Joyful Affirmations with Emily Nielsen

65. Oh! I get to be grateful. I let the swell of gratitude in my heart grow inside, and it strengthens my bond with my best self. 

How can gratitude become a part of our daily lives? And, why should it?

"I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude." - Brene Brown

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64. Gently I greet my self, and the New Year. 🪷

This year, I will exist in a world that supports me and cheers me on. I am surrounded by the life force that thrives upon my brilliance.I shine.I let myself shine.

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63. Here comes the sun! 🌄

After today, our days begin to get longer again. Let that thought warm your heart.

The cold and quiet wintry days invite reflections of gratitude, humility, and peace.

Happy Winter Solstice!

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62. Hygge is warmth, comfort, serenity, and charm. ☕️

Hygge is a way to stay connected to everyday simplicity .... and to one another.

Get into the spirit of hygge by allowing yourself to envision getting totally comfy and cozy. Wrap a sweater up to your chin, pet your dog, crawl under your down comforter, and come into the idea of cozy, simple, happiness.

Join me for a meditation that invites comfort and joy.

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61. To be cozy is to be content

To feel connected is to feel secure 🕯

The Danish have a word called “hygge.” Pronounced hyoo-ga, it’s a term that means feeling cozy, connected, warm, and easily enjoying the good things in life. It’s a way to stay connected with everyday simplicity... and with our most at-ease selves. 

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60. Gratitude. This week, next week, and forever.

This one is sacred, y’all.

Today, I invite you to dedicate 30 minutes to a meditative practice of gratitude.

I incorporate the 7 chakras into this practice, and invite you to experience the ability to bring awareness into all the aspects of our lives for which we can be grateful.

You don’t have to know anything about yoga, or chakras, or energy points in the body.

You only have to allow your mind, breath, and body to touch base with thankfulness, and to receive the bounty that is provided for us when we focus on the intention of gratitude.

In this recorded meditation, we will touch base with our chakras:

Root Chakra: stability, groundedness, the color red

Sacral Chakra: pleasure, creativity, the color orange

Solar Plexus Chakra: will, determination, the color yellow

Heart Chakra: love, compassion, the color green

Throat Chakra: communication, voice, the color blue

Third Eye Chakra: intuition, awareness, the color purple

Crown Chakra: spirituality, higher knowledge, the color white

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59. Some say that the falling autumn leaves are a good reminder for us to let dead things go.

I say, baring our bareness allows us to let authentic things in.

May we choose what feels right when we are at our most vulnerable.

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58. ⁣⁣We may not be in the same boat, but we are in the same sea.

As human as it is to want to feel in control, it’s also within us to find trust that we are all in this together. ⁣

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57. What if everything isn’t messed up right now?

What if everything is going to be okay?

A Joyful Affirmation for Embracing Optimism 😌

Today I allow myself to look on the bright side. Today I allow the sun to hit my face, to warm my spirits, and to give me release.

Today I allow myself to believe in the good, to acknowledge with certainty that there is more good than bad, that there is more light than darkness, that there is more hope than despair.

Today I allow myself to live in the promise of better things.

Today I allow myself to acknowledge that I am a part of the goodness, of the lightness, of the hope.

Today I step into the understanding that our purpose is peace, and that we are all here for the same reason: To give, to love, to see and be seen.

Today I acknowledge my place in this purpose, and I do so with gratitude, finding a reason to smile in this moment, reminding myself that there is so much beauty to be held, and to hold.

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56. Today, let’s look for something random that makes us giggle. 

Sometimes it’s nice to not have to find deep inspiration or question “what does it mean?” double-rainbow-guy style. 

Sometimes, the mundane is where it’s at. 

On this holiday of popular debauchery I declare,

Let there be levity.

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