Forge trust in the New Year with our meditation track. Soothing tones guide you, fostering a sense of security and openness for a fulfilling and harmonious journey ahead. I intend it to be both an introduction to the novice meditator while inviting those with experience to sharpen their skills and learn creative new techniques. The goal of this challenge is to make a commitment to yourself for 21 days, with hopes of it turning into a consistent habit post-challenge. My purpose in creating this series and making it highly accessible is to generate collective momentum to intentionally release the massive challenges of the past two years so we might enter the New Year with clarity of mind and a commitment to the simple daily practices that support us to show up as our highest selves.
Now in the next course of 20 minutes or so then I will guide you to transform your fears and disappointment into trust and hope using the art of letting go surrendering when we let go of our need to completely control our surroundings and we surrender to the love and that wisdom of the universe we attain great joy so I thank you for joining me in this process at many times we tend to grasp things or events because we know what we want perhaps it's a romantic partner a certain job a body that looks a certain way understanding what exactly we desire helps direct our attention and action towards a particular goal but often we overlook that there are several things outside of our control you could be the most charming attractive person in the world and that special someone might not be interested you could have the best interview in the history of interviews and you still might not be selected for that job you could be an Olympian and not achieve that specific physical goal some things aren't possible and we don't know what they are if this is disturbing then all you need to do is to shift your perspective on your next breath breathe in compassion for yourself compassion for others and as you exhale let go of control let go of fear if you knew everything that was going to happen or if you got exactly what you wanted all the time you wouldn't grow as a person and you wouldn't have as much fun today's terrible first date is tomorrow's bedtime story for your grandchildren losing a job today might pave the way to a career so fulfilling you cannot imagine it right now the universe is trying to give what you want but it may not look the way you expect it to if you're orchestrating your life to the finest detail you're not leaving any room you're not leaving any room for pleasant surprises and the deep wisdom that comes only with failure would you rather have a life full of planned safe experiences or spend each day in righteous laughter earth-shaking love meaningful relationships and tears that come from seeking and achieving them let go of control allowing your life's careful architecture to shift with the changes you experience and it requires vulnerability like surrender vulnerability is often mocked in our contemporary culture yet vulnerability is not a weakness it is your willingness to drop the facade and be an integrity with every part of your being it is your willingness to trust your intuition the universe and the web of the seven something billion people who are seeking the same thing as you you are a small ship in a vast and majestic River the current will carry you where you need to go if only you stop rowing upstream in a day or a week or even in a year you will look back at some of those most difficult things that you're going through with fondness no matter what happens at this very moment you're learning and changing being carried into a beautiful new awareness by a kind loving presence you can only control yourself but you're enough to enact big changes in the world love compassion trust and vulnerability are your tools and with them you can change everything you can do anything I and your fellow companions here on this journey through life know you will not only succeed but you will thrive you are a masterpiece in progress believe it and anything is possible I want you to take a moment to name whatever has recently shifted in your life it could be a happy occurrence such as a new relationship or a birth of a child or something sad like the loss of a family member a job or could be something neutral a new goal a new change in objective some other twist know that whatever it is the outcome is out of your control and that could be very unnerving in much of the Western world we are taught that control objectives and contingency plans are what keep us safe you probably have a plan for any given area of your life a backup plan in case the first one doesn't work out then an absolute worst case scenario on how you would cope with when all else fails there's nothing wrong with that thinking strategically usually reduces anxiety and produces good results but what that doesn't teach you is that you can't control everything even if you are centered and the most compassionate being this could be somewhat unsettling and when you look past this fear there is a peace inside of you a peace that is impossible to disrupt and let's journey into that all encompassing serenity and as we go through this process you may encounter some painful frightening memories I'll ask you to do this as we go through this healing you just keep continuing you're being guided by angels supported by my voice and all these other people around the world who are meditating with us right now they're helping you in this process and know that no matter what you are safe so take a deep breath and I love your muscles to soften you are safe from the tips of your toes to your ankles to your feet know that they are safe and make them relax your calf muscle is supple and relaxed your knees your thighs your hips are relaxed surrender let go of the bottom half of your body just surrender your stomach chest back neck supple relaxed and nurtured let it go feel it dissipating release your head and shoulders your arms all the way down to your fingertips relaxed and let go trust the process and you will feel the freedom release let it go surrender your mind opens and expands you are safe you are free you have let go in all of the universe in every galaxy there exists only one thing that you can control that thing that loving being is you you cannot control the weather you cannot control any other person's action at best you can offer your support your love or your presence at worst you can try to manipulate others with psychological tactics or force but you can only control you and you are a universe within yourself a vast sea of emotional processes a garden of biology a creature capable of surviving at the bottom of the ocean or on any other planet you are totally unique a heady cocktail of experiences memories and passions that will never ever be created the same way again you have almost infinite choices in every moment what to do how to react when to do it they are your choices and how you respond is the only thing you can control if this realization feels painful or foreign embrace it if it is freeing welcome it something greater than us exists it doesn't matter if you follow a specific faith tradition or general spirituality or don't believe in anything at all however you understand the greater intelligence and the purpose of the universe you know that something created the world around you and some greater order keeps it safe breathe in this love breathe in the safety breathe in this greater intelligence that surrounds you and is within you you were born of this universe you are treasured by it this higher consciousness whether you call it God or something else is caring for you at every moment of every day it is responsible for this shift that you're experiencing this delicate earthquake that has disrupted your life now whether you realize it or not this gentle rumbling has happened for a reason take a moment now to let go to drift off to float free into the stars of the universe knowing all the while that you are 100% safe and nurtured bring your palms together in prayer position at your heart center I want you to please rub your two palms against each other the palms are an energy vortex and as you ignite the chi or the prana the life force you're activating this life energy and when you feel like you've activated a nice warm mushy gooey ball of prana between your palms I want you to go and apply them one palm on each eye and bless yourself let this energy be a healing for you I am safe I am free and I'm being nurtured I want you to take your palms and now place them facing outwards as if you're sending a blessing to the world and I want you to think of somebody some people or a place that could use a blessing right now as if there's a beam of light that is emerging from your heart center and it's being cast on that person people or place that could use the blessing may they feel safe may they feel free may they know that they're being nurtured but by that higher supreme intelligence of love bring your palms back to prayer position at your heart center let's take a bow of gratitude for everything that we received I want you to notice what has shifted how do you feel right now and if you had to describe how you feel right now in one word what would that be I want you to go down please put that word down in the comment section
