Good morning,
And welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name's Darius,
And I am so grateful that you and I get this time together.
Our practice today is intended to help you ground your energy,
Sharpen your focus,
And expand your capacity.
Let's begin.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now as we go inwards together,
Giving yourself a moment to truly arrive.
There are parts of you that are in the past thinking about what's already happened,
Or in the future thinking about what might happen.
Let's lovingly invite all your parts into this moment here and now,
Taking a few deep breaths,
Breathing into your belly,
Imagining new,
Fresh energy coming into your system with each inhale,
And with each exhale,
We are letting go of any old,
Unneeded,
Unwanted energy,
Feeling the ground beneath you,
Doing our best to keep our chest and our heart space open,
Our spine gently tall,
And our breath continuing to bring new energy in,
And with ease and gentleness,
Letting old energy out,
Bringing calming,
Grounding energy in with our inhales,
Letting any chaotic,
Intense,
Unneeded energy out with our exhales.
We are getting lighter,
We are getting more and more grounded,
And if your mind is wandering,
That's okay,
That's what creative minds do sometimes.
We continue coming back to the breath,
Allowing a gentle softness to soften our foreheads,
Our eyes,
Our nose,
Our jaw,
Softening your neck,
Your shoulders,
Allowing this softness to work its way down your arms,
Down your back.
As it reaches your back,
It almost feels like a gentle,
Loving hug from someone you care about.
Continue breathing,
Staying in the energy of a warm,
Gentle hug,
Allowing the softness to work down your hips,
Your thighs,
Your knees,
Down your ankles,
The tops of your feet,
Your toes,
The bottoms of your feet.
You are allowed to go slow,
You are allowed to be gentle,
You are allowed to rest,
You are allowed to go slow,
You are allowed to be gentle,
You are allowed to rest.
Continuing to bring new,
Fresh energy into your system,
Letting old,
Unneeded,
Unwanted energy out in confidence and grounding,
Letting go of uncertainty and doubt,
Breathing in joy and play,
Letting go of tension and stress,
Breathing in abundance and prosperity,
Letting go of scarcity.
The secret to affirmations,
Dear artist,
Is not just to say the words,
Hear the words,
But to feel the words,
Feel the energy of abundance.
Feel the energy of play and joy,
The energy of confidence.
Even if you can feel it 1%,
That 1% is a powerful seed that will grow and grow and grow.
What do you want to grow inside your heart?
What do you want to nurture and nourish inside your life?
What would bring you joy?
What would put a smile on your face?
You don't need to overthink this,
You can't get it wrong,
I promise.
What would you like to feel more of in your life?
If you noticed you have stopped breathing deeply,
That's a good indication that you are in your head space.
The invitation here is to take a few deep breaths into your heart and play.
Find joy,
Find ease and lightness.
What would you like more of in your life?
What would you like to feel more of?
Bravo,
Dear artist.
There's one more song left today.
Before we get to that song,
I just want to say good work,
Good job.
Slowing down,
Being in stillness,
Going into our hearts can be challenging and it can be really fun too.
This is our last song and the invitation is another challenge that you do not need to take up.
But if you'd like to,
It can make a big impact in your life.
And the last song I asked you,
Is there something you'd like more of?
Is there something you'd like to feel more of in your life?
In this song,
In our last song,
The invitation is,
What have you felt it right now?
What have you allowed to feel that thing,
Even 1%,
2% in your body right now?
That joy,
That peace,
That confidence,
Whatever it was you'd like to feel more of in your life.
What if it was already here?
Inside you now.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
You made it to the end of another meditation.
And for that,
I am so grateful.
Today,
We slowed down,
We went into our hearts and we began to feel our desires,
Feel our dreams,
Feel that in which we'd like to grow and nurture into our lives.
I believe when we do this,
We become energetic matches to our dreams.
We become magnets to that in which we desire.
It's a powerful exercise and I'm so grateful that we got to do this together.
For those that are joining live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and share a journaling prompt and allow us to continue this exploration.
Of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
You can do the same.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
