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Start Your Day With A Smile

by Beth Cowling

Rated
4.6
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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Start your day with a smile with this awakening meditation to bring motivation and energy into your day. Visualize how you wish your day to flow and create a picture of your day ahead accomplishing what you wish to achieve with ease. Then gently start to move your body with energy whilst still in bed so that once you open your eyes you are fully awake and ready for your day.

AwakeningMotivationEnergyBody ScanAffirmationsVajrayanaBreathingDreamsDream RecallActive DreamingVajrayana MeditationEnergizing BreathsMorningsMorning RoutinesPositive AffirmationsSmilingVisualizationsDream Analysis

Transcript

As you drift and float from sleep to wake,

I want you to stay relaxed in your bed and don't 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 now.

If you can,

Think back to the dreams you were just having.

Our dreams are powerful learning tools that help us to sort through problems and alert us to things we need to work on.

Just remember any detail of your dreams right now.

Allow things to come up in your mind from those dreams that could be important messages for your waking life.

Can you imagine you're still dreaming again right now?

What you are 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 am now going to count from one to ten and with each number I say you're going to allow your dreams to blend with a picture in your mind of what you want your day ahead to look like.

One,

How do you see your day playing out?

Two,

And what were you just dreaming about?

Three what do you want to make happen today?

Four,

And 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 yourself smiling.

And 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.

Make 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 kinds of things do you see and who are you talking with?

Good,

Now take a really deep refreshing breath in to draw in the day as you exhale relax.

One more deep breath in.

Now we are going to begin a movement scan to slowly energize your body to get started for this amazing day you have created.

So begin to move your hips a little from side to side just in a small rocking motion for a few moments.

And then stop.

Now wiggle your toes for a few seconds.

And stop.

And then move your hips again side to side.

And stop.

Wiggle your fingers.

And stop.

And then back to your hips.

Imagine you are dancing as you lay in bed and just move those hips however they wish to.

And then stop.

And then move your head around however it feels good imagining that you are dancing to a song that you like.

And then stop.

And then back to the hips wiggle your hips and move them around dancing around.

And stop.

Now take in a deep breath in.

Let it go completely.

As you breathe in again imagine you are inhaling fresh revitalizing energy.

Breathe it all out.

Now remember again the picture of your day ahead you created.

Vividly see yourself motivated and full of energy.

See yourself smiling and accomplishing things with ease.

Now pulling this image into your wakeful life as you breathe.

And start to wiggle your whole body like you're dancing moving the hips moving the head moving the arms moving legs.

Move your body around.

Dancing in bed before you even get up because you are so excited about the day ahead that you are creating for yourself.

Moving your whole body around feeling this beautiful fresh energizing oxygen coming in.

Now you can stop dancing.

Prepare to wake up ready to start your day.

I'm going to count one more time very rapidly with each number I say you'll feel more awake and excited to make your dreams a reality.

One two three four five breathing that energy six seven eight nine moving and stretching your whole body now.

And ten eyes open fully awake and ready to start your day with a smile.

Meet your Teacher

Beth CowlingSydney NSW, Australia

4.6 (134)

Recent Reviews

Hava

December 24, 2025

Excellent way to get the day started. Thanks for the boost of positivity 🙏🏼

Neil

September 5, 2025

What an amazing beautiful and powerful morning meditation. So much happening and many feelings going through my body... thank you! 🙏🏻

Kiran

March 9, 2023

This practice really helped me feel ready to start my day thank you!!

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