1 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in through your nose. Hold it. 2 00:00:36,720 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: Now release slowly again deep in helle hold release, repeating 3 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: internally to yourself as you connect to my voice. I 4 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: am deeply, deeply well. I I am deeply well. 5 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: I am deeply well. I'm Debbie Brown and this is 6 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: the Deeply Well Podcast. 7 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: Welcome to the first episode of twenty twenty four. Welcome 8 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: to the Deeply Well Podcast. It's Debbie Brown. I am 9 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: so happy to be back with you. Took a little 10 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: winter break, hibernated a little, got refreshed, and now I'm 11 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: back for the new year. 12 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: And wow. 13 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: First, I want to recapitulate a little bit about some observations, 14 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: some deep knowings and connections that I've been having since 15 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: we last connected on this podcast. And then this episode, 16 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 2: I'm going to lead you in a New Year meditation. 17 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: So before we really even get going, depending on where 18 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: you're listening to this, I want to just invite you 19 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: to get anything comfortable that you may need for a 20 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 2: little later in this episode, if that's a pillow, a 21 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: little incense so that we can really kind of sync 22 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: into that meditation together, and also grab a journal, piece 23 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: of paper pen you can of course use your notes 24 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: in your phone, but something might pop out, especially when 25 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: we get towards our intention setting and that meditation, so 26 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: those might be the tools that can really aid you 27 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 2: in this episode. But wherever you are and however you're 28 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: listening to this, it is absolutely perfect. I'm just glad 29 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: you're here this time of year. So right now we're 30 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: a couple of days into the new year, and I'm 31 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: actually where I always am right around this time. I 32 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 2: am in Los Cabos, Mexico, or the Baja Peninsula, that 33 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 2: last little tale of what used to be California or 34 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: Baja California, Sir, And oh God, being here jazz fills 35 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 2: my soul in a way that language cannot convey. This 36 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: is one of my absolute favorite places on Earth, and 37 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: it's always fun for me to think of. And I 38 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: share this like maybe two seasons ago, but a while 39 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: back when I had gotten my astrology topography done, which 40 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: is where you map your astrology chart, but it's mapped 41 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: on the actual planet of Earth, so it lets you 42 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: know you know where your places of power are, what 43 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: areas of the world might be really meaningful or powerful 44 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: or important to you, and what parts of the world 45 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: maybe have some negative charge or are not most aligned 46 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: for your travels. So I got that done a really 47 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 2: long time ago, and I had shared this on a 48 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: previous episode, but it was funny you because you know, 49 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 2: I have some pretty good energy almost everywhere. Definitely a 50 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: few places with that I should stay away from. But 51 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: two places specifically are shown as my most kind of 52 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 2: aligned placements, like two places in the entire world, based 53 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: on my astrology chart are exactly where I should be 54 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 2: spending time. And those two places happen to be where 55 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 2: I spend the most time, of course. The first is 56 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, where I was born and raised and lived now, 57 00:04:54,480 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: and the second is the Baja Cabo San Lucas, And 58 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 2: it was really cool to see that because in both 59 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 2: of those places I feel absolutely my highest, deepest, most 60 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 2: connected self. But many years ago, when I first started 61 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: visiting Cabo, I fell in love with this time of 62 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: year because it is when the blue and humpback whales 63 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: come over from I believe Antarctica area or you know, 64 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: maybe Alaska, where it's very cold, and they make their 65 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: way to the warm waters of the Baja to have 66 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: their babies and to also teach their babies and make 67 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 2: babies and so usually this time of year. I mean, 68 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: my God, it is just it is just the most 69 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: breath taking experience for me. I'm definitely a solar powered girl. 70 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,559 Speaker 2: I've always said that my soul thrives in the sun, 71 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 2: and I love the feeling of sun rays and warmth 72 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: and sunshine on my skin, and I love staring at 73 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: the sun and seeing it in my eyes. But I'm 74 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: also really deeply connected to the ocean, and I'm such 75 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 2: a devotee of all bodies of water. I find them 76 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: to be just one of the most obviously powerful elements, 77 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: but one of the most powerful spiritual experiences for me. 78 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 2: They always help me release, detox, purify, and just feel 79 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: even more connected to God, myself and my meditation practice. 