Begin by relaxing your body and taking some deep breaths.
As you breathe,
Letting go of any thoughts,
Worries,
Plans or ideas.
Letting your mind be peaceful now as you listen to this exercise with the intention of finding forgiveness for yourself.
Every breath brings you deeper into a state of peace and presence.
Now visualizing a pure white light surrounding you.
Feel yourself relaxing deeper as this healing light holds you gently in a warm embrace.
With your next in breath,
Drawing this healing white light inside of you and sending it slowly throughout your entire body.
As the light washes over each part of you,
It revitalizes your cells,
Heals you and brings you a deep sense of peace.
The intention for this meditation is for you to let go of blame,
Guilt,
Resentment,
Disappointment or shame that you've held against yourself for too long and to access self-forgiveness.
We often think of forgiveness work relating to other people,
But we also need to forgive ourselves in order to let go of toxic cycles that block us from moving forward and growing into love and self-acceptance.
Self-forgiveness is essential for finding true comfort within yourself in order to heal fully.
This exercise will focus on something specific that you would like to forgive yourself for.
Bring this to mind now.
It might be something that you did or said to someone a long time ago or something more recent.
It might be a mistake that you made knowingly or unknowingly.
Perhaps there's something you feel guilt about or responsibility for.
Maybe you look back on a time in your life that just makes you cringe.
Or maybe you're upset with the way you treated someone or even yourself.
Let yourself experience whatever it is that you need to forgive and allow all the thoughts and feelings associated with this to exist within you now.
Don't fight them.
Perhaps you've been running from these thoughts and feelings,
But now is the time to notice them and let them be.
Breathing deeply.
Now seeing yourself looking into a golden framed mirror.
Looking at the reflection of yourself as you are now with all of these criticisms,
Thoughts and strong feelings within you.
Notice how these things affect you.
How they influence your energy,
Your body,
The way you experience stress and the beliefs that you form about yourself,
Your worth and your capabilities.
Notice that holding on to these thoughts and feelings does not serve you.
That doing so would only cause you to suffer further and keep you stuck.
Taking a deep breath in and opening your heart.
Breathing into your heart space.
Gapping into your deepest wells of compassion and love.
With each breath your heart expands and the flow of love rises within you.
Breathing that love and compassion up and allow it to grow in your heart on a continuous flow and looking at yourself again in the mirror.
Gently sending this love and compassion to the reflection of yourself that you see in the mirror.
Keep this stream of love flowing from within you and notice as you begin to feel this same love washing over you as you receive it.
Seeing this loving energy as it's reflected off the mirror and sent back to you.
Soften and healing the thoughts and feelings present within you.
Feeling that sense of compassion flowing through you like a loving embrace.
Holding you.
Telling you that everything will be okay.
Reminding you that you are worthy.
Now looking into the mirror once more but this time the mirror becomes a portal back in time.
Bringing you back to the time in your life when you first took the action that you are now seeking to forgive.
Seeing yourself in the mirror saying or doing whatever it was that has caused you to carry guilt,
Resentment and pain about it all this time.
It might be something that happened recently or it could be something that happened many years ago or even on different occasions.
Watching as the situation plays out before you in the mirror like a movie screen and as you watch tapping into that love and compassion within you.
Like before sending this love and compassion to yourself when you made that mistake or when you adopted that guilt.
You might still feel upset with yourself for the way that things played out but remember at that particular point in time you did the best that you could considering the challenges that you faced and the limiting beliefs that you were operating with.
And maybe you took a big risk or made a decision that you later regretted but as you look back at this version of yourself in your past knowing that you had your reasons for these decisions.
Perhaps you were trying to hide from fear or trying to protect yourself from pain.
Maybe you were ignoring your intuition or stuck in a limiting belief,
Addiction or behavior pattern that you weren't fully equipped to shake free from.
Keep sending love and as you do saying to your past self I forgive you.
I forgive myself.
I honor and accept myself and the decisions that I made.
Yes I might sometimes wish that I had made different choices but I choose now to make peace with everything that I have done.
I am truly sorry for the pain that I have caused to others and to myself.
If you have someone in mind that you would like to apologize to you can do that on a soul level now.
Just bringing the person to mind and gently saying I am sorry for any pain that I have caused you.
And if you have also caused pain to yourself in one way or another apologizing to yourself saying I am sorry that I carried this pain with me for so long.
I choose now to forgive myself and to let this pain go.
Declaring to yourself now I forgive myself and release all pain,
Guilt,
Disappointment,
Anger or heaviness.
It's my time to heal.
Breathing deeply now as you release any pain that you have been carrying related to this situation.
Remembering that forgiveness does not mean that you release accountability.
You are still responsible for what you have said and done in the past.
But by forgiving yourself you are allowing yourself to let go of any burdens,
To repair any damage that has been done and most importantly to know within yourself that you are still a good and worthy person regardless of your past mistakes.
Declaring to yourself now even though I have done this I am still a good and worthy person equally deserving of love and acceptance as anyone else.
I am enough.
I forgive and accept myself and I release who I used to be.
Watching as the image in the mirror slowly changes back to your present day reflection.
Noticing how you seem lighter now that you have forgiven yourself.
Taking a moment to look into your eyes in the mirror and making a vow to yourself to be your best self possible as you move into the future.
Making a decision now about how you want to treat others and how you would like to treat yourself from this moment on.
Holding your hands on your heart as you welcome this new sense of being,
One that has released the shackles of guilt and embraced your mistakes and imperfections.
Thinking yourself for your uniqueness,
For being brave enough to forgive yourself and knowing in absolute truth that you are worthy of all that you desire.
Reconnecting with your breathing now and bringing your awareness back into your body.
Stretching gently and opening your eyes.
Coming back into your world refreshed and new.
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