Good morning and welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name is Darius and I'm so grateful we get this time together.
Today's practice will be one part guided meditation and one part guided visualization.
We're gonna go on a little journey together and the most important thing I can tell you is you can't get this wrong.
There's nothing serious happening here so don't try too hard.
You can always come back and each time I promise you the visualization will be a little different.
Let's begin our practice today.
If your eyes are open I'd like to invite you to close them now as we begin to go inwards together.
Let's take a few deep breaths here.
Breathing in,
Holding at the top,
Dropping your shoulders and letting it all go.
Continue taking a few more deep breaths as we give ourselves a moment to land in our seats,
In our bodies.
Give ourselves a moment to arrive.
One more deep breath here and let it go.
This morning our meditation practice takes place in a valley.
We are sitting on the land.
It's comfortable.
The temperature is just right in front of us.
In the far distance we can see the mountains.
They're beautiful.
Behind the mountains we can see the sky.
It's so full of colors.
And in between us and the mountains there is a tranquil river not too far off in the distance.
We are seated on a rug with beautiful tapestry and design.
It's a magical rug.
Our spines are gentle but tall.
Our heart space is open and strong and there is much ease and peace here available to us.
You're open to it.
Take a moment to breathe in the fresh air here.
Smell the trees.
Hear the river.
Now directly in front of us there appears a big block of ice.
It's probably ten feet tall,
Five feet wide.
As it sits a few feet in front of us you can feel the coolness from it.
Take a moment to get present with this block of ice.
Can you feel the connection with this block of ice?
This block of ice represents anything inside of you that is frozen,
That is stiff.
Anything inside of you that is ready to be melted away.
Any resistance,
Any old beliefs,
Any old stories,
Old relationships,
Anything that does not serve you anymore.
Sitting in front of you is an opportunity to lovingly,
Powerfully,
Gently melt it all away.
Are you ready?
Are you willing?
Listen to your body as I ask these questions.
Are you willing?
If so,
I'd like to ask you to connect with your heart now.
Breathing into your heart,
Expanding your heart space,
Feeling the energy lovingly,
Gently building in your heart.
Taking deeper breaths here,
Perhaps feeling a little excitement,
Perhaps feeling a little bit of tingliness,
Goosebumps in your body.
With each breath the block melts,
Melting,
Melting,
Starting to melt faster now.
Your heart is getting more and more excited.
There's joy here for you.
There's lightness.
There's power.
It's melting faster now.
Something incredible is happening.
As the ice is melting into water,
The water is going into the ground around you and it.
There are beautiful flowers and plants starting to grow.
Can you see the flowers?
What does this feel like in your body to witness this?
Don't overthink it.
This is not a thinking exercise.
Just feel,
Just be,
Just allow as much as you can.
Start playing here.
This ice is almost entirely melted.
This valley in front of you is so beautiful.
Not only flowers and plants from your melted ice,
But now butterflies and birds and bees and animals are coming to see this garden that you have created.
And suddenly you notice on the floor as this ice has entirely melted in front of you,
There is a folded piece of paper.
If you're open to it,
I'd like to invite you to grab this piece of paper.
Bring it close to yourself.
Gently open up this piece of paper because there is a message specifically for you written on this piece of paper.
Take a moment to receive this message now.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
Our time here in this magical place is coming to an end.
But don't worry,
You can come back anytime and listen to this meditation again.
For now,
We're going to say goodbye to the space.
Perhaps send it a little gratitude.
We're going to come back to our bodies,
Back to our hearts.
Take a deep breath here.
Well done.
Now,
For those of you joining live at the artist's morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock.
And if you're open to it,
You can continue exploring what this letter had for you,
What this ice melting meant for you in your journal.
It's private and personal just for you.
Of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
You can do the same.
Put some time on your clock and continue playing,
Continue exploring.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
