Connecting With The True Self To Live Your Authentic Life - Extended Version

Connect to your true self through guided breathwork, self-exploration, and three rounds of affirmations focused on helping you manifest a deeper connection to your true self. Reconnect to your authentic self, so that you can craft a life aligned with who you truly are.

Transcript

Welcome.

My name is Laura Garrison-Brooke.

Thank you so much for joining me for this meditation.

I'm glad you're here.

I invite you to take a seat.

Settle in,

Knowing that this time you're about to spend will help set you on a new and exciting life path.

Feel your seat grounded and steady.

Your back is straight.

The crown of the head shines up towards the sky.

One of the central parts of this meditation is something that I've created which I call the Universe of Abundance Breath.

Let's get started.

Again,

Take an easy seat.

Get comfortable.

And then take a nice,

Big belly breath.

As you exhale,

Feel yourself root down.

Inhaling,

Feel the spine grow long.

I invite you to draw your attention to your spine.

As you inhale,

Feel energy flowing up along the central channel of the spine.

The crown of the head shines up.

Exhaling,

The energy flows down,

Pouring down the tailbone into the earth.

I invite you to see this energy as light.

Inhaling,

The energy goes up the spine and shines out the top of the head.

You are a column of light that stretches far up into the sky.

Exhaling,

This light shines down into the crown of the head,

Along the spine,

And into the earth.

Find your own comfortable rhythm of breath.

Inhaling,

See the pulse of energy flowing up and out of the top of the head,

A shining cord of light reaching up into the heavens.

Exhaling,

The energy flows down from the sky,

Entering the top of the head,

Filling up the body with light.

Everything in life is energy.

Feel this energy fill you.

As you inhale,

Think,

I connect to the universe.

As you exhale,

Think,

I receive abundance from the universe.

As you inhale,

You think,

I connect,

And the light shines up out of the top of the head.

Beautiful,

Radiant light,

As if you were reaching up with your energy,

Reaching out to connect to the universe.

As you exhale,

You think,

I receive,

And the light shines down onto you,

Bathing you in warmth.

Inhaling,

I connect to the universe,

Shine your light up.

Exhaling,

I receive abundance from the universe.

Light shines down,

Bathing you in abundance,

Bathing you in radiance.

Feel into your body.

Feel how you are present,

Grounded,

And relaxed.

From this space,

I invite you to think of a time when you felt really good.

Maybe you were relaxed and at peace.

Maybe you felt strong and energized.

Or maybe you felt very creative and productive.

Maybe you felt deeply connected to the people you were with or the place you were in.

Again,

Think of a time when you felt really good.

Even if you can't remember a specific event or time,

I just invite you to remember that sense of well-being and joy.

Your heart and head felt aligned.

You had a strong sense of well-being and joy.

The moment flowed easily.

Life was good.

Remember what that felt like.

Maybe what you're bringing to mind now was a prolonged period in your life.

Or maybe it was just a momentary flash of yes.

Or maybe it was a quick sense of this.

This is me.

Or this is what I want.

Or this.

This is true and good.

Those moments,

Those times when your heart,

Head,

And soul feel aligned,

Those are the moments when you get glimpses of your true self.

What is your true self?

It's who you are at your core.

That unchanging part of you driven by a deep sense of truth.

You might also think of this as your best self.

Take a moment again to think about those moments of well-being and how they helped connect you to your true self.

For some of you,

This might have felt really good and powerful.

And for others,

You might be feeling a little cloudy.

Your response might be,

But I don't know who my true self is.

I just encourage you to add one word to that sentence.

And that word is yet.

I don't know who my true self is yet.

There's a really good reason that you might feel out of touch with your internal voice and values.

Have you ever noticed how we're flooded every day with a million shoulds?

We should look this way.

We should do these things.

We should talk like this.

We should wear these clothes.

And if that isn't enough,

Then there are all the shouldn'ts.

We shouldn't be too loud,

Too quiet,

Too timid,

Too bold,

Too big,

Too small.

The list goes on and on.

I think of all these shoulds and shouldn'ts as if they're layers and layers of paint covering up who we are at the core,

Covering up the beautiful,

Shining,

Joyful glow that happens when our true self emerges.

The dull roar of all of the external voices covers up our true voice,

The one that whispers from our heart.

I've listened to quite a few amazing meditations focused on law of attraction.

Often these meditations encourage us to envision a future self that we want to strive for.

Rather than making up a future self,

I'd like to invite you to come home to your true self.

