Welcome,
Dear ones,
To the Garden of Acceptance.
I invite you now to rest your body in a place that feels the most calm and the most relaxing.
Either lying down or sitting up,
Take the time to get comfortable.
Adjust anything that needs adjusting and move into a place of presence and peace.
Let's start by noticing our body.
Notice your feet and make any adjustments necessary to make sure that they're as comfortable as they can be.
Moving up the legs to the knees,
Allowing them to settle,
Sink,
Relax.
Continuing up the legs toward the pelvis,
Noticing if it feels tight.
And if your clothing feels tight,
Perhaps adjusting it so that it feels just a little bit more comfortable,
So that you can drop even more into a place of presence and peace.
And coming up through your abdomen,
Lower back,
Noticing if your belly feels tight or tense.
If you're holding it or squeezing it,
Perhaps taking a deep breath into your belly,
Releasing it and just letting it go.
Coming up through your chest,
Upper back and shoulders,
Taking the time to notice if it feels stressed.
If it feels like you're holding something in your body,
Perhaps just wiggling around gently and letting it settle.
Just a little bit more,
A little bit more into this space.
Coming up to your head,
Perhaps scrunching your face.
Moving your head from side to side and letting your neck relax.
Your lips and your jaw,
Separating your back teeth.
Noticing your nose and your eyes,
Forehead.
Letting it all be here now,
Dropping ever more into that place of presence and peace.
And now,
Dear one,
Imagine what it would be like if you accepted yourself exactly the way you are right now.
Maybe looking at where you make judgments.
Notice what comes up,
What does it have to do with your body,
What your finances,
Beauty.
Maybe it's something to do with your personality or maybe how you act.
Maybe it has to do with your health.
Just noticing which one speaks the loudest,
Which one has the most pain,
Which one wants attention right now.
Whatever it is saying,
You're just going to acknowledge it.
Yes,
I see you.
I see you.
I hear you.
And I feel you.
Without judging it or trying to change it or diving into the depths of the pain.
Just lightly looking at it now.
Really acknowledging the presence it has here.
Now I invite you to ask that place,
What would it be like if I accepted that part of myself?
Notice the possibilities that arise.
Let's let the kindest options have space to grow.
What does it look like to really accept that part of yourself?
How does it feel?
Does it sound a certain way?
Smell a certain way?
Can you touch it?
Letting that have as much space as it needs to grow into something that feels so accepted and so kind.
And now I invite you to ask yourself,
What would it be like if I really believed this?
What would it be like if I actually truly believed in every part of my being right now?
And allow that space that it needs to grow.
How does that feel?
How does that look?
How does that sound?
How does that taste?
Can you touch it?
Noticing the spaciousness around it all.
Around that original place that needed acceptance.
Now we're really believing in what it would be like to accept that place when you're at home.
When you're out.
When you're with your friends.
When you're with your family.
When you're at work.
Really feel that growing of graciousness.
I invite you to hold that place dear to your heart.
The belief in the complete acceptance.
And I invite you to put your hands on your heart.
Or one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly.
Let's take a few deep breaths together.
As if you're breathing right through your heart.
Allow that acceptance to penetrate every cell in your entire body.
Allow it to ripple out through your life,
Through time,
Through space.
As it radiates again out through your heart.
Now I invite you to send love and thanks to your body,
To your mind.
Thank you for taking the time to be here.
Thank you for taking the time to give this gift to yourself.
The gift of acceptance.
The gift of love.
The gift of peace.
Now dear one.
Come back to this place.
Come back to your body.
Come back to the room.
Or perhaps you're outside,
Wherever you are.
Maybe you start to wiggle your toes,
Wiggle your fingers.
Move your head gently.
Notice again just how much this practice means to you.
To accept yourself.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Thank you for taking the time to gift yourself deep love and acceptance.
