Emotional Healing Visualization: The Guest House

Inspired by Rumi's poem "The Guest House," this guided meditation is intended to assist you in processing old emotions, cultivating a presence of gratitude, and embodying your awareness so you feel more "at home" in your body - beginning with a light breath practice, followed by affirmations, you are then led into a deeper guided visualization to alchemize old emotions and invoke new energies, leaving you grounded, fully present and embodied.

Transcript

Greetings.

This guided meditation is inspired by the Rumi poem,

Guest House,

With the intention for you to feel more embodied and at home in your physical body as well as to give you an opportunity to process any lingering guest emotions.

As always,

This is gifted to you with the intention of serving your expansion and highest good.

I invite you to get comfortable now.

Get seated or lie down.

Feel into being in your body,

Opening your mind,

Breathing in and out,

Slowing down,

Feeling your mind opening up and relaxing,

Dropping your awareness into your heart with an open heart,

Allowing whatever it is that's meant to come through to come through,

Opening even more fully centering in your body,

Opening your body,

Relaxing even more and dropping even more of your awareness.

And your energetic presence into your physical body,

Opening your energy field,

Arriving and centering,

Feeling into the fullness of your being as we open space for this meditation,

Calling in your guides,

Teachers and the highest light and sound to guide and protect this space.

As you center even more,

Call all parts of yourself back to your body,

Bring even more of your full awareness and full energetic presence into your physical body.

As we center into a simple breathing exercise to get started,

Even more deepening of your awareness,

I invite you to bring one hand on your heart and another on your stomach as we do a simple box breath,

Bringing even more of your energetic focus and anchoring onto your breath as we inhale for a four count,

Breathing in,

Pausing,

Holding your breath for a couple of seconds,

Then exhaling for as long as you feel comfortable at least for a count of four.

If you can,

Breathe out to eight seconds and then hold,

And then let's inhale again,

And then hold,

Exhale longer than the inhale,

And then hold,

Continuing on your own for a few moments,

Beginning to feel into the pulse or cycle of your breath as it emerges even deeper,

Deepening your focus,

Deepening your meditative state into the guesthouse,

Your body,

Breathing,

Maybe you feel the energy pulsing,

Cycling between your hands,

Inhale,

Hold,

Exhale,

Hold,

Breathing in and out as you center even deeper on your intention,

And now feel into this guesthouse,

Feel into your body,

Literally visualize your body as you continue to breathe,

Maintaining that breath cycle,

Conjure up an image of your body as a house,

What does it look like,

Your guesthouse,

What does your home,

Your guesthouse look like,

Bringing it into focus,

Walking up to the door,

Bringing your awareness even more fully as the door into your consciousness,

Into this guesthouse is through your heart.

I invite you to literally feel yourself and visualize yourself walking inside of your guesthouse through a doorway into your heart,

Allowing yourself to be led by your intuition,

By your inspiration,

By your heart.

I am in harmony.

I call all parts of me back to me now.

I invite you to repeat any affirmations that I say throughout this practice.

I call all parts of me back to me now in harmony.

My mind is embodied.

I allow my heart to lead me now.

I bring my mind and a heart into one in unison.

In Rumi's poem he begins with this being human is a guesthouse.

Every day a new arrival,

A joy,

A depression,

A meanness,

Some momentary awareness comes and as an unexpected visitor,

Welcome and entertain them all.

See yourself walking into a living room,

The heart,

The hearth,

Literally the center of your beingness,

The center of your guesthouse in your physical form,

Dropping even more fully.

Feel your breath emanating in and out of your heart.

Feel a fireplace in this scene.

Feel yourself being safe in this living room of your guesthouse.

I am safe.

This is me.

I am here now.

Feel yourself feeling into your hands,

Into your breath,

Into your torso as you say these words.

This is me.

I am safe.

I am here now.

And now let's deepen our practice,

Giving you an opportunity to clear out the emotions that may have been lingering.

What memories,

What guests as Rumi calls them,

What emotions are knocking.

Conjure up anything you may feel that is present for you.

Welcome and entertain anything that arises.

Thank it.

Be grateful for it.

What lessons is it here to show you?

Remembering that this is safe,

That anything that arises,

Any guest that has overstayed its welcome,

By allowing it to arise,

Feeling it fully,

You allow yourself to clear it out so you have space for the new.

Perhaps you see yourself leaving the living room,

Walking through a hallway of memories,

Of guests that are ready to leave and these guests are any emotions,

Any feelings that are lingering.

Breathing,

Feeling fully,

Breathing in the new and exhaling out the old.

Inhale and exhale,

Maintaining your breath and your presence.

As you process any emotions,

Any memories,

Again giving gratitude,

Welcoming and thanking them all.

What lessons do they have for you?

What are you ready to see now?

And then walk into the basement of your guesthouse.

Let's go deeper into,

As Rumi calls it,

Any hidden emotions,

Or as he says going further in the poem,

Even if there are a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture.

Still,

Treat each guest honorably.

They may be clearing you out for some new delight.

The dark thought,

The shame,

The malice,

Meet them all at the door laughing and invite them in.

Be grateful for whatever is arising,

Whatever comes,

Because each guest has been sent as a guide from beyond.

