Affirmations: I Choose To Honour Myself

Reuben guides us, to help us drop into a spiritual connection with ourselves. These affirmations have been written to give us some simple guidance, simply to honor ourselves. This includes relating to our emotions in an open and receptive way. The example of the sadness, that is sometimes within us, is used within this practice.

We start with a simple introduction to settle us in, then we get to use these affirmations with their ambient cinematic music. This, ideally, is to bring us into a wise and kind acknowledgment, and appreciation of ourselves.

Transcript

I choose to honor myself. Today is about the honoring of yourself. I choose me first. Honoring my challenges, Honoring myself, Honoring my growth, And honoring my future self. As I choose to honor myself, I am coming to know more and more that honoring myself deepens my sense of spirituality. As I choose to honor myself, I am coming to know more and more that choosing gratitude for the me here now deepens my sense of connection to myself and the world, And I deserve it. As I choose to honor myself, I recognize that sometimes I lose myself. Sometimes I forget myself. Remembering myself is part of the journey, And then I realign with myself. I reconnect with myself in those micro-moments of showing up for myself, Just like now. I choose to recognize that any feelings, Any energies in motion that I experience within my dear body are there for a reason. Communicate, Motivate, Illuminate. Emotions communicate with me. Emotions motivate me to take action. Emotions illuminate to me that there is something behind these feelings that I care about. Communicate, Motivate, Illuminate. I allow you, Dear body, To feel sad when sadness arises. I choose to see sadness as an energy in motion, And in doing so, I help you to process this, My dear sweet body. Sadness communicates to me that I need to process what's going on. Sadness motivates me to slow down, Rest, And restore. And sadness illuminates to me that this sadness is showing me something that I care about. Thank you, Dear body. It is okay to feel sad. I allow you, Dear body, To feel whatever it is that you're giving to me, Any feelings, As energies in motion. In these moments, I am here to nurture you. It is okay to feel whatever I feel, Sadness, Fear, Grief, Love, Joy, Gratitude. It is okay to feel a mixture of feelings that don't even have words to describe them. I know it's overwhelming sometimes. And in these moments, My dear body, I choose to soothe you. As I choose to honour myself, I know that I am here to parent myself with kind awareness. As I choose to honour myself, I choose to gently notice my thoughts and feelings. And in doing so, Know that this is how I parent myself. As I choose to honour myself, I am worthy of this energy. As I choose to honour myself, I am surrounded by a miracle. I am a miracle within this miracle.