Hello again and welcome back.
Today's meditation is about opening up to greater self-love.
As we practice allowing the natural love for ourselves to be expressed,
Love reveals its beauty throughout each day of our lives.
To begin,
Get into a nice relaxing position,
Removing any distractions for the duration of this meditation.
Close your eyes.
Take the very first action in self-love right now as you bring your focus to your breath.
You have the ability to breathe at will in all different kinds of ways.
Our breath has been there our entire lives,
Changing as needed to the demand of exciting circumstances and flowing effortlessly when we are resting.
Taking multiple full and deep breaths every day is proven to change our bodies and minds for the better.
Now we're going to take in five full and deep breaths,
Holding each breath for a moment at the top and then naturally exhaling.
One,
Inhale a nice big breath,
Expanding your belly and lungs as much as you can.
Hold it and exhale gently with relief.
Two,
Inhaling fresh oxygen that will be supplied to your bloodstream,
Holding it to soak it in and exhaling without any effort.
Three,
Inhale feeling rejuvenated and invigorated by this breathing.
Hold it and exhale easily.
Four,
Inhale noticing how breathing fully comes naturally for you,
Pausing to soak it in and exhale any tension or worry.
And five,
Inhaling fully as an act of self-love,
Pausing to feel this love and exhale into complete relaxation.
Now just let your breath flow at a natural pace without any effort from you.
Good.
By doing this,
You are proving that you are capable of self-love.
Deep breathing increases the supply of oxygen to your brain and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system,
Which is sometimes referred to as the rest and digest system.
By breathing deeply and often,
You are guiding your body to rest,
Which relaxes and rejuvenates you.
This is self-love in its simplest form that anyone can do at any time of the day.
Now,
I invite you to honor yourself by relaxing the mind even further.
Notice how your thoughts are rising in your mind,
One after the other.
See them come and see them go.
Some thoughts linger for a while,
And some thoughts only come for a split second.
If you can really focus,
You will notice even smaller thoughts,
Thoughts that are simply describing the world around you or labeling the things in your surroundings.
Let your hearing become more alert now,
And try to focus on some of the sounds that are around you.
Maybe you can hear the sound of your breath.
Can you hear nature nearby?
Or perhaps cars passing by?
Or people talking with each other?
Just go from sound to sound,
Focusing on only one at a time.
Now,
Stop focusing on any sound in particular,
And just allow all of the noises around you to come in equally.
And when you hear them,
They almost act as tiny waves of relaxation,
Calming your mind.
Good.
Your mind relaxes when you consciously activate your senses.
Let's use the power of your amazing visualization abilities to induce self-love.
Begin to imagine yourself full of an abundance of self-love.
See yourself now choosing healthy foods and cooking at home so that you know all of the ingredients you are putting into your body.
Fividly seeing yourself eating well.
When you eat well,
See yourself enjoying these moments.
You can feel the nutrition that these healthy choices are bringing to you.
Good.
Being healthy is an essential component in self-love.
Another form of self-love is observing your mental chatter.
In order to have great self-love,
You must expand the good things you feel about yourself and challenge any negative thoughts as soon as they arise.
So hear yourself saying,
When I fully love myself,
I am able to fully love others.
Each day,
I allow my love for myself to grow more and more.
I am worthy of love and I honor the joy that comes with it.
Deciding to love myself unconditionally,
No matter what happens,
Feels wonderful.
I deserve love and self-respect.
My self-esteem grows along with my self-love.
I love and accept everything about myself.
I completely and always love myself.
Today,
I love myself even more than yesterday.
Truly loving myself is easy for me.
The more I love myself,
The better my health becomes.
I love every moment of my existence.
Every part of me that makes me who I am is encompassed with love.
I have unconditional love within me that overflows in abundance to those around me.
For the next few minutes,
As you breathe in,
Imagine yourself breathing in more and more love.
As you breathe out,
See your love expanding throughout your body and radiating outward into your aura and the entire world.
Now,
Take a moment to once again feel into your loving presence.
As you continue on with your day,
Take many moments to practice self-love.
Remember this.
When you fully love yourself,
You are able to fully love others.
Now,
As you gently open your eyes,
Take a fresh breath and know that whenever you love yourself,
You will find love.
This is Mary Freeth,
Wishing you a beautiful day full of love and laughter.
See you again tomorrow.
