Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.
My name is Darius and I am so grateful that you and I get this time together.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open I'd like to invite you to gently close them now as we begin to go inwards together.
Giving yourself a moment to land in your seat and if your mind is racing thinking about the past or the future just let it.
Don't fight it.
Don't resist it.
Creative minds can do that sometimes.
We're gonna sit here and lovingly welcome any part of your mind that's in the past or in the future back home into the present into the now.
Allowing a gentle softness to fall upon your body,
Softening your forehead,
Softening your eyes,
Your nose,
Your jaw,
Down your neck and back.
Noticing your breath here and if you're open to it let's take deeper slower breaths.
Breathing in,
Holding at the top of our breath and letting it all go with the noise.
With each deep breath accessing more calm.
With each deep breath accessing a gentler softer part of ourselves.
With each deep breath going into our hearts.
With today's practice I'm going to share some affirmations and some you might receive and enjoy easily and some you might instantly resist and push away and that's just how affirmations work.
There's nothing you need to do here.
All of the affirmations are created here with love.
There's a positive energy field here that even if you resist there's support and love all around you and if there are certain affirmations that you really do not like just let them float away or feel free to adjust them as you'd like.
Let's take another deep breath here.
Breathing in and gently letting it go.
I'm gonna start the affirmations now.
We're gonna start nice and slow.
Feel free to receive,
Resist or repeat any of the affirmations as you see fit.
I am here now.
I am strong and brave.
I am confident and bold.
I am beautiful and radiant.
I am loved and lovable.
I am smart and resourceful.
I am creative and full of inspiration.
I am a magnet for incredible opportunities every day.
All I need is within me now.
All I need is within me now.
If you are open to it there is an invitation here to become an even bigger magnet to your dreams.
The next level of opening yourself up and allowing the universe to pour its brilliance into you.
I'm gonna repeat those very simple affirmations once again and in this place where our heart is open,
Our body is open,
We're gonna take these affirmations in deeper and amplify our ability to become a magnet to our dreams here.
Let's take a deep breath as we reset and go in for round two.
Breathing in.
I am here now.
I am strong and brave.
I am confident and bold.
I am beautiful and radiant.
I am loved and lovable.
I am smart and resourceful.
I am creative and so full of inspiration.
I am a magnet for incredible opportunities every single day.
All I need is within me now.
All I need is within me now.
I'm gonna stay quiet for this next moment,
This next minute and allow you to notice if there are any affirmations that are naturally coming up within you now.
There's one more song this morning and I'm gonna leave a lot of space for you to explore,
To see if there's any affirmations that are naturally coming through you to feel,
To play.
My invitation for you is to go on a journey and follow the joy.
What gets you excited?
Is it an affirmation?
Is it an image of something?
Is it someone's face?
Is it a feeling?
Is it a color?
All of us perceive differently so don't get attached or compare.
Just follow the joy.
Follow your joy.
Trust your heart.
All around us,
Dear artist,
There is magic.
There is brilliance and genius everywhere.
The same energy that existed in Picasso's paintbrush is available to you now.
The same energy and genius that was available to the greatest writers of our time is available to you now.
Genius is an energy.
Creativity is an energy and we are opening ourselves up to receive the energy of the universe.
What would you like to receive,
Dear artist?
Bravo,
Dear artist.
You made it to the end of this meditation and for that I am so grateful.
I know these were very simple affirmations but sometimes the simplest things can be the most profound and powerful things.
For those that are joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and invite us in to do some private personal journaling.
I'll share a journaling prompt with the group and of course if you're catching us on a replay you can do the same.
Get your journal,
Get your pen,
Put some time on your own clock and see what's here and ready to be expressed through you.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
