Good morning,
And welcome to the artist's morning.
My name is Darius,
And I am so grateful you and I get this time together.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now.
Nice and slow as we begin to go inwards together,
Beginning to take longer,
Deeper breaths.
There's no right or wrong way of doing this.
So if your active mind is telling you you are doing it wrong,
That's okay.
Sometimes our minds have lots to say.
We're going to practice just allowing,
Not fighting back.
Just sitting back and allowing,
Feeling your feet beneath you,
The tall,
Gentle spine,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Crown open,
Ready to receive,
Softening any place in your body where you can feel a little extra tension.
I often feel tension in my forehead,
In my shoulders,
In my jaw,
And all we do is rebring our love,
Our awareness,
Our breath to those places,
And we invite them to let go and soften.
Let go and soften.
Bring your awareness to your breath now.
From the first moment,
You notice it perhaps on the tip of your lips,
Your tongue,
And just follow it down your throat,
Your lungs,
Into your heart,
Into your belly,
And then follow it back out as you exhale.
The most powerful position available to us is here now.
So if there's any part of you that's in the past,
Earlier today,
Last night,
This week,
This year,
Lovingly watching this video,
I want you to know that you are not alone.
Lovingly welcome those parts back here now.
If there's any part of you thinking about the future,
Lovingly welcome those parts back here now.
Continuing to take deep,
Long breaths,
The breath will bring us back here now.
And if you'd like,
Repeat this affirmation with me,
I'll say it a few times.
I am here now.
I am here now.
And the last time,
If you'd like,
Place one or two hands on your heart,
And we're going to say it again.
Take a moment to really connect with your heart here.
I am here now.
You can place your hands down or leave them by your heart if you like.
And our theme today is expanding our capacity.
There's many ways to expand your capacity.
One way is to let go of anything you no longer need to carry.
We let go of overthinking,
Over-doubting.
We let go of stories,
Projections,
Narratives that no longer serve us.
And remember,
Perfection is a myth.
We're not trying to achieve a position where there's nothing we ever overthink.
It's just not how the human condition works.
What I am referring to here is you can lighten your load by 2%,
By 5%,
By 10%.
That is extraordinary.
So take a nice deep breath.
Come back to your body.
Come back to your heart.
Sitting with a tall,
Gentle spine.
Heart open.
Softness in your forehead.
Softness in your jaw.
Feet grounded.
Crown open,
Ready to receive.
And if you are ready to expand your capacity by gently letting go of anything you no longer need to carry,
We're going to do that together here.
As we breathe in,
We imagine new,
Fresh,
High-capacity energy pouring in from your head,
From your crown,
Into your body.
As we breathe out,
We imagine anything we no longer need gently,
Effectively leaving our body through our exhales.
Alright,
Let's practice together.
Breathing in new,
Fresh,
High-capacity energy.
Breathing out any energy you no longer need to carry.
Doubt,
Uncertainty,
Overthinking.
Letting it go.
Breathing in.
Letting it go.
Letting it go.
It's gentle.
It's joyful.
Just notice if anything's different here.
Even 2% lighter is a big deal.
Today,
I will take the time to calm and ground my energy.
Today,
I will take the time to calm and ground my energy.
Today,
I will speak clearly and honestly.
Today,
I will walk into every room as my true self.
Today,
I will walk into every room as my true self.
Allowing joyful,
Playful,
Light energy to pour into you now.
Allowing joyful,
Playful,
Light energy to pour into you now.
Sometimes,
I like to imagine a smile on my heart.
Sometimes,
I like to imagine a smile on my heart.
As we take deep breaths,
We imagine our heart expanding gently,
Lovingly,
We imagine our heart expanding gently,
Lovingly,
In every direction.
Our confidence expanding gently,
Lovingly,
In every direction.
Our confidence expanding gently,
Lovingly,
To love expanding in every direction.
Something amazing is happening.
Something amazing is happening.
If you are open to it,
Be in the energy of that statement.
We don't need to figure out what it is,
How it is,
When it is.
Just feel it.
Something amazing is happening.
Something amazing is happening.
Breathe it in.
Make some noise with your breath.
Allow your body to move and sway if you like.
If you want to stay perfectly still,
That's okay too.
If you want to create a change in your state,
In your body,
This is our last song.
I'm mostly going to stay quiet.
But before I do,
I want to seed that energy again.
Something amazing is happening.
Something amazing is happening.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
We made it to the end of our meditation.
And for that,
I'm so grateful.
Let's take a deep breath here together to close this container.
Breathing in.
Big breath out.
Big breath in.
Thank you so much for journeying with me.
For those that are joining us live at the artist's morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and share a journaling prompt on our theme today.
And of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on Insight Timer,
You can do the same as well.
Thank you once again.
My name is Darius,
And I will see you next time.
