Welcome to today's meditation.
On this very special day I invite you to get comfortable,
To take a moment to adjust,
To smile,
To stretch,
To yawn and allow yourself to fully arrive in this space in whatever way feels comfortable.
Noticing as we arrive what is sitting on us,
What is resting with us,
What are we carrying into this day without any criticism,
Without any expectations.
Just noticing how we are arriving today on this special day,
This day of celebration,
This day of honouring ourselves,
This day that marks our journey around the sun.
And with that,
All the cultural expectations that may impact how we experience this day.
Just noticing how our bodies sit,
Noticing our energy levels,
Noticing the texture of our thoughts,
Our emotions.
Just simply honouring ourselves for showing up today,
For taking time to really be with ourselves,
To honour ourselves,
To wish ourselves a happy birthday.
I invite you to take a nice nourishing deep deep breath in,
Rising in our chest,
Our ribs and exhaling sighing that breath out nice and audible,
Nice and loud and slow.
Continuing to breathe,
Another breath,
Taking a deep deep inhale,
Expanding with that breath,
Rising and as we exhale sighing that breath out nice and long and audible.
We do one more like that,
Taking a deep deep inhale,
Expanding,
Growing,
Taking up space and as we exhale sighing that breath out nice and long.
Continuing to breathe in your own rhythm,
However feels good,
Perhaps there's a gentle sway of the shoulders,
Of the hips,
Perhaps we sink into our breath,
Into that stillness.
So whatever feels right and good in this moment,
I invite you to follow it.
And continuing to breathe in your own rhythm,
I invite you to take a moment to reflect,
To reflect on your journey so far,
To reflect on the path that you walk,
The year that has been or perhaps the years that have been.
Which have led you to the person you are today,
Perhaps you would like to give yourself an inner smile,
An inner hug,
Just wishing ourselves a very happy birthday.
Honouring this day that marks our year around the sun,
Honouring this day and this journey so far,
Honouring the person who we are today,
Taking a deep inhale,
Exhaling that breath out nice and long.
And on this auspicious day,
This anniversary of your birth,
I invite you to call in the energy and intention for the year ahead,
For the path ahead.
What is it that you would like to cultivate?
What energy would you like to call in?
And on your next inhale,
I invite you to really call in that energy,
That intention,
Noticing it filling up your whole body,
Emotional space,
Energetic space.
Noticing how it fills in your body and as you exhale,
Allowing that intention to ripple forward,
Rippling forward into this day,
Into this year,
Into this lifetime.
Continuing to breathe,
Feeling into that intention,
Feeling into that energy,
Perhaps smiling,
Perhaps hugging once more,
Perhaps sitting with gratitude for ourselves,
For this day,
For this journey and for this life that we live.
And as you begin to move around the sun on your journey once more,
I invite you to check in with yourself,
Another year,
Another year wiser.
I invite you to check in with this wisdom,
This abundance of wisdom,
Of insights,
Of guidance.
And what gift do you offer yourself today?
What gift of insights,
Of knowledge,
Of wisdom do you offer?
How do you mark this day?
Trusting in the wisdom of yourself,
Trusting in your inner knowing,
Your inner bell,
Trusting in any insights,
Images,
Signs,
Memories,
Words that come to you.
And as you do,
Taking a deep inhale,
Welcoming in that insight,
Allowing it to integrate through your whole being,
Perhaps moving your arms,
Wriggling your fingers,
Expanding your chest with your next breath,
Maybe stretching,
Yawning.
And as we end our meditation today,
I invite you to give yourself the biggest hug,
Whether that is physically,
Mentally,
Spiritually,
Emotionally.
The biggest hug is just embodying that energy,
Wrapping our arms perhaps around our bodies,
Perhaps giving ourselves the biggest smile and wishing ourselves a very,
Very happy birthday.
May we be blessed this year around the sun with abundance,
With health,
With love and compassion.
And may all our wishes come true.
Grá agus bonachtaí,
Love and blessings.
