Being Lived

This meditation is a reminder that there is a life that wants to live through you and you can rest in the knowing that your destiny is unfolding perfectly and right on time.

Transcript

Hello,

I'm Ashley Woods from AshleyWoods.

Com and today's meditation is about being lived,

Allowing life to be lived through us.

And it's inspired by Dr.

Wayne Dyer's book,

The Power of Intention,

Which is a really beautiful book.

If you get a chance to pick it up,

I would highly recommend it.

Okay,

Let's get started.

Sit comfortably.

Close your eyes.

Wiggle in your seat a little bit.

Allow yourself to settle in.

Some point finding yourself still.

Feel the weight of your body get heavier with each breath.

Maybe you want to reach up like you could literally turn down the volume on your thoughts.

Just give it a quick turn of the knob.

Allow your thoughts to fall away,

Become like distant background music.

There but not distracting.

And together,

Take a deep breath in for five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

With a gentle pause.

Let it go for eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Breathing in for five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Exhale eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Relaxing deeply eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Letting your breath become natural and easy.

Soften through your shoulders and your neck and let your heart space expand.

Relax your jaw so your teeth are slightly apart.

Noticing any tension or any holding there.

Notice if your eyes are trying to see and let them relax.

Letting go of seeing for now.

And let your belly be soft.

Let your hands rest heavy wherever they are.

Notice how your body is being breathed.

Without your effort,

Without any action on your part.

Sense being breathed.

This life force energy living in you.

Causing your heart to beat.

Causing your blood to flow,

Carry oxygen to the many cells in your body.

This life energy that enables food to be digested and nutrients to be absorbed.

Are you telling these things to happen?

Do you ask your fingernails to grow?

Your heart to pump?

Sense the life happening in you now.

The life being lived through you.

Your body like a rich and vibrant garden that's continuously turning over new life.

Full process.

Pure intention fulfilling itself in you.

Connect to your breath.

Not trying to change it,

But just observing it in its natural rhythm.

Feel it infusing your entire body.

Your whole body being breathed.

This life force energy is everywhere and in everything.

In the physical and the non-physical.

Intention is built into all forms of life.

The birds.

The trees.

The mountains.

And certainly in us,

In you.

Imagine before you a tiny acorn.

Pick it up.

Hold this tiny acorn in your hand.

Just look at it.

Built within this small nut is the potential of a mighty oak tree.

If you were to cut the nut open,

You wouldn't see the tree inside.

But we know that it's there.

When the intention of this acorn lies its purpose,

The acorn doesn't have to think about what it will become.

In fact,

It wouldn't do any good,

Would it?

Its purpose and the fulfillment of who it is is already there.

And the acorn doesn't question its worthiness to become it.

It doesn't ask itself if it's good enough to be an oak tree.

No.

It simply is what it is.

And an acorn never accidentally becomes an apple tree.

The acorn is what the acorn is.

Born with its full potential inside of it.

Fueled by intention,

By life force energy itself.

Life is lived through this tiny nut and life itself causes it to become what it was always meant to be.

A mighty oak tree.

It is the same with you.

You were born with the fullness of life and all your potential already inside of you.

You do not have to try to be who you are.

You do not have to find yourself or figure it out.

And there is no reason to doubt or fear if you will turn out who you were meant to be.

You are who you are.

You are already the promise and the fulfillment of all you're meant to be,

Of all you're meant to become.

And life itself is causing you to become with every breath.

Feel the breath within you now.

This life force energy that is causing you to become every moment.

Your life is unfolding perfectly.

The cracking open,

The growing roots,

The stretching towards the sky.

All of it.

All of it unfolding perfectly.

Life living through you just as it was meant to be.

And you sense within you now this life force energy.

Feel it breathing you.

Causing you.

Growing you.

Living you.

You are the acorn and the mighty oak tree all at once.

Feel your connection and oneness with this life giving energy.

And for a moment go deeper into this space of oneness.

Let yourself be lived without your effort,

Without any need to try.

There's nothing you have to do.

Just surrender into this life energy.

Let life cause itself through you.

The fullest self-expression of you.

Allow it to manifest.

And just for a moment rest in this space.

Experiencing the power of life being lived through you.

Just a moment you'll hear my voice.

And we'll come back.

Open.

And coming through you.

Knowing that this connection to intention and life energy is always with us.

Knowing that any moment we can tap into that life force energy and relax into it.

Knowing that that is always there for us.

Take a deep breath into your chest.

Exaggerating your breath.

Infusing your body with this energy.

Holding for a moment and releasing.

Wiggling your fingers and your toes.

Coming back to the sounds within the room around you.

And when you're ready,

You can open your eyes.

Reviews

Powerful and empowering, loved it 🙏❤

Ashlie Woods is incredible!

Love the acorn reference. Very impactful for me right now. Thank you. Namaste ❤

Powerful and helpful ! I will return to it again and again ! Thank you !🙏

That was phenomenal, many heart opening inspirations. I've always loved trees, feel God there, so the idea of me being God's acorn (my words) was very powerful

I feel more open and expansive ☺️It’s actually a relief to surrender to life itself. As Mooji says...’life takes care of life ‘.
Thank you so much, I will do this one often to remind myself to let go of trying to control everything 🙏🏻

Very intentional, I like this idea

Fantastic. Thank you.

A lovely start to the day.

Time drifted away during this meditation. I was simply aware of all of the pulsating energy inside me wanting to be lived and loved. 💕😍
Thank you!

Truth. Don’t Need To Figure It Out All Right Now.. It Will Develop And Reveal It’s Self With Some Patience & Clarity. Thank You 🙏🏾

Beautiful Truth

What a beautifully grounding yet uplifting meditation. Thank you! xx

Beautiful! Thank you

Just what I needed to hear- I don’t need to find who I am and figure everything out, it will be done naturally without the added resistance ❤️

Very powerful and relieving reminder that I am already who I need to be. I am the acorn and the oak tree! 🐿🌳

Beautiful image to see myself as the mighty majestic oak within the tiny acorn.