End Of Year Reflective Meditation

This meditation is designed to help you reflect on the end of the year, or the end of a major chapter in your life, and really use the intelligence and wisdom you gain through this meditation to really make the most of your new chapter or new year. This is excellent for practicing gratitude, getting clear on your core values, and visualizing a new chapter that is truly aligned with what means the most to you. You'll be reminded of the moments when you have been loving, courageous, and successful.

Transcript

T Welcome to this heart-centered and reflective meditation by Gabriella Demore. No doubt you've had a huge year and it's time to slow down, Tune in and review the year on what really matters. We're going to explore your year based on your values and the things that are most important to you and what created the most cherished memories for you. Let's start this meditation by exhaling deeply, Letting go of all of the year that has been and focusing on your inhalation, Breathing in nice full breaths through your nose. Letting go completely with those nice long exhaling breaths, Breathing out through your nose or your mouth. Breathing in through the nose, Out through the nose or the mouth. Each exhalation is like a wave of relaxation moving over your whole body. Each inhalation brings in fresh and nourishing air into your lungs. Relaxing each part of the body as we move into a meditative state, Starting by relaxing the top of the head, The back of the neck, Breathing in again and exhaling, Relaxing the forehead, The eyebrows, Cheeks, The nose, The mouth, The jaw. Breathing in and out and dropping the shoulders, Relaxing the neck, Relaxing the chest, The belly, Our spine, The back of the hips. Taking a nice deep relation in, Breathing out over the thighs, Over the knees, Ankles and feet. Fully relaxing and slowing down our bodies, Allowing ourselves to become open to this experience, To surrender to the year that was, Allowing ourselves to become fully present with this moment and resting our awareness in our heart space when we feel fully relaxed and ready to enter this meditation fully. Breathe in and out through your heart space and allow any emotion or any sensations, Any tension to just be noticed by you. Anything that is swirling in the heart space or feels tender, Simply let it be there, Breathing in and out deeply and slowly. As we continue to stay in the heart space for a few more moments, Allow yourself the opportunity and the honesty to just let whatever is there beneath the surface be there in your awareness. No need to worry or become involved in the stories or the memories. Stay with the sensations, The emotions, Any tenderness in the heart space. Continue to allow the breath to move freely up and down throughout the heart space. And as you continue to breathe, Focus on your exhalation now to cleanse the heart space, To let go of anything in the heart that feels difficult or uncomfortable or tense. Cleanse and purify the heart space with your exhalation, Breathing out any memories or images that are difficult to be with, Breathing out any frustrations of the year, Any resistance to this exploration or this meditation, Any final lingering worries or thoughts or busyness of the mind, Anything that is not kind or loving or warm hearted, Breathe it out through the body with your exhalation as we sink deeper into this meditation. And as you continue to breathe out, Use your inhalation to remind the heart space of what it's meant to be, What it's meant to feel like, A safe and nurturing and kind place for ourselves to be. Remind yourself that the heart space is infinite and abundant. There is no shortage of love available for yourself. Remind your body that it feels gentle and loving to be here in our hearts. Remind yourself that it is safe to be here in the heart, Out of the mind, Out of the chaos, Out of the thoughts. And from this loving, Compassionate place, I'm going to invite you to review the year that has been. Not with criticism or regret or perfectionism, Staying with the heart energy and this kind and loving and understanding way of being. Let's take some time to reflect on your personal journey this year. And as we do so, Make sure that you're able to explore and be open and surrender without that critical inner voice coming in. Anything that is mean or punitive or unsupportive, Any of those thoughts, Put those to the side and continue to return your awareness to your heart space. Am I going to start by reflecting on how loving you have been this year? How loving have you been this year? Loving towards yourself, Loving towards your needs, Your desires. Have you been loving and kind towards yourself when you needed yourself the most? Notice how comfortable or uncomfortable you feel with loving and caring for yourself. Taking a moment to simply reflect on how loving have you been towards yourself this year. Remember to explore and review without judgment, Without criticism, Simply observing, Noticing, Being reflective. Now let's take a moment to reflect on how you loved others this year. How loving were you towards others? Reflecting on all of the times you loved others with your words, Your actions, Your care. How loving were you towards others in your life? How loving were you this year? Now let's reflect on how hard you've worked this year. How hard have you worked this year? Reviewing and reflecting on all of your tenacity, Your persistence, Your commitment to achieving your goals. Staying with the heart