
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.
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Ready to realign your energy and find balance in just 12 minutes? This guided chakra meditation takes you on a transformative journey through your body's seven energy centers using the powerful combination of breath, visualization, and color.
We begin at your root chakra, where a glowing red light helps you feel grounded and safe, releasing fears that may be holding you back. As we move to your sacral center, warm orange energy ignites your creativity and helps you embrace change with grace. Your solar plexus chakra brightens with yellow light, strengthening your confidence as you affirm "I stand in my power."
The journey continues through your heart chakra, where soft green light expands with each breath, allowing you to give and receive love more freely. Your throat chakra clears with brilliant blue energy, supporting authentic self-expression. Between your eyebrows, the indigo third eye chakra awakens your intuition and inner wisdom. Finally, white light radiates from your crown, connecting you to something greater than yourself.
The magic happens when all seven centers align, creating a rainbow column of energy flowing through your entire being. You'll complete this practice feeling both grounded and light, centered yet expansive β the perfect balanced state to carry into your day. Whether you're new to chakra work or looking to deepen your practice, this meditation offers a simple yet powerful way to harmonize your energy system and enhance your overall wellbeing.
Try this meditation whenever you feel scattered or disconnected, and notice how quickly you can return to a state of balance. Your energy centers are always waiting to be awakened β all you need is the intention, your breath, and a few minutes of focused attention.
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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 **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. Today we'll travel through your seven chakras, using breath and color to balance and harmonize. Each chakra is a center of energy that influences your physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. As we move upward, from root to crown, imagine clearing blockages and restoring flow. When you're ready, find a comfortable seat or lie down and, if you feel comfortable, close your eyes. When you're ready, take three deep breaths. At the base of your spine is your root chakra. Imagine a glowing red light emanating from there. Feel yourself supported, steady, connected to the earth. Inhale stability and exhale fear. And exhale fear. Repeat silently I am safe, I am grounded. Take a few more moments here, breathing, inhale stability and exhale fear. You are safe, you are grounded. Draw your awareness now just below your navel, to your sacral chakra, and feel a warm orange glow. Warm orange glow. Your sacral chakra is the center of creativity and flow. Inhale inspiration, exhale resistance. Inhale inspiration and exhaling resistance, Affirming I embrace change and creativity. I embrace change and creativity.
Speaker 1:Moving now gently to the area just above your navel, this is your solar plexus chakra and we associate yellow with this area. I want you to picture a bright yellow sun and feel its warmth. Feel warmth and confidence radiating outward. Inhale strength, exhale doubt. Inhale strength, exhale doubt, saying to yourself I stand in my power. I stand in my power.
Speaker 1:Moving now to your heart chakra, which is at the center of your chest, and imagine a soft green light expanding with each breath, inhaling compassion and exhaling heaviness. Inhaling compassion and exhaling heaviness, saying aloud, or to yourself I give and receive love freely. I give and receive love freely. Moving now to your throat chakra and imagine a clear blue light, inhaling truth and exhaling suppression. Inhaling truth and exhaling suppression. Inhaling truth and exhaling suppression, affirming to yourself I express myself with clarity and ease. I express myself with clarity and ease.
Speaker 1:Moving now to your third eye chakra, which is between your eyebrows. See the color indigo glowing there, inhaling wisdom and exhaling confusion. Inhaling wisdom and exhaling confusion, affirming I trust my inner guidance. I trust my inner guidance. Finally, we move to the top of your head, the crown chakra. Envision a white light shining upward bright, vibrant, clear white light. Inhaling connection, exhaling separation. Inhaling connection, exhaling separation. Saying to yourself I am connected to something greater. I am connected to something greater. Now I want you to imagine all seven lights glowing brightly, forming a rainbow column of energy flowing through you. Feel the harmony, feel the wholeness and balance. Rest in this radiance for several minutes, breathing naturally. When you're ready, gently open your eyes. Returning to the present moment, energy aligned, take a deep breath here, feeling grounded and light, expansive and energized, carrying this alignment into the rest of your day. Namaste, my friend.