Inhaling for 1,
2,
3,
4.
Hold.
Two,
Three,
Four.
Bye.
Six,
Seven,
And exhaling through the mouth for two.
And begin by gently closing your eyes.
Finding your most comfortable seat where you can sit with joy,
Sit with ease.
And let's start this acceptance meditation practice by just observing the breath.
Feel into the breath as deeply as you can.
Feeling into your own rhythms.
Accepting joyfully that you have the breath.
Accepting your own rhythms of breath.
Your own cycles of breath.
And by not trying to change the breath and just observing it,
We offer ourselves acceptance.
Feeling every inhale is a gift.
Welcoming it just as it is.
And feeling that breath,
Connecting to that breath.
In your nose,
In your mouth.
In your throat.
Feeling every sensation.
As it presents itself to you.
And we'll stay with the breath for three minutes.
The cycle of accepting.
Of attention.
Connecting to yourself.
For three minutes.
So now from this expansive awareness,
Think about what kinds of beautiful things are you able to accept right now?
In your life on this day,
This week.
What is happening now that you can joyfully say,
I accept to?
Just letting your mind dance around and acknowledge those things.
Is there something beautiful or affection or success or a playfulness or a friendship or a kindness or just the sunshine?
Feeling into it.
All the things you can accept now with an open heart.
Wherever there's the energy of love or beauty or joy.
Say in your own mind,
I accept.
And notice how that phrase,
I accept.
Reverberates through your whole body.
And now feel into your body.
You can almost give yourself a hug if you like.
Feel into your body or just the sensation of your body sitting here.
Your beautiful body.
Your magical gift of a body.
And as you feel it,
Say.
I accept.
I accept the body and all the things the body allows me to do.
And think about the people who are there for you at this period of your life,
At this stage.
Those that bring you joy today,
This week,
This year.
And say in your own mind,
I accept.
Think back to any moment of love.
Any moment of care or compassion.
That someone has shown you.
And say in your own mind,
I joyfully accept.
Go ahead and think about any beauty you see around you.
Whether a view or a landscape or a painting.
Or even beautiful music you get to hear.
And as you think about this,
Say in your mind,
I accept.
And maybe bring to mind lessons that life has taught you recently.
Or is teaching you now.
This universe that so much wants your growth.
And saying in your mind.
I accept.
And notice if that feels freeing or strengthening.
Everything you accept.
Becomes your source of strength.
And now experience yourself as a welcoming.
As a holding,
As an acceptance.
You are open awareness.
Part of the universe and anything you accept,
Just the universe rearranging itself.
Welcoming this universe rearranging itself.
In which you get to receive and give.
Accept,
And contribute.
Enjoy.
Learn.
And if you were able to look at the whole universe as this whole.
What would that be like?
A whole that you are part of.
And you want to put your hand on the heart again.
Feeling the heart,
Accepting the beating of the heart.
And joyfully connect to the heart.
And as you feel into the heart beating,
Say.
I accept myself just as I am.
I accept the mystery of life with my whole heart.
I accept the wisdom that is within me.
I accept.
Reality as it comes to me.
As the universe rearranges countless times.
And sending some gratitude for the heart.
Some gratitude for yourself for having done this practice.
Some gratitude for the breath,
For being there as an anchor.
And you can release the hand back down.
And take a deep breath in.
Take a deep breath out through the mouth.
Again,
Breath,
Just the universe rearranging itself.
And as you go through the rest of your day,
Bring that openness of acceptance to everyone.
And everything.
Yumi.
