Today's Gift - My Best Self, A Morning Meditation

Taking your favorite meditative posture,

Seated or lying down,

Gently close or lower your eyes,

Attuned to your body settling into the surface underneath you,

Aware of your breath flowing in,

Aware of your breath flowing out,

Your breath is your constant companion,

An anchor at any point during your practice,

Breath flowing in,

Breath flowing out,

Imagine there's nothing but space in your mind,

Space all around you,

To the right of your body,

Space to the left,

Nothing but space behind,

In front of you,

Nothing but space,

Just you,

Your unique perspectives,

Your unique talents,

Your unique qualities,

Just being uniquely you,

Your best self,

No judgments,

No expectations,

Just uniquely you,

As you start to turn inside to your source of inspiration,

You radiate this light outside,

Breathing in from the base of your spine,

Taking your breath all the way up your spine to the crown of your head,

Feeling your light gathering up at the top,

And as you exhale allow it to move out through the crown of your head into the space,

Alighting the space around you,

Feeling all of your unique creative talents and skills,

Bring them into your breath,

Breathing again up from the base of your spine,

All the way up to the crown of your head,

Let the light build there,

As you exhale out from the crown a rainbow of light,

Coloring the space around you,

You are that color,

You are that light,

One more time,

The unique qualities that make up yourself,

Breathing them in from the base of your spine,

Moving them up to the crown of your head,

Holding that colorful light there,

As you exhale a shower of brilliant colorful light,

Cascading down upon you,

You feel a smile inside of your belly,

Inside of your heart,

Embracing you,

The gift that is you,

Just being uniquely you,

Become aware of your breath flowing in,

Aware of your breath flowing out,

Breathe in comfortably,

Exhale completely,

Awakening to your best self,

A gift today,

When ready,

Open your eyes.