Welcome.
There is nowhere to go,
Nothing to solve,
Nothing to become.
There is only this moment,
This breath.
I invite you to take a slow inhale and gently let it go.
Again,
Breathing in and breathing out.
Allow the body to soften.
Your jaw,
Notice if there is any tension and soften.
The shoulders,
Soften by moving them up and down and around.
The hands,
Shape them,
Move them,
Soften them as if you were setting down an invisible weight that you have been carrying for far too long.
Imagine now that we are standing at the entrance of a quiet cave together.
Not a cave of fear,
But a cave of remembering.
A sacred,
Holy place beneath the noise and chaos of the world.
We do not enter this cave to do,
We enter to listen.
Notice the silence here.
Notice how stillness does not demand anything from us.
No explanation,
No performances,
No answers.
We can simply be.
Perhaps life has felt uncertain.
Old meanings,
Old ways are no longer aligned.
Perhaps parts of us feel tired,
Maybe even exhausted from searching.
And yet,
Something inside continues to breathe.
Continues to listen.
Continues to remain.
Feel the ground beneath you,
The floor beneath you,
The chair beneath you.
Feel yourself supported by something ancient and unseen.
The cave holds us.
The silence holds us.
Even the mystery holds us.
If thoughts arise,
Allow them to pass.
Like mist through the cave entrance.
No need to follow them.
Return gently to the breath.
To the stillness beneath the movement.
Remembering does not arrive as a revelation.
Maybe it arrives quietly,
As softness,
As presence.
As one moment of no longer resisting.
Take one deeper breath with me now.
And as you exhale,
Feel yourself returning slowly.
Bringing with you space.
Thank you for sitting here in the cave of remembering.
Thank you for listening.