80 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: So the ocean is huge for me, and the sand 81 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 2: and all the things, and here this time of year, 82 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: being able to have that heat, that warmth, that glory 83 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 2: of the sun, and the just exquisite Sea of Cortes 84 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: and it meets the Pacific here and to see these 85 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: magnificent creatures breach the water and jump out and play 86 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: and splash. It's just it is such a medicine for me. 87 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: And it is also such a profoundly pleasurable experience for me. 88 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: It grounds me, it opens me. And I have an 89 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: episode that I actually recorded this time last year, which 90 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: it was really cool to find out. Whenever I'm kind 91 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: of out and about and I have the beautiful opportunity 92 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 2: to connect with those that listen to the show, I 93 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: have found that this last year, the episode everyone talks 94 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: about the most of me is actually my whale episode 95 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 2: that I did around New Year's last year. I had 96 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: this profound experience of watching two whales breach. 97 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: The water. 98 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: Over seventy five times in a row, like it went 99 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 2: over the course of an hour, and we got it 100 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: on video, and I was with some of my friends 101 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: and we were just kind of like sitting on the 102 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: edge of this cliff looking out at the ocean, and 103 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: these two whales started playing together and just jumping out 104 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 2: of the water over and over and over again. And 105 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: I don't even mean like just like a little flap 106 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: of like the tail or the fin or good Lord, 107 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: give me the languish, not the arms. I know, it's 108 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: the sea mammal, y'all know what I'm saying. But seeing 109 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: them like like full free willie breach like you are 110 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: up out that thing tail all the way out and 111 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 2: you are backflipping. It was so special, my God. So 112 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: that experience happened last year, and it's been really interesting 113 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 2: because this is the very first and I do this 114 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: every single year for the last several years. This is 115 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 2: how I kind of embark on my New Year, spending 116 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: time with the whales in the ocean and my little one, 117 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 2: my sweet boy Quest. And so this year that I've 118 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 2: been here, there are a lot of whales out, but 119 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 2: I haven't seen any, not a single one. I've seen 120 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: a couple tales, but I've seen no breaches this trip. 121 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 2: And I was thinking about that, you know, and of 122 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: course my mind is like, well, what does that mean, 123 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 2: and what's the symbolism? And I remembered my message from 124 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: last year when I saw that really extraordinary sight, And 125 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: last year what that brought forward to me was a 126 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: message that God was sharing, which was that miraculous will 127 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 2: now become ordinary. You will see so much that takes 128 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: your breath away, or that invokes you, or that seems 129 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 2: so on inspiring, even bizarre miraculous, that it will become ordinary. 130 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 2: You will be used to it in the best way. 131 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 2: And this year, the word that has been coming forward 132 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 2: for me in my life is simply presence. My intention 133 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: is to be in deep presence with my life, with love, 134 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: with the experience of being alive. And that really rings true. 135 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 2: You know, this is not necessarily the year I need 136 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: to have some big, grand experience to bring me in 137 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 2: with enthusiasm. I currently feel so incredibly full of a 138 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 2: gorgeously grounded excitement, a gorgeously grounded enthusiasm, and a deep 139 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: trust in life and in truth and in divine timing 140 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: and divine order. 141 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: And so. 142 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 2: I've just seen a few way of tales, but some 143 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: that I have been seen connected to nature a lot. 144 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: This trip has been. 145 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 2: So many close encounters with large birds. There's this huge 146 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 2: species of bird here and I'm not sure if it's 147 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 2: part of the pelican species. It looks very much like 148 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: a pelican from the beak, but it has a little 149 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: bit more of like a brown feathering and body. But anyway, 150 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: where I am there are like hundreds of them, and 151 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: I've never seen them here before, but all of a 152 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: sudden they're here, and every single day they're hunting in 153 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: the water, they're feeding in the water, and it's been 154 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: really cool to watch them in these like huge clusters, 155 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 2: like a hundred at a time. And I was taking 156 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 2: this long walk on the beach near me that I 157 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 2: always meditate on because it's always empty and the waters 158 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: are a little too rough to swim, but you can 159 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 2: kind of get in it as much as you can stand. 