Close your eyes,
Take a deep,
Settling breath,
And gently return to yourself.
Let your awareness travel down into your feet.
Feel their quiet contact with the earth.
Feel your body begin to arrive,
Softening,
Releasing the need to do anything at all.
Just be.
Let your awareness rise slowly through your legs,
Into your hips,
Into the bowl of your pelvis.
Let yourself land here.
Continue upward into your belly,
Your ribs,
And your heart space.
Allow your shoulders to soften,
Your face to soften.
You are here,
And you are whole.
Now begin to notice the quiet space inside you,
The space before creation,
The space where your truest intentions live.
When we take time to set an intention before we create,
We align ourselves.
We move from reaction to clarity.
We move from noise to truth.
Intention is not a rule,
It's a remembering.
It's a return.
It brings coherence to what we're doing,
So we're not just making for the sake of making,
But creating from a place of deep connection and honesty.
So now,
With this in mind,
Gently ask,
What is my real intention for this creative work?
Is it to tell the truth?
To feel something I haven't let myself feel?
To connect?
To heal?
To be seen?
Let the answer rise from your body,
Not from pressure,
But from presence.
There's no need to force it,
Simply listen.
Whatever comes through,
Let it be simple.
Let it be enough.
Feel how your intention begins to settle you,
How it grounds you,
How it begins to clear space for what wants to come through.
Let this intention live in your breath now.
Let it move through you like a quiet current.
When you're ready,
Slowly open your eyes and return,
Not to effort,
But to expression.
Carry your intention with you,
And let it shape what comes next.
