.

All the power that exists in your hands now.

Can you feel it?

Your neck,

Your back,

Everything it carries,

All the loads.

Your eyes,

Your nose.

So much to be grateful for.

We are so lucky.

Your beautiful head,

Your mind,

All the thoughts,

All the thoughts,

All of them,

Even the uncertain ones,

Even the fearful ones.

All the thoughts,

Thank you,

All parts of our mind,

Thank you.

Even the shy parts,

Thank you.

Allowing that sensation of gratitude to build from a cellular perspective,

From a metaphysical perspective.

Just building.

Building.

Even if you are resistance to this leveling up,

Even if there are parts of you that want nothing to do with it,

Dear artist,

Dear creator,

Something is shifting inside you.

Something is expanding inside you.

Can you feel it?

Maybe it is creating a little physical movement in your body.

As your frequency shifts,

Your cells begin to vibrate in the most loving,

Joyful way possible.

Can you feel it?

Are you open to it?

There is a doorway in front of you,

Dear artist.

It's beautiful,

The most beautiful doorway you've ever seen,

And it leads to a stairway.

And it's just flooded with incredible warm light.

Can you see it?

This doorway takes you to a higher level of consciousness.

This doorway takes you closer to your heart and to who you truly are.

You get to decide if you are ready,

If you are willing to step through this doorway.

At the top of the stairs,

There is more joy,

More focus,

More creativity and self-expression,

And more power available to you.

But if you choose to go through this doorway,

You will be asked to let go of and leave behind anything that does not serve you,

Anything that does not serve your highest self.

You will be asked to gently take it off your shoulder,

Take it off your body,

Take it off your being and leave it behind.

Perhaps the load you are ready to remove is forgiveness.

There's something in your past that you are finally ready to forgive yourself for.

Maybe there's a level of doubt that you are ready to let go of.

Maybe a level of self-loathing,

Of self-criticism that you are ready to let go of.

I'm going to stay quiet and just let you feel into if there's something you're ready to let go of and if you want to go through this doorway.

Either way,

I want you to know you are loved.

Enjoy!

Whatever you decided,

Whether you chose to lighten your load and step through that doorway or not,

Something has shifted for you.

At a conscious or an unconscious level,

Something powerful is working its way through you in the most loving,

Supportive,

Kind way possible.

Can you feel it?

You dear artist,

You dear creator,

Are always safe.

You are always supported.

You are always guided and you are always loved.

I'm going to say that again.

I want you to take a deep breath and see if you can receive it even deeper.

You are always loved.

You are always loved.

You are always loved.

Bravo,

Dear artist.

Bravo,

Dear creator.

Wherever you went,

Whatever you felt or did not feel,

I honor and respect you for carving out some time for yourself this morning.

As always,

I'll put 15 minutes on the clock and allow you to do some private personal journaling for those of you that are joining us live at the artist's morning.

If you're catching us on a replay,

You can do the same.

Put 15 minutes on your own clock and just feel what's here.

Feel what's accessible to you this morning and let that express through your pen and paper.

Thank you so much for meditating with me this morning.

My name is Darius and we will see you next time.

Reviews

I love your meditations, but this one was really exceptional. It has changed so much for me by pouring motivation, optimism and calm love. Thank you!🙏

Great! And I enjoy the wonderful slowly spoken Meditation with this magnificent and deep voice. Thank you!

This was so incredibly beautiful and exactly what I needed this morning! Thank you, Darius!

Hi Darius, relaxing, calming, and uplifting. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing such an amazing and powerful way to start the day!

Excellent as always. I just love your meditations and where they take me. It just feels so good!

An absolutely gorgeous meditation! I feel vibrant and ready to create.

Amazing! Thank you Darius and the Artist Morning community for the deep feeling of gratitude and happiness and belonging💖 Namaste🙏

This was so beautiful, I was overwhelmed by love and light! I still felt it was hard to let go of these parts I know are not serving. I am grateful for the ways things can shift by such a simple (but very well crafted) meditation, and continue to influence a path of forgiveness beyond the session. Thank you Darius ✨

Just finished day one and Wow, this sounds a very exciting course, which hopefully will help me to learn who I really am. I am so much looking forward to the rest of the course and thank you Christopher for explaining the concept so very well……👍

I felt different sensations during this meditation and was able to connect with my inner child. By the end, I felt much lighter and deeply relaxed. Thank you Darius. Namaste. 🙏🏼✨

Thank you. It was just what I needed. So powerful, a gift.

So beautiful and powerful! I feel like you are speaking directly to my soul. This is exactly what I needed to start my day. Thank you so much!

Wonderfully written and delivered.. I had to listen twice to grasp the nuances. Thank you.

It was a nice time for me, really nice and clear words; I felt perfect after it. Thank you 🌸🌸🌸

I discovered you recently, here on insight timer. What a gift! A comforting voice, beautiful messaging and high quality recordings with curated piano adding nuance and joy. Thank you for being and sharing. I wonder if you have live events in Toronto.

This was so powerful and relaxing. I almost have no words to explain how much I didn’t realize I needed this. From start to finish, I truly connected with this and was able to let go of a lot. thank you!

Powerful loving meditation. Thank you Darius. So grateful 😊

That was a wonderful way to begin my day. Thank you 🙏

Very good guided meditation. Music is present but subtle and messaging is positive and honest. Good voice to deliver it.