Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity - 10 Minute Morning Meditation for Pure Happiness (ft. Jo Rose from A Zen Mind)

Episode Date: June 18, 2026

Today, I have a very special guest to guide you through a wonderful morning meditation: Jo Rose, host of A Zen Mind. This meditation made me feel so deeply happy. This 10 minute morning practice is a beautiful reminder that each day we get to choose what energy we want to step forward with - and there is so much in this life to be deeply grateful and happy for.  During this practice, we connect with the energy of pure joy, happiness, lightness, and gratitude, cultivating it from deep within. Carrying it within your presence throughout the entire day ahead, as you move into this day shining from the inside out. Listen to A Zen Mind on Spotify Listen to A Zen Mind on Apple Podcasts  Listen to A Zen Mind on YouTube  Follow Jo on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey friend, I'm so glad you're here today because I have something very special for you. My friend Joe Rose, who runs the wildly popular meditation podcast called A Zen Mind, is here to lead you through a meditation. Joe recorded this short 10-minute practice because it made her feel so deeply happy. It did the same for me, and so I think you'll feel the same way. And if you enjoy this, then be sure to go check out Joe's channel, a Zen mind. You can find it wherever you're listening,

but to make it easier, I'll put links in the episode description below. And now without further ado, here's Joe. Hello and welcome to this guided meditation. This practice has been created to shift your energy and inner being into a state of pure happiness.

one that is radiant, vibrant, and deeply alive within you. And let's begin by finding a comfortable position, whatever feels good for your body today. And softly closing your eyes, if you wish. Taking a moment to just be here. Taking a few deep and slow breaths at your own pace. inhaling fully, exhaling completely, as you relax into your own presence. And how beautiful is this presence? Taking a moment to show appreciation for yourself, for showing up today,

for making the very conscious decision to be here right now, to press play to choose something that is so deeply rooted in your highest being and what a wonderful experience it is of being you an experience that nobody else in this entire planet

will ever have because it is yours and yours alone how wonderful it is that you woke up this morning a feeling that brings the easiest joy, how incredible it is that you get to make choices. For your own well-being, you get to experience another day of life. Happiness lives here within you always, without the need to change circumstances,

just allowing the love within you to rise up and to flow outward, into everything that you touch today, letting it move into your thoughts, your emotions, your body, radiating outward into the people that you meet, the work that you create, the spaces that you enter. You are like sunlight, pouring in through an open window, illuminating everything, within and around you. Let this be a natural sensation without reason. Joy for simply being, happiness for simply existing. Gratitude for this breath, this body, this day, this life. Breathe in deeply, exhale fully, allowing your breath to be both gentle and reassuring.

a piece that nobody else can bring except you. Choose to be happy because you can. Because why not? You get to choose into this frequency. It becomes your natural state. And you seek out more reasons to be happy. To smile for no reason and every reason. to be kind to yourself and all other beings, to look at your life through the most beautiful

and grateful lens. Let it come naturally to you. Feel it deep within your bones. Give yourself permission to be excited, to be playful, to be grateful, and expansive. Let yourself be alive. Let yourself be alive Let yourself be happy. You deserve it. Let this feeling and let this sensation sink in. Offering yourself the quiet intention of showing up through your day with this energy. Let it be you. If it feels comfortable for you, you may wish to bring one hand to your heart or just a gentle smile to your face.

a gesture of gratitude towards yourself. For taking the time to be here today, you are a light in this world. From the depths of your being, let yourself shine, wishing you peace and love and so much happiness today. Namaste.