Giving And Receiving, Using The Breath

This meditation welcomes you to focus on the gentle rhythm of your breath, receiving nourishment and letting go of what does not serve. Harmonize with the breath of the Earth and the breath of the Universe. Give the gift of your heart resonance, and open yourself to receive inspiration from the heart resonance of others.

Transcript

Sitting comfortably and taking a few deep breaths.

Each breath bringing you more deeply into this body.

Having awareness and gratitude for this amazing body.

As each inhale brings oxygen to your cells,

Sending appreciation around to each cell as well.

This sense of love,

Care,

Compassion holding to each cell.

Qi is translated to mean the breath.

Cultivation of breath is what we do in Qigong.

This gentle inhale,

Filling,

Nourishing,

Receiving.

And the gentle exhale,

Harmonizing,

Balancing.

We take a few moments to tune into the earth beneath you.

Noticing the vibration of the earth.

We notice the qi of the earth,

The breath of the earth.

We welcome our bodies to resonate with the vibration of the earth.

To match our breath with the breath that the earth holds.

We notice that we can receive nourishment from the earth,

Support from the earth.

The earth is always there holding us up.

And as we exhale,

We harmonize and anything that no longer resonates with us is accepted and received by the earth.

She receives what no longer serves us and performs this beautiful magic to compost and transform that energy.

It's a beautiful symbiotic relationship.

As we inhale and receive all of this nourishment,

The earth is exhaling and sending out that nourishing supporting vibration.

As we exhale and let go of what does not serve us,

The earth is receiving,

Accepting,

Noticing,

Taking it all in to work her magic in transformation.

Feeling this beautiful rocking motion,

Receiving and letting go.

One with the earth.

One with nature.

We notice that our breath is also interacting with the universal energy.

Up above us,

Above the crown,

Feeling the vibration of the universe.

Noticing the vastness of the universe.

Infinite space,

Infinite possibilities,

Tremendous amount of light from all of the stars in the sky,

Being reflected from all the moons.

As we tune in to our own breath,

Our own chi,

We notice the chi of the universe,

The inhale and exhale,

The breath of the universe,

Where stars are being born and stars are going out.

The vast spaces that have no gravity at all,

They're just weightless,

And then the black holes that are constantly pulling.

Noticing,

Taking a moment to listen to the sound that you hear at the edge of the universe.

Noticing that our breath is resonating with the breath of the universe.

As we inhale,

We're receiving the light of the universe,

The brilliance,

The inspiration from that light.

Receiving the infinite potential,

The infinite number of possibilities,

All of the growth and change that happens at high speed.

You never know quite what's going to happen next,

Can all switch and change.

And as we exhale,

We're letting go of this sense of control,

Handing over responsibility,

Handing over trust to whatever it is that is to happen.

As we exhale,

We're sending our thoughts,

Our hopes and our dreams up into the universe as they will attract what we want to manifest.

If we can see it,

We can be it.

Sending our thoughts up into the universe,

And out of all the infinite possibilities,

We notice what comes back in to manifest.

Noticing this relationship between our breath and the universal breath,

And the rocking back and forth between the two.

Bringing our attention to the heart,

Noticing your breath at your heart.

There cannot be an inhale without an exhale.

There cannot be an exhale without an inhale.

There is no light without the darkness.

There is no sense of self without a sense of others.

Here at the heart,

We notice your own vibration,

The vibration of your essence.

That which makes you unique.

Your signature heart vibration,

Taking some time to feel,

To notice,

To appreciate your own vibration.

We set the intention that your heart vibration is sent out to every cell in your body.

Sending love,

Appreciation,

Gratitude,

And the vibration of your essence to every cell in your body.

As those cells receive your vibration,

They are reminded that they are a community.

That they are all linked together as one.

The cells don't need to be alone,

Just doing their job in a silo.

Each of these cells realizes that it is connected to the next cell,

Related to this heart vibration.

They are all connected in community,

Working towards your greatest and highest good.

They are connected with heart resonance.

For friends and family,

Loved ones,

Those we don't even know,

For all,

We remind them that in a state of illness,

We remind them simply that their heart vibration can return into those cells,

Return to their homes within each cell,

Vibrating throughout the body,

Welcoming this connection,

Sense of mutual respect and love throughout the body,

That they are all one.

Together we can.

And from here at the heart,

We start to send our heart resonance outward.

We expand our heart resonance throughout the body and also into the field of energy around us.

We continue to expand out our heart resonance to fill the entire room and the entire building,

Expanding the heart resonance out across the world,

Not giving away any energy,

But simply welcoming others to resonate with us,

To vibrate in love,

To be inspired by joy,

Expanding our heart resonance to every human,

Every animal,

Every plant,

To the earth itself.

Unconditional love and compassion.

We notice how it ripples outward and just as with the breath,

We cannot give without also receiving.

We're so focused on selflessly giving,

Sending outward our love,

Sending outward gifts,

Support,

Respect,

Compassion.

And the chi of the earth and the chi of the universe remind us that every exhale must move with an inhale.

Every time we give,

We must also be open to receiving.

We take a moment to put out your feelers,

Feel the vibrations all around.

We set the intention to be discerning about what it is that we receive.

Being very intentional about what we want to be inspired by.

Other people's fears,

Anxiety,

Anger,

Frustration,

All of that can be reflected back so that it can be a learning tool for those experiencing it.

But all of the love,

The joy,

The compassion,

Setting the intention to receive.

We don't receive any energy,

We're just receiving the inspiration.

The inspiration where we feel someone's love and it helps to expand our own love.

We notice another's joy,

We welcome it to inspire joy within us.

We see someone dancing and singing and whistling and we welcome those expressions within ourselves.

It's an opening up,

An expansiveness,

A freedom,

The twirling and swirling and dancing when we are in a state of joy and love and freedom.

When we have discernment of what to take in and what does not belong,

Then we can step into a state of surrender.

Surrendering to this knowing that out of all the infinite possibilities,

What is to be will be that when we are in a state of love,

We simply give and receive and flow exactly as it was meant to.

We surrender to our intuition,

We surrender to the divine.

There is a sense of gentleness and flow and ease.

There's no need to control or to try.

We simply love and be loved.

So we bring ourselves back to the breath.

Love and be loved,

Synchronizing our breath with the earth.

Love and be loved,

Synchronizing our breath with the universe.

Love and be loved,

We synchronize our breath with all the creatures big and small.

Love and be loved.

We tune in to ourselves,

Our own spirit,

Our own vibration,

Our own physical body with gratitude.

We set the intention to move forward in our life,

Synchronized with all of the chi,

One united chi,

One united breath.