Welcome to Whispers of the Heart.
Guided meditations.
I'm your host and guide.
Noriko Tanigawa.
Everything we do.
It's a practice.
We practice playing an instrument.
Speaking a language.
Being present.
And becoming more comfortable.
With things that once felt difficult.
With practice.
We become more familiar with.
What we are doing.
And perhaps.
Happiness can be a practice too.
We often think of happiness as something that happens to us,
Something that arrives when life gives us the right circumstances,
When we accomplish something we've been working toward,
When someone we love is with us,
When something beautiful happens.
Then we feel happy.
But happiness doesn't always have to come in somewhere outside of us.
There may be moments of happiness already woven into our everyday lives.
A warm cup of tea,
A familiar song.
A beautiful sky.
A moment of laughter.
Or simply.
The feeling of being alive.
And sometimes.
.
.
We move through these moments so quickly that we barely notice them.
Today.
I invite you to practice noticing.
Not forcing yourself to feel happy.
Not pretending that difficult emotions don't exist.
But becoming more familiar with the experience of happiness when it naturally arises.
To pause long enough to receive it.
To let yourself feel it.
And to discover what happens.
When you give happiness a little more of your attention.
Because happiness may not always be a destination we arrive at.
It may also be a state.
We can learn to recognize.
Experience and cultivate.
This is.
The practice of happiness.
And whenever you're ready.
Let's begin!
Find a comfortable seat.
While I go.
Find the position that makes you happy.
Create this nice cozy knee space.
Bring your favorite blanket,
Favorite pillow,
Favorite candles,
Whatever you need to create.
This space that's really you.
Feel free to pause this meditation if you need.
And feel free to come back.
Whenever you're ready.
And now as always,
We will ground ourselves.
By taking a deep breath in and out three times.
Let's take a deeper theme.
And breath out.
Let's take another deep breath in.
And breath out.
And one more time,
Let's take a deep breath in.
And let it all our audible breath out.
Allow your breath.
To return to normal.
And just witness our breath coming in and out.
Feel the air coming in and out.
And notice how this breath and your heartbeat.
Sustains you.
Allowing you to experience life.
The moment that you're in right now.
Whatever your feeling.
Whatever the sensation that you are experiencing right now.
It's all here.
Because your breath is here.
Your heartbeat is here.
You sometimes forget how special it is.
That we are living in this moment.
We take our life for granted.
Not everybody gets to do that.
And yet here we are.
Having this moment too.
Pause.
Feel our heartbeat.
And feel our breath.
So today we are going to practice happiness.
This is a meditation that I got an inspiration while I was meditating the other day.
And I came to really understand that.
Pretty much everything in life is about practice.
Bye.
The meditation I was doing.
I was remembering how hard it was for me to meditate.
In the beginning.
But with practice.
It has become more natural for me too.
Get into this meditative state.
Tune myself inward.
And feel the energy pouring through me.
And to feel.
The unconditional loving energy.
That is flowing through us at all times.
And likewise,
Everything we do,
Like walking,
We may not remember when we couldn't walk when we were little.
But walking is something we all have to learn.
Or speaking,
Expressing ourselves.
Whether you speak just one language or more,
We all have to learn how to speak,
How to express ourselves.
And we continue to do so.
In many different ways.
There were times all these things that we do in a day that comes very natural to us were so difficult.
And it has gotten better with practice.
So let's look at happiness.
What is happiness?
A lot of us think that happiness.
.
.
Is something that comes from outside.
Happy relationships.
Happy Day!
Happy life.
Some sort of situation or circumstances that the fits right.
For your definition of happiness.
Happiness is actually.
.
.
A steeple mind.
Meaning that you can choose to be happy at any given moment.
Because.
Happiness.
It's just as easy as looking inward and tapping into that vibration.
We are just not used to it.
We think it comes from outside.
So we get happy when something amazing.
Happens in our lives.
So we think.
We are not happy.
Win.
The situation or circumstances in our life isn't right.
But would it?
It's just a model.
Practicing.
What if we practice happiness?
If you chew into this.
Happiness Vibration Email.
That we learn to be happy.
Almost all the time.
So if you're ready for this fun experiment,
Let's do this together.
Let's practice happiness together.
So I want you to.
.
.
Allow your body to relax.
We need to feel.
The floor,
Really.
Supporting you,
Almost hugging you.
And let the gravity do its thing.
Just let go.
And I want you to feel supported.
And safe.
And in this particular moment,
No matter how busy your day has been.
Or how busy your life is going to be after this practice.
You are.
Free.
You are safe.
And you are this very quiet.
Peaceful.
Space.
I need just you.
Anew.
You need to place yourself in this imaginary world,
In this space that you're in,
In this meditation.
That would make you very,
Very happy.
How does the sky look like?
Is it a clear blue sky?
Or perhaps a beautiful sunset.
There may be some clouds that.
.
.
Paints the sky in beautiful colors.
Whatever it is.
Imagine.
The kind of sky that would make you really,
Really happy.
Now we need the imaging.
The temperature.
What is your happy temperature?
What would make you happy?
Is it when it's warm?
Or a little bit cooler.
You know,
Some people really like it.
When it's really hot like summer days or Some of us likes it.
When we need a jacket to go outside.
Imagine your absolutely perfect happy temperature.
