The Beauty of Beginning Again

Every breath is an invitation to start fresh. Today’s meditation embraces the gentle courage of beginning again — after challenge, after missteps, and even after small moments of forgetting. Renewal lives in each inhale, reminding us that hope is always available.

Your Morning Mantra: I begin again with gentle hope

Jennifer Cray is a life coach, meditation teacher and yoga teacher for Living Lit Up, based in Brisbane. You can deepen your meditation practices with her on Insight Timer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Approach production. Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your
morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores the gift of beginning again,
the power of a fresh start in any given moment.

(00:31):
Your morning mantra, I begin again with gentle hope. Let's begin.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or
lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, Relax your ears, relax
your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention

(01:06):
to your breath. Drawing your breath down into your heart.
With each exhale, release the past, and with each inhale,

(01:30):
let renewal fill your lungs. Every breath is a reset,
a doorway, a gentle reminder that we can begin again

(01:52):
at any moment, after a gasp or a yawn, after
a mistake, a hard day, after falling short, disappointing.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Beginning again doesn't erase the past. It transforms it with compassion,
with softness, with learning. Each new beginning is a small

(02:46):
act of courage, a choice to keep moving, to keep growing,
to keep believing. Hope lives in the inhance, light lives

(03:09):
in the restart, and each breath is an opportunity to
begin again. Today's mantra. I begin again with gentle hope.
Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.

(03:33):
I begin again with gentle hope.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and
out of your heart space. May you be happy, may
you be well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear,

(04:06):
and anxiety. And may your whole life be truly blessed.
Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and
slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth,

(04:32):
I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You
can also deepen your practice with me on Inside Timer
find the link below. In the show notes,