Allow your eyes to just softly close.
Now if you would,
I'd like you to rest comfortably in your chair,
Sitting in a way that feels right to you.
That's right.
And just allowing the chair to support you,
Settling down easily with your feet flat on the floor,
Arms resting at your side or gently on your lap.
Watch your head and neck are in a comfortable upright position.
Excellent.
And now that you are very comfortable,
I'd like you to become aware of your breathing.
Feeling the coolness of your breath as it enters your nostrils,
Noticing your chest as it rises and falls,
Rises and falls in an easy and natural rhythm,
Your own perfect and natural rhythm.
Just breathing in and out,
In and out,
And allowing your awareness to focus on your breath.
Now I'd like you to take three deep breaths.
One,
Two,
And our last breath,
Let's breathe in deeply and just hold it for about three seconds.
Excellent.
Now just allow your awareness to remain focused on your breath as you allow it to quiet,
Deepen deeper and deeper and begin to notice that as you allow your breath to become more and more relaxed,
And it's an easy and natural thing to do,
That you do not need to make any conscious effort to breathe.
Your marvelous subconscious mind is taking care of your breathing just as it has from the moment of your birth throughout your life and for as long as you may live.
And just as your subconscious mind is the guardian of your breath and all your bodily functions,
It's also the creator of your dreams,
The champion of your highest aspirations,
Always supporting you,
Protecting you,
And working for your greatest good.
Knowing this,
You can relax even more deeply with each and every breath that you take.
From this point onward,
Just allow yourself to simply rest on your breath,
Rest and relax,
Rest and relax deeper and deeper,
Knowing that the more you relax,
The deeper you go and the deeper you go,
Or you can relax.
Allowing your subconscious mind with all its awesome power to work on your behalf to easily and effortlessly understand and receive every positive suggestion and allow it to become a part of you for as long as it's of use to you.
Now you've come to this point in your life because you've made some decisions,
That there are certain things that you would like to make happen,
And in order to create this new reality,
There may be some things that you must either change,
Accept,
Or celebrate about yourself in an entirely new way.
It's important to realize that the way you are now is a direct result of all of your past thoughts and memories.
It's a direct result.
The things that you have placed your thoughts,
Focus,
Attention,
And energy on in the past combined with how you perceived all of your experiences have made you exactly the person that you are right now.
And now that you've decided that it's time to create a new you,
And the way you're going to do that is simply by placing your thoughts,
Your focus,
And your energy on the new you that you want to become.
Your present thoughts and focus will create the person that you want to be,
Incorporating all of your best qualities and learning from every experience you've ever had.
It's important to realize that to create this new version of you,
Your thoughts must be consistent.
You must create a clear vision and continually focus all of your energy on the person that you are becoming right now,
Leaving behind any old stories that limited you in any way.
It is a continual and ongoing process.
The best way to put it would be to imagine yourself as a large block of stone and that your subconscious mind is the Michelangelo that is creating the new you.
You are in fact chiseling away all of the excess stone,
Any old ideas or limiting beliefs that you no longer need.
They no longer serve you and accentuating all of your natural talents and abilities so that they can thrive until you finally achieve the masterpiece that you desire.
So right now,
Use your imagination and imagine yourself as the new you that you would like to become,
Just as if you were creating that masterpiece.
Now you must see all the details of exactly what you want.
Notice all of your skills and talents and abilities right now,
Acknowledging and appreciating them for the gifts that they are and feeling grateful for how they serve you in this new way,
For this new you that you created.
See yourself right now as if you were standing in front of you as the end product,
Taking a few moments.
Admire your creation.
What are you like?
Notice all of the details.
How is the new you that you're standing in front of right now different from the old you?
How does it make you feel having attained your goal of reinventing and redefining yourself in this way?
Take a few more moments and imagine the new you appreciating your creation,
Hearing the sound of congratulations from yourself and from others with this amazing accomplishment.
Now we must remember that even some of Michelangelo's greatest creations did not earn him immediate fame or great sums of money,
But he never worried about the money.
Because he always made it and he found that the worry only stifled his ability to truly create.
So what do you suppose drove him to keep creating?