How does the air feel?
On your skin.
I want you to imagine you're wearing something that would make you happy.
Really happy.
If you want to.
Dress up.
Like it's on a red carpet event,
Go for it,
Or you might feel very comfortable in.
.
.
Comfy t-shirts and shorts.
Imagine You're a happy crow.
Where would you be?
Most happy.
Maybe it's inside somewhere Maybe your favorite cafe.
Or your home or your friend's home.
Could be in a park.
Ninja Trail.
By the beach.
Maybe you have a favorite city you like to visit.
Just imagine.
You.
Wearing a happy crown.
In a perfect happy temperature.
Happy weather.
What would you be doing?
What would make you happy?
And don't think about If it's realistic or not,
I want you to just.
.
.
Use your imagination.
Go wild!
I want you to feel how your body is feeling You're just feeling so so happy.
You feel you are in total alignment with happiness.
Some of you might feel like.
We can finally take.
.
.
That deep breath.
The weight on the shoulder all lifted.
Light and free.
Now I want you to hold on to this feeding on happiness.
And this is the happiness you just created.
Or in your imagination,
You didn't change.
A single situation or circumstances.
You were able to tap into this.
Happiness.
Hold on to it.
This feeling of happiness and I want you to.
.
.
Remember how this feels on your body.
Because this is.
.
.
The state we want to go back to.
Take a deep breath in,
Let's take it all in.
And breath out.
I want you to now look back to.
.
.
What you have done today so far.
I want you to think of one thing.
That made you really,
Really happy.
It might not be a big thing.
It might be.
.
.
As small as.
That morning cup of coffee.
Or see in the sunlight.
When you walk up.
Maybe you took a walk.
In the morning and that makes you happy.
Or just.
Petting your dog or cat.
Brought you smiles.
However big or small it is.
Think of something that made you happy today.
And if you can't think of anything right now and think of the heartbeat.
That is beating right now allowing you to.
Live an experienced life.
Allowing you to be.
Bringing all the potential for you to be happy.
Do you feel the happiness?
And do you realize how easy it is for us to peel?
The happiness sometimes.
The feeling of happiness can be very subtle.
But it's here.
The happiness is just there.
A small accumulation of.
Tiny experiences that meets you.
Realize that.
You're living this life.
And your love.
And it doesn't take.
And extraordinary.
Exciting thing for you to be happy.
I want you to.
.
.
Imagine your body completely infused with this happiness that we have.
We've been experiencing in this practice.
And every time you take a deep breath in you take in more happiness.
Every time you take a breath out.
The happiness that permeates throughout your body.
It's being sent out,
Outward.
So that you get to share your happiness.
With anybody.
Who's ready to receive.
And that's how we spread our happiness.
I want you to feel every single cell of your body Buzzing with happiness.
Happiness to just.
Be here existing right now.
Being able to experience life,
Being able to love.
Being able to receive love.
Being able to feel this peace and harmony.
And being able to be this.
Very special vessel.
When you get to broadcast this.
Happiness.
To others.
What you are feeling right now.
This is the vibration of happiness.
And it might be hard in the beginning.
You may not feel it all that much,
But with practice,
You will feel that you will find this very specific channel.
Of this happiness vibration.
And when you feel your whole body deeply dipped into this happiness vibration,
That's when you get to broadcast outward.
As you tune into this happiness vibration more and more.
You will start attracting experiences that simulate that.
The same energy and vibration.
And you will start finding.
Moments of joy and happiness.
Throughout your everyday life.
It will just come.
In the beginning,
You might need to look for them.
While soon it will come to you.
Your everyday life will start to feel like.
Christmas morning or your birthday when you get to open gifts.
What I feel every day and every moment.
Is already filled with gifts.
You get to open and feel the joy and happiness.
In every single one of those experiences.
The life here.
Is meant to be fun and joyful.
Nothing too serious about it.
Everything is okay.
And if you are feeling very stressed in your life right now,
Use this as a moment to take much needed respite from the pain.
Your stressful life.
As you give more time to rest your mind.
A new brain,
A new emotions,
A new nervous system.
The life will bring more rest.
Calmness and peace.
Now let's bring back.
.
.
The state of happiness.
Back into our physical realm.
Slowly.
We go our toes and fingers.
Rotate our wrists and ankles.
Shake your head yes and no.
And whenever you're ready.
Slowly Open your eyes.
Welcome back.
How do you feel?
I hope you feel.
.
.
Light.
And filled with joy.
Maybe a little bit mellow.
And ready to take on the rest of your day.
Finding happiness in each and every moment.
Appreciate this practice to anyone who might benefit from this.
And let's spread the circle of happiness.
And inner healing together.
So if you haven't already.
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Please follow me so that you will be notified when the next meditation comes out.
And feel free to leave a comment.
What kind of happiness moment you have in your day.
And how you felt after this practice.
I'm really curious to know how you felt.
Thanks again for coming along in this sweet practice of meditation.
Happiness.
Think of this as an experiment,
And then see.
If you can practice this happiness.
Migration pool.
A week.
A month?
Or longer.
I'm very curious to know.
How your experience changes.
Thanks again for joining me on this healing journey.
As always,
I'm sending you all my love and support.
I love you all.
Thank you for listening.
And I will see you next time.
