Morning Practice For Deep Centering & Well-Being

This practice can be done immediately upon waking in the morning and brings you into a deep space of rest and ease before you start the day. It includes a reference to the acupressure point on the side of your hand which you can tap on gently on during the practice if you wish.

Transcript

So as you start to wake up,

Just start to bring your attention to the front of your belly.

And you can place both of your hands on your belly if you like,

Your left hand under your right hand.

Start to breathe in there gently.

You can start to slow down and deepen the breath.

So just as we wake up,

We're immediately bringing our attention deep into the body.

So you're giving your attention to the felt sense of your belly and sort of more peripherally to the rest of your body.

And then start to become aware of the earth underneath you.

And start to imagine that the earth underneath you is actually like your mother.

In this moment,

She's loving you completely.

She's accepting you completely.

And sort of let gravity do the work in your body to pull you closer to her.

You're still breathing into the belly to stay centered.

You're very aware of her energy underneath you and how she's alive and sentient and loving you.

And just let yourself imagine for a minute what would it feel like to be feeling loved completely in this moment.

Just keep imagining that as you're breathing.

Nice long,

Slow,

Deep breaths.

You're completely off the hook.

Keep imagining what would it feel like to feel completely loved in this moment.

As you keep letting that build in your body and you're breathing deeply.

If it feels good,

You can also start to tap on one of the acupressure points on either one of your hands.

Notice if this helps to relax you even more deeply now that you're tuned in more and more to your body.

And see if you can let that feeling build,

That feeling of being loved completely.

So you may start to feel the energy of the earth come up underneath you into your body,

Filling you.

Just imagine what that would feel like.

Imagine if the earth loved you so completely,

Like the perfect mother was holding you and you didn't have to do anything except receive.

Keep letting that energy of feeling loved build in your body.

It may even feel a little bit unusual because we're not used to letting this much love and warmth touch us.

But know that you're safe and that you can extend your boundaries for experiencing well-being for no reason.

So as you continue to feel the earth's love bubbling up from underneath you,

You're breathing into your belly.

I want you to also imagine there's other people in the room right now,

Other beings.

They're standing around your bed in a formation that feels best to you.

They might be in a semicircle completely surrounding your bed.

Whatever feels good.

I want you to think of people in your life who you either know now or in the past who have loved you very deeply and cared about you.

Imagine them now in the room with you.

Look at their faces and see the love they have for you and feel the love pouring from them either from their eyes or from their bodies or whatever feels good into you,

Touching you,

Almost cocooning you with an energy of kindness and love.

And if it feels good,

You can also bring in the room very inspirational people,

Maybe saints,

People you've heard about who deeply inspire you and bring their energy into the room.

Anyone you feel that deep connection with now also start to feel and imagine they are loving you really completely too.

See the smile on their faces as they love you so deeply.

And feel like all of their love together is creating this wonderful cocoon around you where you can rest and relax so completely.

You are so loved,

You are so accepted just as you are.

All of you can come to rest and enjoy a deep sense of rest and happiness that you feel in every cell of your body.

Absolutely nothing you have to do to deserve it.

It's just there and it's available to you and these beings are so happy to offer it to you.

It brings them great happiness too.

So you are feeling the love of the earth bubble up underneath you,

Letting any tension in your body dissolve into the earth and she is loving you so completely from below.

If you've been tapping in the acupressure point,

If it feels good you can continue,

If not you can just bring your hands back to your belly.

Keep breathing nice and slow and gentle in a way that feels really soothing and resting and kind to your body.

So trusting the rhythm of your breath there if it wants to get slower,

If it wants to get deeper,

Or maybe it wants to just relax completely and just be itself.

Just following the natural flow of that.

And feeling this energy all around you,

These beings radiating into your body.

Imagine what it would feel like to feel completely loved by them.

What would that feel like?

To be more loved than I've ever felt in my life before.

To be more safely held.

And as you're doing this it may feel good to say out loud a few times,

I love you and just notice as your body and your being receives your own words.

I love you.

I love you.

