Candle Meditation

Hello, fellow self-healing babes! Candlelight meditation is a practice where one focuses on the flame of a candle as a point of concentration. It helps to calm the mind and enhance mindfulness by directing attention to a single, flickering point. The gentle movement of the flame can aid in deepening relaxation and promoting inner peace. It's often used as a technique to reduce stress, and anxiety, and promote mental clarity.

By engaging in candlelight meditation regularly, individuals may cultivate a sense of stillness and connection to the present moment.

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Transcript

Hello and welcome to Becoming a Self-Healing Babe.

I'm Celine and I will guide you in today's candle meditation.

Using a candle's flame as a visual object of your attention for meditation is a practice that has been used throughout human history.

You can complete this exercise using a real candle placed one to two feet in front of you.

This meditation is as simple as sitting in a comfortable position in a dimly lit room and focusing both your sight and your attention on the flame of the candle.

So if you haven't done so yet,

Find a comfortable position to sit in.

Create a dimly lit room and light a candle.

Place the candle right in front of you.

When you're ready,

Take a few long deep breaths and bring your attention to the flame.

Watch the flame as it dances and observe the details of its movements.

Look at the very top of the flame and notice that it is a different color than the bottom of the flame.

Observe the smoke stream that leaves the top of the flame and billows up into the air.

Observe if any wax is melting and watch it as it moves.

When your mind starts to wander,

Gently bring your awareness back to the flame.

You can do the activity for as long or as short as you wish.

However,

I recommend at least 10 minutes.

You can enhance the experience of this exercise by assigning meaning to the flame.

For example,

The flame is a wonderful metaphor for love and light.

If you have been experiencing darkness in your life,

As you observe the flame,

Visualize the light penetrating the darkness of your mind.

Allow the light and love of the flame to fill every cell of your body.

The flame is also purifying and you can imagine the flame burning away any thoughts or feelings you may have of fear,

Hate,

Insecurity,

Anger,

Anxiety,

Self-judgment,

Sadness,

Guilt,

Or resentment.

Imagine the light filling the space that was formerly taken up by the unwanted feelings.

You can also imagine that you are the flame and that you feel each movement that it makes as well as its heat.

Allow the light and heat to fill your body and feel the joy of gentle movement.

And lastly,

You can imagine that the flame is igniting your passions from within.

Feel the excitement as you feel yourself expanding out into the world and becoming all that you were meant to be.

Allow the flame to be the spark that ignites your destiny.

This concludes our guided candle meditation.

Feel free to open your eyes and gently start to move around when you feel ready to do so.

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I encourage you to continue to be on your self-healing and self-love journey.

And I will see you in another session.

Take care and be well.