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 intended to help you build your confidence,
To help you access more of your gifts,
And to possibly,
Potentially,
If you're interested,
Use this new confidence to share your gifts with your community,
With your family,
With the world.
Let's take a nice deep breath,
Big exhale,
And if it's available to you,
I'd like to invite you to close your eyes now as we begin to go inwards together,
Going nice and slow.
And when we go inwards together,
Where are we going?
What does that mean to go inwards?
Are we going into your mind?
Are we going into your heart?
Are we going somewhere deeper?
Somewhere more rooted and resourced,
Potentially somewhere more ancient?
Continue taking deep breaths,
Softening your forehead,
Your jaw,
Dropping your shoulders.
And allowing each new inhale to refresh,
To reset,
To cleanse all old stagnant energy that you no longer need.
Each exhale,
Just letting it go.
You are safe here.
We are safe here.
We are holding this container together.
It's solid,
It's rooted.
Nice deep breath,
Breathing in,
Hold at the top of your inhale.
Take two more sips of air,
Big exhale out with some noise.
As we travel deeper,
Deeper,
Deeper inside your heart,
Deeper,
We access places.
We access support,
We access versions of you that have tremendous confidence.
Even if you can access these versions at 1% or 2%,
It will have a ripple effect and work its way through you.
Each one of us have gifts,
Talents,
Special elements to our being,
To our spirit.
And as we travel deeper and deeper into these more confident selves,
Perhaps you can start connecting with your gifts,
Your gifts,
Your talents,
Your passions.
You don't need to have it all figured out for now,
Just feel the energy of your gifts.
Feel the energy of being in alignment with your spirit,
With the universe.
Can you feel the energy of being in flow?
Those moments where everything is just working smoothly.
Every moment your confidence is growing.
Your voice is expanding.
Your radiance is shining through.
Continue taking deep breaths,
Feeling the energy of this version of you whose heart is wide open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Deep breath in.
Let go of anything you don't need,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Deep breath in.
Big exhale letting go of anything you no longer need,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Deep breath in,
Big exhale letting go of anything that no longer serves you,
And just take a moment to feel the energy of this place,
This place where we choose to live with our heart open,
This place where we choose to share our voice with the world,
This place where we choose to share our ideas,
Our vision with the world.
There's nothing you need to do here dear artist,
There's no way to get this wrong,
We are simply practicing,
Allowing that most confident version of ourselves to take up space,
And like I said,
Even if you can access 1% of that version of you,
I promise you it will have a big impact because it's a seed we plant into our hearts,
And that seed will grow and grow,
Heart open,
Vision open,
Deep breath in,
Let go of what you no longer need.
For years and years and years in my own life,
I thought ready was a feeling,
And I waited and I waited and I waited for that feeling.
The turning point for me was when I realized ready is not a feeling,
Ready is a decision,
Ready is not a feeling,
Ready is a decision we make.
We step forward and slowly through baby steps we share our gifts,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly at first,
And then one day we look back and we realize to our delight how far we've come by taking these small steps to share our hearts,
To share our voice,
To share our vision.
This is our last song this morning,
I'm going to stay quiet and allow you to play with the energy and possibility of taking a few small steps to share your gifts with the world.
Bravo dear artist,
Bravo dear creator,
You made it to the end of another meditation.
And for that,
I am so grateful.
For those that are joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and share a journaling prompt that will allow us to continue this exploration about sharing our gifts.
And 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 and see what's here and ready to be expressed by you through you.
Thank you once again for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I'll see you next time.