Saying that out loud a few times and noticing if that brings even more peace,

Even more rest to your being.

So you're feeling the love from the outside and you're letting these words out of your mouth.

You can see from this place as you're so deeply tapped in if any other words want to come that would deeply soothe you in this moment.

You may use your own name.

You may say something like,

It's safe now to rest completely.

You are so loved.

It's okay to feel really good.

Whatever words come,

Just letting them bathe you,

Nourish you.

And then as we get ready to get up,

See if you can let that energy build even more.

So as we get ready to get up for the day,

The energy from the earth starts to build up now.

It starts to rejuvenate and wake up our whole system.

We're deeply connected with it and it's feeding our bodies in every moment.

The same with these beings around us,

They're loving us so completely and now this energy is starting to wake us up a little bit more.

So not only do we feel loved and restful right now,

I always feel a buzzing in our body.

Like we're ready to meet the day,

To energize and meet the outside.

This warm,

Happy feeling you're feeling in your body right now,

Start to feel that as you continue to feel the connection of these beings and the earth nourishing you,

At the same time this energy is starting to radiate outwards now and let it touch people in your life.

Think of people you love and let this energy touch them.

Connect with the wish in your heart that wishes that these people you care about,

That they too can touch this happiness.

They too can taste the rest.

Unless you're thinking of these people,

It could be people you know really well,

It could be someone that's having a hard time,

It could be just people you randomly meet throughout your day.

Just watch as the energy touches them,

Look at their faces,

Look at their eyes as they soften and they realize that they're loved too,

That they can rest.

This energy of these beings and the earth is just pouring through your body and naturally radiating out,

Being kind to everybody.

And for you it's effortless,

It's more like an overflowing than doing.

As you go about your day,

See if you can stay connected with this loving,

Nourishing energy that's always available,

Letting it naturally pour out to those around you.

When you're ready you can start to get up and start your day.

Reviews

Very nourishing, exactly what I need to start my day

This meditation was such a beautiful and moving experience. The guidance about feeling love and radiating it outward really touched something deep within me. As the session went on, I could actually feel my heart opening — by the end, I was in tears. Thank you for creating such a gentle, transformative space. I’ll definitely be returning to this one again and again. ❤️

This meditation connects to the Earth and loving beings, creating an awareness and gratitude for those who love us, while being in enveloped by protective mother Earth. The piano music and Derek's kind and warm voice adds to the feeling of care and support, to start the day with presence.

One of the best morning meditations I’ve done in years. I could feel the effects for the whole day and even before going to sleep at night.. Very deep, calming and sothing. Lovely, much gratitude 🌷Namaste 🙏🏽

What a beautiful meditation it felt so good 😊 and peaceful

My new go to first thing every morning
A beautiful meditation delivered with soothing energy and peace

This was exquisite, really enjoyed listening to it while I contemplated my day at the dead altar with candles and The pictures of my loving family members who have passed on their heavenly homes🙏🏽🥰💕

So beautiful and soothing music to my soul ❤️Namaste!

I felt my spirit being nourished with your words. Very uplifting and inspiring meditation. Thank you 💫🥰

So beautiful. Brought really good energy to start the day.

The visualization was so helpful. Grounding and nurturing voice as well

Lovely and centering. A super way to remind me to love myself, body and being!

Amazing! I’m buzzing with love and gratitude 🙏🏼💛✨

Such a loving, heart activating way to start the day. Beautiful words, I really felt the energy shift. So grateful for your guidance, thank you 🙏🌻🧡

Thank you so much for this beautiful, powerful, loving meditation! 💕 🙏🏽

Great morning meditation to create stillness and love within.

Absolutely beautiful. What a precious gem 💎 !! I feel really yummy now. I haven’t felt that in a long time. This is one to put on your morning playlist, for sure. I am most grateful for this stunning offering. Bless you❣️ Namaste 🙏

What a a lovely, heart warming way to start the day, thank you 🙏

What a wonderful way to begin my day. Thank you 🙏🧘‍♀️🦋😌

Beautifully spoken. Softly powerful and very healing.