160 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: So I usually walk the beach and it's probably about 161 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 2: a mile stretch each way I walk in and I 162 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 2: meditate it on it, and I pray there every day 163 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: on my trip. And so I was taking that walk, 164 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 2: and there was about a hundred birds, which might seem 165 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 2: scary actually because they're pretty huge and their hunters, but 166 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: I walked and I was just so close to them 167 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 2: that I felt like I was in like a National 168 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 2: geographic documentary, you know, Like I felt like I was 169 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 2: one of those people that goes out and just kind 170 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: of lurks and silence behind a bush and captures all 171 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 2: this footage. And I just got to stand there and 172 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 2: stare at them and watch them, you know, kind of 173 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 2: go really high up in the air, and then they 174 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: do this like really extreme and steep beak dive straight 175 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: into the water to get their fish or you know, 176 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 2: whatever little creature that they feast on. And they were 177 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: just doing it over and over and over again, and 178 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: I was watching them glide through the air and fly 179 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 2: and it was just special. I just really appreciated it, 180 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: and I felt like it was so resonant with the 181 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: calling that's on my heart for this new year. The 182 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: leading language that comes forward for me for myself, and 183 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 2: I offer it to you if it fits, is that 184 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: what God has for me is enough. That's a quote 185 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: from my friend Jazz Fly Rest in Peace that she 186 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 2: used to say. And every year it seems to connect 187 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: with me more and more in a deeper way whenever 188 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: I think of it. But that is really the calling 189 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 2: of my heart for this entire year, what God has 190 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 2: for me is enough. I feel so full in my 191 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: life that it's just enough. Nothing has to be better, 192 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: more grander. This like I feel present, I feel in purpose. 193 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 2: I feel ready to continue doing the work of my life, 194 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: ready to continue loving my son to my highest capabilities, 195 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: loving myself to my highest capabilities. And I'm just ready 196 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: to continue to move through the world and through my 197 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 2: life and through my community and my connections with the 198 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: deep integration of what in who I've become in this 199 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 2: moment in time, this current version. So yeah, I'm resting 200 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: in God at the moment. My friend Sheila, actually that's 201 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: a quote of hers that I really love. I'm resting 202 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 2: in God, I'm resting in my life. I'm resting in 203 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 2: my truth. I'm resting in peace, resting, and enthusiasm. But 204 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 2: it feels really good. 205 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: And this is. 206 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: A year that I am deeply focused on the truth 207 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: of my life and what is present in my life. 208 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: I feel highly focused on the friendships, the connections, the 209 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 2: love in my life that is present, that is active, 210 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: that is open, that's available, that's reciprocal. 211 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: And that's it. 212 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: So yeah, that feels good for me. That's some of 213 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 2: what I've come into and my experiences with nature while 214 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 2: I'm here in Cabo, and also this time of year 215 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: is really special. I always love to pepper it really 216 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: through the whole month of January. I usually start at 217 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 2: the end of October thinking about the new year and 218 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: recapitulating over the last year and really taking stock of 219 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: and looking at and observing what's true, what isn't. Where 220 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 2: did I focus my energy and how did that pay 221 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 2: off or not, you know, but just kind of taking 222 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: it in information. How did my connection with this person 223 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: manifest or not, you know, and just noticing and just 224 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: kind of releasing any stagnant energy, releasing anything that needs 225 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: to go, and making room for anything that is coming, 226 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 2: and making room for the things that are staying to 227 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: be able to expand in whatever ways that they're meant to. 228 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 2: So when I usually get down here around Christmas time, 229 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: I start my process of thinking about the joy, thinking 230 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: about the challenge, thinking about the grief, thinking about the intention, 231 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: but not getting too definitive about any of it, Journaling 232 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 2: a little, meditating, praying, and then when New Year's Day 233 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 2: kicks in, I usually spend almost all of New Year's 234 00:16:55,760 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 2: Day meditating, praying, walking, kind of isolating a little, being 235 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 2: in nature, and journaling quite a bit. And so that's 236 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 2: what I did this year. And yeah, the meditations were potent. 