Sit comfortably with a straight spine.
Relax your shoulders and rest your hands down on your knees.
Allow your body to become still,
Enjoying the feeling of being completely supported by gravity and by the chair or floor beneath you.
Take a deep inhale and a full exhale.
Again take a deep inhale and a full exhale.
Let your thoughts start to quiet down.
Be patient with yourself if your mind feels busy today.
There is no rush.
Now start to bring your focus down from your mind into your heart.
Notice what you feel in your heart right now.
Have you ever heard someone talk about how one person can light up a room?
Today we will meditate on our pure inner light.
Inner light is not something we need to create from scratch.
It is always there.
We just need a little quiet time to let it grow and shine both within ourselves and onto others near and far.
As you focus on your heart,
Begin to feel and see it filled with light.
This is a pure light,
Clear and sparkling,
Like the twinkling of stars or beautiful crystals on a frosty window.
You might begin to feel your inner light swirl in circles or grow a little brighter with each beat of your heart.
Imagine your inner light now spreading through your body.
See it fill up your chest and your belly,
Your back and your hips.
Feel it sparkle down your arms all the way to your fingertips and travel down into your legs,
Feet and toes.
See the pure light moving up into your neck,
Your cheeks and your eyes.
All corners of your body start to glow with this comforting,
Pure light.
Your light has grown so steady and strong that it can begin to beam out into the space around you,
Lighting up the room like the sun brightens the world each morning.
Everyone near you begins to feel the warmth and kindness of your light.
Your pure light grows stronger as it spreads,
Expanding now beyond the room and into the world.
It reaches the animals and the trees,
The rivers and the oceans.
It mingles with the light of the sun and the glow of the moon.
As your pure light travels out into the world,
It finds people in need,
Those who are frightened or sad,
Lonely or confused.
Your pure light wraps itself around each person in need like a warm hug.
Sharing your light with others is a beautiful way to spread comfort and hope even to those who are far away.
Maybe there is someone in particular,
Near or far,
With whom you would like to share your light today.
Take a few moments now to let your light travel to them.
Now bring your focus slowly back to your own body.
Feel your pure inner light glowing inside of you.
Notice what you feel in your heart right now.
Feel yourself back in the room,
Sitting comfortably on the floor or chair.
Take a deep inhale and a slow exhale.
Open your eyes and take a nice stretch.
Shine on.
