Let's begin by sitting in a comfortable seated position and gently close your eyes.
And before you do anything.
Simply feel that you are here.
You're away.
It's a brand new day.
And for now,
There's nowhere else you need to be.
Take a slow,
Deep breath in.
And let that breath leave you slowly.
Again breathing in and breathing out.
And just let your breath begin to find a slower rhythm.
As you start to create the atmosphere that there's no need to hurry here.
Feel yourself sitting here at the very beginning of this day.
Before the messages,
The conversations.
And all of the things that will need your attention.
There's this sacred moment in the morning.
And you are in it.
Feel that.
Now bring your awareness gently into your body.
Not to fix anything or to make yourself feel a particular way.
Just to meet yourself here.
How does your body feel this morning?
Perhaps you feel there's a lot of energy.
Or maybe there's tiredness,
Anticipation.
Quietness.
You might simply feel completely different than yesterday.
Let yourself feel whatever's here.
And notice what it's like to be awake inside your own body.
Your breath is moving.
Your heart is beating.
Your body is carrying its own quiet intelligence.
You don't even have to ask it to do any of these things for you.
So for now,
Simply be here with it.
Take another slow breath.
And as you breathe in,
Allow yourself to become a little more receptive.
As you breathe out,
Let go of the feeling that you need to get somewhere.
Allow your awareness to widen beyond your body and beyond the immediate space around you.
Feel the morning.
The light entering the room.
The quality of the air on your skin.
The sounds in the distance.
And the silence between them.
Let yourself be fully surrounded by the morning.
There's something beautiful about this hour before the day gathers momentum.
The world is already moving.
The light is changing.
The air is flowing.
Life beginning all of its quiet work.
And you're here to feel all of it.
Let yourself soften into what's already here.
The warmth of your own body.
The movement of your breath.
The space around you.
And the feeling of being alive.
Let yourself continue to feel the atmosphere of this morning.
And let it reach you from all directions.
And beneath all the things you'll eventually do today,
There's this.
You alive.
Breathing.
Feeling.
Stay with that for a moment.
Feel your energy now.
This is the feeling of life moving through you.
It's not the energy you need to summon to get through your list.
It's not the energy you give away.
This is something that belongs to only you.
It's something that's already present before the day asks anything of you.
So let yourself feel it.
Perhaps it's subtle.
Or maybe it's strong.
It might feel like warmth or movement.
Or stillness or strength.
You don't even need to decide what it is.
Just feel yourself here and alive.
And for a little while,
Let that be enough.
Notice the difference between being here and reaching ahead.
If the mind moves toward the day,
Let it.
And then feel yourself here again.
You don't have to follow every thought into what comes next.
You can remain here inside this very moment.
Again,
Feel the difference between the mind moving ahead.
And you remaining here.
And take a slow breath.
And feel yourself receiving this moment rather than rushing to the next one.
Another time.
Breathing in receiving this moment.
And breathing out,
Letting go of the rushing.
There's a freedom in not having to meet the whole day at once.
You only have to meet this moment.
And there's so much happening here.
The breath.
Your own body.
The atmosphere of the morning around you.
And the strange and beautiful fact that another day has arrived.
Let yourself take all of that in.
You haven't lived this day before.
Even if you know what's in your diary.
Even if you know where you're going.
Even if so much of it looks familiar.
This day has never happened.
This morning will never happen in quite this way again.
There's something wonderfully mysterious about that.
You don't need to make all of it happen or know what's coming.
You can leave a little space for the day to reveal itself.
And feel your own power in that.
It's not the power of pushing or controlling.
It's a deeper power.
The power of being fully here.
The power of having your energy with you before you give it away.
The power of receiving before you begin to respond.
And from this place,
Allow one question to arise.
What if today could be different from what you expected?
Take one slow breath in.
And let it go.
You are here.
The day is here.
And you haven't lived it yet.
When you're ready,
Gently open your eyes.
Sending you all the love.