237 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 2: It felt so good. So my New Year's Eve was 238 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 2: pretty incredible. Actually, I went to a party here in Cabo. 239 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 2: It was on the beach and it was it was 240 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: kind of super random, but it was amazing the performers 241 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 2: that I got to see. I saw my friend Yvonne 242 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: came down with me. Von Orgy, who of course I 243 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: know many know from her amazing, amazing work in the 244 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 2: world and all of the powerful, beautiful ways she shows 245 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:43,479 Speaker 2: up in life. And we came down and we were 246 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 2: spending time together and celebrating the New Year together. So 247 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: she and I went to this party and the Jonas 248 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 2: Brothers were performing, and so did Robin Thick, and it 249 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 2: was so fun. First of I didn't know like how 250 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 2: many hits they had, and I was like, what, I 251 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 2: know this song, and then to just kind of like 252 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 2: hear Robin Thick hit that lost without show and then 253 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 2: just look over into the water. 254 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: It was awesome. Music was playing. 255 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 2: We danced all night, ran into some new friends, caught 256 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 2: up with a couple old friends that I ran into, 257 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 2: So it was a lot of fun. It was a 258 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 2: lot of celebratory energy. My son had his own New 259 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: Year's party, but his countdown was at like eight o'clock, 260 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 2: so I was like, ah, it's midnight, Go to sleep, 261 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 2: little boy. So that was really fun. And then the 262 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: next day I had a chance with just an incredibly 263 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 2: dear friend, deep friend and personal Sheiro. She and I 264 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 2: kind of went out on a walk on the beach 265 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 2: and prayed and meditated together and it was just the 266 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 2: absolute perfect kickoff to this New year. 267 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: Year year deeply, well. 268 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 2: So we're in twenty twenty four, and numerologically speaking, this 269 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 2: is an eight year and so in terms of like 270 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 2: the astrology that is present for this year, the transits, 271 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: and in terms of numerology, it's really supposed to be 272 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 2: a year of new beginnings, a breakthrough year of peace 273 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 2: for many. And I was looking back at some old 274 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 2: journals of mine, and I am like a prolific journaler. 275 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: I journal a lot, and I take really extensive notes 276 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,199 Speaker 2: on my life in my calendar. I'm very detailed about 277 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 2: kind of everyone I talk to, everything I do, every meeting, 278 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 2: I have, every place that I go, and I also 279 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 2: journal throughout the year and date it. So at the 280 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 2: end of the year, I like to look over a 281 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: lot of that too, And I was looking over many 282 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 2: journals and I found this journal from twenty twenty and 283 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 2: for those that were part of Karma Gang in twenty twenty, 284 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: which was a cohort that I ran and taught meditation. 285 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 2: And I remember the question I posed everyone, and I 286 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 2: had done this challenge right when the pandemic started, where. 287 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: I really. 288 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 2: Kind of shared with people in my audience at that 289 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 2: time that I believed that the pandemic was going to 290 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: be the greatest gift of their lives and of our lives, 291 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 2: and that everyone should consider using the time. And at 292 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 2: the time that I said this, we thought we only 293 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 2: had two weeks of lockdown in LA But at the 294 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 2: time that I said this, it was at the very 295 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 2: beginning of the pandemic. Like the very first start, we 296 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: had no idea we were going to be in the 297 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 2: house for a year or two years. We thought it 298 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 2: would be a couple of weeks. But I remember I 299 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 2: shared with everyone, I said, this time is truly an 300 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: opportunity to know who you are and to work on 301 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 2: yourself and to become who you've wanted to be. Do 302 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: not waste this opportunity to be still and to be disconnected. 