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STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.
Ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally and winner of the 2022 Communicator Award for Podcasting, STOPTIME:Live in the Moment combines mindfulness, well being and the performing arts and features thought provoking and motivational conversations with high performing creative artists around practicing the art of living in the moment and embracing who we are, and where we are at. Long form interviews are interspersed with brief solo episodes that prompt and invite us to think more deeply. Hosted by Certified Professional Coach Lisa Hopkins, featured guests are from Broadway, Hollywood and beyond. Although her guests are extraordinary innovators and creative artists, the podcast is not about showbiz and feels more like listening to an intimate coaching conversation as Lisa dives deep with her talented guests about the deeper meaning behind why they do what they do and what theyβve learned along the way. Lisa is a Certified Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner and CORE Performance Dynamics Specialist at Wide Open Stages. She specializes in working with high-performing creative artists who want to play full out. She is a passionate creative professional with over 20 years working in the performing arts industry as a director, choreographer, producer, writer and dance educator. STOPTIME Theme by Philip David SternπΆ
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STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.
Meditation: Ignite Your Inner Glow
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What if you could harness the immense power inside of you and stir up the energy within? What if, by just changing your breath, you could feel more alive, more in tune with your true self, and more confident? Join me as we explore these possibilities in this transformative episode. We'll discuss how to tap into our life force energy, allowing our inner light to shine. Together, we'll figure out areas where you might be playing small in your life and how to step out of those patterns. This journey will guide you to be the lighthouse for yourself and others, leading with light.
Ready to awaken your inner power and connect with your guiding light? Let's get there together! We'll dive deep into the power of the breath, exploring how it can be the key to accessing your energy source. By adjusting body and eyes to be in alignment, you'll feel the energy and light fill your body, leaving you glowing and connected with your true self. By the end of our time together, you'll have a new sense of confidence and a deeper connection with your true self. Breathe in this new energy and embrace the power of being you. Let's ignite the light within us and shine together!
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πβ¨π **Buy 'The Places Where There Are Spaces: Cultivating A Life of Creative Possibilities'** πβ¨π
Dive into a world where spontaneity leads to creativity and discover personal essays that inspire with journal space to reflect. Click the link below to grab your copy today and embark on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected joys! ππ
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π **Interested in finding out more about working with Lisa Hopkins? Want to share your feedback or be considered as a guest on the show?**
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Hey there. So today we're going to do a meditation around really stepping into yourself, really letting your light shine, really connecting with that inner energy, your inner energy. So I just want you to find somewhere comfortable to sit or lie down and, with a straight back, hold your body in awareness and just begin connecting with the breath. Notice this moment as you transition into our meditation together. Just let go of any energy that you don't need and refocus a new, fresh energy to our practice. Today, as you keep breathing, I want you just to consider and remember that your breath is your life force, the life force, energy that holds you steady and strong. It is your faithful friend and your ally. Your breath is the one who can guide you to feeling calm, safe, secure and confident. So, again, as you continue to breathe, I really want you to truly connect to your life force, energy, your breath, your ally, your friend, your support as it travels into your body, re-energizing, healing and nourishing you. Draw that breath all the way down into your belly and allow that energy to gather like a golden ball of light in your stomach and, as you continue to breathe it in, enjoy the warm sensation, feel it developing and growing. Maybe it's swirling. Pay attention to the speed, whatever feels right in this moment. Picture that golden ball of light in your stomach Breathing and enjoying the warming sensation, feeling it develop and grow. Take a deep breath here in on four, three, two, one and hold and exhale three, two, one.
Speaker 1:I want you now to turn inwards, toward connecting with yourself. Draw your attention around the areas of your body that are feeling fluid, strong and in flow. Just recognize them as you breathe and as you continue to breathe, also notice maybe any other areas that are feeling tight or stress or anxiety might be stored. So now take this beautiful gold and life force energy of your breath into those tight areas, direct them there and allow the light and energy of your breath to release anxiety, to let go of self-doubt and, as this beautiful light and energy in breath fill these areas, start to feel a sense of self-confidence, empowerment and energy fill your entire body as you continue to breathe. Listen to my words when I tell you you are a powerful and beautiful being who came here not to dim your light but to shine brightly, to share your unique sweet soul, your gifts and talents with the world. You are a unique and magnificent being and you are allowed to be. You Repeat after me, either in your head or out loud I am allowed to be me. How does that feel? Take a moment to consider, consider where you are playing small in your life. Is there somewhere where you are dimming your light? Or maybe someone else or something else is dimming your light, hiding your magnificence? Is there somewhere where you're stepping into the background to be unnoticed?
Speaker 1:This is your time. This is your time to step forward, to live into all that you have to offer. The world needs you and all of you, every piece of you and your authentic, unique beauty. It's not complicated. It's simply time to share your truth. You have absolutely nothing to lose. As long as you are breathing, you have everything you need. Remember that your breath is your ally, your friend, your support, your life support, and it's always with you. You came into this world untouched and undisturbed with opinion or judgment a gorgeous baby filled with possibilities and purpose, connected and part of the universe and the universal energy.
Speaker 1:The time is now, my friends. There is no time, but now it's time to step into your power, to plug in and connect with your infinite joy, to connect with your dreams, your aspirations and goals, without apologies. You deserve to shine your light so brightly that others can be guided. It's as simple as that. You deserve to shine your light so brightly that others can be guided. You can be the lighthouse for yourself and for others. You are a beacon of light. Are you ready to allow yourself to follow this guiding light within, to lead with light? What do you have to lose?
Speaker 1:Breathing in, breathing out, repeat after me I am powerful. Get it in, embody it. I am connected, feel it, know it. I am strong. Breathing in, I am ready. I am ready.
Speaker 1:Yes, I am Again connecting with that breath. Draw it down to your tummy, to your power center, your energy resource, your renewable energy source, your infinite, limitless energy source, and create that energy that you need, that you want, that you know and accept the support of your breath, your ally, and walk alongside together. Allow yourself to connect with that guiding light that is you. It's time, my friends, to follow the path unapologetically. The world needs you to be you, step into you, open, breathe, feel your body filled with energy and light, so that you are glowing, connected and aligned with who you are. Only you, only you, only you, starting now to feel your body on your mat or your bed or your chair, gently beginning to awaken, stretching or wriggling, smiling or yawning In alignment with your breath. You feel alert, connected and confident. Take a few moments here, breathing in this new energy, adjusting your body and your eyes, guiding yourself back to the here and now, ready to be you, you awesome being. You are the light, my friends, namaste.