It's time to remember that all joy begins within.
We can create joy,
Despite any external situations happening right now.
We don't have to wait for the storms of life to pass in order to find joy.
Instead,
We can dance in the rain of storms,
Feeling a joy that is beyond our current perceived situation.
Yogis call this Ananda,
The deeper and timeless dimension of happiness,
The highest state of being,
The bliss that is beyond reason.
So let's begin by letting go of what has passed,
Letting go of what may come,
Breathe out whatever is happening right now in your life.
Imagine with every inhale through your nose,
You gather anything that has been bothering you,
And as you exhale through your mouth,
Let it all go.
Inhaling,
Gather the illusion of unhappiness,
Exhaling,
Sigh it all out.
One more time,
Making it really count,
Inhaling,
Gather the stories of the past,
And exhaling,
Let it all go.
Then allow your breath to just naturally fall in and fall out once more.
Breathing in and out of your nose with as little effort as possible,
In this place of ease and joy we are creating,
We don't have to figure anything out,
We don't have to make anything happen.
Your only job right now is to relax and rest as I guide you back to the joy within your heart,
Then ask yourself,
Can I relax just 5% more?
Sometimes we don't even realize that there is tension hiding out below the surface until we are asked to soften.
So,
Set down all of your responsibilities and forget about any drama from yesterday,
Begin this new day on a clean slate.
Like peeling an onion,
Let's dive deeper and deeper within,
Allowing our physical body to soften so we can move beyond it.
The joy we desire is hidden deep within your heart,
It's just been covered up and forgotten.
We bury our joy beneath the stories we tell,
Beneath the thoughts we think.
The primary cause of our unhappiness is never the situation we find ourselves in,
But rather the thoughts we have about it.
Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.
Imagine the morning fog is lifting off of a lake.
As the sun rises higher in the sky,
The fog dissipates.
Through this meditation,
We are actively clearing away the fog and unveiling the beautiful scenery hidden underneath.
We are unveiling the joy that is buried deep within.
On a well-worn path through the woods,
We may discover that the path of least resistance within our mind may be thinking the worst of every situation.
This negative mindset may be keeping us trapped in our inability to feel joy.
But together,
We can begin to forge a new path,
Cutting down the obstacles in our way,
And begin noticing each time we drop back into our old way of thinking,
And just loving guiding our thoughts back to the positive path.
So for a moment,
Let's begin to simply watch as a thought rises up.
Observe if it feels positive or negative without any self-judgment.
Then,
We will allow that thought to float away,
As we shift our awareness back to our breath falling in,
And our breath falling out without any effort at all.
With every inhale,
Feel as if all thoughts are gently pushed out to the sides.
A clean slate where we can create joy.
That you are the creator of your life.
As we change our energy,
We change our life.
Remember that you can inspire and create joy.
You can stop and rewrite your story.
The choice is yours.
You can continue to tell the same old story,
And feel the same old way.
Or you can begin to tell a new story.
One that fills you with joy,
Inspiration,
And a whole new level of happiness that you didn't even know was possible.
This remembering comes from inspiration.
When we are inspired by our life,
We remember our ability to create everything around us.
We create our joy.
Feel it.
Remember the joy of the best day of your life.
Remember every detail about you with that joy in your heart.
Feel your connection to this field of possibilities.
Lose yourself in the inspiration.
Aware of nothing but this creative energy.
Feel how your energy shifts as you rest here in the nothing.
Feel what inspires your heart to be filled with joy.
Lose yourself in the energy of creation.
Bask in this beautiful energy in your heart center.
And remember this feeling of you created this inspiration.
You created this joy.
Remember your joy and change your life.
Finally,
Feel how gratitude empowers your heart even more.
Helps it to become stronger,
A greater force of creation.
Any time you feel blocked,
Come back here to remember your power with deep respect and love.
You