Perhaps it was the love of the work,
The desire to express some inner feeling or to use his God given talents to uncover and reveal some hidden object or message that only he could see.
And of course,
There were critics.
There are always critics,
But perhaps he,
And perhaps like ourselves,
We are our biggest critic,
Are you not?
And I want you to imagine just for a moment that you see the face of your biggest critic and you hear their voice and it is the voice of congratulations on a job well done.
Now,
If you follow my instructions carefully,
Without being critical of them,
You'll find that you are self-confident and able to accomplish all of your goals.
You have no doubt in yourself.
You feel motivated to be successful at whatever you are doing.
You will work hard,
Finish all of your assignments and you will do your best.
Any task that you do will finish in a positive manner and you're happy and motivated to attempt new things.
You're excited as you approach a new task,
As you know you will do your best and your best seems to always get better and better.
You notice that you now have a sort of childlike quality about you and excitement,
A new energy as you approach any new or even old task.
You are curious and excited as you complete your tasks at hand and do a wonderful job giving it your 100% effort and attention.
This wonderful feeling of motivation keeps growing stronger and stronger each and every day.
And now it's time to begin our return journey.
But as you lay down your chisel and turn to leave your artist studio,
You notice someone standing in a doorway on the other side of the room.
The person is bathed in a bright light.
So it's hard to clearly make out their features,
But you feel their presence and you can make out that they are mouthing the most powerful words of praise that we can offer anyone.
Thank you.
Thank you for finally eliminating all the stone that has been covering up your true self for too long and for bringing out the you who you truly are and what you are now capable of becoming.
You are filled with a profound sense of love and joy and you turn to leave making the journey back to the present time.
Bringing back with you the feeling of their presence,
Feelings of deep love and joy,
Basking in the feeling,
Knowing that the universe is conspiring on your behalf to bring everything you desire into the present.
But first you must learn and accept the learnings of each experience.
It is happening now.
Believe it.
Recall a time when you were successful at something at anything,
Not by any external yardstick or measure,
But only by your own personal sense of accomplishment.
Because that is all that really matters,
Is it not?
Remember the feeling of happiness and pride that you felt at that time.
How good it felt to acknowledge and allow in those feelings that you deserve to be successful.
You deserve to be happy.
You deserve to accomplish every goal you set out for yourself and you can and you will remember that you have always been successful in the past,
Even when you could not recognize it and you are successful.
Now you will continue to be successful in all that you do.
Concentrate now on the confidence you feel as you move towards accomplishing your goals,
Noticing each step forward and allowing for the occasional side trip without getting discouraged.
Knowing that every journey is filled with natural twists and turns,
But your secret is staying on the path,
Learning as you go and using it all to become even more motivated and filled with a sense of self accomplishment.
Notice how that when you notice these feelings of motivation and accomplishment that they move throughout your body,
Lighting you up from the inside out.
This feeling spreads to every cell in your being.
You are unstoppable.
You notice that you succeed easily and effortlessly when you carry this feeling with you wherever you go.
Whatever you do,
Your mind remembers this feeling and you automatically create opportunities to succeed.
You are relaxed and confident as you follow through to experience the success you deserve.
You feel self-assured,
Content and successful.
You feel wonderful now,
More relaxed with the idea of being successful.
You no longer feel the need to be in control because you're at peace,
Knowing,
Accepting and acknowledging that you are already at some level successful with everything you undertake.
As you walk back up the stairs now to the present with each step bringing you closer,
You are locking in these insights in at the deepest level.
Each breath allowing these ideas to remain with you consciously and unconsciously so that they can affect your thinking and behavior in ways without you even noticing it.
Stepping closer to the light and knowing these to be true,
Wondering how these new patterns and beliefs will bring positive changes to every area of your life.
Locking them in at the deepest levels,
Keeping them in the place where you keep all of your most important beliefs about yourself and the world around you.
Getting excited about the world of opportunities that's waiting for you,
For the purpose of your success and the sense of accomplishment that you feel inside.
Breathing deeply in,
Filling your body with energy,
Enthusiasm and a feeling of one who has made profound changes.
Making a contribution that you will recognize as one that has meaning today,
But can also last long after.
And now,
One last breath opening your eyes,
Awake,
Alert and ready to tackle anything.
