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Best Way To Start Your Day: Havening And Inner Smile

by Karena Neukirchner | hello inner light

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Meditation
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Carry an inner smile with you all day. In this morning meditation, you will use Havening and affirmations to prime your body, heart, and subconscious mind to make this an incredible day. It’s a loving and gentle way to mindfully ground into your body and set yourself up for contentment and success. Plus, it can be used daily for cumulative positive effects. The background music is Just A Little Hope by AG Music, used with permission.

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Transcript

This havening meditation is truly the best way to start your day.

In this meditation,

We'll use havening and affirmations to prime your body,

Heart,

And subconscious mind to make this an incredible day.

So to begin with,

Just get comfortable and begin doing havening touch.

To do havening touch,

You can just rub your palms together.

You can rub down your arms from shoulder to elbow,

Shoulder to elbow,

Shoulder to elbow,

Or you can do havening touch by stroking your face,

Cheeks,

Or forehead.

This touch has been shown to create soothing delta waves in your brain,

Which stimulate the release of happiness neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin,

And it will also help you mindfully ground in into your body this morning.

So continuing to do the havening touch in whatever way feels good to you,

Close your eyes and bring to mind something that effortlessly makes you smile.

Maybe it's a person,

Or a pet,

Or a happy memory,

Or a place in nature.

And as you think about this thing that makes you smile,

Just allow that smile to spread across your face,

And feel what that feels like in your body and your heart.

Breathing.

Imagine that the essence of that smile begins to expand through you.

As you focus on that feeling,

It just effortless.

As you focus on that feeling of the smile,

It just effortlessly expands through you to all parts of you that want or need it.

You can feel the essence of that smile in your breath,

Filling your lungs and your heart,

And just imagine the essence of that smile radiating to every part of you,

Into your cells,

Your bones,

Your organs.

Breathing.

Feel what it feels like as the essence of that smile just ripples through your heart,

And your mind,

And your body.

Feeling the smile in your big toe on your left foot.

Feeling it in the pinky finger on your right hand.

Feeling the essence of the smile everywhere within you and around you.

Breathing.

Now repeat the following affirmations after me.

What if I carry the essence of this smile within me today?

What if this inner smile supports me in all that I do today?

What if I lovingly bring the best of me to this day?

What if today I treat myself with compassion and kindness at every opportunity?

What if today I let love flow through me and fill me?

What if I listen to the deep calling of my heart today?

What if I allow myself to be guided by my highest wisdom?

What would it be like to approach today believing that I am enough and I always have been?

What if it's safe for me to be myself today?

What if today I appreciate my own beauty?

Continuing to do the Havening Touch,

Now think of a goal you have or something meaningful that you want to accomplish today.

Thinking about this goal,

Repeat after me.

What if I feel greater and greater clarity about how to achieve my goals today?

What if today I start to get better results?

What if today I start to get better results?

What if I'm open to curiosity,

Creativity,

And learning today?

What if I align with the creative knowing of my heart and let it guide me today?

What if I take inspired action towards my goals today?

What if today I can find a way?

What if today is a wonderful day?

When you're ready,

You can let this Havening Touch go and just notice how you feel.

Thank you for joining me.

I hope you have an amazing day.

Meet your Teacher

Karena Neukirchner | hello inner lightBoulder County, CO, USA

4.7 (545)

Recent Reviews

Rita

January 31, 2026

Ooo, thanks for this little sweet love to start my day 🌻😊 My heart thanks you 💛🫶🏻

Olivia

January 6, 2026

Such a lovely way to start the day! Thank you so much for sharing.

Melanie

November 13, 2025

Haveniing feels so wonderful. Never heard of this before. Thank you for sharing this 🙏

Josette

November 12, 2025

Today I will embrace my inner smile. Thank you.✨️

Neil

September 22, 2025

Love the idea, found myself continually stopping doing the havening touch. Was still a lovely positive and gentle way to start the day. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Lisa

September 18, 2025

I enjoyed my first havening meditation 🧘‍♂️

Jessi

September 4, 2025

This was such a beautifully powerful meditation for me. Thank you.

maría

August 30, 2025

Beautiful, soft meditation. Thank you

Mattman

April 26, 2025

Big smiles! 🌈🌟🌈

Fallyne

March 6, 2025

So amazing it’s hard to put into words…safe, if I had to choose one! Thank you!! 🪷

Ampa

January 27, 2025

Beautiful and inspiring, thank you! 🤗🫶🏼👍🏼

Susan

December 29, 2024

Love how it is both soothing and opens you to positive possibilities. 🧡

Winnie

December 6, 2024

Kristy

November 30, 2024

An incredible start to the day, thank you. This was beautiful.

Camelot

November 1, 2024

Simple, direct and very helpful. Thank you 🙏

Melissa

October 28, 2024

What a beautiful practise thank you

Anjul

October 15, 2024

Thankyou for making my morning so beautiful 🌻

Nancy

October 13, 2024

So helpful. Thank you 💖

Shawnee

September 9, 2024

Nice way to start the day

Erin

August 12, 2024

Súper!

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