space, Kindly and compassionately reflecting on how hard you've worked this year. It's okay to feel proud, To praise yourself, To acknowledge all of the incredible hard work. Reflect on everything you've done, All of the progress you've made towards your goals. Reflecting on all of the work you've accomplished. Reflecting on how much you've learned and grown this year. Lovingly reflecting on all of the people you may have helped through your work this year. All of the people you worked collaboratively with. And if you worked in the home, All of the accomplishments and hard work you put into your family this year. Gently reflecting on everything you've accomplished this year. Everything that has required commitment and persistence and diligence. Let's review now the decisions you made. Recognizing yourself, Where were the important decision points you made this year? When were the big moments that you decided something significant? Either a path you were going to go down, Something you chose to commit to, Something you chose to leave or move on from. What were the turning points of your year? Where did you shift direction and take a different path? What were the good decisions you made this year? Where did you turn a new leaf, Go down a new path or make a helpful or beneficial change for yourself? It may be simple, It may be big, It doesn't matter. Where were those moments of choice that changed your year? When did you make decisions for yourself, For the betterment of your life? Where did you make decisions that helped you achieve your personal goals? Lastly, Taking some time to notice if you had trouble making decisions this year or if there were any big decisions that you avoided or had difficulty executing. Perhaps noticing any last decisions or choices that you could make before the year is over. Let's turn now to focus on your relationships. Taking time to reflect on the relationships that mean the most to you this year. Just choose a few to reflect on, The relationships that were most important to you. Ask yourself, How did you build and maintain and deepen these relationships in your life? How did you continue to do that? How did you find time to nourish and cultivate the important relationships to you? How did you strengthen and solidify the relationships in your life? And where did you show love and kindness, Forgiveness and vulnerability in the relationships in your life? Reflecting now on how you allowed love and kindness and support from others into your life and into your heart. Reflecting on the times that you allowed yourself to receive love and support from others, Even if that's difficult for you or it's hard for you to ask for help. Reflecting on the times in your relationships that meant the most to you. Moving now to think about the other experiences in your life this year. Thinking back over your year, Which memories or moments meant the most to you this year? Of all of the moments that happened, Which were the most special to you or brought tenderness to your heart? Which moments were the most special and significant and sacred to you? Reflecting now on how you made use of time this year. Reflecting on all that you channeled your energy into. Reflect on what you made your priorities. Reflecting if you were happy with the way you focused and channeled your energy and love this year. Reflecting on if you spent the right amount of time with each of your priorities. Reflecting if you received the outcomes you desired from all of your efforts and channeled energy. Moving now to reflect on some of your core values. Reflecting yourself this year, When was I most courageous? When was I most courageous this year? What were the moments, The decisions or the conversations that required the most courage for me this year? When was I the most courageous? When was I most authentic this year? When was I most authentic in my words, In my actions, In my facial expressions? When was I truly authentic? When did I speak my heart, Do what I wanted to do, Be with the people I wanted to be? When was I most authentic this year? When was I the most forgiving? Why was I able to let go and understand, Surrender and move on? When was I most forgiving this year? To myself and others? When was I the most resilient? When did I have to muster up all of my energy and tenacity and commitment? What were the difficult moments of this year that required me to show great amount of resilience? Where were the tough times that I managed to get through this year? What was hard for me, What was challenging, What was demanding of me this year? And how did I get through? How did I manage those challenges? How did I support myself and protect myself? How did I cultivate and build my resilience this year? Before we move on, Take a moment now to review any other aspects of your life this year, Or qualities or values that are important to you. Take time to review and reflect on your personal goals. Take time to review on your personal or emotional journey this year. Take time to reflect on if you lived according to your own values this year. And you may like to, Before we move on, Choose a few words or a sentiment that summarises or wraps up this year for you. What was this the year of for you? What was this year about or characterised by? How would you remember this year? And when you're ready, I'm going to invite you to have a sense of this year now moving behind you, Moving behind your physical body. See everything that happened in this year, Everything we've reviewed and reflected on, Everything