Welcome to day 26 of Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.
Setting an intention is making a decision about who you want to be and how you choose to show up.
Over time,
Those choices become change.
Let's begin.
Hey dear community,
Welcome to Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.
My name is Denise Shante and today we're exploring honesty,
The loving,
Courageous act of telling ourselves the truth.
Honesty is one of those practices that keeps you intimately connected to your true being.
It opens pathways for us to acknowledge how we genuinely feel,
What we actually need,
And what we really desire.
Honesty asks us to listen for the truest parts of who we are,
Even when those truths take us out of our comfort zone or require us to face something difficult and tender.
When we tell ourselves the truth,
We create more moments for us to experience real connection,
Real expression,
And real acceptance.
So the intention we're holding today is,
Today I'll be honest even if it's uncomfortable.
To embody this intention,
I want to invite you into a sensorial reflection and imagination.
This practice will help you sense and move towards your true,
Most honest being because honesty is a way of being,
A way of being that can be felt within our bodies,
Within our flesh.
And once we allow ourselves to fully feel it,
We can embody it.
Wherever you are,
Take a breath,
Welcoming a loving inhale and exhale to flow through you.
And if you're able,
Place one hand on your heart and the other hand just below your belly button on your lower abdomen,
The two regions in our bodies that are linked to the necessity of our honesty for well-being and for healing.
Staying gently connected here,
Ask your innermost self,
What would become more possible in my life if I committed to telling myself the truth?
Allow yourself to wander within the many possibilities truth-telling can create for you.
Imagine who you'd become.
And when you imagine this life of honesty,
What sensations are alive within you right now?
Notice the colors,
Textures,
Sounds,
And temperatures.
Notice how you feel when you let honesty be the through line of your existence.
As you move through the rest of your day,
Trust that everything you've imagined and felt can be experienced here right now.
Listen for the small places where your true,
Most honest being wants to be known and pulled into the present.
You might recognize your true,
Most honest being yearning to be expressed during a conversation,
A decision,
Or a new boundary that must be made.
These everyday moments of honesty will continue bringing us home to who we really are.
Remember,
Today I'll be honest,
Even if it's uncomfortable.
On the next few screens,
You'll be invited to set this intention,
Or a variation of it,
To your Insight Timer home screen.
The simple act of seeing your intention reflected back throughout the day is enough to create change.
Good luck with the rest of your challenge.
