Good morning,
And welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name's Darius,
And I'm so grateful that you and I get this time together.
Our practice today is inspired by a therapeutic modality called internal family systems.
We don't need to get into all the details,
But the general premise is all of us are comprised of many different parts.
Younger parts,
Eight-year-old part,
Five-year-old part.
You know,
For me,
There is a photographer part,
There is a writer part,
There is an entrepreneur part,
There is a father part.
All these parts within each one of us,
They're active,
They're internal,
And they each play an important role in our lives.
And it can be easy to be a little harsher and critical to ourselves,
But when we shift our perspective and understand that we are actually the leader of all these parts,
Sometimes that can be a powerful perspective shift that allows us to pour love,
Recognition,
Celebration to these parts of us that have been working so hard.
So let's take a nice deep breath here.
I've said a lot of things,
Which has probably brought you into your headspace,
And that's okay.
We want to integrate our headspace with our heartspace.
That's where the true power lies.
So take a nice deep breath here.
Your eyes are still open.
I want to invite you to close them now as we go inwards together.
Give yourself a moment to land here.
Finding your breath,
Starting to take deeper,
Longer breaths,
Bringing us deep into our heart,
Into our body.
Dropping your shoulders.
If you notice any extra tension around your forehead,
Let's just gently soften our forehead,
Relaxing our jaws.
Seeing if you can access a little bit of joy here,
A little bit of ease here.
Even 1% access is incredible.
Can you find any joy in your body?
A lightness,
A softness.
All of your parts are welcome here.
All of you is welcome here.
Your joy,
Your sadness,
Your excitement,
Your fear,
All of your parts,
All of your feelings,
All of you is welcome here.
Can you hold space for all of your parts just to be here with us together?
We don't need anything from them.
There's certainly nothing we want to fix or change.
All of your parts are welcome here.
We're just going to sit together.
Feeling your feet beneath you,
Feeling the grounded energy available here,
The rooted,
Anchored energy available here.
This part of you,
This leader part,
This higher part,
Can hold all of it.
You,
Dear artist,
Are stronger than you realize.
You have more capacity than you realize.
And you have an incredible team behind you,
Except they're not behind you,
They're within you.
You have made it through every single one of your hardest days.
If we actually slow down to think about everything you've been through,
Your story is a triumphant story.
And I'm here to tell you,
You did not do it alone.
Nobody can do it alone.
Yes,
There is support externally.
And this whole time you've been supported internally by different parts of you that have done the best they can with what they have.
You feel the energy of that support inside.
And for this next level,
Your internal system,
Your internal team needs stronger leadership from you.
And the starting point for stronger leadership is to listen.
Listen to your team,
Hear them,
Feel them.
Recognize them,
Witness them,
Support them.
Love them,
Challenge them.
Take a nice deep breath here,
Feel your leadership.
Tall,
Gentle spine,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Feet grounded.
You are stronger than you realize.
You have more capacity than you realize.
And you are never alone,
You have never been alone.
There is a team within you.
Let's take a nice deep breath here.
All of you is welcome here.
All your parts,
There are parts that are more extroverted,
Parts that are more introverted.
All your parts are needed when we integrate these parts,
When we bring them together.
We are able to move forward with power,
With clarity.
Take a moment to connect with your heart and to invite all your parts back home,
Back to your center,
Back to your heart.
This next chapter of your life,
Of your creative journey,
Requires stronger leadership from you.
The starting point for stronger leadership is the ability to really listen.
Listen to your team,
Stay solid,
Stay anchored,
Stay open.
See them,
Hear them,
Recognize them,
Celebrate them,
Love them.
And challenge them in incredible ways to elevate and rise.
And most of all,
Be an example to them because they are always watching you.
If no one's told you in a while,
Allow me.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you and your team and how far you've come.
I believe in you.
If you're ready,
The next chapter is here.
This is our last song.
I'm going to sit back and be quiet and allow you and your incredible team to really connect.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
You made it to the end of another meditation and for that I am so grateful.
For those that are with us live at The Artist Morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and share a journaling prompt to help us continue this exploration.
Of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on Insight Timer,
You can do the same.
Thank you once again for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