you've done and haven't done that's complete or incomplete. Move it behind your physical body now, Representing that it's in the past now. See yourself taking a few steps forward into the future. Allow this year to be at the back of your body. There's nothing we can do to change now. We can't go back in time and do anything differently. Definitely move forward in gentle steps away from the past, Away from the year that was. Bring your awareness now back into the centre of your physical body. Reconnect with your heart again and your breath. Make sure you're breathing deeply and slowly. Find your heart space again and remember to be gentle and kind and loving towards yourself. And we're going to use the breath, Our inhalation, To breathe in rejuvenation and nourishment and energy into our body now as we start to mentally, Emotionally and physically prepare for the year ahead. Focus on your inhalation as we start to breathe in nourishing, Re-energising energy into the body, Leaving the past behind us and starting to prepare our body for the future for what starts to come, Rejuvenating and replenishing the body, Using your beautiful breath, Bringing in peace and stillness and energy into your physical body. Continue to do this for a few more moments until you feel emotionally ready to prepare and consider the year ahead. And when you feel brave enough and courageous enough and energised enough, When you can feel excited enough, I'm going to invite you to become aware of the space now in front of your body. Focusing now only on the space in front of your body and I'm going to invite you to radiate that beautiful and cultivated heart energy in the centre of your body now out in front of you into your own future, Into your own year ahead as if you were priming or preparing yourself with this loving heart energy to move towards, To be prepared for and to be excited for the next year. And as we start to prepare and plan, I'd like you to take any lessons from your reflection of this year that you feel could be helpful into planning and channelling for a more nourishing and fruitful new year. Take any lesson that will be helpful and start to think about how you could apply it to the next year. Thinking about anything you would do differently, How you would channel your energy and your time and your priorities. Think about anything you'd like to do more of, Invest more in, Spend more time doing. Any decisions you need to make, Anything you need to leave behind, Do less of or stop doing completely. Any habits or ways of thinking or behaviours, Anything that is unhelpful or that does not serve you, Leave that in the past and again see it behind your physical body. Take in more deep breaths, Focusing again now on the space in front of you, Planning for the new year, Considering how can you care for yourself better, How can you love and nourish and be more kind to yourself from now on. How can you be more courageous? How can you be more authentic? How can you be more forgiving? How can you be more resilient? How can you hold yourself better through the hard times? How can you support yourself, Be there for you more during the difficult times you'll no doubt face in the next year? Taking these last few moments now to consider or think of anything else that you feel is important to bring into or cultivate in the next year. Anything you would like to remind yourself of that is important to you or any messages you feel are important to remember, Any lessons you've learnt in the past year that you do not want to learn again. Coming back into the heart space now in the center of the body, Continuing to breathe deeply, And I'd like you to imagine yourself at the end of next year holding an image in your mind of your best self, The image of yourself who has accomplished all that you planned for the next year, All of the right things, The nourishing things that you spent your time investing in. See your face and your body and your expression very clearly, The you who is proud of maintaining all of your plans, Meeting all of your commitments, Loving and being loved, Creating and cultivating the experiences that mean the most to you at the end of the year. See the version of you that is healthy and happy and content, A version of you that is not burnt out but energized and centered and grounded, A version of you that has taken good care of yourself, That has treated yourself well, That has been protective of yourself and loving towards your body and your heart. And as we start to close the meditation shortly, Come back into your heart space for the last time, Breathing deeply, Focusing on your exhalation now and sending that nourishing warm and kind energy from your heart all throughout your physical body now, Radiating this sense of accomplishment, Contentment of having spent your time on the most important things to you. Move this sensation throughout your whole body using your exhalation, Feeling proud, Focused, Accomplished, Feeling loved and loving. And this sensation all the way down the front and back of your body from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. I invite you to bring your heart as the center of your body into the new year. I invite you to remember what is most important and I invite you to set goals that are nourishing and sustainable and loving. I invite you to be proud of yourself and I invite you to be excited for the new year. Take care until then. Thank you for listening to this meditation. God bless.

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