Good morning,
And welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name's 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 close them now as we begin to go inwards together,
Slowly,
Gently,
Allowing a softness to work its way through your body,
From the top of your head,
Softening your forehead,
Your jaw,
Your neck and shoulders,
Down your back,
Down your torso and hips,
Softening your legs,
Your calves,
Your ankles,
All the way down to your feet.
Beginning to take deeper breaths,
Letting go of any energy inside your body,
Inside your mind that you no longer need,
Just letting it go with your exhales,
Making some noise.
For today's practice,
We're going to go on a little journey together,
It's a guided visualization,
It's intended to feel joyful and playful and liberating inside your body,
So don't Let's take a nice deep breath together,
Breathing in,
Hold to the top of your inhale,
And let it go with some noise.
I want you to imagine we find ourselves on the rooftop of a building on a sunny day.
We are somewhere in a downtown city,
There are lots of buildings and this particular building happens to be a five-story building,
And it is an absolutely gorgeous day,
Picture perfect in every way,
And as you look around the city,
You can just feel that there's a joy,
There's a happiness,
There's a calm and peace throughout the city.
The weather is perfect,
And there's an overall sense of safety all around you,
And suddenly you hear a voice on the building next to the building you happen to find yourself on,
And you look over and it's a version of you,
A younger version of you,
Smiling and waving at you.
Don't overthink it,
How old is that version of you?
You can see that version smiling into your joy,
Waving at you,
Signaling to come over to the building they're on.
There's maybe 20 feet of space in between these two buildings,
And without hesitation,
Without thought,
You begin to gently run towards that building,
And as you get to the edge,
You take a leap,
And as you get off the roof you're on and start to move towards that other roof,
There's this feeling of lightness,
Of peace,
Of freedom,
And you gently land on this next building,
And as you do,
It's as if the day got even sunnier and the city got even more joyful,
You just leaped from one building to another,
It was magical,
It was incredible,
And somehow it felt very familiar to you,
You've done this before,
You've done this before,
And now this younger version of you standing right in front of you with this beaming smile says,
Let's have some fun,
And begins to run towards the next building,
And without thinking,
You follow,
There is a strength you feel in your body,
There's a confidence that permeates through every cell,
In this moment you remember that you can fly,
And you and your younger self begin to leap across buildings,
You begin to jump off walls,
10,
20,
30 seconds at a time in the air,
Always landing gently,
Each time you do it's as if the city rejoices,
You dear artist can fly,
You've always been able to fly,
Each time you do you remember,
You remember that this is a very familiar experience for you,
You've done it countless times,
Take a moment to explore the city together with your younger self,
In this joyful version of yourself at a younger age,
Find yourselves in this almost hidden garden in the city,
It's this garden space,
Beautiful lush garden space surrounded by four buildings on each side,
Both float down into the garden,
And as you do,
You meet five other people,
They're walking on the garden path,
And these people have this beautiful radiant confident,
Strong energy to them,
And as they connect with you,
Each one of the five people take a moment to take you in,
It's almost as if you take their breath away,
These incredible humans can see something extraordinary within you,
They see you,
They listen to you carefully,
They respect you,
Just take a moment to feel that energy,
You are seen,
You are heard,
You are witnessed,
You are respected,
You are seen,
You are heard,
You are witnessed,
You are respected,
You reciprocate,
There's a beautiful energy amongst you,
This younger version of you and these five extraordinary humans,
Mutual respect and care,
Deep meaningful conversations,
Let's take a few breaths here,
Before we leave this magical space with these incredible humans,
Let's soak it all in,
Let's breathe it all in,
Deep breath in,
And letting it go,
Maybe this place looks foreign to you,
Maybe this experience is magical and extraordinary,
And maybe,
Just maybe,
You have been here before,
Maybe there's a part of you that has always known that you dear artist were meant to fly,
You dear artist were meant to soar,
This is our last song coming up,
I'm going to stay quiet and let you feel what's here,
Connect to what's alive inside you now,
Maybe this practice today is a fun visualization about leaping from building to building,
And maybe it's about something else for you,
Is there a place in your life that you are longing to fly,
You made it to the end of another meditation and for that I am so grateful,
Thank you for joining me on these adventures,
For those that are joining live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put some time on the clock and allow us to do some private personal journaling,
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.
