Good morning! Let’s think of those we love and imagine showering them with love.
Good morning! Let’s think of those we love and imagine showering them with love.
You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com.
And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.
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S2E05, MORNING Flying Heart
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Good morning. My name is Taes and I want to welcome you to today.
Can you wave your hand and say, “Good morning, day.”
Can you put your hands on your heart and say, “Good morning, heart.”
And I want to say good morning to you.
I just love getting to start today with you as we check in, as we wake up our bodies, and as we think about what is in store for us today.
Are you ready to start off our morning? Great!
[FLYING HEART]
Taes: Today, we are going to do something that I love doing every single morning and every single night. It is called “The Flying Heart”.
We will be sending love to five people that you know. And then we're gonna send a little love to ourselves and be ready for the day.
To start off, can you jump up on your feet? Wiggle your toes. Wiggle your fingers. Wiggle your head shake, shake, shake just for a minute.
Good. Now freeze. Put your hands in your heart and feel your heart beating inside of your chest. And as it beats, can you just say, “I love you heart”.
I don't know if you know this, but your heart is magic. In fact, your heart is magic in many, many ways, but today we are going to do our flying heart because your heart has the ability to fly anywhere in the world and to sprinkle people with love.
Can you think of one person that you love right now? And as you think about them, think about something that you really love doing with them. Just so you can picture them in your head. What is it that you love about them?
Take a deep breath in. Let it out. And imagine that heart is flying out of your chest and it's going to wherever they are and it's going to be right above their head. And can you whisper, “I love you”? As you whisper “I love you”, your heart is going to open up and rain little hearts down on top of them.
Now, can you think of someone else that you love and picture what it is that you really love about them? It can be a friend. It can be someone in your family, or maybe a teacher. Think about another person that you love.
Take a deep breath in, let it out and imagine that your heart is now flying to that person. Can you picture them in your head? Picture what they look like. Good.
Now take a deep breath in and as you let it out, you're gonna imagine that little hearts are flying all over them and sprinkling them with love. And can you say, “I love you”?
Now think of another person in your head, somebody you really love. Take a deep breath in, let it out and imagine that heart is just flying to wherever it is that they are and picture exactly what they look like. And this time, just imagine what it feels like to give them a hug.
And when you're ready, take a big deep breath. Let it out and imagine that your heart is sprinkling little, tiny, magical sparkling hearts all over them. And can you say, “I love you”?
Now think of one more person that you love. And once you can really picture them in your head, what is it that you love doing with them? How does it feel to spend time with them? What do you love the most about them?
Take a deep breath in. Let it out. And imagine that your heart is flying outside and it's finding that person and it's right above their head. Take one more deep breath in, let it out. And imagine those little hearts just sprinkling down on top of them, making them feel so left. And can you say, “I love you”?
Now can you stretch your arms and wrap them around yourself? Can you think of all of the things that you love about you? What are the things that make you so special?
Take a deep breath in, let it out and imagine that you are sprinkling yourself with love. You are sprinkling yourself with little tiny hearts.
And can you take this feeling, this feeling of spreading love through your big heart, spreading love to other people, and then spreading love to yourself, and just hold that inside of you all day long?
Tonight, we are going to do some more love spreading with that heart of yours.
[CLOSING]
Taes: I'm so excited for you and for your day.
And I want to say thank you so much for starting today with me and for setting yourself up for a big heart kind of day.
I can't wait to see you tonight and hear about all of the things that you did.
Remember: there is nobody in the whole world with a heart, just like yours.
I love you. And I love your big heart so much.