Good morning and welcome to the artist's morning.
My name is Darius and this is a 20-minute guided meditation intended to help you start your morning and your day feeling more grounded,
More connected,
And more tapped into your higher self.
The theme of today's meditation will be releasing,
Letting go of any energy,
Any story,
Anything that is no longer serving you in this moment.
One of my favorite authors,
Julia Cameron,
The author of The Artist's Way,
Wrote in a different book,
The Vein of Gold,
That she believes the most spiritual activity we can do is to walk.
According to her,
The planet is this energy body,
A repository of all creation,
Creativity,
Energy,
And potentiality.
And so as we walk and our body interacts with different places on the planet,
We are tapping into different energy frequencies.
It's almost as if there are downloads from the cosmos that are coming towards the planet and we are the conduit in between those downloads from the cosmos into the planet.
And we receive the benefits of having that energy go through us into the earth and then back up into the cosmos in this magnificent creative loop.
And so with today's meditation,
There will be some visualizations as well that involve imagining walking.
And as we move forward,
Sometimes there are things that are trying to weigh us down or hold us back.
And that's where we will explore what it's like to let go,
To release,
So that we can walk and move forward with more ease,
Lightness,
And comfort.
If your eyes are open,
I invite you to close them now as we begin to go inwards together,
Just starting to feel what's alive within us this morning.
Taking a nice easy breath into your belly.
And just feeling,
Feeling your body in this seat.
Scanning from the top of your head down to your feet.
Noticing if there's any places that maybe you are holding some tension from the night before,
From this week,
From this year.
And if you are able to access 1% more comfort and ease,
I invite you to do that now.
Maybe just sinking into your seat a little more.
Taking a deep breath and just releasing with a sigh.
Just starting to let go,
Let go of any stagnant energy inside you.
Dropping your shoulders,
Softening your forehead,
Your jaw,
And just letting any energy in your head and shoulders just melt away.
And if your mind begins to race,
Don't fight it.
Minds do that sometimes,
Especially creative ones.
Just watch and observe.
And if you'd like to bring your energy back inside and away from your thoughts,
Try the mantra thinking,
Thinking,
Thinking.
Breathing,
Breathing,
Breathing.
Breathing,
Breathing,
Breathing.
Following your breath as it hits the tips of your lips,
Your tongue,
Your throw.
Noticing all the places the oxygen touches on its way down into your lungs,
Into your belly,
Into your heart.
Breathing,
Breathing,
Breathing.
I want you to imagine you are walking.
Somewhere quiet,
Somewhere peaceful.
You decide where.
One step at a time moving forward.
No need to try too hard,
It's just walking.
And as you move forward,
Sometimes there are things that latch on to us that we allow to latch on to us,
That try to hold us back and slow us down.
Expectations perhaps by our families,
Our society,
Our culture,
And expectations we place on ourselves.
And as you imagine yourself walking on this beautiful morning,
Noticing something is holding you back.
And there's no need to fight it or to run or to be afraid of looking back to see what's holding on to you,
Almost like a leash tethered to you.
Is there someone,
Something,
Some energy,
Some moment that you can sense here that is holding you back?
There's no right or wrong way of doing this,
Don't think too hard,
There's nothing serious happening here,
Dear artist.
We are just playing.
And whatever might have come up for you,
An energy that was holding you back,
I invite you now to play with the mantra,
Bless and release.
I bless and release you.
Imagining that energy,
Perhaps it's someone's face,
Perhaps it's a moment in your life,
Perhaps it's someone you believe you need to compete against,
Perhaps it's a version of yourself that you are competing against,
Or maybe a past relationship of any sort.
Hold that energy in your mind,
In your heart,
And share the mantra.
I bless and release you.
And just feel what it's like as that tether is released from your body and you are able to step forward,
Feeling lighter.
I bless and release you now.
I bless and release you now.
I bless and release you now.
Whatever you'd like to release,
Imagine it,
Feel it,
Look at it,
Send your love to it,
And release it.
You don't need to run away from it,
You don't need to be afraid of looking back at it,
You don't need to force anything,
Just one step at a time moving forward,
Connecting to the cosmos,
Connecting to the earth,
Connecting to your heart.
I bless and release you now.
Taking a deep breath as you say the mantra,
And as you say release,
Exhaling any energy inside you that is ready to be released.
I bless and release you now.
Just taking a moment to feel what that's like in your body.
What does it feel like to be 1% lighter,
1% more,
The real you,
Your highest self,
And maybe for you it's more than 1%,
And maybe it's less.
For this last few minutes I'm gonna stay quiet and have you just feel your heart,
Your body,
And get curious about what it would be like to be 1% lighter,
To feel 1% more like your highest self.
I bless and release you now.
I bless and release you now.
I bless and release you now.
I bless and release you now.
Well done artist,
Well done creator.
Wherever you went,
However you felt,
Whether it was 1% or 100% or.
00001%,
I honor you,
I respect you for carving out a little bit of time for you and your heart this morning.
For those of you that are joining me on our live artist morning session,
We're gonna start the writing component.
I'll put 15 minutes on the clock as we journal together and for those of you that are catching this on a replay,
Feel free to do the same on your own 15 minutes of journaling to see and feel and express whatever is here for you.
Until the next time,
I'm Darius.
Have a beautiful day.
