Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.
My name is Darius and I am 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 gently close them now as we begin to go inwards together.
Nice and slow,
Starting to take deeper,
Longer breaths,
Allowing new creative energy in with your inhales,
Recharging your body,
And letting go of old stagnant energy with your exhales,
Letting it float away,
Giving yourself a moment to really land here.
And to start my meditation,
I often like simple affirmations that bring me here,
Here,
Here.
If you'd like to join me,
I am here now.
I am here now.
We are welcoming all of our energy that might be elsewhere in the past,
In the future,
Lovingly calling them home,
Back to your heart,
Back to your center.
I am here now.
Continuing to take deeper breaths,
Feeling your feet against the floor,
The stability,
The groundedness available to you here,
Tall,
Gentle spine,
Feeling the strength in your body,
Heart open.
I am here now.
And if you notice a lot happening in your head,
That's okay.
That's what creative minds do sometimes.
We continue breathing into our hearts,
Moving the energy from the top of our body,
Our head,
Gently,
Lovingly,
Down,
Down,
Down,
Down,
Down,
Down to the center of our body,
Our heart space.
Let's take a nice deep breath in together.
Big exhale out.
Let your voice be heard.
Today we're going to play in the paradox.
The older I get,
The more I realize the universe,
Divine source,
God,
Whatever you'd like to call it,
Is most pronounced in the paradoxes,
Sacred and silly,
Love that paradox.
Being fully committed to something yet not attached,
Manifesting,
Having dreams,
Having desires and acknowledging and accepting that everything you ever wanted and needed is already here.
It's already here is within me now.
All I need is within me now,
Doing your best to keep your heart open,
Your feet grounded,
Your head,
Your crown,
Tall,
Open,
Ready to receive.
Continue breathing,
Dear artist.
All I need is within me now.
It's here.
It's here.
It's already here.
Just take a moment to feel the energy of those words.
Maybe you are resisting them.
Maybe you are ignoring them.
Maybe you are numbing out to them,
And maybe they have found a way in to your being,
To your spirit,
To yourselves and starting to bless your life in incredible ways.
Sit with me here.
Let's invite in some silence,
Some stillness and see if there are any gifts in the silence for us today.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
For many of us,
Silence,
Stillness can be challenging.
And we are powerful beings.
We are stronger than even our minds can understand.
We can do difficult things,
And each time we do,
We get stronger.
I'm going to share some affirmations,
And you get to decide which you take in and which you let float away.
I am a magnet to my wildest dreams.
I am a magnet to my wildest dreams.
I am in the energy of joy and pleasure.
I am allowed to have fun.
I am allowed to get messy and make mistakes.
Each mistake I make,
I learn and grow.
Each mistake I make,
I learn and grow.
All I need is within me now.
All I need is within me now.
Continue breathing,
Dear artist.
Continue opening your heart.
Continue grounding your feet.
Continue sitting with your crown,
Your head tall and open,
Ready to receive.
Just take a moment to feel the energy of an incredible day.
Let go of content.
Let go of knowing exactly what's happening,
What the story is,
What the vision is.
Let go of all of that.
Just stay in the feeling of an incredible day.
The feeling of a big smile.
The feeling of your heart feeling confident,
Strong and alive.
Continue taking deep breaths.
With each inhale,
New creative energy in.
With each exhale,
Old unwanted stagnant energy out.
You are a magnet to your wildest dreams.
You are a powerful creator beyond even the imagination of your mind.
Imagine walking into every room this day,
This week,
As yourself,
Your true self,
Heart open,
Curious,
Intelligent,
Mind open,
Voice open,
Feet grounded,
Present.
Need is within me now.
It's here.
It's here.
It's already here.
It's here.
It's here.
It's already here.
Just take that in.
We have one more song this morning.
I'm going to sit back and stay quiet and let whatever is here and alive and true and honest and accessible to be here with you now.
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 joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and share a writing prompt to help you continue exploring on this theme.
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.
