Permission To Feel Joy

Joy is not something you have to wait for or earn. This meditation gently opens space for joy to return, and I encourage you to take a few minutes to open your heart to it. Unexpectedly, quietly or in full bloom. Let yourself receive it, even if only for a breath.

Transcript

I love I'm so glad you pressed play wherever you are right now sitting at your desk walking outside waiting in the car and curled up somewhere quiet this moment is enough you don't need to change a thing just arrive let's begin with a slow inhale through the nose and an easy exhale through the mouth two more like that if it feels good slowly in easy out no pressure just an invitation now gently notice your body what's present here what's stirring under the surface sometimes joy feels soft sometimes it surprises us and sometimes it feels so unfamiliar we don't know how to hold it so let's practice let's create a little room for joy to land like a sunbeam through a window bring your awareness to your chest can you imagine a little warmth they're just a flicker noticing it not chasing it joy can be loud but often it whispers a sparkle in your belly a flutter in your throat a soft ache of remembering what it feels like to be fully here you are allowed to feel joy not just after the work is done not only when others are happy and not because you've earned it but because it is yours to feel let yourself soften into this possibility maybe a memory bubbles up maybe the corners of your mouth lift slightly maybe you just feel the tiniest permission to allow light in that is enough now if you'd like place a hand over your heart or over your solar plexus let that touch say yes yes to joy even if it's small yes to joy even if there's grief yes to joy because your soul remembers how let's seal it in with this quiet affirmation I welcome joy into my body I do not have to trade my pain to feel it joy is safe here take one more breath deep and gentle and when you're ready carry this flicker of joy with you or let it settle quietly into your bones you are allowed to feel good even now