Guided Mindfulness Meditation - You are WORTHY (of Love, Forgiveness, Joy, and Peace)

You are invited to take this time to center yourself. Improve your connection with yourself. And, if necessary, forgive yourself. You are worthy. To get us started, find a position that is comfortable for you for this session. It could be seated in a chair with hands resting on your legs, or cross-legged on a pillow or bed. Begin to prepare your body by relaxing your muscles, yet remembering to remain focused and present throughout our time. Relax your jaw, your shoulders, your arms. Bring that relaxing energy down through your body, into your legs, all the way down out the tips of your toes. Just relaxing every muscle a bit more. And as you do, begin to focus on your breath. Just letting it move in and out, just as naturally as you had been breathing before you were thinking about it. Notice that gentle chest movement, the airflow in and out of your nostrils. Just so comfortable and present. Continuing to relax. Bring yourself further and further into this present moment, and become ready to hear the words of today's session. Each day presents us with many challenges. And through all of it, we are often the harshest critics of ourselves. Our minds can lead us down paths of unnecessary stress and dissatisfaction. It can become a weight and a burden on us. A heaviness, pressing us slowly down. But, the wonderful part of this process, is that we are capable of reminding ourselves that we are worthy. We are worthy of peace. Worthy of a still mind. Worthy of self-love. We can let go of the mental baggage, so that we can freely deal with the challenges that are truly in front of us. And throughout this process, forgiving ourselves for mistakes, and recognizing how to improve as we move forward. Always looking forward. So as you continue to get settled in, take one or two deep and comfortable breaths, if you like. Feeling your chest fill and release. Relaxing more and more each time. But also remembering to stay present. Try this for several cycles, if it feels comfortable. Those deep breaths in and out. And slowly allow your breath just to settle into a natural pattern. But always keeping your attention on that continual flow. In and out. You can use this time to remind yourself of the constant cycle of life. Your breath. Your heartbeat. Your blood flow. All the tiny, miraculous processes that make it possible for you to be here, in this space. Feeling the sensations of the room. You are focused and present. Yet still relaxed. Just enjoying each moment. Here and now. So now I invite you to take one minute to silently remind yourself to remain centered. And enjoy this calm and peace. Remembering that this, right now, is your time. Remembering that you are worthy of this. Recognizing each breath in and out. We start now. Great. And now, I invite you to bring focus to this idea of self-worth. By repeating a few of these short affirmations. You can say them out loud, or in your head. Just slowly repeating them after me. Or just listening to them. Starting now. I am worthy. I am worthy of love. I am worthy of being forgiven. I am worthy of joy. I am worthy of peace. I am worthy of stillness. I am worthy. Excellent. And so now, as you are here in this calm, focused, and present space. We can remind ourselves that negativity, doubt, belittling self-thought. All of this is not useful or beneficial to our self-improvement. By keeping a daily awareness of our thoughts. We can recognize these intrusive thoughts. Catch them as they happen. And then, with the next gentle breath outward. Can just allow them to float away. And give no time or energy to them. Through this process, we recognize our worth. And then become free to pursue our real challenges. Our goals, and our aspirations. And so now, I share with you a few last affirmations. That I once again invite you to repeat after me, if you so choose. Beginning now. With this next breath, I release negativity. With this next breath, I embrace this moment. With this next breath, I see my worth. With this next breath, I am at peace. Fantastic job. You are capable of being at peace. You are capable of being connected to each and every moment. Remember this as you go forth into each day. Each hour. Each breath. So now, if you like. Spend a few more minutes here in this place of peace and presence. As you reflect on them. Allow yourself to feel them twice as deeply. Twice as true. Let these ideas comfort you twice as much. And know that you are worthy of being forgiven. You are worthy of joy. You are worthy of peace. You are worthy of stillness. Of the mind. You are worthy.