Again,

Rumi referring to the shame,

The malice,

The resentment,

Any dross energy that may be in this basement as you visualize yourself walking in to a basement.

Perhaps you walk downstairs maintaining your breath,

Your hand on your heart and stomach,

Maintaining your presence.

This is me.

I am safe.

By turning on the light when you arrive both literally in your mind's eye in this visualization as well as metaphorically by bringing the light of awareness to clear out these old energies,

These hidden guests for some deeper spring cleaning as it were,

Breathing in and out.

What is arising?

What thoughts have been lingering in the darkness of your basement?

What shame,

Malice,

Grief,

Resentment,

Or regret remains?

Remember you are safe,

You are guided,

You are protected.

Meet them all at the door as Rumi says,

Laughing.

Continuing with some affirmations as you do this,

Feeling even deeper into these words.

I am safe.

This is safe.

I am the light.

I am the power in my world.

As only good comes to me and through me,

I am limitless.

Feeling in to these emotions,

Breathing in light and breathing out any old residue emotions.

Breathing in the light,

Exhaling out any old emotions,

Clearing out this basement of your guesthouse.

And then as we finish up in the basement,

Walking back upstairs,

Now finding a staircase that will guide you to the attic of this guesthouse,

The top floor where we will call in some dreams and wishes for you as you walk up these stairs up to the attic or top floor of this guesthouse.

Visualize yourself arriving this top floor.

What would you like to call in?

Perhaps you see the stars and moon or sun through this top of the roof.

Perhaps you see it through the windows.

Whatever it is that you conjure,

Feel an emanation coming out of you and entering you from this space.

As you breathe in and out,

What dreams and wishes do you have?

Perhaps you can further strengthen your original intention that we started this practice with.

Is it for health?

If it is,

Feel into it.

Feel these emanations.

Call them in.

Perhaps you see them in the form of colors.

Perhaps you sense them in the form of vibrations.

Feel literally whatever you're calling in entering your body.

Perhaps it's health.

Is it abundance?

Clarity for moving forward.

Strength.

Peace.

Or perhaps it's forgiveness.

Whatever it may be,

Call them in and remember and be grateful for whatever is arising and arriving.

For each experience is a gift that has been sent from beyond.

As you breathe in and out,

These new energies entering you in this attic,

In this top floor.

Feel these vibrations.

Feel these colors or sensations emanating into the foundations and walls.

Literally feeling the energy integrating into your body.

I allow these energies to integrate into all aspects of my being.

I allow and receive these energies fully.

Breathing in and out.

Feeling whatever is arising.

Allowing fully.

Breathing in and out.

Basking in these energies.

And now when we finish up,

I invite you to walk back downstairs into the main room.

And for a moment,

Sit again by this fire.

Anchor in.

Allow both the clearing out and the settling of the new energies.

Sealing in these energies now consciously.

Feeling even more fully into this renewed,

Lighter guesthouse.

This vessel.

This body is your home.

Feel yourself.

It is safe to be me.

It is safe to be here.

I am loved.

I love my body.

Breathing in and out as you bask.

Looking around one last time.

Knowing you can return here anytime you choose.

Perhaps you wish to further your explorations.

Breathing in and out one last time.

Then walking back out the way you came.

Coming back to the room.

Back to your body.

Integrating at every level.

Allowing these energies to integrate.

I integrate even deeper.

I fully integrate at every level.

I ground in the present.

I give thanks to all the beings that were part of this practice.

Go forth as you continue to realize and be at home in this guesthouse.

I thank you for taking part in this practice and wish for you a blessed day ahead.

Reviews

I love Rumi and love that poem. What lovely imagery of my body as the guest house. I will definitely come back to this meditation to help clear out what is no longer necessary and bring forth that which deserves to be seen in the light of day. Thank you for sharing this wonderful meditation ... Namaste 🙏🏾.

This was a beautiful guided magical visualisation, holding the space made it possible for me to go deep into the exploration of deep inner work, creating a container I felt safe and protected in.

Thank you so much for creating and sharing this with us Hass Jan 💞

Thank you very much, Haas, for his beautiful visilization! It is a great follow up on shadow meditation. With gratitude, love and light. 🙏💖💕

Thank you kindly Hass❣️🌻❤️
Lovely and interesting to revisit✨️
Namaste 🙏🏼 ✨️🙌🏽🕯🕊🌟

Helped me let go of anger I was feeling. Thanks

I have done this meditation more than once, so healing. Thank you!

Sublime! The guest house 🏠 is a beautiful poem and a beautiful meditation by Haas!

That's fire! 🔥😍 it will be on repeat!Thank you🙏❣

Fantastic as already! Great visuals to help me look within. Thanks Hass!

Wow!! Thank you. It took me DEEP DEEP within where I released and thanked these emotions for the lessons they have brought to me. So profound. So much tears. Thank you

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That was one of the best experiences I have had from a recorded guided meditation. I’m not at all surprised 🌞It was exactly what I needed at that moment and the messages I heard and saw made my heart shine brighter 🌞
Smile 😊&✨ Shine…always 💫🙏🏻🌞🌻💛✨