This meditation will help you shift from survival mode like self-pressure,
Stress,
Doubt,
And worry,
And get you back in touch with inspiration,
Creativity,
Possibilities,
And the peaceful,
Light-filled being that you really are.
To begin,
Gently close your eyes.
In this moment,
Just be.
Just breathe.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Notice the sensation of the air coming in through your nostrils,
Down your throat,
Into your lungs on your inhale.
And release the letting go of tension on the exhale.
Inhale.
And exhale.
Notice more.
Notice the satisfaction of a lung that's filled up with fresh new air.
The relief,
The relaxing that happens on the exhales as the stale air exits through your breath.
Slow down your breath.
Release your judgments.
Release thoughts that don't serve you.
Expectations,
Anticipation.
Let it go.
Relax into this moment knowing that there's nowhere that you need to be.
Nothing that you need to do.
Nobody that you need to try and be.
There's nowhere more perfect for you to be than right here,
Right now.
You are exactly where you need to be.
There's nothing more perfect for you to do in this moment than to be right here,
Right now.
Everything that you've been seeking already resides within you.
There's nobody that you need to try to be other than being exactly as you are right here,
Right now.
You're already whole.
You don't need to reach,
Strive for,
Or become some other version of yourself.
Let that sink in.
You don't need to reach,
Strive for,
Or become some other version of yourself.
Peel back the layers and beneath the coverings of self-doubt,
Self-judgment,
Feeling not good enough,
Feeling like what's wrong with me or falling short,
Behind all of that,
You'll see your true self.
You are a light-filled being meant for peace and love and joy.
Let that sink in.
You are a light-filled being meant for peace and love and joy.
Rumi writes,
The task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
So release the barriers by being here,
Now,
In this moment.
And from this lens of being exactly where you need to be,
Doing exactly what you need to do,
Already whole exactly as who you are now,
What does it feel like to be right here,
Right now?
.
And from this lens,
Allow your eyes to gently float open.
And become aware of what's around you.
Notice the miracles that exist right exactly where you are.
Soak in the beauty that surrounds you.
If it's hard to notice everything at once,
Then maybe choose two or three things that you can notice in the space around you right now.
Perhaps it's a newly bloomed plant or the way that the light strikes your pillow or your chair just in that perfect manner.
Even closer to you yet,
Perhaps it's simply the miracle,
The beauty of each inhale and exhale that you take.
Notice this feeling of an expanded heart,
A lifted spirit,
And a deeper connection to who you really are.
Know that you can come back to this at any point in time and you get to stay for as long as you want because there are an endless amount of moments.
Namaste.
