Igniting Courage

Allow yourself to settle,

Breathing deeply,

Letting gravity pull you into the support beneath you.

Feel your presence root here and now.

Everything exists except this moment.

And can you acknowledge that right here,

Right now,

You are safe?

You are safe.

Breathe.

Open.

Open your mind and your heart,

Feel yourself expand,

And invite the energy of courage to rise within you.

Straighten your spine and lift your chin.

Feel your hips drop and become heavy.

Hold to the earth as if you have the tail of a dragon.

Straighten your spine just a little bit more.

Tall and regal,

While still relaxed.

Shoulders back and down.

Arms and elbows and wrists are soft.

Feel your chest open and expand a little bit more.

Breathing deeply,

Calling courage to rise within you.

Gather around you.

Feel your mind open wide and let yourself see the energy of courage.

The energy of courage is white lightning.

It is the power and force of cosmic intention.

It is the quintessential roar of elements striking the earth,

Marking its presence,

Staking its claim.

Courage like all energy is within you.

Let the power of your imagination guide you.

See the energy of courage.

Recognize it so you can feel it and claim it.

Imagine lightning flashing from the heavens to the earth,

Bold,

Brilliant shards of light snapping at the earth.

That formidable energy is within you.

And if that energy feels far away,

If that light snapping at the earth feels out there,

And what is within you is quieter,

More subtle.

Yes,

Yes,

Because this is also the energy of courage.

Courage does not always roar.

It is not always visible,

Loud or forceful.

Courage can be clever and nimble.

It can roll in softly,

Rippling across the sky in silence.

That courage is like a heartbeat,

Thrumming deep in your core,

Either or both or something in between.

This is courage,

Your unique experience of courage.

Your unique experience of courage is triumphant.

Use its energy for action and forward motion.

And could you allow for the possibility that all the power,

Confidence,

Strength and influence are available to you always?

Whether like lightning striking the earth,

Zigzagging across the sky,

Or vibrating deep within your soul.

These are the elements and energy of courage,

Available to you always,

Yours whenever you need.

And all that is required of you is to open,

Straighten your spine just a little,

Lift your chin.

Let your hips be like the tail of a dragon,

Heavy with power and presence.

And so imagine a magnificent display of lightning before you.

The energy of courage.

Feel the current of it shimmering in the air.

Feel it thrumming deep in your soul,

Reverberating through you,

And claim it.

Allow yourself to explore your power to choose what courage is for you,

How it feels for you.

Knowing that courage is within you,

It is innate to you,

And all you have to do is choose.

Claim the fierce or welcome the serene.

Choose the crackle and snap and force energy of courage.

Or the quieter,

More tensile and precise courage that reaches a little farther and lingers a little longer.

Both equally powerful,

Both equally yours and available,

Whenever you need.

This is the energy of courage.

Honor your unique experience of it.

This is your courage.

Claim it.

Breathe.

Feel the electricity.

Let it light you from within.

And imagine that you can know courage like you know your breath.

Courage like the breath.

You can expand or contract it.

Let it be quiet.

Or let it rumble and roar.

A subtle vibration drumming deep in your core.

Or an exhalation of power and force.

Gramping up or gently lowering the energy of courage within your control,

Available,

Accessible.

Within you always,

Your courage,

Your power.

Feel your courage rise and wash over you.

Let courage,

Your unique innate courage,

Permeate every cell.

And know with every fiber of your being that everything that happens today,

Anything that challenges you,

Demands more of you,

Requires you to step up and be stronger,

Will change you,

Is changing you into who you are meant to be,

Into who you dream of becoming.

And now,

Having ignited the white lightning of courage,

Or the quieter,

More subtle,

Deep,

Heart beat thrumming,

Everything that challenges you pulls you forward,

Pulls you more fully into life,

And guides you into the truth of who you are meant to be in the world.

This is courage.

This is you,

Courageous.

Breathe and savor the power of this moment.

And because you are listening to this right now,

You know that you are being called to courage.

There are moments in life that demand our presence.

These moments demand,

Not gently,

Not with a whisper or a loving invitation,

But with a battle cry,

A reverberation that shatters what was,

And demands that we rise,

Plant our feet and see.

Demands that we see what is,

And rise to the challenge of seeing even deeper,

Seeing beyond,

Seeing what can be,

To see with eyes of hope and possibility.

There are moments in life that demand us to commit.

You have sparked the white lightning of courage.

You have sparked the thrumming in your soul.

And you have been called.

Are you in?

Will you choose to be courageous enough to see,

Truly see?

Will you stand up,

Come forward,

Add your voice?

Will you offer the best of you,

Give the best of you,

And help change the world?

You are being called.

We are being called.

Will you stand,

Come forward,

Add your voice?

Now is the time for courage.

And you are not alone.

I am with you.

So many of us are with you.

We are all in.

We are present together.

This is a call to courage.

Tighten your spine,

Lift your chin,

Let your hips be like the tail of a dragon,

Heavy with power and presence,

And then rise.

Let your courage loose in the world and rise.

Let your courage be like the tail of a dragon,

Heavy with power and presence,

And then rise.