303 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: Do your work. 304 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: And a prompt that I gave everyone to start working 305 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 2: with four years ago was who are you being called 306 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 2: to become? Who are you being called to become? And 307 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: a statement I shared a prayer that I shared was God, 308 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 2: please show me the truth of my life. Looking back 309 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 2: now that we've come forward and it's been four years, 310 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 2: I was looking through some of the things I wrote 311 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 2: in my journal for myself, and I was kind of 312 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: embarking on a lot at that time, and one of 313 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: the things that I wrote down was that I knew 314 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: that life was going to be really challenging twenty twenty four. 315 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 2: For whatever reasons, God gave me this exact year in 316 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, and I had no way to any idea 317 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 2: know what was going to come, what was going to happen, 318 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: how crazy the world was going to get, how textured 319 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 2: and interesting my own life. 320 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: Was going to get. 321 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 2: That I felt then really strongly that I was in 322 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: perhaps a four year cycle of deep, profound learning in 323 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 2: every facet of my life. Four years are It's a 324 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,479 Speaker 2: really interesting span of time to me because I always 325 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 2: think about our school system, and I think about high 326 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 2: school and college, and I think about, you know, four 327 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: years being a real milestone of education and learning and 328 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 2: personal advancement in our development as growing humans and going 329 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: from adolescent into adult and adult to you know, kind 330 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 2: of young adult moving in the world. And so I 331 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 2: really sense that that's what I was settling into in 332 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 2: my own life in twenty twenty. And so now that 333 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: we're at twenty twenty four, I've really been looking back 334 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 2: on who I've become and what I've healed, and you 335 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: know what shifts in perspective I've had. And I am 336 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 2: incredibly grateful that I spent the last four years being 337 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: massively present with my work and being diligent and consistent 338 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 2: about my self work and the work that I was 339 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 2: sharing in the world. And so yeah, when I look 340 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: at twenty twenty four, it was pretty cool to see 341 00:23:54,080 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 2: the astrological and numerological kind of we're casting around it. 342 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, it feels good. I'm ready for new beginnings 343 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: in a bunch of ways. And I'm also present and 344 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 2: deeply steeped into the beauty and the truth of my 345 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 2: current life and the life I've created and all the 346 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: creations that will come. So I say all that to say, 347 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 2: I hope that you are sinking into this year with 348 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 2: a reverence for yourself and all that you have done 349 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: and also all that you have not done right, like 350 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 2: the things that you may have taken off your plate, 351 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 2: the ways you may have rested over this last year. 352 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 3: All of it, all of it, all of it is gold. 353 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: It's needed, it's beautiful. So if you haven't done this yet, 354 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 3: but I'm sure you have because you listen to this show, 355 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 3: take a little extra time to journal and for this year, 356 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 3: you know, and this advice may fit or it may not, 357 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: But if you are feeling connected to my frequency and 358 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 3: my timeline, then I would say this year, when you 359 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: start to dream, when you start to think, really connect 360 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 3: your desires with the ways that you want to feel, 361 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 3: and let the universe surprise you with the road it 362 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 3: takes you to get there and the experiences that it 363 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: gives you to get there. This feels like a year of. 364 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: Surprise and delight, especially for those that have done their work, 365 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 2: that have cleared the path, that have created the space 366 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 2: inside to receive and to hold love and healing and 367 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 2: happiness and peace. And if you're listening to things that 368 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 2: I'm sharing, and if any way it feels charged or triggering, 369 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 2: because that's not your experience right now, I really want 370 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 2: to invite you to know that everything happens in seasons. 371 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 2: And if you happen to be in a season of 372 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 2: confusion or disappointment, or at the very beginning and it 373 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: feels like you're looking up at the mountain and cannot 374 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 2: understand how you'll scale it in climate, you can and 375 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 2: you will. And these seasons of grief and of confusion 376 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 2: are incredibly powerful and beautiful and miraculous. 