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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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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΅ **STOPTIME Theme Music by Philip David Stern**
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STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.
Morning Meditation: Greet the Day With Gratitude and Intentionality
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Imagine the gentle caress of morning sunlight ushering in a day filled with promise and serenity. That's the essence of our latest guided meditation session, meticulously crafted to instill a sense of gratitude, awareness, and intentionality as you awaken to the new day. With each breath, we traverse the landscapes of our inner selves, initiating a body scan that releases overnight tension and illuminates the path to positivity. As your guide, I'll lead you through the dance of breath and light, infusing your morning with the golden glow of mindful presence and heartfelt gratitude.
Rise with us in spirit and practice, as we explore the subtle yet profound shifts that a dedicated morning ritual can evoke in your daily life. We delve into the soothing currents of breath awareness, where each inhale is a wave of fresh potential and each exhale, a release of anything that doesn't serve your highest good. As your companion on this journey, I encourage you to savor the simple joys and cherish the connections that fuel our collective sense of thankfulness. Through this intimate conversation with the soul, we unlock the doors to a day brimming with confidence and joy. Together, let's stretch our spirits skyward and greet the day with an embrace of pure possibilityβnamaste.
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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
π Purchase Your Copy Here: https://a.co/d/2UlsmYC
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?**
π Visit Wide Open Stages https://www.wideopenstages.com
πΈ **Follow Lisa on Instagram:** @wideopenstages https://www.instagram.com/wideopenstages/
π **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** [Buy Me a Coffee] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/STOPTIME
π΅ **STOPTIME Theme Music by Philip David Stern**
π [Listen on Spotify]
https://open.spotify.com/artist/57A87Um5vok0uEtM8vWpKM?si=JOx7r1iVSbqAHezG4PjiPg
Good morning. This is a meditation that I've created with a body scan, some breath awareness and a gratitude reflection to get you started in your day. I recommend trying it every morning for a week and then noticing what changes. All right, begin by finding a comfortable seat or lying position. Close your eyes, if you are able, and take a few deep breaths to settle into the present moment and you to inhale deeply through your nose, feeling your chest and your belly expand and then exhale slowly through your mouth, releasing any tension or stress. Feel free to make a sound if that feels good. Continue this rhythmic breathing a few times, just allowing each breath to anchor you to the present moment. I want you to imagine for a moment the feeling of the warm sun shining on your back. Breathe in that beautiful warmth and as you exhale, you're going to exhale beautiful light into the universe. It's a release of your gorgeous energy, breathing in again, expanding limitless breath, and exhale and send that beautiful energy out to the world, almost like casting a beautiful gold or yellow brick road that you can pave for your day. You're creating your beautiful day.
Speaker 1:I want you to bring your awareness to the sensation of gratitude and let's reflect on something that we're truly grateful for in your life right now. It could be a person, nor an experience, or maybe even just a simple pleasure. With each breath, allow that feeling of gratitude to expand within you, allowing that feeling of warm, radiant light to fill your entire being. Now shift your focus to your physical body and let's start by bringing awareness around your toes. Notice any sensations or tension or warmth or coldness in this area. Whatever you're feeling, send that beautiful, warm light and energy to any areas that need it. As we gradually move our attention up through our feet and our ankles and our calves, just feel the weight of your legs and let go of any tightness or discomfort. Feel the energy that you're creating inside you, almost like a honey, a golden honey, sweet and warm, supportive and flowing. As we continue our body scan, let's move up through our knees and our thighs and our hips and let this beautiful energy, this beautiful honey, just swirl around, releasing any tension in each area. As you continue to breathe In the scan, your torso now paying attention to your abdomen and your chest and your back, feeling the gentle rise and fall of your breath, almost like a gentle honey tide, beautiful and warm. Maybe you're just floating on it, taking our focus now to our hands and our arms, allowing awareness to linger on each finger, our palm and the back of our hands. Notice how your breathing is deep and natural and connected as we scan your shoulders and your neck and your throat, releasing any tension that you might be holding in these areas.
Speaker 1:Keep bringing your attention to your head and your face, relaxing your jaw, tongue, lips, releasing any tension in your face or in your forehead. Take a smile and, if it comes, embrace it. If not, no worries. Breathing in and out, feeling balanced and warm and supported and ready. I am gratitude, I am light, I am relaxed and open and ready for my day. When you're ready, slowly open your eyes and start to wiggle around a little bit, gently, moving your body, luxuriating in that beautiful feeling, maybe stretching arms away from your toes, bending right, bending left, whatever feels good. When you're ready, if you can stand up or sit up, stretch your arms over your head and reach to the sky, creating a beautiful arc. And then, hands to the heart, tap into the gratitude and ease that you've just created for a beautiful day. Have a wonderful, wonderful day. You've got this, namaste.