Hey there,
My name is Lisa and this is your Year Ahead Vision Board and Journaling Meditation Guide.
I'm so excited to dive on into this practice because I absolutely love the art of vision boards and sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming when we need to create a vision board or start one so I will be here as your audio guide for this practice.
So what is a vision board?
Vision boards can be quite mystical.
They're meant to be these boards or these posters where we place our visions or images and symbols for our vision for the future.
For this practice,
It will be specifically for the upcoming year ahead.
But there is actually psychology and science that goes behind why vision boards work.
Value tagging is a way for the brain to place attention on specific memories,
Thoughts,
And experiences or pictures so we can associate these visuals with our priorities of the upcoming year or any of our goals,
Hopes,
And dreams.
Neuroscience states that our brain will value tag to filter out anything from waking life that doesn't align with those visions,
Those goals,
Those priorities of the upcoming year or any of our goals,
Hopes,
And dreams.
So vision boards aren't just this technique meant to help you dream out loud and see what the year ahead goals may look like,
But it helps you into a conscious and subconscious inspired action and recognition of those goals in your waking life as well as in your subconscious mind.
To create your canvas of your vision board,
You can use any free template,
App planner,
Word doc,
Or how I used to do it is I used a poster board with magazines and I just would cut out any images throughout these magazines that would really call to me within the vision board,
But now technology has expanded so much you can get really creative with what you wish to use in order to create your vision board.
For those who may be vision impaired,
Feel free to create a tactual vision board,
A vision board with raised letters,
Words,
Symbols,
It can even incorporate certain smells and feelings and fabrics,
Whatever it is that calls to you for your vision board,
Feel free to incorporate it into this project.
To get super clear on the subject matter you wish to focus on for the year ahead,
We will be going into a meditation,
But for those who may feel completely overwhelmed on where they wish to focus their energy on for this vision board,
You can break it up into the areas of the wheel of life,
Which is personal growth,
Relationships,
Environment,
Community,
Finances,
Career,
Health,
And spirituality as well as fun.
You can go based on those subjects or you can make it something completely different like clearing your student loan debt or getting hired at that dream job or going on that vacation you've been dreaming of,
So whatever category you wish to focus on or whatever category that is calling to you,
Feel free to gravitate toward symbols and photos and images and textures that represent that energy.
Now let's go ahead and dive on into your meditation and journal questions.
You can do this either while you gather your tools for your vision board or you can do this before you create your vision board.
I'll guide you regardless.
Take your time with these questions,
Feeling free to pause the audio at any point to really get clear and take your time.
When you are ready,
You can always unpause the audio.
Take a moment to simply ground down into a safe,
Quiet space.
Find a cozy and comfortable position and take a moment to just breathe on into the present moment,
Inhaling and exhaling,
Letting the rest of the world go.
And I invite you to visualize you at your absolute happiest this year,
Your best possible year.
What images,
Words,
And symbols may be coming up for you?
What sensations may arise in the body and where?
And simply take note of any feelings or words or sensations or images that may come up for you.
What positive energy do you wish to invite in?
What do you wish to embrace?
What do you wish to let go of for this year?
Now that you are clear on your energy for what you wish to cultivate and manifest for the year ahead,
You can begin to curate your vision board like goddess spider weaving her web.
Allow the images,
The words,
The symbols that call to you,
Let them really be in alignment with your vision for this year ahead.
Let them resonate with you on a deep spirit level.
You can go ahead and from this space either create your vision board or simply continue to journal out what it is that is calling to you for the year ahead.
Again,
You can pause this audio and return when you are ready.
Now that you have your vision board,
I invite you to think of or find a place in your sacred space in your home to hang it so that you can see it every day as a reminder.
This is also a tool to allow the mind to value tag so that when you see or feel this energy in your waking life,
You will be able to recognize it and gravitate towards it as you have your vision board before you.
Slowly take it on in.
Feel the energy,
Feel the sensations it evokes within the body,
Within the mind,
And set an intention for yourself for the upcoming year based on the energy of this vision board.
Know that this intention is the key that unlocks your truth,
And if you can think it,
It already exists.
Visualize the circle of light around your vision and around yourself as you take your steps forward into your goals and dreams for the new year.
Thank yourself for taking the time to cultivate this project for yourself,
To get clear and grounded on your visions and goals for the upcoming year.
And I thank you so much for practicing with me,
For playing with me with this project.
I truly hope this vision board and this guide will serve you for years to come.
Once the year is complete,
Feel free to look back on your board,
See what has evolved,
See what has changed,
And see what may have come true.
I thank you so much for joining me,
My friend.
So many blessings to you.
Take care,
And namaste.