377 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: Two. 378 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 2: So, wherever you happen to be on your journey, trust 379 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 2: and accept that it is by divine design, and really 380 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 2: invite yourself to not have all the answers and to 381 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 2: surrender to the mystery of it, to the unknown. 382 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: Quality of all of it. 383 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 2: And focus on regulating your nervous system. Focus on nourishing 384 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 2: your heart, your physical body, your mind, your soul. This year, 385 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: focus on building your tolerance for joy and your capacity 386 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 2: to experience it. And know that you will graduate from 387 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 2: this moment too, and enjoy the journey while you're there. 388 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 2: As strange as that may feel, especially if you're in 389 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 2: a moment that you don't necessarily like or love or 390 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 2: want to be connected to. These beautiful moments are what 391 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 2: create the space for the ease, for the grace, for 392 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: the joy, for the. 393 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: Beauty of it all. 394 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: And you will have it all, and you deserve to 395 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: have it all, and you're worthy of having all of 396 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 2: those feelings. And when I say have it all, I 397 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: don't necessarily mean things of the world. Whatever's in your 398 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 2: path will come to you from wherever it happens to be, 399 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 2: but I mean having it all in sense of having 400 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 2: access to all of your parts, having access to all 401 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 2: of your crevices, having access to all of your own 402 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 2: gifts and beauty. I don't want to have it all 403 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: in terms of the world. I want to have what's mine, 404 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 2: and I want to be a tremendous shepherd and steward 405 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 2: of what's mine. I don't need to. 406 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: Have quote unquote it all. 407 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 2: I have enough, and I want to get even more 408 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 2: masterful and refined and loving with what's mine and creative 409 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 2: with what's mine, Mine mine deeply. Well, let's get into 410 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 2: this meditation. Everyone, as you're able. I want you to 411 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 2: get nice and comfortable in a seated position. Allow your 412 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 2: spine to be straight, your stomach to be soft, your 413 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 2: body to be at ease, and just settle in right here. 414 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 2: Gently close your eyes, receive a few deep breaths, and 415 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 2: allow your body to relax as you simply breathe in 416 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 2: and out. And as your eyes are closed and your 417 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 2: body is strong yet soft and you're connecting to these breaths, 418 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 2: I want you to really with each inhale and exhale, 419 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 2: stretch your capacity to both take the breath in and 420 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 2: release the breath slowly and in full and at some 421 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: parts of this pace of breath that you're creating, you 422 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 2: may notice restriction, and I want you to just release 423 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 2: it and continue to breathe into it and stretch your 424 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: ability to take in full, nourishing breaths and to release 425 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 2: them with ease. And as you're doing your inhales in 426 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 2: through your nose, allow the breath to fill your belly 427 00:30:55,040 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 2: up first, and then move slowly like an elevator, up 428 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 2: from your belly into your chest, and hold that breath 429 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 2: for just a few seconds there, and then take the 430 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 2: breath and allow it to slowly exhale through your nostrils 431 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 2: like a slow elevator, taking a ride back down your 432 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 2: body to the base of your belly until it's empty. 433 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 2: Continue to do this breath throughout the meditation, deep inhale, 434 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 2: hold it and release slow and full. 435 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: Softly. Observe the breath as. 436 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 2: It flows in and out, the rise and the fall 437 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 2: of your belly and your chest. And notice how your 438 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 2: body feels and whether you are holding on to any 439 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 2: tension anywhere in your body. Notice and release your jaw, 440 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 2: Notice and release your shoulders, release your stomach, release any 441 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 2: tension that you may be holding in your heart. Essayist 442 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, this new day is 443 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 2: too dear, with its hope, hoops and invitations to waste 444 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 2: a moment on the yesterdays. Oftentimes we allow the challenges 445 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 2: of yesterday to carry over into a new day. We 446 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 2: bear the same burdens, we tell ourselves the same stories, 447 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 2: and we recreate the same emotions. Yet each new year 448 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 2: is like a clean sheet of paper in the book 449 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 2: of your life. Nothing has been written on it. You 450 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 2: alone get to decide how this day will be recorded. 