Latest / STOPTIME: Live in the Moment. / Guided Visualization For Trust, Ease, And Possibility
Transcript
- 0:01SPEAKER_00: Hey there.
- 0:04SPEAKER_00: This week I'm going to do a guided visualization.
- 0:10SPEAKER_00: So find yourself somewhere comfortable and allow your body to just survive and settle.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: So that you can take it in.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: And when you're ready, close your eyes.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: Take a few breaths here.
- 0:34SPEAKER_00: Nice and slow in and holding at the top and exhaling with a sigh.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: A couple more of those.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: Let your shoulders soften.
- 0:57SPEAKER_00: Allow your jaw to unclench.
- 1:03SPEAKER_01: And your belly to relax.
- 1:10SPEAKER_01: This time's just for you.
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: I know sometimes these moments are rare, but the fact that you're here listening to my voice means that you've set the intention to really be here with me.
- 1:32SPEAKER_01: And allow this short time together to expand.
- 1:46SPEAKER_00: With your next inhale, imagine gathering all the scattered pieces of your day.
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: And with your exhale, let them settle like snowflakes, drifting gently to the ground.
- 2:10SPEAKER_00: Feel yourself arrive.
- 2:18SPEAKER_00: Now imagine you're standing in a quiet space.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: Maybe a hallway, a clearing in the woods, an old theater lobby or somewhere you can't quite place, but feel strangely familiar.
- 2:44SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to let the space build itself around you.
- 2:52SPEAKER_01: What do you see?
- 2:58SPEAKER_01: What textures, colors, or shadows surround you?
- 3:06SPEAKER_01: What's the quality of the light?
- 3:11SPEAKER_01: There's no right answer.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: Your imagination knows exactly where to take you.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: Now ahead of you in this quiet space, you see a doorway.
- 3:32SPEAKER_01: A simple doorway.
- 3:37SPEAKER_01: A beautiful doorway.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: A doorway that you recognize, even if you've never seen it before.
- 3:47SPEAKER_00: It's familiar.
- 3:52SPEAKER_00: This doorway leads to a version of you who has said yes.
- 4:03SPEAKER_00: Even a small yes.
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: To a possibility that you've been keeping at arm's length.
- 4:13SPEAKER_00: Take a slow breath here.
- 4:18SPEAKER_00: Imagine your feet on the ground.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: Feel your heart steadying.
- 4:29SPEAKER_00: Feel the air and the space move around you.
- 4:36SPEAKER_00: It's not too warm and it's not too cool.
- 4:41SPEAKER_00: But it's there.
- 4:44SPEAKER_00: Not because it's extreme, but because it's there.
- 4:49SPEAKER_00: Just feel that air.
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: Sometimes just by noticing what we forget is always there.
- 5:00SPEAKER_00: That's enough.
- 5:07SPEAKER_00: As you step closer to the doorway, notice what you feel.
- 5:19SPEAKER_01: Is there excitement?
- 5:23SPEAKER_01: Maybe curiosity?
- 5:27SPEAKER_00: A flutter of nerves?
- 5:30SPEAKER_00: Maybe a sense of homecoming.
- 5:35SPEAKER_00: Whatever you feel, all of it belongs.
- 5:43SPEAKER_00: You don't have to know what's on the other side.
- 5:47SPEAKER_00: You simply can be willing to approach.
- 5:57SPEAKER_01: Pause here and soften your breath.
- 6:04SPEAKER_00: When you reach the doorway, notice that standing on the other side is you.
- 6:16SPEAKER_01: But not the you of today.
- 6:22SPEAKER_01: This is the version of you who said yes.
- 6:29SPEAKER_01: Yes to possibility.
- 6:34SPEAKER_01: Yes to expansion.
- 6:40SPEAKER_01: Yes to a gentle shift forward.
- 6:50SPEAKER_01: Take these versions of yourself in.
- 6:54SPEAKER_00: Notice their posture, their expression, how they hold their energy.
- 7:06SPEAKER_00: What feels different about them?
- 7:13SPEAKER_00: What feels the same?
- 7:19SPEAKER_00: Allow yourself to absorb their presence without judgment and without expectation.
- 7:33SPEAKER_00: Your future self steps a little closer.
- 7:39SPEAKER_00: And even without words, you can feel what they want for you.
- 7:51SPEAKER_01: More ease, more clarity, more space, more trust, more possibility.
- 8:14SPEAKER_00: Maybe they smile, maybe they nod, maybe they simply hold your gaze, no judgment.
- 8:27SPEAKER_01: What do they want you to know?
- 8:32SPEAKER_01: What message are they offering you?
- 8:40SPEAKER_00: Allow it to come through naturally as a phrase or an image, maybe it's a sensation, a knowing.
- 8:52SPEAKER_00: What do they want you to know?
- 8:55SPEAKER_00: What message are they offering you?
- 9:03SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to receive it fully.
- 9:12SPEAKER_00: And now your future self extends their hand.
- 9:20SPEAKER_00: And in it they offer you a small symbol, a token, some kind of object, maybe a light or a word.
- 9:36SPEAKER_00: Tap into what they're offering you.
- 9:40SPEAKER_00: A gift, something that represents the possibility waiting for you.
- 9:48SPEAKER_00: It's not important that you understand it yet.
- 9:54SPEAKER_01: Just accept it.
- 9:57SPEAKER_01: Comes from you.
- 10:01SPEAKER_01: Feel its weight.
- 10:06SPEAKER_01: Feel its warmth in your palm.
- 10:12SPEAKER_01: Feel the meaning that it carries.
- 10:20SPEAKER_00: This is your reminder that you are already becoming the person who can say yes.
- 10:33SPEAKER_00: When you're ready, imagine gently stepping through the doorway.
- 10:44SPEAKER_00: Intentionally, without fear, without knowing.
- 10:50SPEAKER_00: Just feel the energy shift.
- 10:55SPEAKER_00: Feel your body expand.
- 10:58SPEAKER_00: Even subtly.
- 11:03SPEAKER_00: Feel yourself aligning with the version of you who trusts, who chooses, who is open.
- 11:17SPEAKER_00: There is no grand transformation required here.
- 11:23SPEAKER_00: Possibility often enters through a crack in a whisper, a soft opening, a breath.
- 11:37SPEAKER_01: Let this step be enough.
- 11:47SPEAKER_00: And as this visualization begins to fade, bring your awareness back to your breath.
- 11:58SPEAKER_00: Inhaling possibility and exhaling anything that feels too tight or too heavy to hold.
- 12:14SPEAKER_00: Let your future self settle gently inside of you.
- 12:19SPEAKER_00: Not separate, not far away, but part of you now.
- 12:36SPEAKER_00: When you're ready, deepen your breath, wiggle your fingers and toes, feel the surface beneath you.
- 12:53SPEAKER_00: Slowly, gently, return to the room.
- 13:06SPEAKER_00: If it feels right, place a hand on your heart and say softly, I am open to what's possible.
- 13:24SPEAKER_01: It's within me.
- 13:27SPEAKER_00: Now take one more breath and trust that your small yes just now has already opened a door.
- 13:57SPEAKER_01: Be well, my friends.
- 13:59SPEAKER_01: Namaste.