New Years Intention Meditation

This meditation is perfect for new years day but can be used for any start. The first day of the month, the first day of the week, the first day of being a year older... Use this meditation to get clear on your intentions and directions!

Transcript

Welcome and Happy New Year.

As you come to your meditative seat,

Bring with you perhaps a candle,

A crystal,

If you have a favorite crystal around.

And if you have an essential oil that you enjoy,

Bring that with you as well.

If you have none of those,

Don't even worry about it.

Just find your way to a comfortable seat and you'll be just fine without them.

So as this year begins and the old one closes,

And the days leading up to it,

Those resolutions begin to percolate in our field of awareness.

I want you to know before we begin this meditation,

The true definition of resolution is to find a solution.

And I interpret that as a solution into the most authentic expression of who we are,

That being our ultimate intention this year.

Come to sit in a comfortable position.

And if you have an essential oil,

Take a drop of that oil and just place it into your palm centers.

Then with or without the oil,

Seal your palms in front of your heart and start to create some friction.

So you're gonna rub your hands together fast,

Create some heat here,

Using this friction to build the energy,

Creating some hot hands as we rub,

Rub,

Rub them together fast as we can.

And now slow down and pause,

Pressing the palms firmly against each other,

The elbows wide,

The shoulders soft.

Maybe sensing that heat between the palm centers.

Take a deep breath in through your nose and let it out through your mouth.

Again,

Inhaling through your nose and exhaling through the mouth.

Deepening this connection as you continue to breathe and this awareness to the center between your palms,

Between your right hand and between your left hand.

The right hand connected to the divine masculine,

The left hand connected to the divine feminine.

And right in the center is this union of forces.

Visualize an energy there like a spiral between the palms growing or any variation of shape or color that makes sense to you right now.

Very softly,

Allow the skin on both hands to light in their pressure against each other,

Creating a very small separation between the hands as if you're holding something so small there between your palms.

Breathing in to a slow count of four,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Pause,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Exhale,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale to four,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Pause here,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale,

Four,

Three,

Two,

And one.

And keep breathing like this.

Don't get caught up in counting.

Just keep the breath slow and mindful.

And on your next inhale,

I want you to feel your palms growing just a little further apart.

And on the exhale,

Feel your palms coming closer again.

So on the inhale,

The palms grow slightly apart.

And on the exhales,

The palms come back towards each other,

This pulsing of movement,

An aliveness in the hands,

Widening and expanding on the inhales and closing and contracting slightly on the exhales.

I want you to imagine that you are holding a seed.

This energy between your palms is a seed of information,

Information from the past,

Holding the information from this entire year,

Reflecting from winter to spring.

Spring to summer,

Summer to fall,

Fall to winter again.

All this information has been recorded as events and stories.

And all these stories had significance,

Big or small,

All held within this small seed between your palms.

And on your next inhale,

All held within this small seed between your palms.

All these stories had significance in your life and molding and shaping the way that the seed is formed in your hands.

And this information is relevant to how the seed will germinate and blossom into the future.

Now in your mind's eye,

In your heart's center,

Connect to the nature of this seed.

Breathe into everything that it has seen,

Heard,

Felt and experienced throughout this past year.

It holds all of the joyful moments.

It holds all of the obstacles,

It holds all of the obstacles.

It holds all the moments of lightness and darkness,

All of the challenges,

The moments of stress and anxiety and heartbreak,

But also the moments of laughter and victories.

This year has been full.

From the moments of soulful growth to those many moments of disappointment and sadness.

Continue breathing,

Breathing in all that has happened,

Acknowledging those moments that led you to where you sit now.

Observing all those times you felt drawn to action,

All those times you felt drawn towards your passion and your purpose,

The moments in this past year you felt inspired.

And observe those moments that were dark,

Where you felt helpless,

Where the outlook may have been bleak.

Now feel the seed growing in your hands,

Strengthening,

Expanding with your breath,

And expanding with your intention,

Your thoughts and desires for how it is you'd like to shape this future year,

This year to come.

And now,

Feel the seed growing in your hands,

And the desire this year to come.

Who you would like to show up as,

What you would like to shed and what you would like to step into.

Solidify this manifestation of your desires and your wishes for this year to come into the seed.

With each in-breath,

Infuse into the seed your hopes and your dreams.

And on your exhales,

Grounding this feeling of the experience of having arrived there in your bones and in your blood and in your muscles and your connective tissues and your whole body.

On the inhale,

Infusing the seed with your hopes,

Your dreams,

Your intentions,

Expanding with your hopes and intentions,

Expanding larger than life itself.

And on your exhales,

Grounding this feeling of experiencing having what you desire in your whole body,

In your bones,

In your muscles,

In your being.

The knowledge of the future is right here,

Right now,

In this very present moment within the seed.

And this seed will continue to grow and bloom into a magnificent tree.

Bring your palms to your heart and feel the energy of the seed now being drawn into your body,

Your energy and your spirit.

Once a tiny seedling,

It will become a massive tree.

The seed has been through an enormous journey and it will emerge completely from the seed.

This is the future of that seed.

You are the future of that seed.

And the future is here and now and it arrives through each breath,

Through each moment of focused intention.

Focus on the sensation of your palms here at your heart,

This palpable energy of your heart,

This powerful energy of your spirit,

This palpable energy you are feeling is a reminder that everything is already inside of you waiting to be summoned forth.

Taking a full deep breath in and out,

Pausing and just saying thank you,

Thank you to this past year and looking forward with this confidence and refreshed energy into the future.

Anytime you need a little inspiration or to remember the direction you're heading or for some guidance,

Just come back to this image of the seedling.

You've given this seedling direction.

You've imbued it with positive energy and a trajectory.

And so as you bring your attention back to it,

I'll show you the way.

I'd like to thank you so much for taking this time.

Namaste.

Namaste.

Thank you.

Reviews

Beautiful and precious start to the new year. Keep shining your light. Love. ❤️

Uplifting message, beautiful voice and moving music. This is such an amazing track. I want to use it to start each mpnth!

Thank you so much for this beautiful imagery to begin the new year! I will use the seed to tree vision often.

Thank you! This was best possible way I could have imagined closing out my practice for the year. Incredible.

Just what I needed to begin the year anew after a very tumultuous 2021!! THANK YOU!!!

Amazing way to start the new year.

Loved it ❤. I'm going to listen again with my intention candles.

Wonderful for the cusp of the new year. Thank you for your gift to us.

Beautiful! Thank you and happy new year!

Very energizing. Finished the meditation and had a nice positive energy about the day.