2024 New Year Meditation

In this New Year Meditation, we will be taking a look at the themes we want to explore in 2024. No matter who you are and what you've been through, you made it here -- through all of it. We get to be here now. Celebrate your tenacity!

This moment, this day, and this upcoming year is BRAND NEW. What does your heart long for? What does your body desire? What adventure does your mind want to go on? What song does your soul want you to sing?

Let's explore the possibility of 2024 together.

Transcript

Good morning,

Beautiful human.

My name is Darius,

This is The Artist's Morning,

And this right here is a very special meditation.

Once a year I make a meditation intended to be experienced in the last few days of the year or the first few days of the new year.

It's my year-end meditation and for today's practice,

Before we get in,

I need to prepare you a little bit.

All you need is your journal or a piece of paper and a pen by your side because it will be a few prompts throughout our meditation for you to capture some moments of inspiration,

Some insights that will serve you for this upcoming year.

It's not complicated,

It's really simple.

As a matter of fact,

Let's get ourselves ready by opening to a fresh page and writing the title 2024 themes.

Write that at the very top and then go on and write down 1 to 20.

Now it's really important to note that you don't need 20 words or themes or insights.

You might just get one word that shows up and that's plenty.

And to give you an example,

These can be like a theme might pop up for your year like love or family or blogging or podcasting or dancing or Italy.

Really,

It's infinite.

Just things will show up and your job is not to analyze them,

Not to overthink them,

Not to use logic and practicality.

This first step is just to capture them and move on.

Just write it down and move on.

Write it down and move on.

Okay,

That's enough of me talking.

Let's take a deep breath here as we prepare to go in and connect and get ourselves ready for a brand new year.

It's beginner practice.

If your eyes are still open,

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

Allowing your body to find a place in which it feels nice and comfortable,

Beginning to take deeper breaths,

Slowing everything down,

Bringing a softness to your head,

To your forehead,

To your eyes,

Softening even your tongue and your nose,

Unclenching your jaw and allowing this gentle softness to work its way down your neck,

Melting away any tension down your shoulders,

Continuing to take nice deep breaths.

These deep breaths,

They can be so nurturing,

So grounding and calming.

Your body has a rhythm as you breathe in and out,

In and out.

That rhythm,

That frequency,

It has the ability to soothe you,

To gently calm your nervous system and bring us here to this moment.

Here we are.

No matter who you are,

No matter what you've been through this year,

One thing's for sure,

You made it here.

You made it here through all of it,

All the ups and downs,

All the excitement,

All the disappointment,

All the love,

All the fear,

You made it here.

Take a moment to celebrate your tenacity.

Before we explore 2024,

This coming year,

I want to invite all of you to this present moment.

Any parts of you that are thinking about,

That are placing energy in the past,

I want to invite them here now.

Any part of you that is spending time thinking about the future,

What might happen,

I want to invite those parts of you here now.

Imagining with your inhale,

You are pulling all of you here into this present moment.

Breathing in,

You made it to this moment.

You're open to it.

Place one or two hands on your heart.

Just hold yourself for a sec.

Feel yourself.

Celebrate yourself,

Everything you've been through.

Okay,

Dear artist,

We're here now.

And from this place,

I'd like to invite you to begin to start building energy as we explore and think and feel about themes in 2024,

This coming year.

You have your piece of paper next to you,

You have your pen.

I want you to imagine we are all of a sudden in this beautiful art gallery.

And to your left,

There is a line of paintings,

Each representing previous years,

From your birth to this past year.

And to your right,

There are a series of blank canvases representing your future.

And directly in front of you is a beautiful,

Big,

White,

Open canvas.

On top of it,

There is a sign that reads 2024.

You don't need to make anything for our meditation today.

You don't need to paint anything.

Our step today is building awareness around what paint you want to place in front of you for this year.

What colors?

What themes?

You can't get this wrong.

You can always bring a color in front of you and not use it this year.

It's better to have it in front of you than not.

Continue breathing deeply before we get any colors.

I just want you to feel 2024 could be for you.

What do you want to feel in 2024?

What do you want to celebrate this year?

Who do you want to spend time with?

What new colors will you paint with this year?

So if your brain tries to convince you you're doing this wrong,

That's where we say thank you brain.

But there is no possibility of doing this wrong.

This is an exploration.

This is play.

Get that piece of paper out.

And as you imagine the feelings you want to explore in 2024,

Begin writing down words.

All words work here.

Are there relationships you want to build?

Are there projects you want to start?

Is there a way you want to feel in your body?

Is there a place you want to go?

Just write them down and move to the next.

It could be one word,

Two words.

Just write down and next.

Write down and next.

Building this momentum,

This feeling.

Everything is possible in this moment.

Is there a person you want to spend quality time with?

Is there a creative risk you want to take?

Launching a podcast?

Writing a book?

