Welcome to episode 3,016 of your daily guided meditation. I'm honored to share with you

today's New Year's Day meditation. This is a way for you to launch into a brand new year,

or you can do this meditation as you begin any journey. I recommend

you gather around you four candles, maybe votive candles, something that is fire safe and you

might even have a pitcher of water in case it's windy and you're doing this

outdoors like I am today and you just want to make sure to always be careful with fire and have

a journal with you or you could have two strips of paper. Now you don't necessarily need

candles if maybe you're somewhere where it's just not a good idea to have candles but have

something that represents meaning to you.

Of course, candles bring in light to your life.

And so they represent bringing light and life into your new year.

But you could use four rocks because that could represent grounding you. I might use four shells

because it is a little windy today and my candles might be blown out and shells are special to me

because I collect them on the beach. So use what has meaning to you.

You may pause this recording and go and gather those materials.

Now that you are back, I always encourage you to do a New Year's Day celebration outside.

And if this is not possible, at least open up a window and bring in the outdoors wherever

you are.

And so we begin this New Year's Day celebration.

To start, I encourage you to stand up.

And as you stand up, I encourage you to ground your feet.

This means to press your feet firmly into the ground wherever you're standing. They say the hardest pose in yoga is standing on your own two feet,

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