Good morning,
And welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name is Darius,
And I am so grateful that you and I get this time together.
Our practice today is called Dear Heart,
And it's some space,
Some time for us to connect with our hearts,
And to explore and experiment with the concept of unconditional love.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now.
As we begin to go inwards together,
Slowly,
Gently,
Taking a moment to allow yourself to really arrive here,
Now.
Taking deeper,
Longer breaths,
And if you're open to it,
Making some noise on your exhale,
Giving your voice some space here,
Reminding yourself that your voice matters.
You are allowed to take up space.
Imagining any energy that's holding,
Any tension,
Any resistance energy,
It's leaving your body with each exhale.
When we breathe in,
We bring new,
Refreshing,
Recharging energy in.
When we breathe out,
We let go with ease,
Any resistance,
Any tension,
Any stagnant energy.
You don't need to try very hard,
It's like the ocean,
The waves coming in and out,
And if your mind is racing,
That's okay.
Sometimes,
That's what creative minds do,
Just let it do what it's doing,
It'll slow down on its own.
Bring your attention back to your breathing,
Back to your heart.
Let's take a few deep breaths into our heart space,
Bringing our attention to our heart and the space around it,
Breathing new energy into our heart,
Feeling our heart expand in every direction,
Holding at the top of your inhale,
Letting all old energy that's no longer needed out.
Let's continue breathing in that pattern on your own,
Feeling as our hearts get stronger and stronger with each breath.
With your permission,
I'd like to share some words,
Some affirmations directed towards our hearts.
There's nothing you need to do here.
The affirmations resonate with you,
Take them in,
If they don't,
You just let them float away.
They're really simple,
Let's take a deep breath in,
Dear heart,
Thank you,
Thank you for your consistency,
No matter what,
You are always here for me,
Dear heart,
Thank you for your belief in me,
No matter what I do or what I don't do,
You unconditionally believe in me and my dreams,
Just taking a moment to connect with your heart here,
Deep breath in,
Letting it go,
Thank you,
Heart,
For how much you care,
Thank you,
Heart,
For how much you feel,
I know sometimes I fight the feelings,
Sometimes I'm afraid of my feelings,
But my spirit,
My soul knows all of my feelings are important,
All of my feelings are helpful,
All of my feelings are actually here to serve my highest self,
Thank you,
Heart,
For holding my dreams,
Thank you,
For whispering them into my consciousness,
Thank you,
For reminding me of them,
Even when I'm afraid of them,
Deep breath in,
If there's anything you no longer need,
Let it go with your exhale,
Thank you,
Heart,
For showing me and teaching me by example what unconditional love truly is,
No matter what,
No matter what,
You continue to love me all the way,
No matter what,
No matter what,
You continue to love me all the way,
Dear artist,
I want to invite you to connect with your heart,
Whatever that means for you,
It can mean placing your hand on your heart,
It can mean breathing into your heart,
It can mean just being with your heart,
This is our last song this morning and I'm gonna sit back and stay quiet and just give you some space to connect with that beautiful radiant heart of yours,
Bravo,
Dear artist,
Bravo,
Dear creator,
You and your incredible heart made it to the end of another meditation and for that I am infinitely grateful,
Not everyone gets to the end,
Not everyone makes it to another day,
It's the truth,
But we did,
But you did,
But I did,
We're here with a fresh canvas and a new day and our heart is here as it always has been,
It has our back,
It has our dreams,
We get to choose today what we will make with this fresh canvas,
For those that are joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm gonna put 20 minutes on the clock and share a journaling prompt to help us continue on this journey,
This exploration today,
Of course if you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
You can do the same,
Put some time on your clock,
Find your journal and see what's here and ready to be expressed through you,
Thank you once again for meditating with me,
My name is Darius and I'll see you next time.
