Good morning,
And welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name's Darius,
And no matter where you are in the world,
Who you are in the world,
What time it is in the world,
You and I are here together now,
And for that I am immensely grateful.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to gently close them now as we begin to go inwards together,
Taking a few slower,
Deeper breaths,
Gently signaling to our mind and body that we are safe here.
We can slow down here.
There's nowhere you need to be.
There's nothing you need to do.
Give yourself a chance to really arrive,
To truly land.
Today's practice will have some affirmations and is intended to help us build our confidence,
Build our clarity,
So that we can express who we are in the world,
So that we can express who we are into the world.
You're welcome to repeat the affirmations.
As with all affirmations,
Some will connect deeper,
And some you might want to listen to and just let float away.
Before we go deeper,
Let's take a moment to connect with an intention for our practice.
What is your intention today?
What are you inviting in today?
It can be really simple.
It could be a single word,
Peace,
Love,
Acceptance,
Confidence.
I'll give you another moment to connect with that intention.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
You are taking time to slow down,
To connect in a meaningful way with yourself,
With your thoughts,
With your beautiful heart,
And that's a big deal,
Celebrating you.
Let's take a deep breath here,
Breathing in together.
Hold your breath at the top,
And on our exhale,
We're going to drop our shoulders and make some noise,
Letting it all go.
No matter who you are,
All of us have some sort of desire at some level to be seen in this world,
To be heard,
To be witnessed.
All of us have some sort of desire to know that our lives matter.
Now,
This has nothing to do with fame.
You don't need to be witnessed and seen by many people.
It might just be one person.
And so all of us,
I believe at least,
Our souls chose to come here to have this human experience at this time so that we can express something.
We can experience something.
We can create something.
Maybe you're clear what that something is,
And maybe it's still a work in progress,
And that's okay too.
I'm going to share a few very simple affirmations with the intention of helping us clear our channels so that we can be vessels,
Channels for more divine expression from our souls.
Take a deep breath here,
Breathing in and letting it go.
My vision is clear.
My spine is tall.
My hands are ready.
My voice is free.
And my heart is open.
I am a channel of love.
I am a vessel for divine expression.
I have the strength to go into the depths of my heart and find my truth.
And I have the courage to speak my truth in my own authentic voice.
My vision is clear.
My spine is tall.
My hands are ready.
My voice is free.
My heart is open.
Dear universe,
Please show me the way.
Show me how I can use more of my gifts with the world in a joyful,
Healthy,
And sustainable way.
Dear universe,
Please show me the way.
I am ready.
I am willing.
Show me how I can use more of my gifts in a joyful,
Healthy,
And sustainable way.
I am here.
I am ready.
I am willing.
This is our last song,
Dear artist.
I'm going to stay quiet and let you and your heart and your soul have some quality time together.
I'll meet you at the end.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
You made it to the end of our practice today,
And for that I am so grateful.
For those that are joining us live at the artist's morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow us to do some private,
Personal journaling.
And of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
You can do the same.
Find your journal and see what's here and ready to be expressed through you.
Thanks once again for meditating with me.
My name's Darius,
And I will see you next time.
