Releasing Wounds And Opening Your Heart

This 20 minute guided meditation will take you through a powerful journey of releasing wounds that are wrapping tightly around your heart center. Allow yourself to become immersed in a peaceful, safe place, guided by your healing inner guide, to open your heart. Please enjoy this time of guided imagery to give yourself the healing space you are deserving of.

Transcript

Welcome.

Today we're going to slow down and connect with the deeper part of yourself.

You don't need to pay perfect attention for this to work.

In fact,

Your mind will probably drift in and out naturally.

You may even fall asleep while listening.

It will still have an effect.

If you notice your mind wandering,

You can gently bring it back without judgment.

Just see if you can take this next while to commit yourself to this process of engaging the power of your imagination to help you heal by gently immersing yourself in this safe and easy process.

All you have to do is settle in,

Relax,

And let yourself listen.

Please begin by making yourself comfortable,

Shifting your weight so that you feel supported,

Allowing the eyes to come to a close,

Or letting them soften their gaze.

Letting your hands rest comfortably somewhere on your body,

On your chest or abdomen,

So you can feel the rise of your body when you breathe in and the way it settles back down when you breathe out.

And you're becoming more and more attuned to your breath as it moves in and out of your body,

Inhaling deeply and slowly all the way into your belly if you can,

And breathing out fully and completely.

Feeling the expansion of your abdomen with each in-breath,

The way it subsides with each out-breath.

And again,

Breathing in,

This imagining that you're sending the warm energy of your breath to any part of your body that is sore,

Or tense,

Or tight.

And releasing the tension with the exhale,

So you can feel your breath to all the tight places of the body,

Warming,

Loosening,

Softening as you breathe it out.

And you're becoming more and more safe and comfortable,

Relaxed and easy,

Noticing the cleansing action of your breath.

And any unwelcome thoughts that come to mind,

Those too can be sent out with the breath,

Released with the exhale,

So that just for a moment the mind may be empty.

Just for a split second,

It is free and clear.

And you are blessed with stillness.

And any emotions that you are feeling,

Those too can be noted and acknowledged and sent out with the breath,

So that your emotional self can be still and quiet,

Like a lake with no ripples.

And now if you would,

See if you can imagine a place where you feel safe and peaceful and easy.

A place you used to go to,

Or go to now,

Somewhere you've always wanted to be.

Could be by the ocean,

Or in the woods,

In the mountains,

Or the desert.

It doesn't matter the place you choose,

Just so it's a place that feels good,

And safe,

And peaceful.

And allowing the place to become real to you in all its dimensions.

Looking around you,

Enjoying the colors,

The scenery.

Looking over to your left and over to your right,

Feeling whatever you're sitting against or lying upon.

Whether it's a carpet of fragrant velvety grass,

Or a nice warm rock in the sun.

You might be walking in the woods on a pungent carpet of spicy pine needles,

Or you could be at the shore with a cool sand oozing between your toes and gentle waves lapping at your ankles.

And listening to the sounds of the place,

The rustling sound of soft wind through the leaves,

The steady rhythm of ocean waves,

Or the gentle play of a babbling brook.

Just so you're letting your ears become attuned to the beautiful sounds of this place that is so safe and peaceful to you.

And smelling its rich fragrance,

Whether it's sharp bracing scent of salty air,

The sweet heavy fullness of flowers and meadow grass,

The pungent dark green smell of peat moss in the forest.

And noticing the feel of the air on your skin as it caresses your face and neck.

It might be crisp and dry,

Or balmy and wet.

So you're just letting your skin enjoy the wonderful presence of this place.

This place that is so peaceful and safe to you.

And letting its healing presence soak into the skin,

Infusing muscle and tissue and bone all the way down into each and every cell.

So with every in breath,

You're inhaling the nourishing beauty and peacefulness of this place and releasing discomfort with every outbreath.

And as you become more and more attuned to the safety and beauty of this place,

Feeling thankful and happy to be here,

You begin to feel a kind of tingling,

A pleasant energizing something in the air all around you.

A sense that something wonderful is about to happen.

You may even smile to yourself because maybe you haven't had that feeling in a while.

But now you know with some certainty that there is magic in this place.

And something wonderful is just about to happen.

You become aware of a soft presence beside you.

Very warm and comforting.

Maybe this is someone or something familiar,

Or maybe not.

But clearly,

It is radiating love and trust and support.

And you somehow know that this visitor knows you in a deep and true way,

Accepts you as you are,

Understands where you've been,

Sees where you need to go,

And carries great comfort and care.

And with a look of great tenderness,

Your guide encourages you to focus your attention on your heart.

