Hello and welcome to the official launch of the Daily Insight here on Insight Timer.
My name is Sarah Blondin and I am a teacher here.
Today's meditation is going to be a gentle practice that focuses on accessing your inner source of hope and optimism.
It can be useful when you're feeling overwhelmed,
Disheartened,
Or stuck in a muddy place of fear and insecurity.
I wish you a restorative practice and look forward to seeing you again next month.
And of course,
Happy New Year!
To start off on a bit of a personal note,
I have found myself in this last year overwhelmed with feelings of fear and despair,
Both inside myself and for the earth.
I sense the collective heart of our world is a bit heavy and I know I'm not alone in feeling this.
So on this first day of this new year,
I'd like to instill hope and offer a way for us to cultivate optimism instead of remaining caught in our concern and pain.
We are not wrong to feel distressed and heartache.
In fact,
We are really right to feel these things.
We are highly intuitive beings who can sense subtle currents of disharmony both inside of ourselves and in our surroundings.
So when feelings of despair and dread come up,
It is important we recognize that our body is signaling to us that something is amiss.
Something very loving and essential is rising inside of us that is in opposition to the fraught frequency.
We are being asked to restore balance and harmony in any way we can and the best place to start is within ourselves.
So let's just settle deeper into our bodies and take a few deep breaths to calm our system.
I want you to step into the softest,
Most loving aspect of your being,
Unguarded and ready to receive and give love.
I want you to gently place one hand on your heart and repeat the mantra,
I trust in myself and the goodness of this world.
I trust in myself and the goodness of this world.
I trust in myself and the goodness of this world.
Resting here,
I'd like you to send some loving thoughts to your body and to anything outside of you that you feel is needing that love also.
Behind the pain,
Behind the fear,
Behind the distress is something vulnerable asking to be loved.
So use your power now to direct that love both to yourself and the world around you.
Step out from the fraud frequency and shake your love awake dear one.
Wanting to open your eyes when you're ready,
Thank you for doing the generous and loving thing you just have.
We need to step inside of ourselves giving love to our own earth and the earth around us.
This we are capable of and this is what will ultimately give us hope.
For it is finding it within ourselves that we begin to see it everywhere we look.
And thank you for joining me and sending blessings.
