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Choose a STORY PORTAL and write for 12 minutes. Try to keep your pen moving until the time is up and skip any judgement about your writing so you can allow what wants to flow. When the time is up, Offer yourself the gift of reading your words aloud (if you have enough privacy to do so comfortably of course, otherwise feel free to read silently). Close your story portal by thanking yourself for offering space for your inner wisdom to be expressed and witnessed.

+ What are the small things that are already just right in your life—the things that will be the same in your utopia?

OR

+ What is a threshold you are in the midst of crossing, about to pass through, or have recently experienced? How can your future self join you now in this crossing?

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Repeat the MANTRA yourself aloud or silently at least 3 times or up to 5 minutes. How does it feel to speak and listen to these words? Does it feel true? How would it shape your future if it did feel true? Notice if you have any resistance to the message of the mantra. How does the meaning grow, change or expand if you play with it over time? You're invited to check in with this mantra over the next moon cycle. If needed, make refinements to the words of this mantra so that its message is nutritious, helpful and TRUE for your vision of the future.

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Choose a STORY PORTAL and write for 12 minutes. Try to keep your pen moving until the time is up and skip any judgement about your writing so you can allow what wants to flow. When the time is up, Offer yourself the gift of reading your words aloud (if you have enough privacy to do so comfortably of course, otherwise feel free to read silently). Close your story portal by thanking yourself for offering space for your inner wisdom to be expressed and witnessed.

+ Compose a blessing to guide you across the continual threshold into future. Blessings often use the word “May” and provide comfort and guidance to the reader. Include messages to yourself that will help you find the courage to shed that which no longer serves you and keep focus on that which you are moving toward.

OR

+ My favorite version of myself is…

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Choose a STORY PORTAL and write for 12 minutes. Try to keep your pen moving until the time is up and skip any judgement about your writing so you can allow what wants to flow. When the time is up, Offer yourself the gift of reading your words aloud (if you have enough privacy to do so comfortably of course, otherwise feel free to read silently). Close your story portal by thanking yourself for offering space for your inner wisdom to be expressed and witnessed.

+ When I honor the present moment as my doorway to the future, I feel grateful for...

OR

+ Close your eyes and take a few deep, centering breaths. Then just listen. When you're ready, begin writing from the phrase, "Right now I notice..."

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Listen to or read the poem Theories of Time and Space by Natasha Trethewey ("Theories of Time and Space" appeared in Trethewey's book Native Guard. Copyright 2006 by by Natasha Trethewey, Houghton Mifflin)

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Choose a STORY PORTAL and write for 12 minutes. Try to keep your pen moving until the time is up and skip any judgement about your writing so you can allow what wants to flow. When the time is up, Offer yourself the gift of reading your words aloud (if you have enough privacy to do so comfortably of course, otherwise feel free to read silently). Close your story portal by thanking yourself for offering space for your inner wisdom to be expressed and witnessed.

+ “You can get there from here, though...”

OR

+ “Everywhere you go will be somewhere you’ve never been. Try this: ...”

OR

+ I am someone different now who…

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Listen to this 9 min somatic meditation then journal for 10 minutes about any aha moments, resistance or other insights that arose during the experience.

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Repeat the MANTRA yourself aloud or silently at least 3 times or up to 5 minutes. How does it feel to speak and listen to these words? Does it feel true? How would it shape your future if it did feel true? Notice if you have any resistance to the message of the mantra. How does the meaning grow, change or expand if you play with it over time? You're invited to check in with this mantra over the next moon cycle. If needed, make refinements to the words of this mantra so that it's message nutritious and helpful and TRUE for you as you move toward your ideal future. Journal if you feel called (scroll for related story portals).