In today's meditation,
We are connecting with the air element.
The air element teaches us how to expand our capacity to receive and hold more.
Just as it teaches us how to ride the currents of change and to really embrace the expansiveness of what life can be.
So let's begin by bringing our awareness to our breath.
Taking a deep inhale through the nose.
Feeling this cool breeze moving into the body with each inhale.
And as you exhale,
Feeling this beautiful surrender,
This decompression,
As the warmth of the breath moves out of you.
And you begin to imagine yourself in this beautiful,
Vast nature landscape.
Feeling the breeze on your face.
Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin.
And you find yourself standing at the base of this beautiful mountain trail.
The air is fresh,
The sky is vast and open above,
And the paths stretch endlessly in every direction in front of you.
And something inside of you begins to call you forward.
Called towards something greater.
And as you begin to slowly walk towards this path,
This new direction,
You take a moment of pause.
Really allowing yourself to feel the strength of the air,
Of the breath.
As you breathe in,
Visualizing the oxygen having this beautiful white color.
As if each inhale is pulling in the vastness of the atmosphere.
As if each breath in is welcoming in the wind of change.
And each breath out,
Giving you the courage to step forward.
So you begin to walk.
One step at a time.
And with every step forward,
You feel yourself releasing tension,
Releasing any heaviness or burdens.
Each step gives you permission to let go of the worry.
To release the fear.
To unlock the tension within the body.
And as you begin to slowly climb with this gentle easefulness,
As if each step forward,
You feel the body and mind becoming lighter,
More purposeful.
And as you continue ascending up this beautiful path,
The body feels lighter.
Your mind feels clear.
And your heart more open.
And you begin to just allow yourself,
Step by step,
Breath by breath,
To continue climbing this new direction.
In every step you become lighter.
And tell it as if you can begin to feel yourself floating.
As though the wind has begun to assist you,
Supporting you,
Carrying you forward.
Soon it feels as if you are barely walking at all.
That you no longer have to hold yourself up,
But that you are held in this new direction.
Your body light as a feather,
Free.
Trusting.
And you begin to allow yourself to reach the summit.
You see the vast landscape and the endless world of possibilities as you arrive to the peak.
And you take a moment to just breathe it all in.
Feel the cool mountain air against your skin.
The breeze moving across your face,
Free from the burdens that existed before.
And in this moment,
There is nothing to carry.
There's nothing to prove.
And nothing to become.
Simply here.
Simply Alive.
And you slowly make your way towards the cliff edge,
Safe,
Strong,
And steady.
As you arrive,
You gaze out across the vast horizon before you.
You see mountains,
Valleys,
Open skies,
And endless possibilities.
As you take a moment of pause to reflect on everything that has brought you to this very moment right now.
Every challenge,
Every loss,
Every surrender,
Every current of change.
Every season that required you to let go of the familiar.
Every moment that asked you to trust when you could not yet see the path ahead.
Just noticing the strength it took,
The courage and resilience to bring you to this very moment now.
Where you stand at the edge of the unknown,
Looking into the great mystery beyond.
The place where all possibility lives.
And as you stare into the great unknown,
You are no longer afraid.
You are free.
Free to take flight.
Free to choose whatever path is calling you forward.
Can you start to feel this breeze washing over you as it gently lifts you off the ground,
Holding you,
Supporting you?
And it begins to carry you over the vast valley.
And as you look down at the expansiveness,
All of the paths,
All of the directions that we can go.
You see all the different aspects of your life below you.
And from this higher perspective,
All of the problems,
All the worries,
The fears,
The doubts,
They begin to seem so small.
As you are in this higher state of awareness,
This higher perspective,
And you realize truly just how supported and how big you are within this world.
And as you find this higher perspective and awareness,
You start to soar further into territory that you've never been.
And below you,
You see all of the possibilities,
All of the people you have yet to meet.
All of the things that you love that you've yet to discover and experience.
All the places that you wanted to go,
Reaching for you,
Calling you forward.
And in this moment,
You realize that change is beautiful.
That it's okay to allow yourself to move forward.
To see what other possibilities are on the horizon.
And as you feel this beautiful peace within you,
This new understanding and higher perspective,
You slowly begin to feel the wind dropping you back to the earth.
As you slowly descend until your feet touch the ground one more time.
But this time,
When you come back down to the earth,
It is with this higher mind,
This higher state of awareness.
And as you walk through the valley,
Knowing what is ahead of you,
Knowing what is possible.
You are no longer the same.
You have fully changed already.
And now it is just time for you to take the action,
To take the steps forward.
You have expanded.
You have embraced what is possible.
And begin to see yourself as you slowly walk down the mountain once again.
Making your way back to where it all began.
But this time with a higher knowing.
With a higher understanding of how life operates,
How it is always serving us,
Even when we are asked to expand and to see a bigger truth.
And to find a bigger space.
Remember,
The air element is here to help us expand our capacity,
To reach new heights,
To leave behind what no longer serves,
And to carry forward into the endless possibilities.
Thank you for joining me today.
Don't forget to carry this connection with you as you move through the currents of change.
