Welcome.
Thank you for joining this practice of meditation.
We gather together with the purpose of drawing our energy inward.
To journeying together towards a purpose of letting go heavy emotions and energy.
I invite you to find a comfortable place to settle into so we may let go of all the external sensations and refocus our attention inward.
As you settle in making any small adjustments settling the body.
We begin to connect with our breath as a conduit for finding relaxation and peace in this practice.
Placing one hand on our heart center and one hand on our abdomen.
We begin to feel sensation of breath observing the inhale and the exhale with supreme concentration.
Observing how the inn expands the lungs,
Moves the belly,
Rises the chest.
The slight pause that occurs at the top with filled lungs.
The softening of the belly and the contraction as we release and exhale.
The stillness that lives at the bottom of the breath.
Or the infinite loop of inhale and exhale continue.
Be with breath for a moment observing,
Watching,
Sensing.
We begin our journey together.
Gently closing our eyes and watching that movie screen in our mind.
Today we find ourselves in a lush tropical landscape,
A jungle so full of life and beauty.
As we explore our surroundings we sense into the sights and the sounds and the feelings.
We focus on the relaxation and the peace that comes in this atmosphere.
The secluded space,
The safe protected space.
We begin to explore the trees,
The plants and how intertwined everything is that the vines know no boundaries linking tree to tree.
Ferns cover the jungle floor,
Life underneath scurrying from bush to bush.
The birds are singing a beautiful song.
And while you can't understand the message they convey,
You feel it deep within your soul.
They sing of harmony and light.
The richness of color,
The greens,
The blooming trees with these violet flowers so intoxicating with their beautiful scent.
The birds and the insects are so at peace.
There is this sense of mist hanging in the air.
The earth beneath your feet is soft and resilient as you continue to make your journey forward.
The earth rebounds beneath you.
You hear the sound of water in the near distance.
Curiosity draws you to explore the source of the sounds.
As you make your way through,
You notice there is a pool of water and a waterfall just around the corner.
As you approach,
These turquoise green blue hues dancing underneath the glistening sunshine.
The water is warm and shallow and you feel drawn to go towards the waterfall,
This magnetic pull.
It is powerful with strength.
It is driven by nature.
And as you step closer,
You feel this calm,
Serene take over.
The water begins to pour into the crown of the head,
Falling on the shoulders,
Making its way down the back.
It makes its way down the arms,
Splashing at your feet.
And it's as if this water is charged with energy and light.
And you look around as you open your eyes and you are surrounded by this glowing white light pouring through with the water.
Bringing to mind all of the things that have been weighing heavy on your heart.
As heavy energy blocking your light,
Taking away your joy.
And you offer this up as the waterfall washes it away from you.
These waters pour over your body,
Cleansing and dissolving.
This light begins to gather in your heart center.
And you feel this lifting from your chest occur that allows you to breathe deeper and fuller and freer.
This sense of relief washes over you,
These feelings of peace and such gratitude.
Allow these waters to continue to pour over as you offer up and let go.
As you feel the lightness,
You begin to step out from underneath the waters and make your way back onto dry land.
It's as if you are floating with each step that you take.
That your heavy bags were left behind.
Looking up to the sun,
You smile with pure joy.
As you walk back through the jungle floor,
You feel deeply connected to everything around you.
It's as if your heart is beating with the sound of the birds and the wind in the trees is the breath through your body.
And the sunshine is your warmth.
You feel the power of that waterfall within you.
Releasing your hands on your heart center,
Connecting with breath.
Offering up gratitude for this practice,
Symbolizing the letting go.
Letting go comes through finding stillness,
Through acceptance and offering up.
In doing this,
We find space in our heart to allow the light to shine once again.
To feel connected once again to everything around us.
No longer letting our pain and our fear and our grief separate us.
Until we meet again.
Nothing is true.