Your true self is always with you,

Has always been with you.

It's right here,

Now,

Waiting.

I invite you to reconnect with your heart's core.

These affirmations are an invitation to plant the seeds that will draw you closer and closer to your deepest truths.

Your true self is here,

Right now,

Just waiting for you to discover it.

So how does connecting to your true self tie to abundance?

Connecting to your true self brings your life into alignment.

When you're in harmony with yourself,

That's when you can really manifest abundance.

You're not fighting against yourself and life can really flow.

Ellen Keller said,

To me,

The only definition of happiness is wholeness.

Your true self is where you are whole.

Let's come back to your breath.

Inhaling,

The light shines up out of the top of the head and you think,

I connect to the universe.

Beautiful,

Radiant light,

As if you're reaching up with your energy.

Exhaling,

Think,

I receive abundance from the universe and the light shines down onto you,

Bathing you in warmth.

Let's begin our affirmations.

Allow these statements to wash over you.

There's no need to try to keep hold of the words.

Know that each affirmation is a beautiful seed,

Bursting with life and potential.

Allow it to be gently planted in your subconscious,

And this will happen just by listening,

Just by hearing it.

With time and nurturing,

It will take root.

We will repeat this series of true self-affirmations three times to allow them to sink deep into your heart and soul.

Let's start with the first round now.

I am paying attention to what lights me up so that day by day I am following my joy.

I am allowing myself to be in sync with life.

Everything that happens has a deeper meaning.

As I get closer and closer to my true self,

I am hearing my inner voice more clearly.

I am listening to my intuition,

Allowing more and more of my life decisions to be determined by what resonates with my soul and my heart.

I am following my strands of joy,

Knowing that these tie to what I am most passionate about.

I allow these life experiences to draw me closer to my meaningful,

Purposeful life.

I am excited about getting in touch with my true self.

I am allowing this discovery process to be gradual and organic,

Knowing that it's normal for it to take time for me to peel away the layers covering up my true self.

I am believing in my unique path,

This special journey that my true self wants to follow.

I recognize that others might make different life choices,

But that does not shift my faith in what I know is right for me.

I am listening,

Deeply listening,

To the voice inside of me that speaks true.

I am hearing my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my mind.

I am feeling my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my heart.

I am welcoming my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more into my life.

Connect again with your abundant breath,

As if seeing yourself from a distance,

See yourself shining light up to the sky on the inhale.

I connect to the universe,

And then the light shines down upon you on the exhale.

I receive abundance from the universe.

Your whole body is enveloped in a soft,

Warm column of shining light.

You then notice how the light around your chest begins to expand.

The column of light that surrounds you now has a beautiful ball of energy on it.

It's as if you have strung a big bead on your cord of light,

And that bead is right at your heart space.

Your intentions,

Your positivity,

Is what fuels this light.

This light radiates out in all directions,

Shining your intentions out into the world.

Inhale and think,

I connect to the universe.

Exhale,

I receive abundance from the universe.

As this light shines out in all directions,

You know that this is your intention for your future being pushed out so that it can be manifested.

As Einstein said,

Imagination is everything.

It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

As you inhale,

The ball of light burns brighter at the core,

Like it's an ember being fired up by the oxygen you breathe in.

And then as you exhale,

The ball of light gradually expands and shines its energy out to the world.

Inhaling,

We lean into our intentions,

And the light burns brighter.

Exhaling,

We expand and send our intentions out into the world,

Riding along these rays of light.

Another round of breath.

Let's do the second round of affirmations.

This will be a repeat of the first round.

With every affirmation,

Feel yourself welcoming these into your heart,

Bit by bit,

One by one.

We welcome these,

Knowing that we will soon be sending these intentions and affirmations out into the world to help manifest our big and beautiful lives.

I am paying attention to what lights me up so that day by day I am following my joy.

I am allowing myself to be in sync with life.

Everything that happens has a deeper meaning.

As I get closer and closer to my true self,

I am hearing my inner voice more clearly.

I am listening to my intuition,

Allowing more and more of my life decisions to be determined by what resonates with my soul and my heart.

I am following my strands of joy,

Knowing that these tie to what I am most passionate about.

I allow these life experiences to draw me closer to my meaningful,

Purposeful life.

I am excited about getting in touch with my true self.

I am allowing this discovery process to be gradual and organic,

Knowing that it's normal for it to take time for me to peel away the layers covering up my true self.

I am believing in my unique path,

This special journey that my true self wants to follow.

I recognize that others might make different life choices,

But that does not shift my faith in what I know is right for me.

