From Shame Piñata,
I'm Colleen Thomas.
This is Everyday Magic for Ukraine.
Today we will talk about how to nurture hope.
Welcome to the Circle.
Welcome to Everyday Magic for Ukraine,
Where we honor Ukraine and also practice self-care to stay strong as allies.
If you're new here,
Welcome.
I am so glad you're with us.
So the only item you need today is something that brings you hope.
Maybe take a moment to consider that idea.
Do you have anything immediately around you that speaks of hope to you?
And if you don't see anything,
Just imagine something,
Bring it to mind,
Bring it to heart.
So now bring your attention to your bubble space,
To this space right around your body,
Maybe two or three feet on each side.
And notice if it is clean and clear or if it's got some stuff in it.
See if you can find the boundary of it,
The boundary of yourself,
The edge of your aura,
And see if you can make it a nice oval shape or a nice spherical shape.
This space is on the planet because you're on the planet.
This is your sacred immediate space.
And the best way to keep it clean,
The best way to keep it organized and clear and useful to you is to keep it full of yourself.
So let's take three breaths together to finish this work.
Breathing in,
Filling your space with yourself and breathing out,
Releasing anything that's not yours.
And again,
Filling and releasing.
And one more time,
Filling your space with you,
And releasing.
So now,
If you will,
Please bring to mind that idea that came up to you before when I suggested you find a hopeful object.
If it's a physical object,
See if you can hold on to it.
If it's a memory or an image,
Bring it very clearly to mind.
If it's a physical object,
See if you can hold on to it.
And we're going to hold on to this idea of hope,
This reminder or talisman of hope,
While we connect very deeply with our heart chakras.
So just taking a moment to feel into your heart today.
Maybe take a couple breaths connecting in with your heart energy.
And even if there are hard feelings,
Or strong fears,
Or deep grief in your heart right now,
There is,
I'm willing to guess,
Also your unique heart energy,
Your unique love signature,
Love signature,
Your unique vibration at the level of the heart.
And see if you can tap into that.
See if you can find the unique vibration that is you at the heart level.
And see if you can find it,
If you can catch the edge of what that energy is.
And then see if you can breathe into it and magnify it.
Coming in contact with it,
And allowing it to grow,
Allowing it to be seen and witnessed and nurtured.
This is the beautiful,
Effortless part of your heart.
The part that goes running across the room to jump in someone's arms,
The part of you that lights up when a child says their first word in front of you.
The part of you that is just joy and love and connection and divinity.
Just this essential life force that we are so blessed and lucky to have as humans.
And that can get so kind of crowded out and sidelined by the other things happening in life,
But it's still there.
See if you can find it and see if you can nurture it in this moment and witness it in this moment with us here in Circle.
And just allow it to grow,
Allow it to be seen and witnessed.
And what we're going to do now is invite this energy,
This essence,
This us at the basic love level to flow down our arms and into our hands.
And this could be into our objects,
Right?
Or into our objects of hope.
So this talisman,
This image,
This object we picked for our hope,
This is what we want to empower and embrace and enrich with this beautiful heart energy.
This pure,
Open,
We were born with it,
Heart energy.
Allow it to flow into this part of us that has hope or can be hopeful.
Just allow it to bathe this idea of hope,
This representation of hope.
And just allow the process to unfold naturally for you.
This is that beautiful,
Unique love within yourself and it is magnifying and amplifying and bathing this idea of hope.
It is reinvigorating,
Rewilding,
Reloving,
Reawakening this energy of hope.
It's kind of,
I guess,
Fueling it.
And just see that happening.
Trust the magic.
So just another few moments here of allowing this love to invigorate this hope,
Seeing it growing and becoming stronger and more clear.
And now just consider this beautiful talisman of hope.
Maybe open your hands,
Open your palms and hold it in your palms.
If it's an idea or if it's a physical object,
It doesn't matter.
Just hold the essence of it in your palms.
This is your hope that you just reawakened,
Reinvigorated with your essential,
Effortless love.
And it is kind of maybe a little on the fragile side,
I think,
For most of us,
This concept of hope is a very perfect,
Genuine,
Fragile,
Important thing in our lives.
So let's give it a little protection.
The bubble space that we created around ourselves earlier last year,
We're going to give it a little protection.
The bubble space that we created around ourselves earlier,
Let's create a special little bubble space for hope.
So imagine it surrounded with a bubble of protection.
See it glowing strongly within the bubble.
And I invite you to let this hope live within you as we finish Circle.
Let this hope live within you.
Let this hope go out to the world,
Go to Ukraine,
Go to any place that you want this hope to go.
There are so many places in our world that need hope,
As do we,
As we stand up and fight for what's right and continue to show up and continue to put one foot in front of the other,
In this world that is unpredictable and that is sometimes scary.
We want to make sure we have a strong relationship with our hope and that our hope is nurtured.
So as you go forward,
If you happen to notice it's not quite as shiny as it was,
Remember to charge it up again with that beautiful love from your heart.
May we always remember how incredible it is to be a part of this world.
And how incredibly sacred our hope is.
May it be so.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
Your presence,
Your energy and your heart make all the difference in healing our world.
Remember to breathe today,
Breathe and expand.
And I hope you join us again next time.
Please consider inviting a friend.
