To begin,
A blessing for yourself.
Before you begin your practice,
Bless yourself.
Bless all of your past,
Your mistakes,
Your triumphs,
All of the decisions you have made to get you to this point.
Bless the times that you fell to your knees and the times you rose above yourself.
Bless all of your present.
Bless this moment pregnant with possibility,
Hope,
And openness.
Bless yourself for showing up here to practice,
To learn,
To grow,
And evolve.
Bless yourself for trying,
No matter what the circumstances are.
You are doing your best.
Bless your courage,
Your strength.
Bless all of your future,
The lands and experience that lay before you,
The relationships that you are yet to have.
Bless all of the outcomes of all of the choices you make today,
Knowing that you are being guided and looked after.
Bless all parts of yourself,
All sweetness,
All the struggles.
Bless yourself for being you.
An excerpt from Gabrielle Harris' book,
The Language of You.