Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.
My name is Darius and I'm so grateful that you and I get this time together.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now.
As we begin to go inwards together,
Nice and slow,
Give yourself a chance to really land land in your seat,
Land in your breath,
Land in your heart,
Beginning to take longer,
Deeper breaths,
Imagining new creative energy,
Grounding energy,
Nourishing energy coming in through your inhales and you letting go with ease and simplicity,
Anything you no longer need with your exhales,
Breathing in.
Our minds can be very active.
Our minds can be very loud.
Simple practices I like to do in the beginning of my meditation are simple affirmation to remind myself where I am.
You can join me if you like.
I am here now.
I am here now.
I am here now.
Continue taking deeper breaths,
Imagining your heart space growing with each inhale as a reminder to you and to your heart that your heart is allowed to take up space here.
You are allowed to take up space.
And if you find yourself back in your head space,
That's okay.
That's what creative,
Intelligent minds do sometimes.
Our heads are very active.
And so we continue breathing into our hearts and we bring awareness to the rest of our body.
Let's begin by our feet.
Can you feel your feet against the ground,
Solid,
Supported?
Sitting with a tall,
Gentle spine,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Crown tall,
Open,
Ready to receive.
Our practice today is stepping into the experience of joy,
The experience of pleasure,
The experience that it's happening.
Now I know your mind is thinking,
What's happening?
I need to know all the details,
Darius.
Thank you,
Beautiful mind.
Thank you for all of your logic and reason.
And today we don't care about the content.
We don't care about the specifics.
We are simply stepping in to the sensation,
To the feelings of that moment when it's happening.
It's really happening.
Oh my goodness.
It's happening.
It's the energy of your heart smiling.
It's the energy of dreams coming true.
Deep breath.
If you're open to it,
Step in to the embodiment of that moment.
Oh my goodness.
It's happening.
It's really happening.
Imagining your heart smiling.
Maybe your face is smiling.
When I do this practice,
Sometimes I can't help it.
I start laughing.
I let joy build.
I let pleasure build.
I let my sensations build.
I let go,
Let go,
Let go of attachment.
Doesn't matter what it is right now.
We're just feeling the energy of that moment.
It's happening.
It's happening.
Oh my goodness.
It's really happening.
Continue breathing.
Continue allowing your heart to smile.
Sometimes I make little noises like pleasure,
Enjoyment,
And the noises bring me back into my body.
You're open to it.
Let's try it.
Deep breath in.
See,
I can't help it when I open up my heart to joy.
It's immense.
It's abundant.
I feel my eyes start to water.
Pleasure,
Joy,
Possibility exists in every single moment.
It's all here.
It's all here.
It's always been here.
Continue taking deep breaths,
Moving the energy from the top of your body,
Your head down,
Down,
Down,
Down.
Maybe you see visions of things,
Relationships,
Projects,
Moments.
That's okay too,
But you don't need to see anything.
You don't need clarity around what it is your mind wants clarity.
Thank you,
Mind.
We love you,
Mind.
You're so important,
Mind.
This practice is about the body.
It's about feeling.
It's about noticing if there's places where you are throttling your joy.
What would it be like to take that limitation off,
Just allow yourself to follow your joy?
It's happening.
It's happening.
It's really happening.
Step into the energy of wow.
Step into the energy of dreams coming true.
Even if you just dip your toe in,
Even if you can feel it 1%,
That 1% is an incredible seedling.
It's happening.
It's really happening.
Oh my goodness,
It's happening.
Wow.
Continue taking deep breaths,
Allowing the wow energy to come into your system and let it work its way into all your cells,
Into all your being.
Sometimes I like to move my body in a meditation,
Swaying,
Humming.
It's happening.
It's really happening.
Music can be an incredible frequency shifter.
Music can help elevate our vibration.
Music can open portals.
Allow these songs to transport you.
Allow these songs to open portals to your dreams.
This is our last song this morning,
Dear artist.
I'm going to sit back and be quiet.
You and the energy and essence of it's really happening to have a little bit more time together.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
You made it to the end of another meditation,
And for that I'm so grateful.
There is so much going on in the world,
And it can be easy to find yourself in a place where you are holding back,
Where you are shrinking,
Where you are muting your light because it's overwhelming at times.
And I really believe what the world needs is more light.
We need brave,
Courageous,
Bold humans,
Artists,
Creators who find ways to keep their hearts open,
Keep their joy flowing so that they can bring that special light inside them into the world.
That's just my belief.
It doesn't need to be your belief.
But thank you.
Thank you for spending some time with your heart,
With your joy.
It means a great deal to me,
And I believe it means something to your community and to the world as well.
For those that are joining me live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock,
Share a journaling prompt,
And allow us to continue this exploration together.
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.
