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.
Let's begin our meditation.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to gently close them now as we begin to go inwards,
Taking deeper,
Longer breaths,
Bringing a softness to our face,
To our forehead.
You're holding anything.
There's a tension.
Just going to lovingly soften it and let it melt away,
Allowing that softness to work its way down your shoulders,
Your neck,
Continuing to take deep breaths.
And that softness is really warm,
It's soothing,
It's gentle.
As we fall into the rhythm,
The almost hypnotic rhythm of our inhales and exhales,
The rising and falling of our chests,
Going nice and slow,
The stillness will be helpful for our practice today.
As you already know,
The world can be very loud and busy,
And our practice today will be coming back to ourself,
Finding that stillness,
That focus,
That clarity to allow us to stop placing energy in the distractions and focus on our future,
On our goals,
On our dreams.
Let's take a nice deep breath here,
Breathing in,
Hold at the top,
Biggest exhale of the day,
Letting it go with some noise.
With your permission,
I'd like to guide us into a visualization.
I want you to imagine you are standing on a patch of grass,
It's about five feet wide and a hundred feet long.
Feel the grass against your feet,
It's really soft and comforting.
Can you see how healthy and fresh this grass is?
At the edges of this patch of grass on either side,
There's this muted terrain,
It's full of stimulus and chaos and all sorts of things that want to pull you away from this beautiful patch of grass,
Comparison,
Expectation,
Social media,
Your inbox,
It's all there,
All the shiny objects,
But today we will practice focusing our intention on this beautiful abundant patch of grass.
Notice the shiny objects on the right and the left through your periphery and focus straight ahead.
There's something at the end of this patch of grass.
As you place your focus straight ahead,
You notice it's you in the future.
Maybe you can see it clearly like a movie scene and maybe you can feel it,
You can feel that future you has this beautiful smile on your face and on your heart.
Maybe all you can feel and see is this warm glow at the end of this patch of grass.
Whatever you're able to process,
Even if it's just a glimpse,
It's helpful.
Take a deep breath here.
Shiny objects to the left,
Shiny objects to the right,
This beautiful radiant patch of grass with future you directly in front of you.
Continue breathing,
Continue softening,
Continue opening your heart.
You don't need to overthink this.
The secret is to try less.
It's actually really soft and effortless.
As you focus straight in front of you,
Is there anything you see or feel about future you?
Why are they smiling?
Can you feel a liberation,
A freedom,
A confidence?
Can you feel the health and vitality that's beaming from future you?
Is there anyone standing with future you,
A partner,
A family member,
A pet?
You don't need to overthink this.
If you can't see any visuals,
Just feel the golden light.
Feel the energy of a beautiful smile on future you's face and on future you's heart.
I'm going to share a few simple affirmations.
What's important is feeling the vibration of the affirmation.
Deep breath here,
Breathing in,
Letting it go.
I am focused.
I am clear.
I am present.
I am here.
I am focused.
I am clear.
I am present.
I am here.
Feel the vibration,
Feel the frequency of being here,
Of being focused straight ahead,
Of being clear,
As clear as you can be.
I'm going to share those affirmations again.
They're really simple,
But very powerful.
I am focused.
I am clear.
I am present.
I am here.
Feel the grass beneath your feet.
Feel the breeze,
The beautiful breeze.
Can you see the radiant light on future you?
And now here is the secret to it all.
Everything you see and feel in front of you,
It's already alive inside you right now.
Everything you see and feel in front of you,
Existing within future you,
It's already alive inside you right now.
The joy you seek lives inside your heart right now.
The liberation,
The abundance,
The health is already within you right now.
Even if you can feel it 1%,
That 1% feeling,
It will bring you closer and connect you deeper with future you.
Let's take a moment just to feel.
All I need is within me now.
All I need is within me now.
All I need is within me now.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Even if it's 1%,
I promise you,
Dear artist,
That 1% seedling can grow into something spectacular.
It's great to focus on your goals,
On your dreams,
On future you.
And you don't need to wait to feel the joy.
You don't need to wait to experience the love and abundance.
This is our last song.
I'm going to stay quiet for the rest of the song and let you do whatever you want to do and feel however you want to feel.
Bravo dear artist.
We made it to the end of another meditation and for that I am so grateful.
Let's take a deep breath and intentionally bring our session to an end.
Deep breath in and letting it go.
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 to help us continue this journey together.
And of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
You can do the same.
Thank you once again for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