451 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 2: Transformation exists throughout all of nature, Yet conscious transformation, which 452 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 2: is sometimes referred to as self directed evolution, is a 453 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 2: unique opportunity available to us as humans. Self directed transformation 454 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 2: begins with intention, the deeply held intentions of our heart. 455 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 2: These deeply held intentions, from the deepest core parts of 456 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 2: our being trigger changes in both mind and body. Without intention, 457 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 2: personal transformation remains at the hidden level. In what ways 458 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: are you being led to transform in order to align 459 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 2: with your highest potential? 460 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: This year? 461 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 2: Conscious transformation invites us to destroy the layers of habit, ego, 462 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 2: and illusion. 463 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 1: That may have. 464 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 2: Obscured our true self. When we let go of everything, 465 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 2: we don't need. We are left with our own brilliant light. 466 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 2: I choose to bring joy into this year. I control 467 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 2: what I can and I let go of the rest. 468 00:35:52,520 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 2: I face all challenges with calmness and poise. I look 469 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:17,359 Speaker 2: for the good in everything and everyone. Settling into your 470 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 2: meditation practice here, return to noticing your breath for the 471 00:36:23,920 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 2: next few moments. I'll watch the time. U It has 472 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:06,839 Speaker 2: been said where intention goes, energy flows. What is the 473 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 2: intention you have for your life this year? What is 474 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 2: the intention you have for your heart this year? What 475 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:37,600 Speaker 2: is the intention? Notice what comes up without trying to 476 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:42,640 Speaker 2: control the words, without crafting them or contorting them or 477 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 2: changing them. Notice the first few feelings that emerged in 478 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 2: your body as I asked those questions. Notice the words, 479 00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 2: the phrases, the peace people that may have come into 480 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:22,520 Speaker 2: your awareness. Trust that what emerged within you and around 481 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,040 Speaker 2: you as I asked those questions. 482 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,239 Speaker 1: Is in fact. 483 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:34,239 Speaker 2: Your intuition, giving you the intended path for this year. 484 00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,920 Speaker 2: The great Sufi poet Roomy has written, if light is 485 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:52,160 Speaker 2: in your heart, you will find your way home today 486 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:58,600 Speaker 2: this year, Remember that behind the mask of body and mind, 487 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:08,400 Speaker 2: your meal nature is infinite, unbounded spirit. Take another deep 488 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 2: breath in here and through your nose, and as you excel, 489 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:27,640 Speaker 2: release it with a sigh. When you think about this 490 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:36,239 Speaker 2: next year, I want you to push yourself past the 491 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,960 Speaker 2: thoughts of what you may want to acquire, what you 492 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 2: may wish to accomplish in the world in terms of success, 493 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:51,320 Speaker 2: and I want you to also think of what would 494 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:58,920 Speaker 2: you like to heal this year, really giving yourself the 495 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 2: next force reasons to explore it. What would you like 496 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 2: to heal this year and what would you like to 497 00:45:18,760 --> 00:46:08,319 Speaker 2: experience and love this year. I hope you'll spend some 498 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,040 Speaker 2: time revisiting this meditation, come back to it anytime you 499 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:17,879 Speaker 2: need to, and really take some time to write down 500 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:24,239 Speaker 2: and hold in your awareness any intentions that are coming forward. 501 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:26,920 Speaker 2: You don't have to have it all wrapped up and 502 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,200 Speaker 2: complete by the time this episode ends, or even by 503 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:36,680 Speaker 2: the end of this month, but really consider what's intended 504 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:44,400 Speaker 2: for your life. Some final soul work I want to 505 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,040 Speaker 2: leave you for this episode, something I'd like you to 506 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:53,919 Speaker 2: think about all year long, but definitely this week. Ask 507 00:46:54,000 --> 00:47:07,640 Speaker 2: yourself this question allowed, how does God use me? How 508 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:15,880 Speaker 2: does God use me? How does God use me in 509 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,840 Speaker 2: this world? With others in my connections in my work, 510 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:27,160 Speaker 2: in myself, how does God use me? And then give 511 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:31,440 Speaker 2: yourself the space and the time and the devoted effort 512 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,919 Speaker 2: to explore the answer to that over this next year, 513 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,920 Speaker 2: to really study it, to get clear on it, not 514 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,760 Speaker 2: in a way that's to be boastful or necessarily talked 515 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:48,799 Speaker 2: about or shared with others, but a way that you 516 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:52,520 Speaker 2: can understand it so you can use it in life, 517 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,480 Speaker 2: so you can be it, so you can do it. 518 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,400 Speaker 2: Have you new year, everyone, Thank you for listening to 519 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,840 Speaker 2: this show. 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