And so you notice how it feels all around and through your heart.

And maybe you're aware of some tightness around your heart,

Or a heavy,

Dull,

Aching sensation.

It might feel hard around your heart.

Or maybe you sense deep pockets of sorrow tucked away inside.

Whatever you notice,

You're continuing to breathe deeply and easily.

Seeing what's there with the neutral eye of a camera.

No praise,

No blame.

And with a nod,

Your guide gently touches the center of your chest.

And you can feel the warmth of it pulsing into your chest.

Soft waves of comfort moving into the layers of protection that wind around your heart.

Warming,

Loosening,

And softening the cords of anger,

Resentment.

Wound so tightly that they cramp and constrict the lush power of the heart.

They wall it off from the nourishment and solace it needs.

Layers and layers of wrapping placed around the core wound.

A kernel of hurt embedded so deeply,

And walled off so skillfully,

That inside it remains fresh and new.

As sharp and as cruel as the moment it first tore into your heart.

And so more and more you can breathe in the warmth of this gentle healing energy,

Pulsing its rhythm to match the beat of your heart.

And you can take in more and more with each breath,

Letting it softly soak layer by layer into your chest,

Permeating all around and through the tangled knots and tightened cords.

Loosening,

Softening,

Opening,

Winding its way toward the seed of still fresh grief.

And you might feel some space opening up as you breathe deeper,

As the warm energy of your in breath reaches deeper and deeper.

And you might even notice some of the loosened cords falling discarded and lazy loops at your feet.

Released from the work of holding your heart so tightly.

Understanding that you can allow this to take as long as you need.

Because you know that this process must must be done with the greatest respect for your own readiness.

And only when the time is right.

When you expose the grief that lies beneath the pain of lost connections and broken ties.

And maybe those times will come and go.

When you can allow yourself to feel the pain,

Breathing into it,

And letting it reclaim the open spaces of your heart,

Giving it the room it needs.

And knowing that this is the price of freedom.

This is the road back to the richness of connection.

And you know that the person you are now can do this.

You can breathe into your vulnerable broken heart,

Giving your grief its due.

Knowing that you are strong enough to just let the pain be an uncontested presence until it's ready to release.

And as you continue to breathe deeply and fully feeling the expansion in your chest,

As the warmth and power energize and nourish your heart.

As you welcome your wounded self back into your own heart,

Getting a glimpse of liberation that comes with kicking off the covers of resentment,

And dismissing the diversion of blame.

Able to love yourself vulnerable now.

Cleansed,

Rinsed by sorrow,

Holding steady.

Knowing that this is the price of admission back into the hugeness of your own heart.

Into the fullness of your own life.

Your companion smiles.

And with a gesture calls forth a gentle procession of guardians and allies.

Sweet spirits,

Magical beings,

Animal helpers,

Guardian angels,

Powerful ancestors,

Old and dear friends.

Some familiar,

Some not,

But all smiling and nodding.

Gently approaching one by one.

Come to show their admiration and respect.

Nod their encouragement.

Affirm your courage.

Offer a touch on the hand or shoulder.

Set before you with gentle hands and smiling eyes.

And you understand that these are your witnesses.

And they're welcoming you back to your own heart.

And the sweetness of connection.

Lying at your feet,

The bounty of forgiveness.

And you can feel the velvety petals of your heart open like a flower.

Expanding from its center and filling your chest with its vast warmth and beauty.

Aware of all the peaceful power that resides there.

And knowing that your heart is your home.

The seat of your strength.

Understanding that the whole world pulses there.

In the divine nexus of your heart,

Where all the delicate,

Luminous strands converge,

Glistening and glowing.

In the unseen web that connects us all one to the other.

And suddenly you are certain.

You know with your whole being that you are healing.

That you will continue to heal.

That your heart has always been whole.

And whatever is lost still abides there.

Whatever seemed unforgiven is redeemed there.

Whatever appeared to be shattered by grief is made whole there.

That there is nothing in this world that can't be healed.

In the vast nourishing places of your own open heart.

And so breathing in the power of awareness and breathing out the richness of your gratitude,

You can once again become aware of your special place.

Although perhaps the colors around you are brighter,

And the sounds are more vivid,

The air more intense.

And knowing it is yours to call forth whenever you wish.

You can once again feel yourself breathing in and out of your belly.

Aware of your hands and feet.

The support beneath you.

And very gently with soft eyes.

Allowing yourself to come back into the room.

Knowing in a deep place that you are better for this.

And so you are.

Reviews

Wonderful. I felt loving energy, a tingling, throughout my body about half way through and basked in it for several more minutes after the meditation ended. ✨💫💕