This is the meditation on giving and receiving.
Well in your inner sanctuary.
From Meditation Secrets for Women.
The movement of giving and receiving is the basic circulation of life energy.
This movement is vital to every human being.
In every breath,
We exercise our ability to receive life.
To draw in the love that we need.
To release,
To express,
To give.
The full flow of inhaling and exhaling is a sign of health.
An intimate and immediate connection to the Source of Life.
That full movement of receiving and giving Life Energy,
Love Energy.
Is something that every heart craves.
Every breath is an effortless act of giving and receiving.
In this meditation,
We make this movement conscious.
We weave ourselves into greater connection with the source of life,
With our loved ones,
And with all of humanity.
Now,
Gently bring your attention to your breathing.
Beginning with the intake of breath.
Feel that inhalation is literally inspiration.
Meditate with these phrases.
I receive breath.
I receive life.
I receive love.
As I say them again,
Repeat the phrases either out loud or whispering.
Or simply thanking them.
I receive breath.
I receive LIFE.
I receive love.
Then continue.
With each inhalation,
Say one of these phrases with your inner voice.
Speak directly to yourself.
Breathe in the quality those words evoke for you.
As you receive with each inhalation.
Be exquisitely tender with yourself.
Particularly if you notice any deep longings or feelings of sorrow.
Are just that exquisite,
Sheer openness of receiving more deeply.
Now if you like,
Move with that flow of receiving.
Gently allow your hands to float out from your chest.
Then with each inhalation.
Draw them in as you repeat each phrase.
In towards your face or heart.
As you breathe in,
Say to yourself.
I receive breath.
I receive life.
I receive love.
Now when you are ready,
Begin to feel the movement of your exhalation.
The sense of flowing outward toward the world.
And as you breathe out,
Repeat these words to yourself.
I give breath.
I give life.
I give love.
Let the breath stream out with each phrase and fill the exhalation with whatever meaning it has for you.
If you like,
Let your hands flow outward with the words.
In that movement of giving.
Send the quality forth with each exhalation,
Giving to the universe,
To God,
To the world,
To someone you care about.
I give breath.
I give life.
I give love.
Open your heart to the connection,
The intimacy you desire.
Now,
If you like,
Continue with the spontaneous dance of receiving and giving.
Of inhaling and exhaling.
Of moving in the circulation of life and love energy.
Of weaving yourself into deeper intimacy and connection.
In that very particular way that you crave.
Allowing yourself to simply be.
Moving and breathing in this dance.
Embracing this awareness.
The circulation we call breath.
This deep movement of life and love that you are.
Every time you find yourself conscious of your breathing,
You can remember I receive breath.
I receive life.
I receive love.
I give breath.
I give life.
I give love.
I receive breath.
I receive life.
I receive love.
I receive.
I give love.
I give life.
I give breath.
I give.
When you are ready,
Take some time to stretch or yawn.
To begin a gentle transition to reorient yourself to the outer world.
And remembering.
Every breath is an effortless act of giving and receiving.
