Awaken Peace and Joy with a Smile from the Heart - Meditation #9

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Welcome to a smiling meditation to awaken deeper peace and joy.

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My name is Linda Orsini, and I would like to guide you into

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this gentle meditation to bring a soft smile to your lips, your

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eyes and your heart as you settle into this moment, let's

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connect with our breath so just taking a deep inhale through the

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nose and exhale, sighing the breath out through the mouth,

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just slowly settling in here, allowing the inhales to be full

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and the exhales to be a deep releasing, a deep letting go, as

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we slowly move into awakening a natural joy that resides within

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you, just allowing you to experience a sense of warmth and

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happiness from the inside out. So if there's something that is

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disturbing you, whether it's a feeling, a sensation, or

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something going on in your life, just become present to it here

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in this moment, noticing it without judgment. And then let's

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hold compassion for that feeling, thought or sensation.

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The purpose of this meditation is not to dismiss what's going

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on around us, but to really hold space with compassion such

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tender compassion, and then allow peace and joy to slowly

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unfold. So let's take another deep inhale through the nose and

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exhale side out through the mouth,

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as you slowly begin to melt into This moment, allow your whole

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physical body to soften and release any tension in the face,

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in the shoulders, in the stomach and in your legs, breathe into

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any spaces that may feel tight or constricted, and not just in

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your muscles, but even perhaps in your heart. Allow your heart

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to soften here and to soften the heart feel and notice your

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breath here. Feel and notice the energy between the breaths, that

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vital life force, energy that allows you to breathe in and

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breathe out, breathing in and breathing out. And maybe you

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would like to invite the color green, the chakra, color of the

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heart here, just into your heart center, a beautiful shade of

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green that resonates deeply with you

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and as you bring attention to Your Heart Center, noticing and

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allowing yourself to become even more fully present into this

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moment, allowing yourself to soften, Creating space, creating

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a sense of peace and calm and

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and with the heart soft, let's begin here by imagining a soft,

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gentle smile spreading across your lips, not forcing. It in

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any way, but just allowing it to come naturally, feel the breath

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as the corners of your mouth lift, allowing this very soft

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and small action to create a gentle, soft shift within a

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ripple of a new perspective, a new sense of holding space where

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your outer smile can begin to nurture your inner self, your

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heart space, your sense of self compassion, allowing your

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thoughts to slowly shift and transform into a sense of deeper

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peace and stillness and

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and as you breathe into the slightly lifted edges of your

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lips, bring Your attention to your eyes, and even though your

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eyes are softly closed, picture and imagine a warm, kind smile

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in your eyes,

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where the Smile at the edges of your mouth radiate upward into

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your eyes.

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Feel the muscles around your eyes soften, allowing any

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tension to just slip away with both the edges of your lips

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lifted upward and the corners of your eyes softened, allow these

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muscles to slowly release and open The inner self, like

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turning a frown upside down and with each breath, let this

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gentle smile melt away any tightness or strain that has

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been clenching In your heart. Allow this shift in energy as

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you shift your physical body into a sense of greater joy and

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peace to slowly unfold, allowing it to just happen naturally,

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without any force.

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And then take a deep inhale through your nose, and as you

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exhale the breath to the edges of your mouth and the corners of

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your eyes, gently shift your attention to your mind and

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imagine a smile within your thoughts lighting up your mental

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space with a sense of warmth, sense of kindness and even some

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clarity if a thought passes through your mind, imagine

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placing a smile stamp on each thought as it slowly drifts away

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and with each thought that arises, allow a gentle smile to

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unfold in your mind with the understanding that this too

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shall pass, letting whatever is arising drift out of your

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consciousness, as Pima shodran says, You are the sky.

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Everything else is just the weather.

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Allow yourself to turn inward to be the sky and let everything

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else just. Like the transient weather

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coming and going while you stay grounded in that internal smile

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within your mind, within your thoughts, lighting and warming

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up that mental space, as Buddha said, the mind Is everything,

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what you think you become. And then finally coming full circle,

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returning to your heart, imagine a radiant smile shining from

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your heart, filling your entire being with warmth, with love and

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with gentle tenderness. They say the longest distance traveled is

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from the head to the heart, but here allow the eyes and the lips

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to bridge that distance, feeling and noticing a gentle smile at

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your Heart Center as a gift to your inner self and knowing and

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feeling that whatever is going on in your life, the most

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lasting, true and purest thing is the love that lives within us

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and

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breathing in and breathing out of the heart center as you

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exhale, continuing to allow everything To soften, allow the

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lips, the eyes, the mind and your heart to become present in

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this moment with a gentle softness. It's about trusting

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and surrendering, trusting and surrendering,

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feeling the breath at your heart center with a softness that

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brings a smile to the edges of your mouth, the edges and

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corners of your eyes, into your mind and into Your heart,

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allowing that radiating green light to radiate outwards so

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that everything lifts naturally,

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breathing softly here into that essence of peace, of joy that a

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smile brings,

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and if it resonates, maybe gently, bringing one or both

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hands to your heart center and breathing here, feeling the

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energy behind your breath, knowing that whatever We

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cultivate within radiates outwards. There is a traditional

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Sanskrit mantra, and it goes like this, loka samista, Suki no

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bhavantu,

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meaning may all beings everywhere be happy and free.

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Loka, samista, Suki no and. Pavantu, may our thoughts words

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and actions contribute to the happiness and freedom for all.

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Loka samista, sukino avantu,

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and radiating that interconnectedness between us,

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allowing the joy and peace and freedom that resides within us

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to radiate out to all beings,

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and as you slowly continue to breathe here into this mantra,

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let's allow just two or three minutes to breathe here into

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this silence, into this intention that we are creating

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our own sense of peace and joy and sending that out to all

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beings To feel the essence of happiness, freedom and Joy. You.

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Loka, samista, Suki no bhavantu, You,

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taking a deep inhale through The nose and exhaling it out through

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the mouth,

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slowly coming back into this present moment as you breathe

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into this space, allow this meditation halo of peace to

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radiate around you, nurturing the joy you've awakened within,

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and then Allow this meditation Halo to expand outward into your

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consciousness and touching every part of your being, and then

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sending it out to all beings,

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allowing. Smiling sense of meditation to awaken inner peace

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and joy, to be the energy that guides you as you move forward,

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helping you to remember and embrace your inner joy,

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compassion and love,

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knowing this inner light is always there, ready to support

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and uplift you whenever you need it, always wishing you great

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peace, joy, love and light from my heart to yours. Namaste.