Good morning loved ones,
Thank you for joining me in today's morning practice.
Find yourself a comfortable,
Seated and upright position where you feel both alert and relaxed.
Lengthening the spine,
Relaxing the jaw,
Softening the chest and the belly,
Allowing the breath to flow.
Let's begin by assessing an intention for this morning's practice.
What is one word or phrase that could be supportive for you right now?
What do you need a little more of?
It might be resilience,
Courage,
Energy,
Presence.
Whatever comes to mind,
Allowing it to arise.
Just letting it come to the forefront of your mind.
When you're ready I'd like you to take a deep breath in,
Breathing in,
Seeing your intention and breathing out.
Again,
Breathing in,
Seeing your intention and breathing out.
Once more,
Breathing in,
Seeing your intention and breathing out.
Once more,
Breathing in,
Seeing your intention and breathing out.
Letting that settle and just land.
So for the rest of this practice I'd like you to keep your intention in mind.
And let's use our attention to help cultivate the quality or the phrase of your intention.
If it is calm and ease you are looking for,
Then in this practice let the body really soften and work on doing that.
If it's resilience then you might focus on being kind to yourself when the mind begins to wander away.
Resilience is often about reframing,
Knowing we are doing our best,
Knowing we are improving,
That things are changing.
If your intention is greater health or abundance then really allow yourself to connect to the universal force of life that is always present in each breath.
So tailoring this morning practice specifically to what you need today.
Let's now check into how the body is feeling.
The body is our sanctuary and our vehicle to get us through every day.
So as we tune in we are honing this awareness to grow more and more skilful in how we can self-manage and utilise our bodies in their greatest capacity.
Tuning into legs,
Beginning with your feet,
Noticing any sensations.
What's present?
Noticing the calves or thighs,
Saying good morning to each part.
And if it feels good to do so,
To give them a wiggle or use your hands to massage these areas lovingly.
Allow your gaze to lower,
To soften.
Or if you would like to fully close the eyes,
Minimising any distractions around you.
This morning is all about you,
And we're just making space for that.
Bringing your awareness to your sitting bones,
Noticing how you are supported by the chair,
The ground,
Earth.
You are here today for a reason.
To do your best work,
To thrive,
Flourish and seize the day.
This is a gift that has been given to you.
Bringing attention to your pelvis,
Stomach,
Softening the belly,
Allowing the breath to flow naturally.
And let's for a moment just continue watching our breathing flow through the belly.
Knowing with each breath we are bringing life into the body.
We are energising,
We are healing.
We are arriving into this present moment.
And in this present moment is where we have all the joys and all the riches in life exist here.
And naturally in the present moment joy most easily arises here,
A natural sense of peace.
Gratitude.
And in noticing gratitude we open ourselves up to the natural abundance.
So by practising in this way you must recognise is whether it's for health,
For finance,
For relations,
For your career.
When we are present in this moment we can be present to any opportunity or rise to any challenge because we have our full resources at hand.
We can be more skilful in how we navigate situations.
We can be aware of ourselves.
We can be aware of the needs of others.
And ultimately we can lead our lives the way we want to.
So this is really what the morning practice is about.
Cultivating presence,
Awareness,
Greater ease so we can show up how we want to today.
Bringing your attention up to your chest.
You might be able to notice the beating of your heart.
Noticing the speed.
The vigour of its beating.
It is the signal that you are alive.
And that you are well.
Bring your attention to your shoulders.
Feel free to rotate the head from side to side.
Much of our tension is held here.
So if we can actively notice how our shoulders are feeling we can remove the burden from the body.
Bring the attention down the arms.
The hands.
The sensations call out and show us that we are ready to take on the day.
Bringing your attention to the neck,
Your face,
Forehead,
Eyes,
Nose,
Cheeks,
Lips,
Chin.
The back of the head.
Now the entire body held in your full attention.
Being alert yet relaxed.
Noticing how the body feels.
Let's bring our intention back to mind now.
Noticing if you are able to keep your intention through this practice.
And the beautiful thing about intentions is that it is something we intend to do.
Not a firm,
Fixed goal.
And trying our best and setting our intentions.
We allow ourselves to orient.
Bringing your intention to mind now.
Bringing your intention to mind now.
And let's just end with a minute of deep breathing.
Keeping in mind our intention.
Finding greater stillness,
Greater ease.
To finish,
I'd like you to hold the question in your mind.
What is truly important for me today?
Just loosely observe what arises.
Welcoming any emotion that comes.
Just holding the space we've cultivated.
Deepening the breath again if you need to.
Thank you for practicing with me this morning.
I am wishing you a beautiful,
Intentional,
Healthful,
Blissful rest of your day.
Be well.
