The Lebanese poet Malak Al-Halabi writes,
Now that your eyes are open,
Make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day.
Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.
Good morning and welcome to this meditation titled,
Visualizing Your Day as You Wake Up.
My name is Shumaila Imani and I will be your meditation guide for today.
Each morning when we wake up,
We have an opportunity to create our day with what inspires us the most.
The moment during the day when we first open our eyes and come into consciousness is a precious opportunity.
It sets the tone for all that comes after it,
Like the opening scene in a film or novel.
At this moment,
Our ability to create the day is at its most powerful.
And we can offer ourselves fully to the creative process by filling this moment with whatever inspires us the most.
Sometimes we wake up with the mood already seemingly in place because of some dreams that we've had or nightmares.
And it is important to give these feelings its due.
It can inform us and deepen our awareness to what's going on inside us as well as around us.
As long as we are conscious,
We can honor this feeling and also introduce our affirmation or vision for the day.
So as you drift and float from sleep to wake,
I want you to relax in your bed and not worry about getting up right now.
Just let my voice flow and soothe you for the next little bit.
Keep your body in a comfy and cozy position and remain still for the time being.
If you can,
Think back to the dreams you were just having.
Our dreams are powerful learning tools that help us sort through problems and alert us of things that we need to work on.
Remember every detail of your dreams right now and allow things to come up in your mind from those dreams that could have very important messages for your waking life.
So what were you just dreaming about?
Can you kind of imagine that you're dreaming again right now?
What you're doing right now is actively dreaming,
Which will allow you to take information from the unconscious world to your conscious mind.
So just dream and float,
Float and dream.
Learn things you need to learn.
See things you need to see.
I'm going to count from one to ten and with each number I say,
You are going to allow your dreams to blend with the picture in your mind for what you want your day ahead to look like.
One.
How do you see your day playing out?
Two.
What were you just dreaming about?
Three.
What do you want to make happen today?
Four.
See your day as productive.
Five.
See your day as joyful.
Six.
See your day as fulfilled.
Seven.
See connection to yourself and others.
Eight.
See yourself motivated and accomplishing things.
Nine.
See and feel yourself smiling.
Ten.
I want you to take this picture you have created of this beautiful day in front of you and make it as vivid as possible.
See the colors brightly.
Visualize yourself interacting with others in positive ways.
Witness yourself fully motivated towards your goals.
Take this visualization as detailed as you possibly can.
Allow the day to fully play out in your mind exactly how you desire it to be.
What are you doing and where are you going?
What kind of things do you see and what kind of folks are you talking with?
Take a really big,
Refreshing deep breath to set this image in stone and one more deep and full breath for good luck.
We're going to begin a movement scan to slowly energize your body to get started for this amazing day you have created in your mind.
So begin to move your hips slightly from side to side in a small rocking motion for a few moments and stop.
Wiggle your toes for several seconds and stop.
Move your hips again back and forth for a while and stop.
Wiggle each of your fingers and stop.
And back to the hips.
Imagine that you are dancing a little in your sleeping position and stop.
And move your head around whichever way feels best.
Imagining that you are bobbing your head to a song you like and stop.
Back to the hips.
Wiggle and dance and stop.
Take a huge breath in of fresh air and let it go.
And take another deep breath and imagine that as you inhale fresh exciting energy is coming in for you.
Good.
And now remember again that picture of your day ahead of you that you created a minute ago.
Vividly see yourself motivated and full of energy.
See yourself smiling and accomplishing things with ease.
Another nice breath in pulling this image into your wakeful life as you breathe.
And wiggle your whole body like you are dancing a little bit while laying down in your bed.
You are dancing in bed before you even get up because you're excited about the day ahead of you that you have created.
Moving your whole body and head now while breathing deeply.
That fresh energizing oxygen and seeing your day play out just how you want it to.
You can stop dancing now and prepare to wake up ready to start your day.
I'm going to count one more time very rapidly and with each number I say you will feel more and more awake excited to make your dreams a reality today.
One.
Two.
Three.
See that vision of yourself very clearly.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Breathe that fresh energy.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Moving and stretching your whole body now,
Waking up your muscles.
And ten.
Eyes open,
Fully awake and ready to tackle your day with a smile.
To sum up,
Sometimes we wake up with a mood already seemingly in place,
And it's important to give this feeling it's due.
It can inform us and deepen our awareness to what's going on inside us as well as around us.
As long as we are conscious,
We can honor this feeling and also introduce a new affirmation or vision.
That would be a conscious offering to the day.
To sum up,
We can reaffirm our vision or affirmation as we shower and eat breakfast,
As well as recall it at various times throughout the day.
We can write it down and carry it with us on a little slip of paper if that helps.
And simply by being aware of those first moments,
We set the stage for a more conscious,
Enlivened experience,
And we become active participants in the creation of our lives.
Thank you for joining me in this mindfulness practice,
Sending you love,
Peace,
Light,
And a lot of energy to make this an amazing day.
And I know you will because that's the intention that you set.
