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🌿 Meditation for Fresh Starts: Embrace Change & New Beginnings

Lisa Hopkins, Wide Open Stages

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Life is full of transitions—some chosen, some unexpected. Fresh starts can feel both exciting and overwhelming, and often we forget to pause long enough to honor the shift.

This guided meditation will help you release what no longer serves you, carry forward the wisdom of what’s behind you, and gently step into what lies ahead. Through mindful breathing and visualization, you’ll plant the seed of your intention and reconnect with the power of presence.

Take this time to remind yourself:
 ✨ Every ending holds a beginning.
 ✨ Every transition is an invitation to grow.
 ✨ You always have the choice to begin again.

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Hey there, wherever you are in this moment, let's take a moment to pause together. Transitions can be tender. Fresh starts can feel exciting, uncertain and sometimes even overwhelming. This meditation is here to remind you that within every ending is the seed of a beginning and, with every beginning, the wisdom of what has come before. Find yourself somewhere comfortable to sit quietly for a moment and, when you're ready, take a deep breath in through your nose, hold gently at the top and exhale through your mouth, releasing any heaviness you've been carrying Again, inhaling possibility, again inhaling possibility and exhaling what no longer serves you.

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Now I want you to imagine yourself standing at the threshold of a doorway. Behind you is the space you've just left your past, your memories, your growth and ahead of you is a wide, open landscape bathed in soft morning light. This is your fresh start. Step into that light gently. Notice the air clean, clear, spacious filling your lungs. With each breath. You are arriving more fully into this new space, this new chapter, this fresh beginning. As you walk forward, bring to mind one lesson, one gift from what you've just transitioned out of. Acknowledge it and thank it, and allow it to walk beside you, not as a weight but as wisdom that you now carry forward.

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Now, in this open space, before you, imagine planting a seed. The seed holds your intention for this new beginning. It might be clarity, maybe it's courage, or peace, or joy. Whatever arises for you in this moment, trust it and see yourself gently pressing it into the soil. This new seed. Feel the earth, cradle it with care, feel the intention. Be one with the moment Planting a seed, new beginning, whatever you want it to be.

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With every inhale, you are nourishing this seed with possibility and with every exhale, you are letting go of doubt. You don't need to know exactly how or when it will grow. Your only task is to remain present, to keep tending and to allow Rest here for a few breaths, letting your body and mind soften. Soften into the truth that fresh starts don't require perfection. They only require presence. Only require presence. Take some time here to meditate on this Gently breathing, feel the spaciousness, the groundedness and, when you're ready, bring your hands gently to your heart and whisper to yourself I honor what has been, I welcome what is to come. Welcome what is to come. I choose to begin again Right now, in this moment. Take one final deep breath and exhale fully, slowly. Return to your day, carrying with you the quiet strength of new beginnings. As long as we live, we get to have new beginnings Every moment. Namaste, my friend.

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