Is there a new life you want to bring into this world?

Bravo dear artist.

Bravo dear creator.

Maybe that was easy for you.

Maybe that was the most difficult thing you've done all year.

Maybe you have one word on your piece of paper.

Maybe you have 50.

There's no right or wrong way.

This is a safe container to explore and play and maybe surprise yourself.

That canvas is still blank and that's the point.

We're just building awareness around the colors of paint,

The themes you want to explore this year.

Does your heart long for?

Does your body desire?

What adventures does your mind want to go on this year?

Is there a song your soul wants you to sing?

We have one more song left this morning and I'm gonna mostly stay quiet and let you explore and just feel into what brings you pleasure.

It could be really really small minute pleasure.

It could be big surprising pleasure.

Just follow your joy.

Life is so precious.

Life is so incredibly beautiful and nobody knows how much life we get.

You get another year on this planet with your human,

With your heart.

What a blessing.

What do you want to create in 2024?

How do you want to feel in 2024?

I'm gonna stay quiet and meet you at the end.

Bravo dear artist.

You made it to the end of this very special meditation,

Which means you made it to the end of another year here on planet Earth.

Thank you for making my year so special.

Thank you for meditating with me.

Thank you for believing in the power of community.

Thank you for trusting in your heart.

I'm gonna put 20 minutes on the clock for those of us joining us live at the artist morning and allow us to continue exploring together.

And of course,

If you're catching us on a replay,

Perhaps on insight timer,

You can do the same.

Thank you for another incredible year together.

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

Reviews

Darius, you are a true gift from the universe. I love returning to your meditations over and over. I connect deeper as I listen on repeat. You has become my favorite guide and I’m so grateful for your mastery in connecting heart, mind, and soul 🙏🏼

Incredible. Quite possibly my favorite meditation right now. I listen to it daily. So healing, gentle and inspiring.

This mediation helped me find myself, I wasn't feeling centered or productive when all I can think abt are all the atrocities happening to our paliestinian brothers n sisters. Luckily this reminded me that I can do more good in the universe when I'm connected with source🖤🍉-thank you.

I’m so glad I finally did this meditation. I got a difficult health diagnosis with the new year, so this one had special resonance for me and was very needed . Thank you, Darius! 🙏💕

That was great! I was able to truly set my intentions for the year with this meditation. It helped me to pause and thank myself for all I overcame in 2023 and realize what I can accomplish, manifest, and look forward to in 2024. I got emotional throughout this meditation in a good way. Thank you for this reset!

The best way to visualize the new year 2024. Experienced real emotions as I worked my way through what I want to paint on my canvas for this year ✨
Thank you for this meditation Darius 🙌🏼

Hands on my heart
Full of gratitude
Here’s to a blissful 2024 🙏🏼

I believe I have made this meditation 5 times now, I love it so much! Initially no theme would come but now is so clear, it's Joy! 2024 is a year of joy, fun and pleasure! 😊😊

So powerful.grand way to bring in New Year and break out new journal 🕯️☯️🕯️☯️🕯️

Happy New Year Darius! Thank you for helping kick off this blank canvas of a new year. I experienced a life changing and very difficult 2023 following the passing of my Brother, but if it taught me anything, it taught me how strong I am, how short life is, and how important the time I have in front of me is. Thank you so much for this beautiful meditation. Blessings to you and hopes for a wonderful 2024.

I enjoyed this very much, thank you. I love Darius’s soft deep voice and how he has a flow to the guided meditation. I cried at the end. Thank you, and Happy New Year!

Thank you for all that you do and for being apart of my year! Blessings to you and to this new year! Much love!

Fantastic way to close out the year! Thank you for sharing this, Darius! I appreciate you.

Amazing. Thank you as always Darius.
I ended up with 24 things ☺️💫
Insight Timer has changed my life this year. So thank you for being a part of my special year! 💗

Thank you once again Darius (again amazing background atmosphere)!
I had to add one more topic (21st) to my theme list hahahah at the end, a lot of things popped up.
Wishing you too an amazing entrance in 2024 - and may your theme list, come to fruition too, full of magical serendipities and blissful moments. Thank you!

That was really fun! I had already chosen a phrase for 2024 and now I’ve expanded on it. Happy New Year, Darius 🙏🏼💕🌟

Thank you for all your beautiful gifts this year Darius. All the best for you and all you dream into being next year 🧡

Thank you so much Darius! I love your meditations! I love your music, your voice and your guidance in the journey! Definitely my go to for meditation!!💕

Thank you! Blessings to you in 2024, dear Darius. I’m so glad that you are here in the world. ❤️
One of the best things, for me, that you say in this process is: “You can’t do it wrong.” 🤗

Thank-you for a year of beautiful, inspirational meditations, I look forward to a year of sharing in this sacred space with you again…cheers to the New Year! 💕🙏🏻