I am listening,

Deeply listening,

To the voice inside of me that speaks true.

I am hearing my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my mind.

I am feeling my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my heart.

I am welcoming my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more into my life.

See this reality,

Lean into this reality.

Feel how good this reality feels to you.

Feel how happy you'll be living this amazing,

Abundant life.

Breathe into this reality and feel how this excitement,

This joy fills you up.

Connect again with your universe of abundance breath.

See yourself shining light up to the sky on the inhale.

I connect to the universe.

And then the light shines down upon you on the exhale.

I receive abundance from the universe.

Inhale,

I connect to the universe.

Exhale,

I receive abundance from the universe.

See that warm,

Glowing ball of light that shines out from your heart.

Send these intentions of abundance out into the universe.

As you inhale,

The ball of light burns brighter.

And then as you exhale,

The ball of light expands and shines its energy out to the world.

Here we are at the third and final round of affirmations.

Relax and let these soak in even more deeply.

I am paying attention to what lights me up so that day by day I am following my joy.

I am allowing myself to be in sync with life.

Everything that happens has a deeper meaning.

As I get closer and closer to my true self,

I am hearing my inner voice more clearly.

I am listening to my intuition,

Allowing more and more of my life decisions to be determined by what resonates with my soul and my heart.

I'm following my strands of joy,

Knowing that these tie to what I'm most passionate about.

I allow these life experiences to draw me closer to my meaningful,

Purposeful life.

I'm excited about getting in touch with my true self.

I am allowing this discovery process to be gradual and organic,

Knowing that it's normal for it to take time for me to peel away the layers covering up my true self.

I'm believing in my unique path,

This special journey that my true self wants to follow.

I recognize that others might make different life choices,

But that does not shift my faith in what I know is right for me.

I'm listening,

Deeply listening,

To the voice inside of me that speaks true.

I am hearing my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my mind.

I am feeling my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more in my heart.

I am welcoming my authentic self,

My best self,

My true self,

More and more into my life.

I invite you to transition.

See yourself in a rich field where you know just under the surface of the earth,

All of the seeds of these affirmations have been planted.

This field is your life,

Your rich,

Incredible life that is brimming with potential.

Your feet are rooted on the warm ground.

Inhale,

See yourself,

Raise your arms up,

Shine your energy up.

I connect to the universe.

Exhale,

Invite the universe to rain down its abundance.

Feel how this rain,

This wet rain,

Soaks down into the soil,

Nurturing and growing each and every affirmation that we have spoken.

The life and light in each and every seed glows and brightens.

Inhaling,

Think,

I connect to the universe.

Exhaling,

Think,

The universe rains abundance down upon me.

Joyously lift your face to the sky.

Feel this rain on your skin and open your heart in gratitude,

Knowing that you have sent this energy out into the universe and the universe has heard you and is raining down its abundant blessings.

With a smile on your face and love in your heart,

Come back to the body.

My invitation to you is to repeat these affirmations every day.

These are seeds that we have planted within you and just like in your field,

These seeds need to be nourished and watered.

Consistently shining light on these truths will allow them to take root in your life.

I would encourage you to listen to this for 40 days in a row.

At that time,

Take stock and see if these affirmations still serve you or maybe you want to branch out to find new ones.

If you would like a fuller version of this meditation,

Which includes a variety of different affirmations beyond connecting with the true self,

Go to my teacher page and look for Law of Attraction,

Manifesting Abundance Through the True Self.

You'll find two versions.

One is an extended version and one is a bit shorter.

Whatever path you choose,

I hope that you form a habit of staying connected to your universe of abundance breath and listening to positive affirmations every day from now on.

We all need this as a way to replenish our spirits and nurture our souls.

May you forever walk your own path with mindfulness and grace.

May you forever choose your own truth.

May you connect more and more deeply with your true self.

Thank you.

Reviews

Namasté Laura
Thank you

I love your meditations. They bring calmness and strength into my life. Thank you.

This was an excellent mid-day meditation - a lovely way to reset during my lunch break.

So powerful and so beautiful 💚

Perfect. Thank you 😊 🙏

Thank you 🙏 I’ve been waiting for guidance in finding my true self.

Great meditation! I would've liked a breath or two between the affirmations to let me feel into them better. But it was great!

I wish when people went to see a therapist, the session would start out with this meditation. People would make such exponential progress this way. You have such great insight and a wonderful way of connecting. Thank you 🙏❤️

Beautiful. Thank you ❤️