Building Courage & Confidence (20 Minute Guided Journey)

Good morning and welcome to the artist's morning.

My name is Darius and no matter where you are in the world,

No matter what time it is in the world,

No matter what you are going through,

I'm so grateful that you and I are here together now.

I want you to know I'll be here guiding you the whole way so that you can sit back and relax and know that you get to choose how much you want to lean into this experience.

Every day is different.

You can't get it wrong.

Me and this meditation are here to serve you,

To support you,

To help you with your day,

With your week,

With your life.

Our theme today will be on the topic of building courage,

Building confidence,

And allowing that energy to carry forward for the rest of your day.

I want to invite you to take a nice deep breath,

The biggest breath you've taken all day,

And just allow yourself to land in your seat this morning,

Nice and slow.

Let's take one together now,

Breathing in,

Just letting it all go.

If there's any anxiety,

Any heaviness,

Any stagnant energy,

Just an invitation to let it go with your exhale now.

Try another one together,

Breathing in and holding at the top,

Just letting it all go.

You my dear,

Carry a lot.

You carry a lot because you care a lot.

You are there for so many people in your life.

You share your wisdom,

You share your kindness.

I know you know this already,

But I'm going to tell you again.

You impact people's lives,

Your presence,

Your energy,

Your brilliance,

And your beautiful giant heart impact people's lives.

Just take that in and see if you're able to take it in.

Maybe your system,

Maybe your heart shuts it out,

And that's okay.

I'm going to say it again because it's so true.

You impact the lives of people in your community.

Thank you for what you do.

Thank you for who you are.

You do not need to change.

You do not need to be anyone else or do anything else to be worthy of love.

Again,

Just notice if you're able to take this in,

And maybe there's a chance you can open your heart just a little bit more to take in some of the love.

Thank you.

Thank you from my heart.

Thank you from the cosmic heart of the universe.

Thank you for everything you do and everything you are.

I have a feeling there is something in your space,

In your life you are working on now.

Something new is being birthed,

A project,

A relationship,

A business,

Something coming through you.

You don't need to take it on.

You don't need to do it.

It's okay for you to say,

No,

Thank you,

Not now,

And it's okay for you to say,

I'm ready.

I'm nervous,

I'm unsure,

And I'm ready for something new.

What I'd like to do is share some affirmations,

Some might deeply resonate and others might not.

That's okay.

Take in what serves you and let the rest just float away.

Take a deep breath before I start the affirmations here.

Breathing in.

Today I choose to make something beautiful with my life.

Today I choose to be courageous,

To be creative,

And to be committed.

Today I choose to be courageous,

To be creative,

And to be committed.

Nervousness,

Uncertainty,

Fear,

It's okay if it works its way through me.

Despite the fear,

Despite the uncertainty,

I am creative,

I am courageous,

And I am committed.

If you feel nervous energy working its way in your body,

If you feel resistance coming up,

If you notice your shoulders start to collapse and you want to get small and run away,

That's okay.

That's a part of the process.

I want to invite you to sit up tall,

To intentionally bring your shoulders back and open your heart to what's here now.

I want to invite you to feel your feet against the ground,

Feel the support that is here for you now.

And with your breath,

I want you to imagine your breath has the ability to transmute and transform this nervous energy into something productive.

Maybe in that sensation you are able to feel and find pleasure.

To find pleasure amidst the uncertainty,

Even if it's slight in 1%,

It's a game changer.

Let's take a deep breath here.

I am creative.

I am committed.

I am courageous.

Take a moment to feel that in your body.

Whether you are able to tap into courage,

Creativity or commitment,

Or you are completely not able to,

Both options and everything in between can serve you.

All of it can serve you.

Because this is a laboratory,

This is a gym,

This is a space for us to train.

This is a safe space for us to feel the feeling,

Whatever they are,

And to know that we are getting stronger.

We are getting stronger and stronger and stronger.

Courage is working its way through us.

It's seeding into your cells.

Maybe you want to sit still now,

And maybe there's an intuition to start moving or swaying your body,

Just swimming and dancing with the universe.

Follow your intuition,

Playing with the energy that's alive here,

Finding love and acceptance for all of it and all of you.

You dear artist are a miracle,

A divine expression of the cosmos.

Maybe you forgot,

But I am here to remind you of how beautiful,

How brilliant,

How brave and powerful you are.

Can you remember?

Taking a moment to feel what's alive now.

What's alive inside you in this moment.

There's an energy that wants to be expressed.

There is something that is yearning to be expressed through only you.

You do not need to express it.

Sincerely you do not need to express it.

But if you want to,

If you truly want to,

It's here and it's waiting.

I'm going to stay quiet for the rest of the meditation and let you explore what's here,

What's honest and what's ready to express through you.

Bravo,

Dear artist.

Bravo dear creator.

Give yourself a moment to land here.

Meditations on courage can feel empowering and meditations on courage sometimes require us to sit with our fear,

To sit with our doubt,

To sit with what if.

What if it doesn't work out?

What if I'm not good enough?

What if they don't care?

The courage comes from exploring the shadow.

The courage comes from balancing and meeting the shadow with the light.

What if it does work out?

What if I am good enough?

What if they care?

It's a cosmic dance.

I want you to know you are invited to this dance.

This dance is in service and celebration of you.

And if you want to sit down for a while and not participate in the dance,

That's okay too.

When you are ready,

Your dance partners await.

The last thing I want to say as always for those of you joining us live at the artist morning,

I'm going to put some time on the clock and invite you to do some private personal journaling.

You're catching us on a replay,

You can do the same at home.

Thank you for meditating with me.

My name is Darius and we'll see you next time.