Tis the drops of dew that awakens my internal sensory,
Touches my lips the taste of earth that enters my mouth.
As I inhale the fragrance of her sweet nectar,
The downpour that cleanses my external being,
A kiss of glow that illuminates on the tip of my cheeks.
I love affair with earth as she whispers,
I am here,
Ground with me once more.
And this is where we begin,
Beautiful soul.
Socrates said,
Know thyself and Tantra whispers a simple truth,
Love thyself,
Honor the body,
Feel the breath and awaken to the sacred life flowing within you.
And this was the beginning of my understanding.
Intimacy comes in many forms.
We cannot truly be intimate with the external world,
The love of the flowers,
The trees,
The earth,
In all her brilliance,
Her elegance,
If we are not first intimate with ourselves,
An internal love affair with our journey,
Making friends with the shadow parts of ourselves.
What I once perceived to be a tragedy and it truly was,
Yet it also became the greatest threshold I had to move through.
I had to learn how to dance with my internal being,
My soul,
To make friends with a deep,
Dark grief that lived within me.
Through acceptance,
Through this experience,
I began to connect to my heart,
To my body and to pay attention to my internal compass,
To notice the sensations within me,
To notice what was in flow and what was asking for attention.
Compassion for ourselves often arrives through grief,
Meeting ourselves exactly where we are.
And patience,
Patience is also a part of the path.
I haven't always been the most patient with myself.
Looking back,
Much of my life was spent moving quickly,
Everything having to be perfect and something that I had to sit with and continue to sit with periodically.
It's okay to be imperfect.
It's okay to make mistakes.
For myself,
This was a very debilitating fear.
It had hindered my growth.
I'm learning now,
It was never about being perfect.
It was about being human.
When I began to connect to an internal intelligence beyond my understanding,
Beyond my comprehension,
This is where the healing began,
Where compassion and love for myself slowly emerged,
The sweet spot of surrender.
And this is where I invite you to find a comfortable position,
Softening of the eyes and allowing yourself to go inward with a curious heart,
Awakening to your authentic self,
Breathing slowly in and breathing slowly out.
On every exhalation,
Allowing yourself to soften a little bit more into the earth,
Allowing her to hold you,
To ground you,
Allow your heartbeat and her heartbeat come as one.
Allow yourself to melt and bathe in her essence,
Feeling her warmth,
Protection.
Now I'll have you bring your right hand to your chest,
Your heart,
And visualize somebody that you know that is struggling.
And once you visualize that they're standing right in front of you,
Look into the soul of their eyes and with great reverence and great love,
Tell them with your external voice,
May you be happy,
May you be healthy,
May you live with ease.
In this moment,
You gently push into your heart with great love for this individual.
And you say,
Thank you for being a part of my journey.
Now I'll have you visualize in that same frequency of love and compassion,
Somebody that you see periodically,
Somewhere that you frequent often,
You sense that they may not be doing well.
Visualize them standing right in front of you.
Look into their eyes and see their soul.
And with your external voice,
May you be happy,
May you be healthy,
May you live with ease.
You press into your heart,
Oh,
So gentle.
This gentle touch is a great love and great reverence.
For you see their soul and you say,
Thank you for being a part of my journey.
I love you.
Now I'll have you visualize on a larger spectrum,
Sending love out into the earth to Mother Gaia,
To the animals,
To the birds,
To the bees,
To the trees,
To all humans.
Sending love out into the stars,
To the moon,
To the sun.
And with your external voice,
I'll have you repeat,
May you be happy,
May you be healthy,
May you live with ease.
You feel it through your entire being,
Knowing that in the ecosystem,
Everything is exactly the way it's supposed to be.
In a frequency of love and reverence,
You gently whisper,
I see you.
You too are here with purpose.
Thank you.
I love you.
Maintaining the focus of the breath and the rhythm of the inhales and the exhales.
Now I'm gonna have you turn to yourself.
With your external voice,
With compassion and kindness,
Great love for yourself.
I'll have you say,
I love you.
I love you.
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
May you live with ease.
Let these words land.
Let them be felt.
Feel the sensations of love through your entire being.
Bathe in the essence of your divinity,
Perfectly stitched by the creator.
When you're ready,
Take a deep breath and exhale a gentle return.
Softly start to bring your awareness back at your own pace,
Carrying this sense of compassion with you.
Compassion begins here in how we meet ourselves moment by moment.
Beautiful soul,
May you have an internal love affair with all others.
May you dance with your internal being,
Romancing a softer way,
Bringing the shadow into the light.
In this element,
You stand in brilliance of your authentic self.
May peace be with you.
You
