Welcome.
This is Paula Jenkins,
The host of JumpStart Your Joy,
And I will be leading you in a visualization that is all about receiving and energy.
Over the next 10 minutes,
We are going to be doing a visualization.
So I ask that you find a place that is quiet,
A place that perhaps you can close the door,
Either in your home or in your office,
And go there now.
When you are there,
Dim the lights and find a comfortable place to be seated.
You may find that that is on the floor,
Or maybe it is on the couch or a chair in the room,
And make yourself comfortable.
Once you are there,
Close your eyes and notice the seat that is supporting you.
Notice how it holds your body here in this space.
Feel the floor or the seat below you,
And think of how it is connected down through the floorboards,
Down maybe through the building that you are in,
Down,
Down,
Down to the earth where it is connected,
And there where you are connected to everything else on this planet.
Sit for a moment and think of our connectivity.
Now take in a deep breath and exhale.
Notice where your shoulders are.
Are they up high by your ears?
If so,
Let them drop.
This time is just for you.
This is a gift,
A gift of 10 minutes or so where you can just relax and be.
On your next inhale,
Notice how many seconds it takes to inhale that breath.
Count it for yourself.
And on your exhale,
Do the same.
Notice how many seconds it takes to exhale.
And you can do that again.
On your next breath,
Try to match the number of seconds you inhale to the number of seconds you exhale.
Notice how this slows you down,
And this is a tool that you can use anytime,
Any day to return to stillness if you need to.
Now that you are comfortable with your eyes still shut,
Imagine yourself in a place of great beauty.
This may be a place that is your heart's second home,
A place that you would love to return to,
Perhaps you have visited before,
And that just feels like a place where your soul,
Below your lungs.
You know this place well.
Sometimes you visit it in your mind,
And you're walking there now.
Notice how the wind feels on your face as you are walking in this space.
Notice where the sun is sitting behind you or in front of you.
How does it fall?
Does it warm your face,
Warm your hands,
Or is it colder here?
As you are walking,
You notice other details,
The things that are on this path,
Maybe the smell that they make as you walk on them.
You notice up ahead that there is a bench,
And you are ready to take a rest.
You walk over to the bench and sit down,
Taking in this view,
Noticing all the lovely details that make this place so special to you,
Listening for the sounds that make it special,
Noticing the things that your heart loves about this place so much.
You decide to close your eyes,
And in this moment,
We will dip into your heart just a little bit more.
In this place that feels so beautiful and inspirational and where you are connected to your energy source,
You notice that your heart has a very special message for you.
It wants to share with you the thing that you desire most,
The thing that is your purpose here,
And the thing that is your North Star.
Listen for a moment to what your heart has to tell you here.
Receive what your heart has to tell you.
It is sharing with you your one thing.
And as you have received this gift just now,
It aligns with the things that you know to be true of yourself and your desires and your purpose here on this planet.
You also notice that you have brought a pen and a small piece of paper,
And on it,
You write out the word or the phrase that you have just received from your own heart.
This message is special,
And you want to keep it.
After you visualize writing that out for yourself,
You put it in your pocket,
And you think to yourself,
What is the next thing that I want to do that aligns me with this purpose,
That aligns me with this gift that I have just received from my own heart?
And you can think on that for just a moment as you sit in this place of great beauty.
What is it that I will do next with this great gift?
As you wrap up that thought,
You look out again in this visualization over this beautiful landscape,
And you have a sense of resolve,
A sense of purpose,
And a renewed sense of joy as you look out over this beautiful landscape.
You take a mental picture of it,
Of this feeling and of this place,
And then your eyes flutter open in the room that you are physically in.
Welcome back.
I now invite you to take that word that you visualized writing on a piece of paper and maybe find a piece of paper in the physical realm to share that word with yourself.
This is your North Star,
Your guiding point,
And you can reference back to this anytime that you need.
You've just received a message from your own heart about the thing that you're to do next or that fills you up with love and joy,
And you can refer to that in your space whenever you need it.
You can hang it at your desk,
You can keep it in your pocket,
You can keep it in your wallet,
But you have it to reference and to go back to whenever you need.
I hope that this was helpful for you.
I hope that you can return to it when you need to.
Have a lovely day.
