Hello my friends,
I just finished doing some journaling and I feel like the message that came through from my soul to my conscious mind in my journal is a message that applies to most of us right now.
I want to share what my soul said and see if it resonates with you.
Toby,
The energy has already shifted and now that we are past the solstice,
Momentum is picking up beneath the surface.
Yet you keep creating this suffering for yourself.
You are not here to live in perpetual worry and fear.
You already have everything you need to live in joy and fun now.
Having more money and being busier with your work will not enable more happiness for you.
Have fun now and your creativity will flow like a crystal clear and rushing river.
Worry and fear lead to creative drought.
Have fun,
Play more,
Laugh hard.
A simple message but it's so powerful and a reminder that I need it very much so.
Yesterday I went and rode some roller coasters and I bought one of those pictures at the end of one of the roller coaster rides where you get to see yourself making a goofy face.
It's very goofy and the picture is very blurry but I ended up buying it because there was a look of just seven-year-old pure bliss joy on my face which is something that doesn't emerge very often.
I tend to be a little more on the serious side but seeing my inner six-year-old,
Seven-year-old come out to play reminds me I need that.
You need that.
We all need more of that and as we prepare for the new year,
As we shift beyond the solstice where the days are getting shorter and now they're starting to get longer,
Let's dive into that space of creativity.
For creative,
A creative mindset is one of the highest frequency states of being we can exist in.
Worry,
Fear,
Shame,
Guilt,
Doubt,
Jealousy,
All of those are very low frequency.
They lower our vibration,
They lead to more physical illness and they cut us off from our goodness.
But being creative,
Laughing,
Having fun,
And joy,
That's how we change things and that's what the world needs now.
The world does not need a political savior.
The world does not need another war.
The world needs you and me to laugh,
Play,
And create.
So I want to share one of my favorite classic breathing exercises from yoga with you.
It's called lion's breath.
I share this with my soul expansion group regularly and we always just laugh.
We can't do lion's breath without laughing,
Especially when we're all doing it together.
So lion's breath is really simple.
It's a deep inhale through the nose,
Sitting up nice and tall in your power,
And a big exhale sigh through your mouth where you stick your tongue out and not exactly roar,
But you kind of huff the breath out like a lion.
I want to share it with you and I invite you to join me and I dare you not to smile.
I dare you not to laugh or smile,
Even just a little bit,
While doing lion's breath.
Go ahead and place your feet flat on the floor.
Sit up nice and tall.
Empty all the air from your lungs and then take a big deep breath into your belly.
Expand the navel outwards.
Stick the tongue out and let's do our lion's breath roar.
Deep belly breath in again.
Lion's breath roar.
One more time.
Deep belly breath.
Push that navel out as you inhale.
Lion's breath roar.
Then I invite you to close your eyes.
If you're not smiling now,
You probably need a few more lion's breaths.
I invite you to close your eyes,
Get comfortable,
And let's just dive into a little empowering,
Uplifting meditation.
I invite you to rub your palms together really briskly.
Build up a little heat and friction.
Feel that heat and then take your heated up right hand,
Go under your shirt,
And just hold it lovingly over your solar plexus between your navel and your sternum.
Feel that warmth.
Feel the fire in your hand starting to light up the fire in your belly.
The fire that we already ignited with that breathing exercise.
And then pull your hand out.
Release your hands comfortably to your sides and bring your awareness up into the center of the brain.
This is where your soul,
Your higher self speaks to you.
I'm going to ask your soul to point out to your conscious mind ways that you block yourself,
Ways that you stop the flow of creativity.
Take a moment to feel that soulful guidance on how you block the flow of positive energy and how you block yourself from being creative.
And then I want to invite you to bring your awareness from the center of the brain all the way down to the sacral chakra,
Which is at the height of the pubic bone along your spine.
I like to visualize an orange sphere of light here to symbolize that fire,
That glow of creativity,
Creative expression,
New ideas,
Giving birth,
Perhaps birth to human babies,
But also birth to dreams,
Goals,
And idea babies.
Breathe into that orange glowing light at the sacral chakra.
Every time you breathe in,
It glows brighter.
Every time you exhale,
It's pulsing like a heartbeat.
Very,
Very strong in power.
Now I would like you to imagine yourself engaged in those activities where you block yourself.
Whatever your soul was saying,
This is how you block yourself.
This is how you cut off the flow of creativity.
Imagine yourself engaged in that,
Whether it's worry or fear or negativity or Netflix binging or whatever it happens to be.
See yourself doing that thing.
Feel yourself doing that thing.
Then I want you to breathe into that orange glow of the creative sacral chakra.
And as you exhale,
Imagine that you can aim and direct that orange light right to yourself and your mindset and your habits when you get stuck,
When you block yourself.
And that orange light is dissolving that behavior,
Dissolving that thinking,
Dissolving that mindset.
And pretty soon you are entirely bathed in a glow of orange light,
A glow of excitement,
Creativity,
Distractions of the past.
You don't need to hang on to it.
Doesn't matter how long you distracted yourself or blocked yourself.
It's in the past.
And bring your awareness back into that creative sacral chakra located along the spine at the height of your pubic.
And I am going to ask that your soul and your creative ingenious that lives within you gives you something to get really excited about creating in the new year.
Something that your heart and soul is like,
Yes,
Distractions will come,
But let them go because this,
This is what will bring you joy in 2023.
And not only will this thing that you want to give birth to create do experience achieve.
Not only will this bring you joy,
But it is going to help uplift and empower others as well.
Take a moment to feel that energy.
Be at one with your inner creative genius and your soul.
What are you feeling guided to give birth to or create in this new year?
And then I want to invite you to picture yourself actively engaged in creating,
Doing,
Building this very thing,
Experiencing this very thing.
Breathe into that feeling of excitement.
Breathe into the feelings of uncertainty as well.
But amplify the joy,
The fun,
The laugh,
The feel,
The spark,
Spark,
Spark,
New idea after new idea after new idea that you absolutely have the ability to tap into to see you through to not give up,
To not get distracted by worry or fear.
You are a powerful creator.
And 2023 is your year to create boldly,
Joyously,
Not to play small,
Not to be a victim,
Not to have excuses,
Not to be distracted,
But to have so much fun and joy.
Being the creative being you came here to be.
When you feel complete,
I invite you to open your eyes and take some time to journal about this.
What do you want to create?
How do you want to go about it?
What are some of the ideas that have already come to mind?
By writing about them,
You actually take them from the ethers and you start to make them tangible.
And writing can be a very powerful tool in manifesting.
So much love to you as we prepare for the new year,
As we move into the energy of the days getting longer.
Before you know it,
Springtime will be here as well.
Let's already be in that creative flow.
When the seeds start sprouting and the leaves start popping out on the trees,
Let me know how I can be of service and encouragement to you.
Until next time.
