Good morning and welcome to the Artist's Morning.
My name's Darius and the theme of our meditation practice today will be gratitude.
Specifically,
This meditation will be an exploration of gratitude for our hearts.
To be an artist,
A creator,
A human on this planet requires courage,
Especially if you want to live with a heart that is expressed,
A heart that goes on adventures,
A heart that stays open and honest.
And today's meditation will be a little bit of time carved out for you and I to hold our hearts,
To appreciate our hearts,
And maybe to heal our hearts.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now and begin to notice what's alive inside.
Let's go real slow.
Let's take a few deep breaths.
Just give ourselves a chance to land,
Landing in your seat,
Landing in your body,
Landing in your heart.
How is your heart this morning?
How is your heart?
There are no right or wrong answers here.
All of you is welcome here.
All of your emotions,
All of your thoughts,
All of your excitement and hope.
Even your fear and anxiety is welcome here.
That glorious,
Brilliant power source.
Our hearts with us from the very beginning to the very end,
Bookmarking our lives.
You're open to it.
I'd like to invite us to go a little deeper together.
It's really simple.
Let's begin to take deeper breaths and bringing the breath into our heart space,
Into that space in the middle of your chest,
Breathing deep in.
And let's see if our hearts are open to a little bit of intimacy this morning,
Placing one hand on your heart,
One hand just above your belly button,
Breathing deep into these spaces and just paying attention to whether or not your heart,
Your body appreciates this touch.
Sometimes I like to just gently pet and cuddle my heart.
Again,
Notice for yourself how this is happening.
I love you heart.
I truly,
Sincerely,
Deeply love you.
We've been through so much,
You and me.
So many ups and downs,
The highest hopes and excitements,
The lowest fears and loneliness through all of it,
Every single moment of it.
It's been you and me.
Even when I shut you out and ignore you,
You are here.
If your hands are still on your heart,
You're welcome to put them down on your laps or keep them there if it feels nice.
Just going to take a moment here in the silence before our next song to notice how much capacity we have for the infinite brilliance of our hearts.
This will be our last song this morning.
I'm going to leave a lot of empty space just for you and your heart to connect,
To explore.
Maybe there's some gratitude you want to share with your heart.
Maybe there's a message your heart has for you.
Maybe you just want to cuddle and connect and love your heart.
There's no right or wrong way of doing this.
If you feel interested and open,
I'd like to invite you to be with your heart.
Help with joy You You Let's take a moment to land here once again.
Wherever you went,
However far you traveled,
Let's take a deep breath here together and come back to our seats.
Breathing in.
Bravo dear artist.
You made it to the end of this meditation and for that I am so grateful.
For those of you joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and give us a chance to do some private and personal journaling just to see what's here,
What's ready to express through us.
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
Of course you can do the same.
Put some time on your own clock and see what's ready to come through you and onto your paper and journal.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name's Darius and I will see you next time.
