Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. ― Mary Oliver

1. When we wake up in the morning, the ‘first awakening’ is about the personal, the every day self.  Your mind asks: What is on my schedule today? and runs through the list. This is the 'First Awakening' - to the Personal self. 

You have a schedule and you are more than your schedule. What more is there? Lay back down and close your eyes... 

2. Breathe in. Breathe out. Quiet the mind.  Ask:  What does my Higher Self have to say about this day? What is the 'Call of Self' that it wants me to hear?  What is my Higher Purpose? Listen to your heart and soul stirring. The answer will come in its own way.  Breathe in the stirring - the voice - and awaken again. This is the 'Second Awakening' - to the Transpersonal Self.  

Bring this layer of awareness with you as you lay back down. Again, close your eyes. There is more…

3. Breathe in. Breathe out.  Breathe in the air from just outside your nostrils. Feel how it tickles as it enters. Breathe fully out, filling-in more of the air above your bed. Breathe in from outside your windows, from trees rooted in the earth with leaves blowing in a breeze. Breathe out into the vast sky from the Earth to the outer regions of atmosphere. Breathe in color as the morning sun kisses the sky clouds. Breathe out a tear of gratitude. Breathe in the same air being breathed by a baby, a mother, an old man, an animal, a mushroom. Breathe in despair.  Breathe out connection and love. Breathe in physical pain.  Breathe out deep relaxation and acceptance. Breathe in psychic and emotional pain. Breathe out clarity and peace.  This is the 'Third Awakening' - to the Universal or Collective Self. 

Now, open your eyes, sit up, and step into your day. 

 …in peace, with love...