Welcome to The Daily Insight.
My name is Julian Lacay.
I'm a teacher here on Insight Timer.
In today's meditation,
We're going to explore your values.
Values are your heart's deepest desire for how you want to treat others and yourself on an ongoing basis.
They point to the kind of person that you want to be,
And they can act as a compass to give you direction in life.
You can begin by settling the body in a comfortable position,
In a place where you won't be interrupted for the next five minutes.
And if you're comfortable doing so,
Gently closing the eyes,
Bringing your attention inwards,
And noticing the sensations of breathing in the abdomen.
And now,
Gathering your attention in the area surrounding the heart.
As you keep this area as an anchor for your attention,
We'll now travel through a series of reflections that may point you to some of your values.
First,
Bringing up the people who matter the most to you in your life.
Who are they?
Take some time to imagine one or a few of them.
With these people in mind,
Think about how you'd want to treat them if anything was possible,
And you were at your best.
When you think of people that matter to you,
Do you include yourself?
If you find that you are important to you,
See if you can imagine looking at yourself the same way you might look at someone else you care about.
And as you do,
Think of how it is that you'd want to treat yourself if anything was possible,
And you were at your best.
As you reflect on how you want to treat others and yourself,
See if you can recall a specific moment in your life when these qualities came to life.
A moment when you felt you were really present,
Where time stood still,
Where it seemed like nothing was missing,
And you were fully aligned with your values.
See if you can transport yourself back to this moment as though it was happening now.
Slow it down so that you can really appreciate this special moment when you're fully living your values.
Notice what qualities you bring to your actions,
How this affects your body language and your facial expression.
Notice how it feels like in your body to be connected with your values.
What emotions are here?
Opening up to these feelings,
Perhaps around the heart,
And breathing with them.
And as this meditation comes to an end,
Making an intention for how you want to treat others and yourself as you go about your day.
See if you can commit to a specific quality that you want to bring to your relationship with yourself and with others.
Wishing you well as you practice being the person that you want to be.
