Hi,
Welcome to Peacebeam.
So as always just make sure that you're sitting or lying down and that you are really comfortable.
And now just close your eyes for the next few minutes.
As we begin with step one,
Notice.
And this is where we ask ourselves how we're feeling today.
So just take a moment and ask yourself that question.
How am I today?
And just see what answers come back.
And it really doesn't matter what they are,
Whether it's happy or sad or anxious or relaxed,
All of it's fine.
All we're doing right now is we're noticing how we're feeling.
Taking a little bit of time each day to notice how you're feeling is a real act of kindness to yourself.
So now that we've done that we will move to our step two,
Which is breathe.
And this is where we begin to notice our breath.
We just take a few moments to feel the air moving in and out through your nose or through your mouth.
You can put your hand on your chest and begin to feel the rise and fall as your breath moves in and out.
And just really keep your attention here,
Feeling the gentle constant movement of your breathing.
And think about this,
Your breathing is always happening,
Always there,
Gently in the background,
In and out.
And it's really nice to be able to bring your attention here and just start to relax.
And now I want you to imagine that every time you breathe in the air is going deep into your lungs and then straight into your heart.
And with every breath your heart is lighting up with this beautiful golden light which you're then breathing out into the world.
So just picture that in your mind for a few moments,
Golden light moving in and out of your heart with every breath.
And then we're going to move to step three,
Activate.
And today we're going to talk about kindness.
Being kind can seem easy really,
But when we think about it we realize that to be kind,
Really kind,
Requires a lot of strength and a lot of courage.
To be kind means to treat people as we would like to be treated ourselves.
And to do this often takes quite a lot of effort because sometimes when we are afraid or angry or hurt we want to treat other people like that instead of treating them with kindness.
But we know that making somebody else hurt because we are hurt just makes everybody's life a little bit worse.
So to be kind in those circumstances requires real courage and real effort from us and it's not always easy and we won't always manage it.
But if we can try each time we will make our lives and the lives of everybody around us so much better.
Scientists have found that kind people are much more likely to be happy people.
So think about that every time you're kind you're actually making your life better and happier.
So let that make you smile as we move to step four peace beam.
When we peace beam we are actually practicing the art of kindness because what we're doing is that we are wishing and intending that all the very good things will happen for us and for everybody around us.
So this is like a perfect act of kindness.
So remember it's not always easy for us to be kind in every situation and sometimes if we don't manage it we can send out those beautiful thoughts of happiness and goodwill to ourselves and to everybody around us and that is a perfect act of kindness.
Thank you so much for listening and we'll see you the next time.
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