This guided meditation is an invitation to honor your right to exist fully and unapologetically. Centered on the theme of taking up space, it uses affirmations to empower you to reconnect with your body, voice, and presence. Whether you're navigating environments that ask you to shrink or simply seeking to reclaim your sense of self, this practice affirms that your existence is sacred, and your presence is a gift. It is ideal for moments when you need to root back into your worth.

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The essence of mindfulness is the capacity to be present to what arises in our lives with compassion and without judgment. This guided meditation invites us to face what arises in our bodies and minds with kind curiosity.

This is a departure from my normal guided meditation offering. It’s graduation season. And as I was thinking about what I should write for this week’s No Trifling Matter, I thought about a sermon that I preached at a commissioning ceremony seven years ago, a sermon that I’ve never shared and that still seems relevant today. Since it’s a sermon, it was written for the ear. So I thought I’d use this opportunity to do my first video post. It also caused a bit of an uproar on campus and honestly I’m not sure why. I’ll let you be the judge of that.