It's that time of year when we say goodbye to old father time and welcome in the baby new year.
It's a time that celebrated all around the world in a great display of fireworks and revelers blowing their horns,
Banishing the old and welcoming the new,
Whether waiting at times square for hours for that moment or on a dance floor,
Maybe with loved ones around at a small gathering or simply in the comfort of your home.
We all know it's the new year coming and we made our plans where we're going to be at that very moment.
So imagine yourself in a space that's really comfortable for you.
It could be by a hearth and you take out your journal,
You know,
The one you're going to write all those things in the one that you never quite got around to doing a daily journal became secondary because life got so busy.
Well,
Open it up and in your mind's eye,
See those pages and take out a couple of them,
Tear off some pieces and write down things that you'd like to say goodbye to 2021 for this year.
Yes,
You're very comfortable by this fire and you're there just feeling,
Letting that warmth come into your body,
Breathe in the smell.
So comforting,
Warming your body,
Going to every part of your body,
Releasing,
Letting go,
Going a little deeper as you relax and see yourself in your mind's eye with these pieces of paper,
Writing everything you want to let go of all the things from the past year where you could just put it on one big page.
Those things disappointments,
Little ones,
Large ones,
Anger,
Fear,
Impatience,
Not good enough,
Not showing up,
Beating yourself up,
Not forgiving yourself.
Things of less than,
Whatever doesn't feel comfortable,
Something you'd like to let go of,
Maybe many things,
Just write them out.
Maybe it's a relationship you want to let go of or maybe even the way you're being in that relationship.
Now you relate to things,
Maybe that needs to be changed.
Now you have a stack of them,
Just feed it to the flames,
Throw them into the fire one by one,
Watch the words curl up in the smoke,
Go up the chimney,
All the way up the smoke will dissipate and transform and go out into the universe.
Keep watching,
Letting them go.
Then you decide to get up and go towards a room.
This little room is three steps that you go down.
Feel yourself getting lighter as you go down.
Three,
Two,
One.
Maybe you even find yourself dressed in the perfect outfit for your new year and you find a comfortable chair and sit back and look out at the new year's eve,
Gravelers below.
There's excitement in the air.
It's just a few more minutes before midnight,
Before the magic strike of the new year.
Letting go of everything,
Everything not wanted.
Now that you let it go,
Breathe in the air and feel this newness,
This excitement.
All the people in the streets,
All the fireworks getting ready as you settle in,
Going to the countdown a little deeper with every breath.
Countdown from 30 at your own pace,
Breathing in and out.
29,
Taking a breath,
Letting it go.
28,
Going deeper.
27,
Down to your sit bones.
26,
Hips.
25,
Feel your thighs,
Your hamstrings soft in your chair.
24,
23,
The knees soft.
22,
The back of the knees.
One down the calves.
20,
The ankles soft.
19,
Down to the feet.
18,
The top of the foot,
Heavy.
17,
The bottom of the foot.
16,
Feeling the toes release,
All five of them.
15,
14,
13,
12,
11,
The pinky toe.
Let it all flow down into the earth.
10,
Going out the bottom of your feet into the gravitational pull of the earth.
Feel the energy going down all the way up the base of your foot,
Then turning upward.
9,
Feeling the renewed golden energy of the earth coming up through your legs.
8,
Into your root chakra,
7,
Going into your sacral chakra,
6,
To your solar plexus,
5,
Into your heart,
4,
The throat,
3,
Up to the third eye.
2,
Finally opening the crown chakra,
1,
And feel that explosion of energy as it shoots out of you,
Almost as if you're reaching into the universe,
Hearing the horns,
Chasing away the old welcoming in the new year.
Let your body tangle with this openness,
This aliveness of spirit,
As if every part of your body is ignited.
Feel it,
See it,
Smell it,
Take it in.
It may feel a little familiar,
This exciting energy within you,
So clear,
So fresh,
Almost like new crystals of fresh fallen snow glistening within.
Here you are,
All these possibilities,
Breathing in and out,
Feel all the love,
All the unity,
All the excitement.
Be present,
How glad you are to give yourself this time,
This moment,
And send out love to everyone.
Bringing one hand to your belly and the other to your heart,
Breathing in and smile,
And just say happy new year to yourself.
How amazing is this happy new year that glow within you?
And when you're ready,
Feel your fingers,
Your toes,
And a little of that excitement,
But most of all feel the peace,
The fresh beginning of 2022.
Namaste.
